In the end, we managed to avoid feature degradation in the latest #XRONOS release, aimed at mitigating abuse from bots and AI crawlers:
https://xronos.ch/news/xronos-v121-stability-curation-workflows-and-infrastructure-hardening
We'll see if these performance improvements will be enough. So […]
I'm in Rome for the #dariah annual event & a visit to the #Vatican has allowed me to buy an Italian copy of Pope Leo's encyclical letter Magnifica Humanitas, which was only officially published this morning. When I entered the book store at 11 am, the shop […]
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📄 New(-ish) post by David O’Sullivan
A clear, hands-on exploration of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem using simulation and R, showing how scale and aggregation can reshape spatial patterns and interpretation […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
We've reached the point where we're having to actively degrade the UI and remove useful features of the small scientific database I co-maintain (https://xronos.ch) to try and reduce the extreme load imposed by (unwanted and politely-asked-to-go-away) AI crawler bots. Conversations about new […]
An interesting read: "Dumb Ways for an Open Source Project to Die"
https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/19/dumb-ways-for-an-open-source-project-to-die.html
Andrew Nesbitt lists common reasons for software to become unmaintained. I've seen a lot of them...
Deutsche Bahn rigrets tu inform ju dät pässenschers jußing Linux ahr karrentlie (reitlieh oa ronglie) eidentifeit es botts. Plies switsch tu en olternatif operäiting sistemm. Sorrie foa sieh inkonwiehniens and sänk you for intänding to träwel viß Deutsche Bahn äniewei […]
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At the ESTER-project we're looking for two #PostDocs and one #PhD student: https://ester-project.org/2026/05/01/the-ester-project-is-hiring/
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If you are interested in demography, biological proxies, modelling and/or Bayesian statistics, have a look! Deadline is May 31st, this sunday! […]
Man liest nur auf Papier gut. Das Wesentliche ist auf dem Bildschirm unsichtbar.
– Der kleine Print
Themen wie Metadaten, Normdaten, digitale Sammlungen und digitale Vermittlungsformate werden zunehmend zentral für kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung und Lehre.
Neue Stelle an der Universität Tübingen im Bereich Digitalisierung und Datenmanagement in der Kunstgeschichte:
Gesucht wird eine Person […]
I'm not in the habit of reading Papal encyclicals, but this one seems like a must read:
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
I'm still early in wading through this, but I appreciate its emphasis on the socio-politcal dangers of power […]