this fascinating BBC article about the measuring of coastlines feels like a metaphor for so many hiccups encountered in #CitizenScience and #Transdisciplinary research due to differing standards, definitions and units of measure: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260410-why-its-impossible-to-measure-englands-coastline
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Margaret Gold
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06🇨🇦 🇳🇱 Migrant. Collaborator and bridge-builder. Mostly tooting about #OpenSource #CitizenScience #OpenScience and transition topics
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The 2026 edition of 'Expeditie Stadsnatuur' has now launched, and we're already off to a great start - check out the dashboard! https://waarneming.nl/bioblitz/categories/expeditie-stadsnatuur-2026/ This year our goal is 2600 unique species across the Leiden region. #CitizenScience #Biodiversity @GemeenteLeiden@mstdn.social
check out the awesome programme for the @citizensciencenederland@mastodon.nl network day on thursday!! https://citizenscience.nl/p/programma ....still a few tickets if you've haven't registered yet ;) #CitizenScience
what a great post @gedankenstuecke@scholar.social I completely agree https://tzovar.as/motivations/ - it reminds me of discussions at the Zooniverse about the user experience of Snapshot Serengeti if removing empty photos by ML also removed the joy of discovery
My @cwts@social.cwts.nl colleague @LudoWaltman@social.cwts.nl has co-written a great piece on @theconversationdotcom@threads.net about how the peer review system is broken - I can vouch for most of the experiences describe therein!! https://theconversation.com/the-peer-review-system-no-longer-works-to-guarantee-academic-rigour-a-different-approach-is-needed-244092
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#OpenScience
@cubicgarden@mas.to Happy Birthday Ian!!
Mooi onderzoek door onze 'very own' Liselotte Rambonnet, die aankomend week gaat promoveren https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2026/02/vrijwilligers-cruciaal-in-strijd-tegen-plasticvervuiling-en-bescherming-van-wilde-dieren
the most beautiful piece of television I've ever seen. S3:E1 Tomorrow - The Bear
If you caught this news piece about the power of #CitizenScience to highlight the real scale of #plasticpollution issues https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/08/masses-of-toxic-litter-pours-from-rhine-into-north-sea-each-year-research-finds then you may also want to check out their research results: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-025-00007-5
Ik heb net ondertekend https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/stop-de-amerikaanse-overname-digid - dit moeten wij echt stoppen...