"Publishing #diamond #OpenAccess is a noblesse oblige for us. Let everyone benefit from research, so that we contribute together to appropriate care and improve the quality of life for people with #intellectual #disabilities."

Read the interview with Alain Dekker, editor of an open access book on #psychosocial #support #methods:

https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/blog/publishing-a-open-access-book-on-psychosocial-support-methods-for-people-with-intellectual-disabilit

The book, published in 2024, has been downloaded >10,000 times by now.

#research #care #psychology #SocialWork

by Silvio Zangarini

One of the largest gem-quality yellow diamonds ever discovered in Canada — 158.2 carats — was extracted at Diavik recently.

#Geology #Jewel #Diamond #Canada #Mining

https://www.thefreepress.ca/national-news/miracle-of-nature-monster-yellow-diamond-plucked-from-waning-mine-in-canadas-north-7919835

#diamond : the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles

- French: diamant

- German: der Diamant

- Italian: diamante

- Portuguese: diamante

- Spanish: diamante

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

https://www.alojapan.com/1227070/mount-fuji-views-are-diamond-in-rough-for-foreign-golfers/ Mount Fuji views are diamond in rough for foreign golfers #are #Diamond #Foreign #fuji #Golfers #mount #MountFuji #MountFujiTopics #MountFuji #rough #Views #富士山 SHIZUOKA, Japan — Shizuoka prefecture, south of Tokyo, is promoting tour packages for wealthy golfers from abroad. A major selling point is the views the courses offer of Mount Fuji, which golfers can enjoy while playing. The prefecture hopes to promote longer stays and greater spendi…

Today’s 3 good things:

- Mailed my postcards to #Wisconsin voters today.

- Held #Diamond (who historically doesn’t like being held) in a new/different way, and she didn’t hate it. She even began purring contentedly until she suddenly realized what was going on, came to her senses, and requested down. A very good girl.

- Good self-defense class tonight. Learned how to control & bring an attacker to the ground using just their head.

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings
@3goodthings @threegoodthings

#TimelineCleanse

#Henry had a rough day today. His sister #Diamond insisted on sharing his cat bed, leaving hardly any room* for him at all! Poor guy had no choice but to hang his head out the front of the bed. Truly tragic. Somewhere Sarah McLachlan is singing.

*there was SO much room, but where’s the drama in that?

Our university is now a subscribing member of White Horse Press, a family-run academic publisher specializing in #environmental #humanities & #SocialSciences!

Read more: https://www.rug.nl/library/news/250226-white-horse-press

Discover other #diamond #OpenAccess initiatives we support: https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/diamond-open-access-at-the-ug/open-access-initiatives/

Today’s 3 good things:

- Moved out of my physical office space. It was emotional & bittersweet, but it was the right decision and this was a big step.

- Partner & I were dismayed to find our fave breakfast burrito place has closed. We consoled ourselves with an abundance of Taco Bell to make up for it.

- #Diamond forgave us for an unknown transgression and allowed us to provide her with apologetic belly rubs. She is very forgiving.

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings @3goodthings @threegoodthings

break? #Guix #HPC activity report is out!

Check it out:

https://hpc.guix.info/blog/2025/02/guix-hpc-activity-report-2024/

The seventh report, time flies! Highlight of key achievements:

• More than 57,000 packages, Guix + related channels for scientific packages;
• Performance and portability: more about MPI;
• ROCm/HIP software stack for AMD GPUs upgrades;
• Migration of Guix-Science channel to Codeberg;
• New version of Guix-Jupyter;
• Common Workflow Language #CWL + Guix = : ccwl and ravanan;
• Ensuring Source Code Availability: #SoftwareHeritage rescue mode;
• Re-Deploying Software from the Past;
• Supporting Artifact Evaluation at SuperComputing 2024;
• “Package to Container image” conversion pipeline, #DIAMOND and #DIADEM;
• Digital Electronics Design;
• Reproducible Multiphysics Simulation and Workflows;
• Impact of Hardware Variability;
• Toward Guix on French Tier-1 and EuroHPC Tier-0 machines;
• Pangenome Genetics Research
• Supporting RISC-V
• List of articles, talks, tutorials, events, training sessions.
• … and more…

What a year, isn’t it?

Diamond Distribution is going Chapter 13, which means that some of the games you love may be harder to find, but they may end up cheaper for a little while. Plus, it may give WotC and Catalyst a black eye, and that never hurts my feelings.

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Diamond+Goes+Chapter+11%2C+See+Your+FLGS+For+Details

#Diamond, like most kitties, looooves a good box. However, she rarely ever lays or sleeps in them. Instead, she prefers tall boxes that she can sit in, peering over the top to survey her domain and occasionally bop unsuspecting passersby*.

*see #Henry.

The #Dutch #Diamond #OpenAccess Expertise Center is now live!

https://www.openaccess.nl/en/diamond-open-access/about

The center aims to reinforce and future-proof the Netherlands' #DiamondOA #publishing landscape.
It serves as a knowledge hub connecting #researchers, publishers, #librarians, #policymakers, and #funders.

We're excited to be a partner with our University of Groningen Press.

#Diamond #OpenAccess is a sustainable model for #scholar-led #publishing where research is freely accessible to all, with no author fees.

A comprehensive guide is now available for #journal #editors considering the transition from commercial publishers.

https://zenodo.org/records/14652446

Featuring:
funding options
transition steps
available routes (including subscribe-to-open models and university presses)

Another from Diamond's series of covers:

Your Season originally by NuNew covered by Diamond, Tle, and Firstone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ujoaCNMsY&ab_channel=ONEMUSIC