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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@joeroe yea, and I suppose the fact that journals are indexed was also useful when searching for similar work

Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Is it feasible to just stick my protocol and other supporting documents on zenodo / knowledge commons and call it a day? What's the added value of having the protocol peer-reviewed? What does registration do that a preprint does not cover?

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I'm doing a PRISMA-ScR / JBI compliant scoping review and I'm considering registering my protocol. Can anyone here suggest some venues for this sort of thing? Some things to consider: - I am not a fan of OSF and I would rather not use their platform, if possible - PROSPERO does not accept […]

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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

New study: In the #SocialSciences, "while Diamond Open Access journals dominate numerically [85% of OA journals in #sociology and #PoliticalScience are #DiamondOA], they exhibit structural shortcomings in key areas such as technical infrastructure, indexing, and visibility. The article argues […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

looney tunes cartoons are music videos for classical music

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Do you have recommendations for a nice and easy poster layout for/with #Quarto? (I know I can go looking on my own, but I'm interested in *your* recommendations^^) #DigitalHumanities

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Please get in touch with me or respond here if you would like to share any ideas or feedback for improving the next iteration of the Digital Archaeology Maintainathon! - Do you want certain kinds of resources or guides added to the website? - Any ideas for community engagement? - Constructive […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@felwert Yea, I hope it's the former! I also think it may be a shifting focus on different kinds of texts, which may be fad-ish? But this is just my spidey sense, not grounded on anything real

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@felwert I think it really depends on what you're trying to achieve and whatever other forms of analysis and interpretation the study relies on in tandem

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@felwert LDA seems to take language at face value, whereas BERTopic seems better for handling hierarchically-organized and context-laden semantic structures that resemble what one might experience when doing qualitative coding. BERTopic is also better for shorter text, snippets, etc, which is […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Jeez I'm so glad I didn't end up submitting a MSCA proposal this year. Another 25% increase in application volume since last year, with even less funding provided for the whole lot than the years before

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Looking a bit deeper into the report, it's really great that they acknowledge the impact of what they're calling "narrative summaries" and of less formal contextual information, but this does not come across at all in the summary and prompts me to consider that these findings are deemed less […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

In other words, yet another attempt to force a technical solution on a fundamentally social problem **deep sigh**

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

> And yet much of the current system remains rooted in the logic of print. Publishing workflows, outputs, and fundamental concepts have largely persisted as artifacts of an earlier era. The journal article remains the dominant unit of recognition, while important contributions—including data […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: mstdn.science/@PLOS/117286257571977… Ok so the solution is apparently just to produce more documents, gotcha. Not redistributing resources, encouraging more meaningful involvement of under-recognized actors, or dealing with any of the material and social issues that need to be […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Is it just me, or has @phanpy been really slow over the past couple of weeks? It's especially sluggish when first navigating to the web app and when opening posts to see the replies. Anyone got any tips to resolve these issues?

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Joe Roe @joeroe.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

In the last week days archaeo.social has received 398 AI-generated spam signup requests vs. 1 genuine human one. Unfortunately we might be at the point where it's more efficient to just disable registration entirely and say, "email a mod if you want an account" :/ #MetaArchaeoSocial […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

There was a moment when he proclaimed how proud he was that the team spent three whole days contemplating the nature of truth, and I was like dude, only three days?

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Went to a demo for an "ai" flavoured data commons / scholarly communication / reviewer matching platform and while some of the things that the guy showed were really neat and would work in certain bounded contexts (would be great for internal review in large research centres, conference […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

The analogy of a sandbox as a contained environment has always confused me. Sand literally goes everywhere and follows you around in your shoes and hair long after you stop playing

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

I'm not disagreeing with any of this, BTW. I'm very glad to see wider recognition of LLMs in research as an extension of existing problems relating to distributed of agency, and the role of enculturation in communities of practice in instilling intuitive understanding of authoritative knowledge […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

RE: neuromatch.social/@jonny/1172234666… These are all variant combinations of developing trust in collaborative research environments, delegation of work to creative and non-creative actors, developing meaningful points of reference and mutual goals in interdisciplinary teams, etc.

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Yes, this is a subtoot of basically all the critique I read and listen to that's only comprehensible to humanists in niche subfields, which would receive nutzo-eyerolls galore if shared with any normal person

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

If I can't explain my critique of tech or whatever to my extremely normie lawyer-bro or my extremely boomer centrist dad, there's no way any of whatever I'm talking about will have any real world impact whatsoever

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Exporting email content and metadata should not be as difficult as it is

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

This open science conference could have been a series of press releases

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

I like books. I enjoy reading them. They are fine.

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Does short term pain for long term gain apply to mental health?

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Helping me achieve my mental and physical fitness goals by chipping away at my mental health… somehow

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

People being blatantly wrong on podcasts is my elliptical juice

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

@mhoye also: if I made a big mess and there's nothing else available on hand, I will certainly rip out some pages of an old national geographic that there are a million copies of and that are left at the doorstep of every underfunded local library as if its a dear orphaned child and use them as […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

@mhoye Also: respect for people who never agreed to have their stories or identities published and who suffer because of it

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

@mhoye making space for more relevant books, resolving errors in printed copies, fuel for fire when no other combustible materials are available, yanking pages so I can give people directions to places they need to go, cutting a hole in it hide a precious forbidden object, to name just a few....

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

It's almost as if OSF was never truly aligned with researchers' needs and values 🧐

Screenshot of OSF's explanation for why they're stopping to host content. The content in the screenshot is about prevalence of researchers' use of private, un-shared content.

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

archaeo.social is seeking two volunteers to help liven up our little corner of the fediverse! Specifically, we're looking for a community moderator to help draw out more active positive engagement among our members, and someone to support with more technical sysadmin-type work. Both roles will […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@benmarwick/1170644… Please report any impersonation accounts you encounter so we can suspend them!

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Ben Marwick @benmarwick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Two fake accounts impersonating me appeared recently and sent messages to many of my contacts. They used slightly incomplete versions of my name. Thanks so much to everyone who spotted and reported them. Both accounts have now been removed. Several other R users on Mastodon have had similar […]

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Joe Roe @joeroe.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

'Archaeological Information Systems': A Comparison of Field Recording Software in #Archaeology: joeroe.io/2026/08/03/archaeological… I've been keeping notes on this niche but developing field for some years, and thought others might find them useful. I'd be […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Not all writing is sacred. Listen to the librevox recording of General Instructions For The Guidance Of Post Office Inspectors In The Dominion and tell me it’s worth taking up space on numerous shelves […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Very glad that it's raining today. I can work on this grant proposal without lovely distractions

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

This is probably kinda sappy but I’m kinda heartened by the responses* because they show that we care enough to make inclusive spaces in spite of the massively problematic ways the kernel is developed *regarding the community aspect specifically, some reactions to the ai remarks are iffy, imo

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