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Martin Paul Eve
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Tech Lead @ Knowledge Commons/MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd

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Martin Paul Eve is a British academic, writer, computer programmer, and disability rights campaigner. He is the Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck College, University of London and the Technical Lead for Knowledge Commons at Michigan State University. Previously, Eve was Principal R&D Developer at Crossref from 2023-2024 and Visiting Professor of Digital Humanities at Sheffield Hallam University until 2022. He is known for his work on contemporary literary metafiction, computational approaches to the study of literature, digital media studies and history of the book, and open-access policy. Together with Caroline Edwards, he is co-founder of the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). .. more

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 10h
How Markdown took over the world www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 13h
This looks a really interesting article. I can't speak to the legal accuracy, but two legal scholars argue that AI scrapers might have a unilateral contract with the sites they are scraping. (Or, at least, have been given notice.)

The liabilities of robots.txt

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Redirecting
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14h
'In total, the 20 universities spent £8.3 million on remuneration for their vice-chancellors. The accounts also reveal they collectively let go almost 7,000 staff in the same year – costing £124.6 million in compensation for loss of office.'
Russell Group v-c salaries rise as 7,000 job losses confirmed
Leaders of research-intensive universities see pay top £350,000 despite financial strife faced by institutions
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 14h
Had an x-ray recently. It showed multiple healed pelvic and rib fractures and patchy sclerosis throughout the axial skeleton keeping with a renal osteodystrophy.

Kidney failure. The illness that keeps on giving. My bones are withering and fracturing inside me.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d
The scraping of Spotify by the shadow library, Anna's Archive, has made it into Private Eye, where the hypocrisy of Spotify - which originally was a pirate scraper site - is brought to light.
A Private Eye article that reads: POP EYE Spotify’s corporate team was outraged when it was hacked in December. “Spotify has disabled nefarious user accounts that engaged in unlawful scraping,” its press release thundered. “Since day one, we have stood with the artist community against piracy, and we are working with industry partners to protect creators and defend their rights.” Er, but that’s not quite true. As Liz Pelly detailed last year in her carefully researched book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, back at “day one”, in 2006, the early versions of the Spotify platform utilised unlicensed music scraped from the founder’s personal music libraries as well as from illegal sites such as the Pirate Bay. Heaven forfend that others do the same!

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LaindonFeminist: Labour led by Keir for me @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d
I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d
I'm getting back into my morning writing and reading routine now, after the Christmas break. Currently working on a commissioned book chapter on AI, Copyright, and Open Culture for a Handbook on Critical AI and Library and Information Science.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d
"No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better"

Perhaps they DO know better and that's the point.

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No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major
Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot, says professor of social mobility at ...
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 1d
"Ultimately, peer review didn’t transform Nature’s standing so much as protect it, converting exclusivity that might have seemed arbitrary into gatekeeping that appeared meritocratic."

Nice piece by Robert Reason on the prestige of Nature www.asimov.press/p/nature
How Nature Became a 'Prestige' Journal
Since launching in 1869, Nature has evolved from a periodical offering commentary on pigeons to the prestige journal in science. But how did Nature build its reputation, and can it last?
www.asimov.press

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d
My body is a machine that turns Saturdays into zero words of progress on book chapters

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
To say I am excited about this would be an understatement. To say I am a little bit terrified would not!

Actually, just really looking forward to it -- and really pleased to see SHARP continuing its accessible practices.

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In conversation with Matthew G. Kirschenbaum
The inaugural SHARPIES, a global book history festival celebrating work in book history from around the world, will take place from July 7–9, 2026 (although ...
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
Thank you! Let me see how I go. I *think* I'm getting close to the required number.

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 2d
Plenty of people still need precautions now. Not because they are “hysterical,” but because one infection can result in serious consequences. Safety isn’t a punchline.

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 2d
Have you seen the new Dawn French “comedy” series that implies that infection control is a joke?

This is a serious issue, particularly for Clinically Vulnerable people who remain at increased risk, and we are not laughing.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
it's just a grid word search/anagram app. So you put in c?t and it gives you "cat", "cut" etc. It also shows anagrams, so "tic" etc. So you could be!

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
Thank you!

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
I have a request, please, friends of Bluesky... I have written an app for Android that helps you find crossword answers. I need 9 people, please, to test it on their devices for a couple of weeks (Google's policy). It will cost you nothing and I will be eternally grateful if you can help. Please!
My crossword finder app working on t?unne and giving a set of anagrams

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
What a gang of books!

I need to chase ALH to publish the review I wrote of it. Still not out...

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PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA @pdedgar30.bsky.social · 3d
I took it earlier before seeing this!! Seems like in very good company :))

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 3d
One of the best parts of January is the happy drawing of Luka by our friend, Jane, on our calendar.
A drawing of a black dog with a whiskey glass in foreground

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 3d
Resent just now.

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Science Fiction Foundation @sffoundation.bsky.social · 3d
We are delighted that Prof Nick Hubble will be the next editor of Foundation. Many congratulations to them and the other candidates, who we hope will also contribute to the journal. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about
SF Foundation UK News Science Fiction Journal
Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction is a critical peer-reviewed literary magazine established in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews ab
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 3d
Thanks -- I have

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 3d
yes, agree. 5 minutes is plenty of time to get someone onto a train, IF THE STAFF ARE READY IN ADVANCE. I thought that was the POINT of booking!

It's very frustrating.

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 3d
Outgoing talk by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social at Bielefeld University.

13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom

Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction

Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...

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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 4d
I cannot stress enough that you should not do this.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records — The Verge
OpenAI has been dropping hints this week about AI’s role as a “healthcare ally” — and today, the company is announcing a product to go along with that idea: ChatGPT Health.
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 4d
Yes - that's ridiculous - very glad you stood your ground! I had to wait 40 minutes, in the cold and wet. But could have been worse

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 4d
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 4d
Really looking forward to this roundtable on "Digital Humanities and Contemporary Book Studies"! It's one of the most exciting research areas out there, in my very biased opinion.

And I *might* even share a hot take about Heated Rivalry...
Screenshot that reads: Description Applying digital methods to the study of contemporary literary production and reception globally, speakers discuss the affordances of using digital humanities to approach a range of topics: the role of literary publishing agents, community formation through bestseller lists, the intersections between social media and the publishing industry, how collective identities are formed through literary distribution, and mechanisms of discovery for postcolonial literature. Speakers Angelina Eimannsberger (U of Pennsylvania) Laura McGrath (Temple U, Philadelphia) Jacinta Saffold (Emory U) Carmen Thong (Stanford U) Melanie Walsh (U of Washington, Seattle) Presiding: Brandon Walsh (U of Virginia)

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 4d
In fairness, it does say "arrive 20 mins before departure", but this is not how life works with trains...