Laura J. Wilkinson

ISO 27000 standards for security and compliance | Proton Learn about ISO 27000: what they are, why they matter for security and compliance, and how to implement ISO-aligned credential controls.

Why ISO 27000 is a foundation for security and compliance

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Also in version EN: Can You Brexit? A role-playing game

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Can You Brexit? A role-playing game

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Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity We reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions. Here’s how to fix it.

Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity

“Simplicity is a great virtue, but it requires hard work to achieve and education to appreciate. And to make matters worse, complexity sells better.” — Edsger Dijkstra

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Exclusive: Unrest at Wiley journal whose EIC is cited in more than half of its papers Timothy Lee (center) of Macau University of Science and Technology was named editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Tourism Research in 2023. On Feb. 18, a researcher in Italy sent a disgr…

Exclusive: Unrest at Wiley journal whose EIC is cited in more than half of its papers

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#RetractionWatch

Keeping Knowledge Connected – at PIDfest 2026! - The Scholarly Kitchen PIDfest is back and you're invited! Find out more in today's post by Alice Meadows about PIDfest 2026 (October 27-29, Leiden, The Netherlands).

Keeping Knowledge Connected – at #PIDfest 2026!

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How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change

by Colin Gorrie

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Europe is ready to ditch US tech for private alternatives | Proton New research from Proton shows that Europeans want to shed US tech dependence and build tech sovereignty for Europe. Read the full report.

Europe is ready to ditch US tech for private alternatives

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Octopus: aims and priorities Learn more about the aims and priorities of the Octopus platform, which is designed to positively disrupt research culture.

Octopus is designed to change the incentives in research to ensure that what is recognised, rewarded & encouraged is what will best drive best practices
* Sharing Research
* Addressing Biases
* Research Quality
* Research Culture
* Fair credit
* Finding relevant research

www.octopus.ac/octopus-aims

The leaders of four major physics infrastructure projects due to receive over £280m from UKRI were told in December they have “not been prioritised” for funding

The projects include an upgrade to the LHC at Cern and a new US particle accelerator
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Guest post: Forget pickles and ice cream. I published a fake paper on pregnancy cravings for prime numbers Image generated by Google Gemini I had grown weary of the constant stream and abuse of spam invitations to submit manuscripts to journals and to attend fake conferences on the other side of the wor…

Guest post: Forget pickles and ice cream. I published a fake paper on pregnancy cravings for prime numbers

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Martin Paul Eve Martin Paul Eve, Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing, Birkbeck, University of London.

@eve.gd "Institutions shifting away from big tech", eve.gd, January 25, 2026, doi.org/10.59348/bs2...

The future of software engineering is SRE | Swizec Teller When code gets cheap operational excellence wins. Anyone can build a greenfield demo, but it takes engineering to run a service.

The future of software engineering is SRE

When code gets cheap operational excellence wins. Anyone can build a greenfield demo, but it takes engineering to run a service.

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A Path Forward for PubPub

by Knowledge Futures

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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing

by Martina Linnenluecke & Carl Rhodes

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Dogged by retractions, Iraqi researcher and publisher uses a different name Abduladheem Turki Jalil Researchers change the name they publish under for many reasons, most of which aren’t fodder for a Retraction Watch story. Trying to skirt a publishing ban is one that is. A…

From Retraction Watch: Dogged by retractions, Iraqi researcher and publisher uses a different name

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Why self-improvement starts with maintenance It’s the time of year to ponder self-improving resolutions, and I find myself consulting one of my favourite 87-year-olds: the visionary author Stewart Brand. But if Brand is right, perhaps self-im…

Why self-improvement starts with maintenance

by Tim Harford

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A tale of three norths in three photos

1️⃣ The pier at Berwick-upon-Tweed, where the rare triple alignment of the Three Norths (True North, Grid North, Magnetic North) left England in December 2025, drifting out into the North Sea.

📸 Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)

you say "i asked chatgpt"
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"

an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group

My 2025 end-of-year reading and writing roundup As is my custom, I am writing, for my own historical logging, to show what I read and wrote this year. This year I have been working at Knowledge Commons, wh...

My 2025 end-of-year reading and writing roundup

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Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?

Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"

the brexit referendum remains one of the craziest fucking things a country has ever done

LOL. No.

The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI

by Cory Doctorow

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Bag of words, have mercy on us OR: Claude will you go to prom with me?

Bag of words, have mercy on us
OR: Claude will you go to prom with me?

by Adam Mastroianni

www.experimental-history.com/p/bag-of-wor...

What’s gained, what’s lost in the evolving university library What’s gained, what’s lost.

The Evolving University Library: What’s gained, what’s lost.

by Steven Mintz

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Introducing Proton Sheets: Secure spreadsheets for business | Proton Proton Drive now includes Proton Sheets, giving you secure, encrypted spreadsheets for safer collaboration, organized data, and aligned teams.

Excellent news from Proton

Introducing Proton Sheets: Protect the data that drives your business

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#Spreadsheets #Privacy #AlternativesToGoogle

Oxford Word of the Year 2025 - Oxford University Press Rage bait is the Oxford Word of the Year 2025. Find out why our experts picked it as our winner, and discover more about this year's shortlist.

And the Oxford Word of the Year 2025 is…

rage bait

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Free password manager for cultural institutions | Proton To help defend our cultural heritage, Proton Pass Professional password manager plans are free for two years to qualifying organizations. Learn more.

We’re offering 2 years of Proton Pass to cultural institutions worldwide

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#PasswordManager #EuroStack

What Happened to Piracy? Copyright Enforcement Fades as AI Giants Rise "Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught." -Balzac

What Happened to Piracy? Copyright Enforcement Fades as AI Giants Rise

"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught." - Balzac

by Lee Fang

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