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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.

A timely reminder and there's a handy webpage to find your nearest UK blood and plasma donation centres: my.blood.co.uk/where-to-don...

The cover of the pamphlet which reads "publishing activism within/without a toxic university"

Our pamphlet 'Publishing Activism within/without a Toxic University' is now live on the @openhumanities.bsky.social site:

www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles...

What is a University Press? I was having a pretty good week last week, until we got to the closing minutes of play. At that point, I learned that Amsterdam University Press (AUP) had been acquired by the for-profit corporate pub...

What is a University Press?

On the acquisition of AUP by T&F (and my anger at it), the governance link between universities and university presses, and putting one's labour where one's values are.

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🙌 nice. i still owe pretty much the same as when i graduated. 19 years ago.

An Open Letter to the Leadership of the Public Knowledge Project | Notion Hey. My name is Mike Nason, Open Scholarship & Publishing Librarian at the University of New Brunswick and the Open Scholarly Infrastructure Advisor with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). I owe a si...

It brings me no joy to share this, but here's an open letter to the leadership of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) on what is to me a very serious issue with it's autonomy and political scope. (Note: I've worked for and with PKP for decades).

ahemnason.notion.site/open-letter-...

"Governing the scholarly AI Commons" report cover with Open Future background image.

🤖 How can academic communities regain control over AI in knowledge production? New report by Open Future fellow @samuelmoore.org explores governance strategies for the "scholarly commons".
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@timleunig.bsky.social (h/t @stephenkb.bsky.social) Source: timleunig.substack.com/p/internatio...

Essentially *all* research and expert assessments show that this does not work. It will not counter Farage, but literally push votes towards Reform.

It genuinely is impossible to overstate how profoundly stupid and strategically illiterate this decision is.

You cannot out-Reform Reform.

it's taken 20 years of APCs and 10 years since their first offsetting/R&P deal to reach 50%. and that was the easier half. at this rate, at least i won't need to retrain before retirement

This is exactly why we need decentralized, distributed platform governance in multiple national jurisdictions backed by open content that cannot be removed.

We can use our ties with Trump to make Scotland greater again

This should be in the email inbox of everyone in Scotland. They should know what kind of man Anas Sarwar is.

It's, somehow, real.

Looking forward to him losing his seat next year. No one who cosies up to Trump deserves a seat in our parliament.

Hello world! We’re a new nonprofit that brings together academic, libraries & university-based publishers. We’ll be launching a large collection of hundreds of HSS diamond #openaccess journals in Jan. 2026.

The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.

I wonder if there's any link between this private company having extra money and most UK universities having no money.

One fifth. ONE FIFTH.

solidarity! i really treasure the rare nights of spending 7-8 hours in bed without interruption

New paper published today but a long time in the making. A critique of the pseudo-diagnosis of complex emotional needs. We outline a number of concerns and risks of the term which has quickly become widely adopted in the NHS.

#MadSky #AcademicSky

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Pictures as Dundee University staff strike begins It's feared as many as 500 jobs could be lost as the institution tackles a £30 million deficit.

Pictures as Dundee University staff strike begins

thank you, i will use this! my MP is Ian Murray 😭

Given what has happened so far with Doge, this should be read as Labour and the Tories wanting to:

- Completely erase LGBTQ people
- Stop funding research into women's health or climate change
- Dismantle any safety monitoring of water, food, etc
- Illegally fire public workers en masse

Statement: Removal of access to and modification of data by authorities in the USA CILIP invites members and the wider information profession community to share examples of how content, reports, datasets, evidence, and tools are being removed by US authorities

CILIP is concerned that the removal, hiding, and modification of data, research and other information resources by authorities in the USA is already starting to impede the vital work of UK information professionals.
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www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...

Around 400,000 people work in universities across the UK, and more then 200,000 of them are academics.

The closures and job losses we’re seeing in the sector just now are a major industrial crises affecting the key workplaces and economic drivers of hundreds of towns and cities.

UoE is one of the richest organisations /of any kind/ in the country. it owns large parts of the city centre. none of this is remotely necessary

Good thread with useful resources, some of which I had already included as reading material for the Design Justice module this term. Will link to this thread too.

Living in a 15 minute city is great; I walk a mile in any direction and find myself back at my apartment, with only minor changes. Sure, the noises from the dog park get deeper. After the tenth iteration or so I can't read the signs anymore. But the stranger in my apartment welcomes me every time.

yeah this is my motivation for getting it finished (i'm halfway through season 4). it's been growing on me - i think it rivals DS9 for my affection now

The tiger, by Nael, age6 The tiger He destroyed his cage Yes YES The tiger is out

The greatest poem ever written, by Nael, aged 6. Nael would be at least 14 today. He said that tigers made him happy.
#ThingsThatMakeMeHappy #JoinIn

A SKELATTEN CHILLEN OUT AND LIGHTEN A JOINT AND THERE RELAXEN AND NOT STRESSED OUT ABOUT RELAXEN ,GETING STRESSED OUT BECUASE YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR SUPPOSE TO BE DOING SOMETHING INSTEAD OF RELAXING IS THE WORST PART OF RELAXING, SO FUCK IT, DONT DO THAT , AND DA TEXT SAYS "ITS OKAY TO DO NOTHING, YOU DONT NEED AN EXCUSE, FUCK IT, YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE CHILLEN IN THE WOODS RITE NOW, BEING BUSSY IS THE WORST HOBBY, DOING SHIT ISNT EVEN FUN HALF THE TIME , FUCK IT, DOING NOTHING COST'S NOTHING, DA PLEASAURE OF DA MIND - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

ITS OK TO DO NOTHING - dashare.zone ADMIN