Reading my first Danielle Steel in over a decade: 'A Mother's Love'. She's gently but intricately woven domestic abuse in, as a real - and not fictional - issue. This line got me:
"The goal at the shelter was to break the cycle that kept the women trapped in abusive relationships forever."
Wow! Just learned something new while attending a friend's British citizenship ceremony in Manchester.
That Emmeline Pankhurst was also a Registrar of Births and Deaths [in Manchester]. L
#Women #PublicService #CivicDuty #EmmelinePankhurst
"... for many women, it is the homes they go back to that are just as dangerous."
#DomesticViolence #Women #Safety
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They don't call them war these days. Between two friends, one says his is, 'Special Military Operation'; but the other went with 'Operation Epic Fury'!
Wildly enough neither friend's camps agree with the other's fancy Operations based on justice. Justice, you ask?
#Putin #Trump #TheirWars
I can understand. Take my response as an annotation for those who might misread as their victory.
" #Communities stand at the intersection of forces reshaping our world through artificial intelligence. AI systems can influence opportunities, amplify inequities, & redefine agency; sometimes empowering, other times constraining"
Join me Wed 4th in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's to hear my full idea. #OxFOS
Naaah! I doubt the Greens are taking lessons from pretentious politicians who believe in cliches and the sound of their own voice. 😀
In that interview, @heidialexander.bsky.social spent time attacking other parties than setting out what her govt WILL ACTUALLY do, like on transport - her own portfolio - which is holding people back and making lives difficult in towns and regions beyond London and the major cities.
Listening to @heidialexander.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 earlier this morning, it's clear that Keir Starmer and his cabinet are complacent, tone-deaf, convinced they know best and take the electorate for fools. Same arrogance displayed by the Tories just two years ago.
As a panellist, with a different (literal) perspective, I can now say with confidence that this is the segment of the scholarly research communications community that collects laptop stickers #CopimConference
Beyond Accessibility session need to happen more at other industry conferences. Though I missed Tobe Amadi's presentation, the focus on usabililty aspect by @anicazeyen.bsky.social's presentation is on point. Open Access tends to miss these issues.
#CopimConference #Accessibility
Bias declared: 😉
Pleased to hear the activities going on in my native #Nigeria to advance Open Access within, and using local contexts. Well done, Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan frm Nigerian Maritime Uni. With @wacren.bsky.social involved, sure its replicating across West Africa.
#CopimConference
This. Here. Is the crux of the matter!
Scholars while being the main recipient - or victims - of most decisions in the scholarly communication space, are at the same time, the least involved in co-creating these frameworks that impact them.
Credit: @openreflections.bsky.social
#CopimConference
Yep, all is well. Thanks for asking. It was great to share together at #R2RConf
"Scaling small allows for the collective coordination of resources across a diverse ecology of orgs that creates a meta 'community of communities'..." - Dr Janneke Adema, Cultural and Media Theorist; keynote: #CopimConference
It's that "community of communities"!
I moved from in-person #R2RConf to virtual #CopimConference. Sadly couldn't stay on in London due to last minute matters. Jealous of you, @simonjbains.bsky.social
The panel on Infrastructure including a Global South representation is promising. So is the wide range of sector inclusion: funder, libraries, indexer, and grassroots players, chaired by Emma Green of @investinopen.bsky.social.
#R2RConf #R2R2026
Thanks, @rouhiroo.bsky.social. It was a combined effort with a participant group that were open to sharing ideas and concerns alike.
Join us following the Researcher to Reader Conference on Wed Feb 25 in London! Tickets still available for the conference r2rconf.com/r2r-conferen...
You are welcome at Scholarly Social whether or not attending the conference. Grab a space now: www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...
All welcome!
"S2O is not a chemical symbol", confirms the Chief Science Officer at the American Physiological Society, Dr Dennis Brown.
#AcademicPublishing
But he had to hear the explanation 20x before realising the above.
#R2RConf #R2R2026
Second day of #R2RConf opens with a focus on #Preprints, and its various handling forms, including aggregators of evaluations of preprints like @scietyhq.bsky.social. Kudos to @katherine-brown.bsky.social mentioning @prereview.bsky.social whose capacity building model is outstanding.
Mark Carden announces a transition process for #R2RConf in preparation for retirement. SKS Knowledge Services, run by Tiberius Ignat will carry it forward.
This is what great and sustainable leadership is: recognising when to step off with a clear succession plan. Congrats, Mark!
"AI models will always disconnect/dissociate content from contexts."
"We're at risk of trading slow longterm intentional work with quick time convenience."
- Amanda Licastro, Head of Digital Scholarship, Swarthmore College
#R2RConf #R2R2026
What?! No. Which is it? 🤯
There surely is a way to have that conversation but no one seems interested to... It is good practice to recognise public contributors, especially when their labour could be far greater than the scholars who'd put it together.
Sadly, every context can be exploited.
Thank you for asking your question. I was getting up the confidence to ask a very similar question. Really important to avoid excluding public contributors and other voices from authorship.
Keynote speaker, Dr Leslie McIntosh raises a critical issue about authorship: "who qualifies to be an author?" This irks me because a definition based on formal scholarship will result in discrimination against communities for their labour and contributions.
#R2RConf2026
#Researcher2Reader conference opens with Mark Carden's usual candour bringing in everyone into the space like an old friend. #R2RConf2026
Amsterdam wil fat-bikes verbieden. Is dat gekke?
#Cycling #Fietsers #Fatbikes #Amsterdam #Netherlands
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