Laura Ricci

A massive spiral galaxy fills the image, with its bright yellow core seen near the upper left. Spiral arms whirl outward, laced through with dark brown dust and bright blue patches of star formation.

Angled from the upper left corner to the lower right corner is a cone-shaped orange-red cloud known as Herbig-Haro 49/50. This feature takes up about three-fourths of the length of this angle. The upper left end of this feature has a translucent, rounded end. The conical feature widens slightly from the rounded end at the upper right down to the lower right. Along the cone there are additional rounded edges, like edges of a wave, and intricate foamy-like details, as well as a clearer view of the black background of space. In the upper left, overlapping with the rounded end of Herbig-Haro 49/50, is a background spiral galaxy with a concentrated blue center that fades outward to blend with red spiral arms. The background of space is speckled with some white stars and smaller, more numerous, fainter white galaxies throughout.

A densely packed cluster of yellow stars shines at the center of the image, with more stars scattered throughout. Clouds of glowing indigo gas and dust dominate the lower half of the view, and a red star with diffraction spikes shines at upper right.

A nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the center, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colors show clouds that glow in infrared light.

i need some space… and maybe you do too

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Value Transfer | Clarke & Esposito New lawsuit challenges the Big Deal, more US chaos, more AI impacts, bioRxiv moves house

New issue of @brieferyet.bsky.social out from Clarke & Esposito today. We look at the long term transfer of value from society journal subscriptions to the Big Deal (and Transformative Agreements) of larger commercial publishers. Also US govt chaos, LLMs stifling traffic, and the launch of openRxiv.

If there is one bright side to this insane week: I don't think I will ever have imposter syndrome ever again.

Greyhound is lump on lawn

Greyhound snoozin

Timeline cleanse. It’s been a long week. Take a cue from this greyhound. Go be a lump on the lawn. You’ve earned it.

I spend a lot of my time putting numbers into context … this is a great (gut wrenching, nauseating) example. Thanks! But also, Euuuch!

Ok. Two word response:
“Then HELP.”

Also, Dr. Willsey is an amazing science communicator and does a great job explaining the geology to curious non-scientists. We need more like him!

I saw the first of these eruptions in person back in 2021 and it's been fascinating to see how the system keeps developing. Make a point to catch up on the latest whenever I need a reminder that we live in a big, ever-changing world.

Random cool thing of the day: Shawn Willsey, a geologist in Idaho who arranges and narrates over live drone video of active volcanos in Iceland. New eruption this morning!

For anyone who grew up in Detroit, the view across the water to Windsor is a familiar one. So proud of my fellow Detroiters for this show of support for our Canadian brothers and sisters. It is the core of midwestern values: helping your neighbor. #elbowsup

graph of NIH basisfor new drugs

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

Now THIS is a timeline cleanse. Look no further if you need a little inspiration in hard times. I still can’t watch clips of Jasmin’s finish without tearing up a little.

Greyhound making funny face

Hoo boy the news is weighing heavy this week. Could anyone else use a quick timeline cleanse? Here’s a greyhound gremlin for anyone who needs her.

My favorite thing about this event is that a) this went exactly as expected, and b) there were a bunch of people out there trying to get it done anyway. See you next year #bm100

If you know, you know!! Good luck runners 😱

Boston is a science town #StandUpForScience

Effective communication about science and why science matters is more important than ever. We absolutely need to elevate doing this difficult and often unappreciated work!

great example of how associations can support colleagues in their field during this period of uncertainty - well done to the AMS

As someone who’s walked past protests *against* CDC at campus a number of times, this makes my heart full. Big protest in *support* of CDC ❤️

More of this please. Your front line workers need it.

A US Park Ranger posting the new regulations for delicious visitors

Due to the layoffs I am afraid that we have had to take over the running of the US National Parks.

We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.

Hear hear!

Thanks everyone at @nisoinfo.bsky.social for a great #NISOPlus25 pre-conference session! We started with "the complicated version" but came away with some very real, practical things that stakeholders can work on to make OA ebook usage more meaningful. (And who knew -- we can even use AI to help!)

can't wait to read it!

The politics of genetics: how ideology shaped science in the former Soviet Union Research data bite 15.

Can we measure the impact of political ideology on research? Yes! By analyzing publications data in Dimensions.

Senior Data Scientist @helenedraux.bsky.social writes, "The politics of genetics: how ideology shaped science in the former Soviet Union".

🔗 researchmusings.substack.com/p/the-politi...

Yes to timeline cleanses!

Chaos | Clarke & Esposito Chaos rules. Nelson Memo dead? Probably. Morressier + Molecular Connections. OA beyond the APC.

New today @brieferyet.bsky.social Chaos in Washington, the likely demise of the Nelson Memo, Molecular Connections buys Morressier, and some new OA business model wrinkles www.ce-strategy.com/the-brief/ch...

It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”

University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.

Goodhart's Law: "when a metric becomes a target it ceases to be a good metric". Came into effect the second they started counting how many EOs Biden signed in first 100 days vs. Trump vs. Obama. Text of the orders doesn't matter, he just wants the top score!