Ricardo Segurado
@rcrdsgrd.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy
Fresh bread and biostatistics; keyboards and ukulele; genetics and longitudinal models; universities and freedom.
Dublin, Ireland
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Dublin, Ireland
Recently migrated, no posts!
[bridged from https://mastodon.ie/@RcrdSgrd on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
So, Boston or Berlin?
January 12, 2026 at 7:24 AM
So, Boston or Berlin?
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
Procurement Before Prestige
How audit rules and public infrastructure could break science’s publishing monopolies. An English version of my post for the Verfassungsblog from December 19, 2025. Scientific journals that feel straight out of 1665, prices that could come from a MrBeast […]
How audit rules and public infrastructure could break science’s publishing monopolies. An English version of my post for the Verfassungsblog from December 19, 2025. Scientific journals that feel straight out of 1665, prices that could come from a MrBeast […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Procurement Before Prestige
How audit rules and public infrastructure could break science’s publishing monopolies. An English version of my post for the Verfassungsblog from December 19, 2025. Scientific journals that feel straight out of 1665, prices that could come from a MrBeast […]
How audit rules and public infrastructure could break science’s publishing monopolies. An English version of my post for the Verfassungsblog from December 19, 2025. Scientific journals that feel straight out of 1665, prices that could come from a MrBeast […]
Neat overview of some traffic ideals, for NYC in particular.
#bike #cycle #pedestriansfirst #mamdani
https://miserplan.carrd.co/
#bike #cycle #pedestriansfirst #mamdani
https://miserplan.carrd.co/
The Miser Plan
It's time to return the streets of NYC to residents, prioritizing urban appropriate transportation methods.
miserplan.carrd.co
January 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Neat overview of some traffic ideals, for NYC in particular.
#bike #cycle #pedestriansfirst #mamdani
https://miserplan.carrd.co/
#bike #cycle #pedestriansfirst #mamdani
https://miserplan.carrd.co/
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
With the military attacks on Venezuela as a last drop, and especially because of the radical US strategy to 1. Impose digital colonialism 2. Its tariffs and 3. Force the buying of US weapons, we have to make radical choices. US gov is not our friend (any more).
Either we continue as a colony or […]
Either we continue as a colony or […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 AM
With the military attacks on Venezuela as a last drop, and especially because of the radical US strategy to 1. Impose digital colonialism 2. Its tariffs and 3. Force the buying of US weapons, we have to make radical choices. US gov is not our friend (any more).
Either we continue as a colony or […]
Either we continue as a colony or […]
M. Commissioner, apart from stating the obvious what are you trying to achieve with this "warning"? Do you not believe this is exactly Israel's aim?
December 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
M. Commissioner, apart from stating the obvious what are you trying to achieve with this "warning"? Do you not believe this is exactly Israel's aim?
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
[highly reductive take about capitalism from a pinball machine repairman]
When I started work at PAPA, the games were in pretty bad condition.
PAPA had one tech, and five hundred pinball machines. Tech's name was Steve and he was a great guy and an excellent tech. You've never heard of him […]
When I started work at PAPA, the games were in pretty bad condition.
PAPA had one tech, and five hundred pinball machines. Tech's name was Steve and he was a great guy and an excellent tech. You've never heard of him […]
Original post on retro.social
retro.social
July 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
[highly reductive take about capitalism from a pinball machine repairman]
When I started work at PAPA, the games were in pretty bad condition.
PAPA had one tech, and five hundred pinball machines. Tech's name was Steve and he was a great guy and an excellent tech. You've never heard of him […]
When I started work at PAPA, the games were in pretty bad condition.
PAPA had one tech, and five hundred pinball machines. Tech's name was Steve and he was a great guy and an excellent tech. You've never heard of him […]
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
A reminder during this holiday season, courtesy of the late Barbara Ehrenreich, about the "major philanthropists of our society."
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A reminder during this holiday season, courtesy of the late Barbara Ehrenreich, about the "major philanthropists of our society."
It's just be around a month since I switched to a radio alarm clock.
The mobile phone charges downstairs overnight, and I've managed to finish the book I've been reading since summer 2023, and 2 others...
#digitalhigiene #disconnect #BookStadon
The mobile phone charges downstairs overnight, and I've managed to finish the book I've been reading since summer 2023, and 2 others...
#digitalhigiene #disconnect #BookStadon
December 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's just be around a month since I switched to a radio alarm clock.
The mobile phone charges downstairs overnight, and I've managed to finish the book I've been reading since summer 2023, and 2 others...
#digitalhigiene #disconnect #BookStadon
The mobile phone charges downstairs overnight, and I've managed to finish the book I've been reading since summer 2023, and 2 others...
#digitalhigiene #disconnect #BookStadon
#linuxvswindows
I spent a good chunk of my Saturday installing Linux on my 2018 Dell laptop.
Shrinking partitions, turning off Fastboot, bitlocker, fast startup, flashing usb drives, fiddling with BIOS settings, GRUBbing around and looking for help on the miserable AI sloppy mess that the web […]
I spent a good chunk of my Saturday installing Linux on my 2018 Dell laptop.
Shrinking partitions, turning off Fastboot, bitlocker, fast startup, flashing usb drives, fiddling with BIOS settings, GRUBbing around and looking for help on the miserable AI sloppy mess that the web […]
Original post on mastodon.ie
mastodon.ie
December 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#linuxvswindows
I spent a good chunk of my Saturday installing Linux on my 2018 Dell laptop.
Shrinking partitions, turning off Fastboot, bitlocker, fast startup, flashing usb drives, fiddling with BIOS settings, GRUBbing around and looking for help on the miserable AI sloppy mess that the web […]
I spent a good chunk of my Saturday installing Linux on my 2018 Dell laptop.
Shrinking partitions, turning off Fastboot, bitlocker, fast startup, flashing usb drives, fiddling with BIOS settings, GRUBbing around and looking for help on the miserable AI sloppy mess that the web […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115663403938801013
Seriously who buys something like a smart toilet?
And did they really think someone invented a toilet with microchips and cameras, just for the purely altruistic purpose of giving them some sort of a better toilet experience?
Seriously who buys something like a smart toilet?
And did they really think someone invented a toilet with microchips and cameras, just for the purely altruistic purpose of giving them some sort of a better toilet experience?
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115663403938801013
Seriously who buys something like a smart toilet?
And did they really think someone invented a toilet with microchips and cameras, just for the purely altruistic purpose of giving them some sort of a better toilet experience?
Seriously who buys something like a smart toilet?
And did they really think someone invented a toilet with microchips and cameras, just for the purely altruistic purpose of giving them some sort of a better toilet experience?
RE: https://graphics.social/@metin/115637789413225280
This bit really struck me:
"Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these […]
This bit really struck me:
"Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these […]
Original post on mastodon.ie
mastodon.ie
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
RE: https://graphics.social/@metin/115637789413225280
This bit really struck me:
"Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these […]
This bit really struck me:
"Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these […]
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
80 years after the Nuremberg Trials, the US administration is trying to rescue the "just following orders" defense.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/24/pentagon-says-it-is-investigating-us-senator-over-illegal-orders-video
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/24/pentagon-says-it-is-investigating-us-senator-over-illegal-orders-video
Pentagon says it is investigating US senator over ‘illegal orders’ video
Pentagon suggests Mark Kelly, an ex-Navy captain, could be court-martialled for urging military to defy unlawful orders.
www.aljazeera.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
80 years after the Nuremberg Trials, the US administration is trying to rescue the "just following orders" defense.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/24/pentagon-says-it-is-investigating-us-senator-over-illegal-orders-video
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/24/pentagon-says-it-is-investigating-us-senator-over-illegal-orders-video
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/115586481225235662
Sneaky fuckers.
#google #alphabet #gemini #gmail
Sneaky fuckers.
#google #alphabet #gemini #gmail
mastodon.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/115586481225235662
Sneaky fuckers.
#google #alphabet #gemini #gmail
Sneaky fuckers.
#google #alphabet #gemini #gmail
RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115566817887791019
This might actually have a positive side effect. That is, of discrediting online surveys. 🙃
This might actually have a positive side effect. That is, of discrediting online surveys. 🙃
mastodon.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115566817887791019
This might actually have a positive side effect. That is, of discrediting online surveys. 🙃
This might actually have a positive side effect. That is, of discrediting online surveys. 🙃
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
Thinking about all these repeated attempts to strip away privacy to make it easier for cops to catch bad guys.
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
Original post on mastodon.monoceros.co.za
mastodon.monoceros.co.za
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thinking about all these repeated attempts to strip away privacy to make it easier for cops to catch bad guys.
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
Abandoning these rankings is way overdue, IMHO:
"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x
Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!
#rankings #universities […]
"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x
Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!
#rankings #universities […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Abandoning these rankings is way overdue, IMHO:
"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x
Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!
#rankings #universities […]
"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x
Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!
#rankings #universities […]
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
# I Want You to Understand Chicago
This is hard to read, because this is 1933 all over again. It is no longer a question if the US are sliding into fascism or have already arrived. They went full Nazi.
https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
This is also what is going to […]
This is hard to read, because this is 1933 all over again. It is no longer a question if the US are sliding into fascism or have already arrived. They went full Nazi.
https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
This is also what is going to […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
# I Want You to Understand Chicago
This is hard to read, because this is 1933 all over again. It is no longer a question if the US are sliding into fascism or have already arrived. They went full Nazi.
https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
This is also what is going to […]
This is hard to read, because this is 1933 all over again. It is no longer a question if the US are sliding into fascism or have already arrived. They went full Nazi.
https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
This is also what is going to […]
Reposted by Ricardo Segurado
David Suzuki, one of Canada's greatest voices on climate and the biosphere says that it's too late and that the fight against climate change is lost:
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
"The units of survival are going to […]
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
"The units of survival are going to […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
David Suzuki, one of Canada's greatest voices on climate and the biosphere says that it's too late and that the fight against climate change is lost:
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
"The units of survival are going to […]
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
"The units of survival are going to […]
Just in time before the last of it is gone...
https://www.thejournal.ie/uk-to-announce-today-if-it-will-recognise-palestine-ahead-of-key-un-general-assemblt-meeting-6822809-Sep2025/
https://www.thejournal.ie/uk-to-announce-today-if-it-will-recognise-palestine-ahead-of-key-un-general-assemblt-meeting-6822809-Sep2025/
UK, Canada and Australia formally recognise Palestinian state
Tánaiste Simon Harris welcomed the decisions by the three nations, which mean 150 of the UN’s 193 member states now recognise Palestine.
www.thejournal.ie
September 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Just in time before the last of it is gone...
https://www.thejournal.ie/uk-to-announce-today-if-it-will-recognise-palestine-ahead-of-key-un-general-assemblt-meeting-6822809-Sep2025/
https://www.thejournal.ie/uk-to-announce-today-if-it-will-recognise-palestine-ahead-of-key-un-general-assemblt-meeting-6822809-Sep2025/