"Oyster larvae are brainless and earless, but they are certainly not clueless."
Sad news, love Simmons immersive and present characters and a huge soft spot for The Terror.
Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77 - Ars Technica
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Really enjoyed the first episode of new podcast 'Living Culture, Making Heritage.' It made me think about what open access really means (or doesn't mean!) in terms of information. Kudos to @kilmun.bsky.social @ecocritickate.bsky.social @scopeland.bsky.social www.diggitmagazine.com/colonial-leg...
"Universities are not peripheral to Scotland's economy, rather they are anchor institutions that can generate £28.30 billion in annual economic impact, support 34,000 jobs through research funding, and create employment multiplier effects..."
digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBrie...
NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.
'Roughly a third of the group’s members posted deficits last year. The University of Nottingham, which recorded a loss of over £85 million, increased its number of top earners significantly from 207 to 294. And there were 185 at the cash-strapped Cardiff University.'
'Universities showing a consistent rise in redundancies year-on-year included Cambridge, Exeter, Leeds, Newcastle, the Open University, Southampton, Sussex and Queen’s University Belfast.' 3/3
'Research Professional News made FOI requests to all 24 members of the Russell Group and 10 members of the ResearchPlus mission group of universities.' 24 institutions responded: their redundancies increased from just over 2,200 in the 2023 calendar year to nearly 4,400 in 2025. 1/3
Can ChatGPT generate me a file with all the references from a bibliography I have in word? I tried this out because I'd heard from multiple sources that it could, and I teach and use software for managing references, and this would be a really useful thing to be able to do. #medlibs (thread)
'In a further sign of the impact of the financial crisis gripping the sector, new data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) show that 244,755 academic staff were working in the UK in 2024-25.' Previous year number was 246,930.
Professors & senior academics increased; others fell. 1/3
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
Free people read freely - unless you live in a council where political interference puts a stop to it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
'The overall satisfaction level is the highest since 2011: 83 per cent or respondents score their experience with a 4 or 5 (on a five point Likert scale, corresponding to “definitely agree” or “mostly agree”). This continues an upward trend since the end of the pandemic restrictions'.
This is all down to universities being excluded from the furlough scheme, which meant they were effectively forced to carry on rather than giving students the option of pausing for a year or going online. Entirely on the government imo
'Chinese research organizations can no longer take part in most of the research grants funded by Horizon Europe...The EU says it is concerned about sharing sensitive technologies with China that could jeopardize the region’s security.'
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
Great story of the constant maintenance work required to keep the Clyde navigable #histSTM
The more you know...
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Hot off the press - a letter from the Exec Chair of @ukri.org explaining his plans and in particular the financial position of STFC. It notes curiosity driven research is protected and will make up around half of UKRI spend over the coming period
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
🛡️ How can AI be adopted safely in defence and beyond?
New research from the Turing highlights AI assurance as key to trust, security and UK growth – potentially adding £18.8bn by 2035: bit.ly/49V7c9H
#AiAssurance #ResponsibleAi #UKinnovation
EADH 2026 theme is:
🌉Linking Europe: DH Without Borders
We invite proposals regarding:
📌Data, Methods, Modelling
📌AI, Ethics, Governance
📌Infrastructure, Sustainability, Open Science
📌Cultural Heritage, Multilingualism, Diversity
📌Communities and Futures of DH
eadh2026.confer.uj.edu.pl/cfp
#EADH2026
Three Palestine Action activists end UK hunger strike https://aje.news/pwpm4z
