Notices by Prof Prachi Srivastava (prachisrivas@masto.ai)

Noam Chomsky is very much alive and fighting. :)

#News #Chomsky

https://apnews.com/article/noam-chomsky-alive-not-dead-5b7a1b23b8731ca311e1ec38cdc3c119

Especially for entomologists. And social theorists.

#Comics #Funny #Humor #Humour #Insects #Science #Sociology

@inthehands

Yeah, I hear that too but it isn't what I mean - far from it. Much more about equity and social justice and fairness to students and to the community. The discourse is usurped.

@StillIRise1963

@inthehands

I think for researchers of education and social mobility, the latter has been apparent for some years but perhaps it is not discussed in such terms in public discourse.

RE: Social media - I think the incentives are perverse for universities as well. If a unit doesn't take action on certain issues, why didn't it, or if it did, why did it? Should it or should it not have? There is more 'publicness' to certain micro-decisions. I think that is less talked about.

@StillIRise1963

@inthehands

Agreed on the swimming to stay alive.

As for repercussions, nothing students do these days is away from the gaze of social media. I think that adds a layer of pressure we certainly did not have.

@StillIRise1963

@inthehands

I think there would be serious repercussions to those things now.

On the doctoral experience - it was absolutely lovely (not perfect) and Oxford is still one of my happiest places.

@StillIRise1963

@inthehands

I'm with you. I had energy and made time for things I"m not sure I would have now - student elections, student journalism, volunteering, and my ongoing interests. It was a great time. Less so time for those things during my PhD, but certainly during undergrad and master's - and my doctoral experience was still pretty wonderful.

@StillIRise1963

@UlrikeHahn @inquiline @Zeb_Larson

I'm pretty sure I'm doing Bsky wrong because I find it sparse and can't figure out how to gain some momentum on information, etc.

I was one of the academics who used Twitter a lot for public engagement and to counter mis/disinformation regarding education and COVID. I found it immensely useful to reach a larger and diverse audience and to connect with journalists and other academics. I don't think we will see that again - and I think that part of it is sad.

@technomancy If one blocks a domain does that mean everyone on the instance you block it from no longer sees any account from that instance?

Are posts from all instances visible via hashtags? I have a holding account on another instance. There are more posts there for some hashtags. Why is that?

Should I move instances? I'd prefer not to because of annoyance but maybe it's a better option to be on a larger instance?

I'm an academic trying to broaden my reach and connect with other academics, news, INGOs/NGOs, institutes etc. Grateful for any answers. Still trying work out #Mastodon and #Fediverse.

@stux @feditips #FediTips

@aral This made me genuinely laugh.