Martin Paul Eve

@eve.gd

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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 · 7h

The Guardian has a game where you play Chancellor and put in what you'd do for the budget. I basically taxed rich people a lot and ended up £56bn in the black, with a good poll rating and the markets like me.

Perhaps I should be Chancellor. I didn't even have to hurt any disabled people to do it.

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 8h

It goes without saying that the neoliberal language of a higher education "market" from which providers will "exit" is bleak. No media organisation challenges it, though. They all just repeat the mantra, as though education could never be a public good.

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 8h

Where do you imagine those "young people" will be educated, given what you are doing to the university sector?

Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 9h

Always the way, isn't it? Graduate from top uni says other people shouldn't aspire to go to university.

The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.

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Reform UK bigwig who went to top university says fewer others should do the same

Reform UK's former chairman calls for "fewer people going to university" after benefiting from a degree from one of the country's most prestigious ones himself

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 9h

I never thought it would be possible to have a stupider university policy than the Tories, but Labour schooled me.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told

Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Martin Paul Eve, Thom Brooks, Steven H. Seggie

Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 9h

Reform UK bigwig who went to top university says fewer others should do the same

Reform UK's former chairman calls for "fewer people going to university" after benefiting from a degree from one of the country's most prestigious ones himself

www.mirror.co.uk

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.

But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.

The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.

How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.

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Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · 11h

New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...

The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition

One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved

newsletter.dancohen.org

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SHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social · 15h

Want to review a book for SHARP News?

Check out the updated list of books to review: docs.google.com/document/u/0...

#BookHistory #BookReview

SHARP News - Books Available for Review

SHARP News Books Available for Review To express interest in writing a review, please read the book review guidelines and contact coeditors Jolie Braun and Madeline Zehnder at [email protected]...

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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 16h

The bell rings. Basically the committee cares more and appears to know more about the situation facing students, facing universities, basically all of it, than our current Minister does. All questions were better than all answers, remarkable.

Reposted by Martin Paul Eve, David Bartram, Katrina Navickas

Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 18h

"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.

per this morning's education committee.

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d

I basically think this is the edge of a pretty bad storm of copyright conservatism and a reopening of the license wars (which may make no difference due to transformative use). However, if you put up a paywall to acquire, AI companies have to acquire legally in current court rulings. Problematic.

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 1d

💥New: Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI

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#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri

Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI - Impact of Social Sciences

Considering the legal standing of creative commons licenses & copyright, Martin Eve suggests legal protections for academic work are unlikely to be forthcoming.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d

thanks, Johan!

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 1d

💥New: Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI

✍️ @eve.gd

#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri

Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI - Impact of Social Sciences

Considering the legal standing of creative commons licenses & copyright, Martin Eve suggests legal protections for academic work are unlikely to be forthcoming.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d

Right.

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d

Because they are as right wing as the Tories?

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 2d

"reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student university fees"

keep going gang! one of these unhinged plans is bound to pay off eventually!! (does not pay off and everything is on fire)

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d

This is a tiresome writeup. Yes, APCs are bad for the humanities. That's why some of us have spent over a decade working on alternative models. These are barely mentioned.

Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 2d

For Researchers in the Humanities, Is Open Really Fair? | Katina Magazine https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/for-researchers-in-the-humanities-is-open-really-fair

For Researchers in the Humanities, Is Open Really Fair?

The open movement claims to include all disciplines. But it is profoundly shaped by the institution of science, leaving humanities researchers at risk.

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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 2d

For Researchers in the Humanities, Is Open Really Fair? | Katina Magazine https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/for-researchers-in-the-humanities-is-open-really-fair

For Researchers in the Humanities, Is Open Really Fair?

The open movement claims to include all disciplines. But it is profoundly shaped by the institution of science, leaving humanities researchers at risk.

katinamagazine.org

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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 2d

How community-driven Open Access initiatives sustain mission-driven publishing in politically constrained environments - CEU Press and Opening the Future https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ac7b1a1-ae3b-440d-8843-964d095c1c1d@d9c45913-7653-4be2-920b-bdb038638184

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2d

My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.

Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · 2d

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees

This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d

Birkbeck: 2nd in English. Department reduced by 50%. "Thanks."

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 2d

The recording of Mainstreaming Diamond — Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures, held during #OAWeek, is available to watch.

With contributions from Opening the Future, Open Book Publishers, OLH, the Open Journals Collective, Open Book Collective and DOAJ:

Webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond Regional perspectives, Shared Futures

This recording features a panel discussion hosted by the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) during Open Access Week 2025 Leaders from across the diamond open access community discuss how we can move beyond “alternative models” to make equitable, community-owned scholarly publishing the mainstream. Th

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 2d

Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom
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Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom

R. Gordon Wasson was Vice President at the American investment bank J.P. Morgan & Co., a major supporter of Slavic Studies in the United States during the Cold War, and fascinated by hallucinog…

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 2d

Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d

Good heavens. The Guardian's list of Christmas gifts includes this monstrosity: a croissant tree bauble. Please nobody give me this.

A croissant Christmas tree bauble advertised in the Guardian

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 3d

Please boggle at this small selection of the titles of corporate "industrial musicals" from mid-C20th America, as recorded by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industr....