Kristin Wilson<p>🕸️ 🧡 Understanding Life as a Fungus. </p><p><a href="https://synosys.github.io/cosmo-exhibition-fungal-network-growth/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">synosys.github.io/cosmo-exhibi</span><span class="invisible">tion-fungal-network-growth/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a></p>
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Andrei A. Klishin<p>re-<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a><br>Hi Fediscience! I am an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Honolulu). I got here starting from Physics training with many scientific detours into data-driven models, complex systems, nanomaterial self-assembly, human learning of complex networks, naval ships, and design problems.<br>I grew up in Belarus and have *opinions* on that region of the world. I've been on Fediverse since late 2022 when *something* happened to our previous cybersocial infrastructure, but the previous server I was on is sunsetting. Please come say hi and recommend cool people to follow here.<br>I have a blog with longer thoughts on science-adjacent topics.<br><a href="https://www.aklishin.science/blog/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">aklishin.science/blog/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NetworkScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkScience</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataScience</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DynamicalSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DynamicalSystems</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CollectiveBehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveBehavior</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/StatisticalPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatisticalPhysics</span></a></p>
Tanguy Fardet<p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/GetFediHired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetFediHired</span></a><br>My new lab, the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (France), is offering a 2-year <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/postdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postdoc</span></a> position in complex systems modeling on circular economy issues: <a href="https://www.toulouse-biotechnology-institute.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/post-doc-offer.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">toulouse-biotechnology-institu</span><span class="invisible">te.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/post-doc-offer.pdf</span></a></p><p>The subject is open for co-construction so I'd say there's a lot of potential to do something nice for anyone who wants the freedom to structure their own research. The supervisors are very nice and the lab is very welcoming, 100% recommend 😉</p><p>If you know people who might be interested, please share this!</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modeling</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/fediHire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediHire</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/fediHired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediHired</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/complexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexSystems</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/circularEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>circularEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/jobAlert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobAlert</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/jobSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobSearch</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/postdoctoralPosition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postdoctoralPosition</span></a></p>
kali<p>so i am going to post a thread of some graphs about the human situation on the planet. some show data, some show concepts. all of them are going to be pretty depressing, so buckle up.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemsthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemsthinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemstheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemstheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemsengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemsengineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemsinnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemsinnovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemsdynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemsdynamics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemsecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemsecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/limitstogrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>limitstogrowth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peakoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peakoil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collapseology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collapseology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resilience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postdoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postdoom</span></a></p>
Mason Porter<p>Our 95-page mega-review article is out on arXiv!</p><p>"Structural Robustness and Vulnerability of Networks" (by Alice C. Schwarze, Jessica Jiang, Jonny Wray, Mason A. Porter): <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07498" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2409.07498</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This is a very ambitious article, which was led superbly by Alice. Hopefully, our article will guide research on this topic for a decade or more.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networkscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Does universe exhibits characteristics of living systems? These signs include its complexity and order, self-regulation, the emergence of consciousness, cosmic evolution, adaptation, information processing, efficient energy use, growth and expansion, reproductive analogies, and interconnectedness. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universe</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cosmology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobiology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://listverse.com/2024/08/03/10-signs-that-the-universe-might-be-alive/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">listverse.com/2024/08/03/10-si</span><span class="invisible">gns-that-the-universe-might-be-alive/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter</span></a></p>
Andreas Schreiber<p>Die Website unserer Abteilung im neuen Design... <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@DLR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DLR</span></a></span> Institut für Softwaretechnologie — Abteilung Intelligente und Verteilte Systeme <a href="https://www.dlr.de/de/sc/ueber-uns/abteilungen/intelligente-und-verteilte-systeme" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dlr.de/de/sc/ueber-uns/abteilu</span><span class="invisible">ngen/intelligente-und-verteilte-systeme</span></a><br>Der Fokus der Abteilung liegt auf der Erforschung, Konzeption und Verbesserung komplexer Systeme und Prozesse im Forschungs- und Anwendungskontext.</p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/DistributedSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistributedSystems</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/IntelligentSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligentSystems</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/ComplexNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexNetworks</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/SoftwareVisualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareVisualization</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/HumanFactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanFactors</span></a></p>
Stephen Matheson🌵🌲<p>"Inclusivity and equity are core to a strong foundation of Open Science, and we need to hear from all perspectives in order to make science, the process of publishing science, and the solutions science inspires, more robust. *PLOS Mental Health* and *PLOS Complex Systems* will strive to represent research from local experts around the world, and from across various disciplines."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a> <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/plos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plos</span></a> <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scientificpublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientificpublishing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theplosblog.plos.org/2023/06/welcoming-two-new-journals-to-the-plos-portfolio/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theplosblog.plos.org/2023/06/w</span><span class="invisible">elcoming-two-new-journals-to-the-plos-portfolio/</span></a></p>
Mirela Riveni<p>Personal: I am very happy to announce that I have accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at the University of Groningen. Looking forward to further collaborations, and am glad to continue working within the Information Systems Group at the Bernoulli Institute. </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> get in touch if you are working on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networkscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkscience</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datascience</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarization</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crowdsourcing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crowdsourcing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicsunite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicsunite</span></a></span></p>
Graham<p>It's publication day for Red Enlightenment!</p><p>An exploration of how to approach spirituality in a way that engages with both science and social justice</p><p>Go grab a copy, link is in my bio!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialist</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spirituality</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/spiritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spiritual</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/systemsthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemsthinking</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/marx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marx</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theology</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/liberationtheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberationtheology</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christianity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judaism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hindu</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>daoism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/confucianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confucianism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activist</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communist</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/utopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>utopia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialjustice</span></a></p>
Ariadne<p>“Climate change is now reaching the end-game, where very soon humanity must choose between taking unprecedented action, or accepting that it has been left too late and bear the consequences. Therefore, it is all the more important to listen to non-mainstream voices who do understand the issues and are less hesitant to cry wolf. Unfortunately for us, the wolf may already be in the house.”<br>- Hans-Joachim Schnellhuber, founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research [1]</p><p>There is a 10% chance, according to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateModels</span></a>, that we are on course for a total collapse of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> (the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atmosphere</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSystem</span></a>) - 6°C of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> above <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreIndustrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PreIndustrial</span></a> (pre-1750) levels [1]. Which is what 700 ppm atmospheric <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> would bring. We are projected to reach 700 ppm CO2 in 2075 (and 950 ppm by 2100) [2]. This would mean not only <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EconomicCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicCollapse</span></a> and complete breakdown of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a>, but a 6th <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassExtinction</span></a> of nearly all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a>. And very likely near extinction of humans. Would you board an aircraft that you knew had a 10% <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> of crashing? Well, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IPCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPCC</span></a> and most mainstream scientists apparently would. 38% of the denizens of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> who responded to a poll I did the other day would at least consider boarding an aircraft with a 1% chance of crashing. If 1% of aircraft flights ended in a crash, that would mean over 1,000 crashes per day. At 10% probability of a crash it would be 10,000 per day. Unthinkable, right? Apparently not. Not when it comes to playing with the earth's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>. There's still a 90% chance of this not happening, after all, the IPCC reasons. So it is not “very likely”, not even “likely”. This represents ignorance of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiskAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiskAnalysis</span></a>, ignorance of the way <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> works in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a>, ignorance of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FatTail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FatTail</span></a> probability distributions, ignorance of the fact that all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalSystems</span></a> are complex systems, which by their nature are subject to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> – and a bizarre belief that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NormalDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NormalDistribution</span></a> (the so-called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BellCurve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BellCurve</span></a>) applies to natural systems, which it decidedly does not. Allow me to elaborate.</p><p>A couple of days ago, I ran a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> masquerading as a poll asking if you would board an aircraft which you knew had a 1% chance of crashing. The hints that this poll was allegorical were the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> hashtags and the link to the straightforward climate poll I ran in parallel with it.) As to the latter, which asked “Can we ignore unlikely but high risk <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> scenarios?”, 80% of respondents to both the German and English versions said “Absolutely Not! We risk annihilation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>!” Only 7% picked “the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IPCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPCC</span></a> ignores these [scenarios]. Me too.” This closely mirrors a statistically valid poll of 14,000 adult German citizens published in August 2021 in which 74% of people responded that humanity is about to face an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/catastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catastrophe</span></a> [3]. But surprisingly (shockingly?) 20% of respondents to the “aircraft crash” poll said they would board the aircraft even if they knew there was a 1% chance of it crashing, and 18% said they weren't sure and “would have to think about it” (94 people responded to the “aircraft” poll, 45 to the “climate” poll). Which means 38% of people would at least consider boarding such a plane. Very bad idea.</p><p>Now <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> polls are in no way statistically valid (but then neither are many commercial polls that get touted by news organizations). Nonetheless, the results are very illuminating when it comes to how the IPCC, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a>, and indeed the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScientificCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificCommunity</span></a> are dealing, or rather not dealing, with the fact that there is not a 1% probability but a 10% chance that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a> have put our planet on a trajectory in which <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a> and most <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> may well become <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinct</span></a> sometime in the 22nd Century. And <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocietalCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietalCollapse</span></a> will likely happen later in our present century. The level of ignorance of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalSystems</span></a>, specifically the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atmosphere</span></a> system – demonstrated by the IPCC and many mainstream scientists shockingly parallels the ignorance of these same subjects by 38% of the respondents to the “aircraft poll”. (For one thing, there are projected to be about 40,000,000 aircraft flights in 2023 [4]. If there were a 1% chance of a crash, that would mean 400,000 crashes this year, or over 1000 crashes per day. And yet, when we look dispassionately at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateScience</span></a>, we are treating the very real models of human-caused global-warming (Anthropogenic Global Warming, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AGW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGW</span></a>) as if we've intentionally boarded an aircraft that has a 10% chance of crashing. Which would mean 10,000 aircraft crashes every day. Unthinkable, right? Surely no one would ever board an aircraft if this were the case.</p><p>In the case of Earth's climate, what would constitute a “crash”, the complete collapse of human society, nearly complete <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassExtinction</span></a> of most terrestrial species, a broad band (± 20° latitude north and south of the equator) of our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> at hot tub temperatures, and an even broader band (± 30° N/S of the equator) which would be uninhabitable for humans, and large regions even further north and south (the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Southwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Southwest</span></a>, the interior of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, most of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arabia</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a>, the south of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, to name a few) which would be uninhabitable during the summer months? Scientists agree that 6°C of global warming above <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreIndustrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PreIndustrial</span></a> (before 1750 CE) would certainly do it; quite possibly less than that, due to positive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeedbackLoops</span></a>, but let's be conservative, like most scientists, and go with 6°C. What are the chances of that? Well, the chance of 6°C of warming within the next 100 years is 10%! </p><p>Here is an excellent graphic (see attached screenshot) from the economists Gernot Wagner's and Martin Weitzman's 2015 book “Climate shock: the economic consequences of a hotter planet” [5] (well worth a read, by the way). That doesn't quite look like a Normal distribution, does it? A pretty wonky looking “bell curve”. That's because the statistics that underlie the curve are not Normally distributed. It is not a bell curve. A Normal distribution is based upon the statistical concept known as the Central Limit Theorem <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentralLimitTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralLimitTheorem</span></a>, and the Law of [Statistical] Universality which arises from it. And that law works great – when it is applied to data whose variables do not interact with each other or with other systems, when there are no higher order interactions of variables, when there are no <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeedbackLoops</span></a>, etc. If you're looking at a distribution of the heights or weights of 1000 randomly selected <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penguins</span></a>, or people, the data will be Normally distributed, it will follow a “bell curve”, because the Central Limit Theorem tells us it will be so, and the Law of Universality must apply. But none of this is true for natural systems, whether a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biome</span></a>, an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a>, or the ocean-atmosphere system that is (primarily) responsible for Earth's climate. There is another kind of statistical universality, indeed a statistical law of universality, that applies to all complex systems, and thus all natural systems, called Tracy-Widom Universality (first elaborated in 1992 by the mathematicians Craig Tracy and Harold Widom) [6]. The statistical distributions that arise from Tracy-Widom Universality are not symmetrical “bell curves” but skewed distributions with “fat tails”. Exactly that of the statistical likelihood of reaching or exceeding 6°C of global warming as shown in Wagner's and Weitzman's figure.</p><p>Are we totally screwed? Or rather, have we totally screwed ourselves and the planet? As of now, it certainly looks that way. And perhaps we are collectively okay with this. There is after all a 90% chance we won't reach or exceed 6°C of warming. But even the mainstream climate science community acknowledges we are headed for 3°C - 4°C of global warming, and headed there very soon, which will probably be more than enough to set off the collapse of the climate, of the atmospheric and ocean circulation system. And a single species, in about 300 years time, will have managed to destroy the bluest and greenest and most living of planets, 4.5 billion years in the making. It is simply not right.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/whatliesbeneath" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">breakthroughonline.org.au/what</span><span class="invisible">liesbeneath</span></a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/06/data-from-earths-past-holds-a-warning-for-our-future-under-climate-change/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yaleclimateconnections.org/201</span><span class="invisible">9/06/data-from-earths-past-holds-a-warning-for-our-future-under-climate-change/</span></a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.fom.de/2021/august/deutschlandweite-fom-umfrage-zur-klimakrise.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fom.de/2021/august/deutschland</span><span class="invisible">weite-fom-umfrage-zur-klimakrise.html</span></a></p><p>[4] <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/564769/airline-industry-number-of-flights/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statista.com/statistics/564769</span><span class="invisible">/airline-industry-number-of-flights/</span></a></p><p>[5] <a href="https://archive.org/details/climateshockecon0000wagn/page/53/mode/1up?view=theater" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/climatesho</span><span class="invisible">ckecon0000wagn/page/53/mode/1up?view=theater</span></a></p><p>[6] <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/beyond-the-bell-curve-a-new-universal-law-20141015/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/beyond-the-</span><span class="invisible">bell-curve-a-new-universal-law-20141015/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Klimakrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klimakrise</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Klimawandel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klimawandel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Klima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klima</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Erderw%C3%A4rmung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erderwärmung</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Erderhitzung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erderhitzung</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Atmosph%C3%A4re" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atmosphäre</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ozean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ozean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Klimamodell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klimamodell</span></a></p>
Mirela Riveni<p>Thought I'd post an (academic) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>. :D I am an Assistant Professor at the University of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Groningen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Groningen</span></a>, with current research focus on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/largscale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>largscale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networkanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkanalysis</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networkscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkscience</span></a>) working within the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InformationSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationSystems</span></a> Group; I previously worked on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humancomputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humancomputation</span></a> (don't like the term), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialcomputing</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributedsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributedsystems</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tuwien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tuwien</span></a>. Interested in socio-tech. issues, including <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>, tech <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/complexnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexnetworks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Luca Visentin<p>I forgot to do this, so here it is:<br>Hello <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>! I'm Luca, a <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> student in <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a> at the University of Turin (<a href="https://genomic.social/tags/unito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unito</span></a>).</p><p>I mainly work in <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genomics</span></a> and <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/transcriptomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcriptomics</span></a>. My project involves the study of the <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/transportome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transportome</span></a>, and its role in the overall <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/cellbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cellbiology</span></a>.<br>I code in <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> and <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a>, but i'm trying to (slowly) learn about <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a>. I use <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/archlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archlinux</span></a>, btw.</p><p>I also play a ton of <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a> and <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a>. I love <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/mechanicalkeyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mechanicalkeyboard</span></a> (s) and own a <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/corne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corne</span></a> myself.</p>
Graham<p>People here might also be interested in my first book The Shock Doctrine of the Left, which combined leftist / social movement activism with complex systems theory. Its much shorter and doesn't include the spirituality angle of my current projects, but it's otherwise of a piece! </p><p><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Shock+Doctrine+of+the+Left-p-9781509528554" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wiley.com/en-gb/The+Shock+Doct</span><span class="invisible">rine+of+the+Left-p-9781509528554</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/complexitytheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexitytheory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/complexityscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexityscience</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialjustice</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/shockdoctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shockdoctrine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialecology</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialmovements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmovements</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/systemsthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemsthinking</span></a></p>
Eleanor Saitta<p>A few <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introductions</span></a>:</p><p>I run Systems Structure Ltd., a US consultancy that provides fractional CISO services for pre-A to post-C round <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a>, along with <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatmodeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threatmodeling</span></a> training and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/securityarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securityarchitecture</span></a> reviews.</p><p>I've been working in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> since 2003 and did a spell in NGOland from ~2011 to 2016, working with NGOs and news organizations targeted by states and on tools they use, including the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/briar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>briar</span></a> messaging app. The field work I did then fundamentally reshaped my approach to security, and I recommend that everyone in the field learn about the reality of being a high-risk user.</p><p>I live in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Helsinki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Helsinki</span></a> the days, although in the before times (and hopefully soon again) I spent a fair bit of time in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a>. I run a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> performance space out of my home, along with my partner, called The Attic (@theatticfi on insta), where we make space for <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drag</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/burlesque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>burlesque</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/performanceart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>performanceart</span></a>, and music, along other things. Before I moved here, I spent six or so years traveling full time.</p><p>I have written various essays over the years, which you can see on dymaxion.org, and I'm slowly writing a book. While security pays the bills, I spend a lot of my time thinking about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a>, and in particular how the human and technical bits mesh, how they fail, and how to redesign them to fail better. In practice, this has meant everything from consulting on a constitution to thinking about what comes after the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> apocalypse. The "recruiting barbarians" in my bio refers to being more comfortable outside of institutions, but I'm starting to think more about community and infrastructure building now that I live somewhere. </p><p>I'm also an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a>; I paint and am slowly learning my way around a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/synthesizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synthesizer</span></a>, and I've been accused of being an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/architect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architect</span></a>. I'm active in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nordiclarp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nordiclarp</span></a> scene, where we take larp serious as a dramatic form and do everything from a reworking of Hamlet played at the actual Elsinore castle to a larp about the early days of the HIV crisis. I'm primarily a theorist and critic there, as well as player, and I've edited two books and written a number of essays. Nordic larp has the best toolkit I've seen anywhere for analyzing the human parts of complex systems and especially for building new systems; it's heavily influenced my security work, along with my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/designfutures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designfutures</span></a> thinking.</p>
Manlio De Domenico<p>Again, a quick and dirty analysis, but if I have no bugs then the 1% largest <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> instances accounts for 84% of all users.</p><p>The top 5% accounts for 97% of all users. </p><p>We can say that the system is effectively centralizing around a few instances, and this might be a problem for the overall stability and sustainability.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.skewed.de/@tiago" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tiago</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://qoto.org/@lmrocha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lmrocha</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://datasci.social/@estebanmoro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>estebanmoro</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@hirokisayama" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hirokisayama</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PessoaBrain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PessoaBrain</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://scholar.social/@danielemarinazzo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>danielemarinazzo</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MastoStat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoStat</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a></p>
Michael Szell<p>Never did the <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>, so here we go 👋 </p><p>I am Assoc Prof at ITU <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/Copenhagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copenhagen</span></a>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://datasci.social/@nerdsitu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nerdsitu</span></a></span>, researching <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/HumanCentric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanCentric</span></a> <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urban</span></a> <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataScience</span></a> 🚲 <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/Sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/BicycleNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BicycleNetworks</span></a> 🕸️, <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/TransportJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransportJustice</span></a> 🚙🔫. I come from <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/NetworkScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkScience</span></a> & <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a>. Lived in:🇦🇹🇺🇸🇩🇪🇭🇺🇩🇰</p><p>I created: <a href="https://datasci.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">datasci.social</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> · <a href="https://GrowBike.Net" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">GrowBike.Net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> · <span class="h-card"><a href="https://datasci.social/@nerdsitu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nerdsitu</span></a></span> · <a href="https://whatthestreet.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">whatthestreet.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> · <a href="https://pardus.at" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pardus.at</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I also like <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataViz</span></a> 🌌 and playing <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piano</span></a> (<a href="https://datasci.social/tags/schubert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schubert</span></a>, <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/chopin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chopin</span></a>, <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/liszt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liszt</span></a>,..). 🎹</p>
Daniel Hulse<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introductions</span></a>~~</p><p>I am a researcher at <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Ames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ames</span></a> studying the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resilience</span></a> in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a>.</p><p>As a major part of this, I develop the fmdtools <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> library for simulation/analysis of resilience.</p><p>With the recent <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/twittermigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twittermigration</span></a>, I'm here to share some of my work and engage more with the broader scientific community. So, expect most of my posts to be research or software related.</p>
Jussi T Eronen<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> cntd (This is random stuff what I'm interested and be posting/following): <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LongTrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongTrends</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> (esp. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>/ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> + other global regions too), <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a>, Europe, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldHistory</span></a> etc.), IT/tech (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EarlyInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyInternet</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FutureStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureStudies</span></a>), <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anime</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Manga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manga</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocioEcologicalSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocioEcologicalSystems</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnergySystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergySystems</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arctic</span></a> stuff, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>...</p>
Milo Trujillo<p>Hello world! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p><p>I study <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> online social groups: organizational structure, how technology shapes human collaboration, the effects of content <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a>, the emergence of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AltTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltTech</span></a>, all that juicy stuff. I'm a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ComplexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexSystems</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientist</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhDstudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhDstudent</span></a>), so I use a combination of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ComputerScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerScience</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CSCW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSCW</span></a>, mathematical <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modeling</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLP</span></a>, and statistics to study social phenomenon.</p><p>Outside academia, I apply that work at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DDoSecrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDoSecrets</span></a>, a publishing collective that distributes leaked documents to journalists and researchers, and when appropriate, the public. Most of my contributions are behind the scenes (infrastructure, some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a>, academic coordination and collaboration), so I rarely speak publicly for the collective.</p><p>Sometimes I post about side projects, like turning a toaster into a server, my conspiracy shrine made out of dumpster-salvaged electronics that reads and synthesizes conspiracies from the web, or adventures with obscure tech like virtual reality gopherholes. I write about my academic, DDoSecrets, and other pursuits at my blog: <a href="https://backdrifting.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">backdrifting.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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