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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · 9d

The Lower Decks returns. We've launched our CFP for The Lower Decks 2.0. Check it out here: www.openlibhums.org/news/859/

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The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing

Theme: Users and Community Location: Dublin City University Library, Glasnevin Campus, Dublin, & hybrid streaming online Dates: 21st – 22nd May 2026 Cost: Free Sign-up to attend Janeway is an …

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 15d

A Late Summer Secondment in the World of OLH Tech / @janewayolh.bsky.social: Read the blog post by Emily Gresham Beamer, CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership Intern: www.openlibhums.org/news/856/

A Late Summer Secondment in the World of OLH Tech

A blog post by Emily Gresham Beamer, CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership Intern. I began my editorial placement with the OLH hoping to develop a specific editorial skillset, and chose the …

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · 25d

I thought the red was harsh for sure.

Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · Aug 30

Or at least announce when someone does it. So we can avoid griefers.

Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · Aug 30

@aggrend.bsky.social I know Blizzard have dropped SoD... but please can someone allow us to reactivate the SE buff? It can't be that hard to add.

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International Labour Review @ilr-rit.bsky.social · Apr 4

We’re tearing down the paywalls! 🚀🔓

The International Labour Review is going Open Access—100+ years of world-of-work research, now free for all.

No barriers 🚧, no limits 🚀, just knowledge 📚✨

Proud to team up with @openlibhums.bsky.social to make this happen!

👀 More: ow.ly/e41850VuqAV

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 14

An Open Source sustainability story in two slides. (for a coming talk of mine)

Slide 1: car brands using #curl
Slide 2: car brands sponsoring or paying for #curl support

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · Aug 14

So. Texas Republicans are actively trying to have Democrats arrested. Where have we seen that before?

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 26

New publication in Digital Studies/Le champ numérique > “Remediation and Spectral Bibliography: Ghost Hunting in Early Modern Books” by Laura DeLuca (@laurasdeluca.bsky.social): doi.org/10.16995/dsc...

Remediation and Spectral Bibliography: Ghost Hunting in Early Modern Books

This paper explores the layers of remediation and hidden labour embedded in the digitization of early modern texts, focusing on how metadata traces in digital archives can both reveal and obscure the ...

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · Jun 24

@aggrend.bsky.social what are the chances we might get SoD server merges?

Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · Jun 19

This insult to our institution will not stand sir! 🤣

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Jun 10

To celebrate this (urp 🤢) exciting new journal series, we made a mini game!

Can YOU guess which journals are Discover, MDPI, or both? No cheating! There's even the challenge mode "APC Ladder."

Share your high score with the hashtag #ResearchIntegrity

pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/

FUN!! 🤮 6/n

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · Jun 5

Welcome to my life. AI in tech is worse. It's everywhere. And it sucks most of the time.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · Jun 5

@gwynnefitz.bsky.social and Ben Fractenberg capture vignettes all day from the check-in at an ICE office in Manhattan.

2:41 p.m.: Four men are walked out in handcuffs by masked agents. One is Jaen, Ambar’s husband. Her 12-year-old daughter screams and runs after him.

Ambar wails in agony and collapses onto the sidewalk.

As the SUVs pull away Ambar leans over a nearby fence sobbing, “My love, my love,” she murmurs over and over again.

[photo of a woman on her hands and knees on the sidewalk, her face contorted in a grimace. The hand of another woman reaches down, touching her on her back.]

A woman falls to the ground after her husband was detained by ICE agents in Lower Manhattan, June 4, 2025. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · May 28

@aggrend.bsky.social thanks to you and the team for SoD, dude. It brought me back to WoW and may be the last version of it I play but it was really fun.

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · May 20

We're HIRING an Editorial Officer to start in August 2025!
📅 Deadline for applications: 8 June 2025.
If you're an academic passionate about open access publishing, we encourage you to apply.
Fully remote position!
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/edit...

Editorial Officer (2137) - Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · May 17

Its just a bloke hold your face in ice cold water.

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · May 17

@aggrend.bsky.social Got Mantle of Faith from Naxx last night (yay) but the light effect is super weird viewed from the back... is this a bug?

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · May 9

This is what I have to do in order to find time to write software these days.

Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · May 8

And 10000000 Harvard Popes.

Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · May 8

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Red de Bibliotecas y Archivos del CSIC @bibliotecascsic.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hoy destacamos la Open Library of Humanities Journal, un recurso electrónico de interés en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. Accede a través de nuestra Biblioteca Virtual.
▶️ https://olh.openlibhums.org/
#recursosdeinformación

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Apr 23

Open Press Editorial Manager at the University of Sussex
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS310/o...

Open Press Editorial Manager at University of Sussex

jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for professional services jobs in higher education, invites you to apply for the Open Press Editorial Manager position. Click to apply today!

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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · Apr 20

a man with a beard is standing in the snow with the words `` i belong in the north '' written above him .

ALT: a man with a beard is standing in the snow with the words `` i belong in the north '' written above him .

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World of Warcraft @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com · Apr 11

Nobody expects the Scarlet Crusade!

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Apr 7

Pleased to announce that the International Labour Review / @ilr-rit.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading publications on world-of-work knowledge and research, transitions to #diamondOA with the Open Library of Humanities: www.openlibhums.org/news/797/

International Labour Review transitions to open access

The International Labour Review, one of the world’s leading publications on world-of-work knowledge and research, transitions to open access with the Open Library of Humanities. GENEVA (ILO News) – Th...

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