City2Graph is a Python library for converting geospatial datasets into graphs for Graph Neural Networks (GNN) and spatial analysis.

Plates (part col’d) in portfolio

On “indexicality” (the inherent fact of basically all statements that they exist within context). Leads into how science is an attempt to generate non-indexical (i.e. universal) knowledge, and how the social sciences in particular have been known for generalising indexical knowledge improperly.

El libro ‘Estructura e interpretación de programas informáticos’ de Abelson y Sussman explora conceptos fundamentales de programación y diseño de software utilizando el lenguaje Lisp. A través de una serie de capítulos, se abordan temas como la construcción de abstracciones, la modularidad y la programación con datos, enfatizando la importancia de la programación como una actividad intelectual. La obra también destaca la necesidad de mantener la diversión en la informática y la evolución continua de los programas a medida que se profundiza en la comprensión de los modelos subyacentes.

The Utah UFO Hunters Investigative Team. Utah UFO reporting and database, UFO Search Group, Utah UFO photo’s, Extraterrestrial contact

English-access Soviet-era scientific papers from Russian journals and repositories. Most are machine-translated, and some are originally in English.

via: https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/06/29/links-for-june-2026/

The choice of an efficient document preparation system is an important decision for any academic researcher. To assist the research community, we report a software usability study in which 40 researchers across different disciplines prepared scholarly texts with either Microsoft Word or LaTeX. The probe texts included simple continuous text, text with tables and subheadings, and complex text with several mathematical equations. We show that LaTeX users were slower than Word users, wrote less text in the same amount of time, and produced more typesetting, orthographical, grammatical, and formatting errors. On most measures, expert LaTeX users performed even worse than novice Word users. LaTeX users, however, more often report enjoying using their respective software. We conclude that even experienced LaTeX users may suffer a loss in productivity when LaTeX is used, relative to other document preparation systems.

The choice of an efficient document preparation system is an important decision for any academic researcher. To assist the research community, we report a software usability study in which 40 researchers across different disciplines prepared scholarly texts with either Microsoft Word or LaTeX. The probe texts included simple continuous text, text with tables and subheadings, and complex text with several mathematical equations. We show that LaTeX users were slower than Word users, wrote less text in the same amount of time, and produced more typesetting, orthographical, grammatical, and formatting errors. On most measures, expert LaTeX users performed even worse than novice Word users. LaTeX users, however, more often report enjoying using their respective software. We conclude that even experienced LaTeX users may suffer a loss in productivity when LaTeX is used, relative to other document preparation systems.

Forester is a tool for scientific and mathematical hypertext authoring. It serves as your lab notebook, journal, blackboard, and lecture notes. Maintained by Jon Sterling and Kento Okura. Inspired by Zettelkasten and evergreen notes concepts.

A great explanation of the most burning problem of LLM usage in science: a novice, by relying on LLMs to do the work, will skip the learning process that would have turned them into a scientist.

An excellent write-up on the current and future potential (or lack thereof) of AI / LLMs in science.

Educational resource primarily focused on research methods in the social sciences, with a strong emphasis on qualitative research.

A list of the many curious things I’ve made over the years.

All the pages from other sites I’ve liked since I started recording them here in May 2024.

I internet-enabled my Every Day Calendar! Now it talks fluent goals.garden (♥︎ ATProto) and I can update it from anywhere. It’s so simple, I bet you could do it too.