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Andy Byers
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Director of Publishing Technology at the Open Library of Humanities.

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ajrbyers.bsky.social
This is hilarious. Don’t people realise the floppy part is inside? The outside isn’t disk shaped.
hennypennykenny.dftba.social Hannah @hennypennykenny.dftba.social · 1d
there is a woman on TikTok who has been arguing for months now with randos that keep insisting that nobody called 3.5" disks "floppy disks" or "floppies" at the time. it's weird. no matter what kind of proof she provides or how many agree with her, people are coming out of the woodwork to disagree
a photo of a 3.5" floppy disk
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
Yup. Floppy disk. The disk inside is actually floppy.
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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simonxix.com
We don't share our expertise with right-wing rags.
Dear Simon Apologies for barging into your inbox like this but I'm a journalist with the Daily Telegraph and Ive been asked to write about the ongoing problems at the British Library. Partly it's about the staff discontent in light of the recent departure of Rebecca Lawrence and the strikes, but its also necessarily about the ongoing ramifications of the cyber attack. As someone who knows an awful lot more about IT systems in academic environments than I do, would you be willing to talk to me about what has happened at the BL, and what it means for the future of academic research in general? I realise its now Friday afternoon, but I'm around Monday for most of the day if you are willing and that time suits you. I'd be extremely grateful if so.  Many thanks and best wishes Redacted Hi Redacted, Thanks for getting in touch. I'm a great person to talk to about this but I have no interest in talking to someone writing for the Daily Telegraph nor do I trust your paper to represent the story accurately. Have a good weekend, Simon
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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openlibhums.org
Our annual report 2024–2025 is OUT! It highlights collaborations, journal flips, latest dev work from @janewayolh.bsky.social, new staff and more!

Library memberships grew by 25%, an incredible achievement at such a difficult time for higher education!
OLH annual report 2024-2025
We're delighted to be publishing our 2024-25 annual report, which outlines the fantastic successes of the entire OLH team over the past financial year from 01 August 2024 to 31 …
www.openlibhums.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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openlibhums.org
It’s spooky season… 🧟‍♂️
Don’t feed the zombies. Support diamond open access!
The zombie poster is back!
#DiamondOA #OpenAccess #Halloween
Comic-style poster warning that commercial publishers are “eating your journal’s brains,” promoting the Open Library of Humanities.
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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scientits.bsky.social
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes
Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
@aggrend.bsky.social any chance you know if they plan to fix the issue with the phase 8 weapon enchant procs?
October 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
The Lower Decks returns. We've launched our CFP for The Lower Decks 2.0. Check it out here: www.openlibhums.org/news/859/

@openlibhums.org @janewayolh.bsky.social
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 …
www.openlibhums.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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openlibhums.org
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 …
www.openlibhums.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
I thought the red was harsh for sure.
September 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
Or at least announce when someone does it. So we can avoid griefers.
August 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
@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.
August 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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ilr-rit.bsky.social
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
April 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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
38 known car brands a blank slide
August 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
So. Texas Republicans are actively trying to have Democrats arrested. Where have we seen that before?
August 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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openlibhums.org
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 ...
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
@aggrend.bsky.social what are the chances we might get SoD server merges?
June 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
This insult to our institution will not stand sir! 🤣
June 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
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
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
Welcome to my life. AI in tech is worse. It's everywhere. And it sucks most of the time.
June 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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clancyny.bsky.social
@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
June 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
@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.
May 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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openlibhums.org
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
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
Its just a bloke hold your face in ice cold water.
May 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
ajrbyers.bsky.social
@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?
May 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM