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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 21h

What @hankgreen.bsky.social said

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz0o...

Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

YouTube video by Hank Green

www.youtube.com

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22h

On Oct 14th, the Lewis for Leader Campaign is hosting our first National Mass Organizing call—and you’re invited!

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social and others to hear how you can get involved in our people-powered campaign.

RSVP: lewisforleader.ca/organizercall

Mass Organizing Call for Avi Lewis - with Naomi Klein and Anjali Appadurai. October 14th: 5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET, 9pm AT, 9:30pm NT. Learn more at lewisforleader.ca/organizercall.

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 2d

You can always get new plates.

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Katie Corker @katiecorker.bsky.social · 3d

It is *so* exciting to see HHMI's new preprint policy. HHMI researchers are now required to post initial and revised preprints under CC-BY licenses. Best of all - the policy lets HHMI put preprints at the center of its research assessment strategy. Learn more:

asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-...

HHMI Enacts “Immediate Access To Research” Policy For Its Scientists – ASAPbio

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is requiring its scientists to post their research articles as preprints under an open license that allows

asapbio.org

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Melek Ortabasi @mortabasi.bsky.social · 3d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO TYRANTS Vancouver BC Canada” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/democracy12/... #NoKings

NO TYRANTS Vancouver BC Canada · Democracy 12

**Here in Canada, we stand in solidarity with our American neighbours against their wannabe dictator.** This peaceful movement is growing. That’s because “NO TYRANTS” is more than a slogan—it’s found...

www.mobilize.us

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 3d

Reminder to spread the word about exciting OPPORTUNITY as PKP's Managing Director! It's a very exciting time at @pkp.sfu.ca. So much going on! A true scholar-led open infrastructure project, supporting 55,000+ journals. Read more: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h... #scholcomm #openaccess #openscience

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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Bibliothèque uOttawa Library @uottawabiblio.bsky.social · 4d

#OpenAccessWeek (Oct 20–26) is coming! Theme: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”

Join us on Oct 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m., with @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin to discuss equity and transparency in scholarly communication: www.uottawa.ca/library/even...

@uottawaarts.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

Text reads: International Open Access Week - Who Owns Our Knowledge? From Closed to Open Infrastructures for Research Assessment and Metascience. Please register in advance for this hybrid event. With Stefanie Haustein, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies and Co-Director of the ScholCommLab and Juan Pablo ALperin, Scientific Director, Public Knowledge Project and Co-Director of the ScholCommLab.

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 4d

Anyone have experience submitting support requests to @signal.org ? I didn't get an email confirmation that it went through, and no idea what to expect in terms of turnaround time

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 6d

Not only that, we cannot focus attention on the different issues at play. E.g., We don't just "want to focus on the freely accessible facet of OA," we also want to point to inequalities, extractive practices, etc. Precise language allows us to draw distinctions—not all open achieves the same goals

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cometadata @cometadata.bsky.social · 8d

Community call starts in 10min. See you there!

cometadata @cometadata.bsky.social · 17d

Can you help assess how our project advances the COMET model?

We've connected arXiv preprints to published articles with 95%+ precision. Join our community evaluation of this demonstration project.
🗓️ 3 October - Community Project Assessment
Register: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: End-of-Project Community Assessment: Match Preprints to Published Journal Articles . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ...

Thank you for contributing your time to help shape COMET's future direction and strengthen our collective approach to metadata enrichment. To allow time for meaningful feedback from all participants...

datacite.zoom.us

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Dr. Gita Gnanadesikan ❌👑 @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social · 9d

"Science is bad for tyrants, and always has been...and that is why the scientific infrastructure of this country is currently being sledgehammered to death."

#StandUpForScience #Resist #NoKings

Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 10d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 9d

100%. ( Among other things, I teach about the dangers of
Big Tech )

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 9d

Ah, yes. I know this, but didn't realize this was a news organization

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 9d

This video is blocked in Canada... Feels like an attempt to suppress what's happening

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Alice Fleerackers (she/her) @fleerackers.bsky.social · 10d

Story by the wonderful @naseemmiller.bsky.social , research by the wonderful @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca and @lauramoorhead.bsky.social

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Alex Holcombe @alexh.bsky.social · 11d

PKP is behind Open Journal Systems, the most widely-used free open source journal management system, which can be used to liberate us from Elsevier and all the rest of the profiteers! #openaccess

Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 11d

JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 11d

My DM's and email are open for anyone that wishes to (confidentially) inquire.

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 11d

JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 17d

SWEET SPOT: 50% open access is the sweet percentage for publishers. They can charge 50% APC and stil charge 100% subscriptions, because the subscription never goes down. Also
different countries have different concerns and languages. This is an issue for more than 50%OA globally #OASPA2025

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cometadata @cometadata.bsky.social · 17d

Can you help assess how our project advances the COMET model?

We've connected arXiv preprints to published articles with 95%+ precision. Join our community evaluation of this demonstration project.
🗓️ 3 October - Community Project Assessment
Register: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: End-of-Project Community Assessment: Match Preprints to Published Journal Articles . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ...

Thank you for contributing your time to help shape COMET's future direction and strengthen our collective approach to metadata enrichment. To allow time for meaningful feedback from all participants...

datacite.zoom.us

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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 18d

The academic system needs to take the work of building community-led, open source/access initiatives much more seriously as a valid and vital form of academic labour

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 18d

I wanted to get into this more! We have a bit of new data from a survey of journals using ojs

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Joe Deville @joedeville.bsky.social · 18d

Very much appreciate @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca's reminder to us, at the start of what promises to be a dynamic post-lunch panel at #OASPA2025 that @pkp.sfu.ca is, at root, a scholar and research led initiative

A panel of four on a stage, framed by stained glass windows and an OASPA slide

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hyperbolbri @astrobri.bsky.social · 18d

One of Janne Pölönen's presentations on the centrality of diamond journals in multilingualism in scholarly publishing, referred to in a question:
zenodo.org/records/1109... #OASPA2025

Diamond Open Access is fundamental for making multilingual scientific knowledge openly available, accessible and reusable for everyone

Contents: Multilingualism in scholarly communication Value of multilingualism in policies Global infrastructure for multilingual scholarly communication Importance of Diamond OA for multilingualism Ke...

zenodo.org

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 18d

I couldn't agree more. This is the top leadership role at **humble brag** one of the most impactful organizations in #scholcomm. Reach out if you have questions! (cc #OASPA2025)

Mark Huskisson @markhusk.bsky.social · 18d

Probably the best role in open scholarly publishing.
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

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