Samuel Moore
@samuelmoore.org
Researcher at Cambridge University Library / Cambridge Digital Humanities
PI: @morphss.bsky.social
New book: Publishing Beyond the Market https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publishing-Beyond-the-Market
https://www.samuelmoore.org
PI: @morphss.bsky.social
New book: Publishing Beyond the Market https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publishing-Beyond-the-Market
https://www.samuelmoore.org
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Samuel Moore
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You can now download the book on the publisher's website: press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... (open access of course)
I wish articles would stop setting up a dichotomy between the extractive commercial publishers and the scrappy diamond journals. Community-led journals are obviously not a magic solution to commercial publishing -- nothing is -- and I assume people wanting to build capacity for this space know that.
We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage
Your tax dollars fund the research. You pay again to read it.
www.zmescience.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I wish articles would stop setting up a dichotomy between the extractive commercial publishers and the scrappy diamond journals. Community-led journals are obviously not a magic solution to commercial publishing -- nothing is -- and I assume people wanting to build capacity for this space know that.
Nice exploration of Clarivate's "commons washing"
OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners” | carnetist.hypotheses.org/2572
OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners”
C’est une annonce qui est passée relativement inaperçue, mais qui mérite que l’on s’y arrête un instant. Clarivate a récemment annoncé l’intégration d’OpenAlex comme une nouvelle base de données au se...
carnetist.hypotheses.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Nice exploration of Clarivate's "commons washing"
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This Wednesday I'm giving an online talk about my new book. It's at 4pm UK time and you can register here:
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons
In the seventh lecture of the Open Divide Series, Samuel Moore will present “Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons”. In his talk on November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM CET, Samuel...
opendivide.hypotheses.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This Wednesday I'm giving an online talk about my new book. It's at 4pm UK time and you can register here:
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
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I'm sure those poorer British students will benefit greatly from grants to attend the universities that no longer exist because Labour have bankrupted them.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I'm sure those poorer British students will benefit greatly from grants to attend the universities that no longer exist because Labour have bankrupted them.
This Wednesday I'm giving an online talk about my new book. It's at 4pm UK time and you can register here:
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons
In the seventh lecture of the Open Divide Series, Samuel Moore will present “Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons”. In his talk on November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM CET, Samuel...
opendivide.hypotheses.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This Wednesday I'm giving an online talk about my new book. It's at 4pm UK time and you can register here:
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
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Some history of science jobs to share.
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Some history of science jobs to share.
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
"Should a country that is no longer a signatory to the global recommendation on open science have the power to decide who and what gets to be involved? If not, how do we safeguard international support for open science against the growing storm?"
US Unesco withdrawal puts open science at risk - Research Professional News
Concentration of digital infrastructure in America creates global fragilities, say Louise Bezuidenhout and Jon Verriet
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Should a country that is no longer a signatory to the global recommendation on open science have the power to decide who and what gets to be involved? If not, how do we safeguard international support for open science against the growing storm?"
Pretty sad that they've gotten rid of the books about books section in G David's bookshop. The guy said too many people laughed at it so they filtered it into the literature section.
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Pretty sad that they've gotten rid of the books about books section in G David's bookshop. The guy said too many people laughed at it so they filtered it into the literature section.
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📬 New newsletter: European Books Data Commons, CommonsDB Explorer launch, AI copyright rulings, and more on making cultural heritage work for AI while keeping control public. Not subscribed yet? Read the full issue and sign up here: mailchi.mp/openfuture/b...
📚 Building a European Books Data Commons - Newsletter #50
European Books Data Commons: a public-interest model for opening cultural heritage to AI training and computational research.
mailchi.mp
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📬 New newsletter: European Books Data Commons, CommonsDB Explorer launch, AI copyright rulings, and more on making cultural heritage work for AI while keeping control public. Not subscribed yet? Read the full issue and sign up here: mailchi.mp/openfuture/b...
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It is SUCH a pain to encounter pavement-parked vehicles when in my wheelchair. Drives me round the bend.
Pavement parking impacts everyone and is a major barrier to walking and wheeling local journeys.
The result of the national pavement parking consultation is long overdue and we cannot afford to wait, so want to see marked bays and measures on a street-by-street basis.
The result of the national pavement parking consultation is long overdue and we cannot afford to wait, so want to see marked bays and measures on a street-by-street basis.
Woman calls for pavement parking ban after falling out wheelchair on school run
Aideen Blackborough was left lying in the road after being forced to manoeuvre her way around a vehicle blocking the pavement in Great Barr
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It is SUCH a pain to encounter pavement-parked vehicles when in my wheelchair. Drives me round the bend.
"In addition to a captive market, academic publishers also enjoy a sizable cost savings particular to their industry. Publishers have various operational costs, but they don’t pay researchers who write the papers, editors who revise them [...], and academic peer-reviewers."
How the Avalanche of Academic Papers Threatens Scientific Research
This is the third part of a series on academic publishing. Read part one here and part two here.
For many years, the prestigious journal Philosophy & Public Affairs published about
www.realclearinvestigations.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"In addition to a captive market, academic publishers also enjoy a sizable cost savings particular to their industry. Publishers have various operational costs, but they don’t pay researchers who write the papers, editors who revise them [...], and academic peer-reviewers."
I'm going to this! Don't do like I did and look for hotels in Loughborough because you'll be about 100 miles north of where you need to be.
Join us next year (26-27 February 2026) to explore the future of community-led open access book publishing 🔮
📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🥳 Registration is now open!
🎫 Get your ticket now! buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
#CopimConference
📍 Loughborough University | London or online
🥳 Registration is now open!
🎫 Get your ticket now! buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
#CopimConference
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I'm going to this! Don't do like I did and look for hotels in Loughborough because you'll be about 100 miles north of where you need to be.
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Surreal to see the media architects of Starmerism, the guys who cheered every one of Starmer's deceptions and assaults on the left, now scratching their heads about why he's become a terrible and reviled prime minister who stands for nothing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale | Rafael Behr
The tactics that gave Labour its huge majority in 2024 were no preparation for government – and the prime minister has proved he has nothing more to offer, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Surreal to see the media architects of Starmerism, the guys who cheered every one of Starmer's deceptions and assaults on the left, now scratching their heads about why he's become a terrible and reviled prime minister who stands for nothing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nice in these troubling times to see a good old fashioned funny publishing story.
A paper critiquing post-publication peer review has numerous made-up references, including a @nature.com article falsely attributed to our Ivan Oransky.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
PubPeer - An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platform...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platforms: the case of pubpeer (2025)
pubpeer.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Nice in these troubling times to see a good old fashioned funny publishing story.
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I was a debate kid and what I learned is that the best people at arguing do not believe or care about what they’re saying.
People love to talk about how awful theater kids are, and they’re not wrong, but let’s be real, debate kids have made this country a lot worse
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I was a debate kid and what I learned is that the best people at arguing do not believe or care about what they’re saying.
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"Maybe the intelligence we most need is the capacity to see beyond the hierarchies that determine which knowledge counts. Without that foundation, regardless of the hundreds of billions we pour into developing superintelligence, we’ll keep erasing knowledge systems that took generations to develop."
🤖 "Holes in the web: Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, GenAI is shockingly ignorant too."
Excellent essay on algorithmic epistemological knowledge and the collapse of knowledge throughout mean-driven data machines.
aeon.co/essays/gener...
Excellent essay on algorithmic epistemological knowledge and the collapse of knowledge throughout mean-driven data machines.
aeon.co/essays/gener...
Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge | Aeon Essays
Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too
aeon.co
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"Maybe the intelligence we most need is the capacity to see beyond the hierarchies that determine which knowledge counts. Without that foundation, regardless of the hundreds of billions we pour into developing superintelligence, we’ll keep erasing knowledge systems that took generations to develop."
Haven't done a dad music post in a while, but there's an incredible documentary from 1985 on the iPlayer in which Jools Holland tours New Orleans and meets people like Fats Domino, Dr John and a bunch of others. It's really fun and weird and exactly the kind of telly that wouldn't get made today.
Jools Holland’s New Orleans Jukebox
Programme celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Tube special Walking to New Orleans. The original film is repeated, and Jools Holland reveals the stories behind its making.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Haven't done a dad music post in a while, but there's an incredible documentary from 1985 on the iPlayer in which Jools Holland tours New Orleans and meets people like Fats Domino, Dr John and a bunch of others. It's really fun and weird and exactly the kind of telly that wouldn't get made today.
Shabana Mahmood is looking for the Shabana Mahmood that did this.
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Shabana Mahmood is looking for the Shabana Mahmood that did this.
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How are novelists and publishers experiencing AI’s impacts❓
Join us next week (20 Nov) for the launch of a new report on how GenAI is impacting the publishing industry. Hear from @clemicollett.bsky.social, @katemossewriter.bsky.social, and @alcs.co.uk.
Book now ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
Join us next week (20 Nov) for the launch of a new report on how GenAI is impacting the publishing industry. Hear from @clemicollett.bsky.social, @katemossewriter.bsky.social, and @alcs.co.uk.
Book now ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How are novelists and publishers experiencing AI’s impacts❓
Join us next week (20 Nov) for the launch of a new report on how GenAI is impacting the publishing industry. Hear from @clemicollett.bsky.social, @katemossewriter.bsky.social, and @alcs.co.uk.
Book now ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
Join us next week (20 Nov) for the launch of a new report on how GenAI is impacting the publishing industry. Hear from @clemicollett.bsky.social, @katemossewriter.bsky.social, and @alcs.co.uk.
Book now ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
Just found a leak on my dehumidifier so for three days it was sucking water out of the air and then immediately distributing it to the rug below fml
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just found a leak on my dehumidifier so for three days it was sucking water out of the air and then immediately distributing it to the rug below fml
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I think this is *the* licensing issue of our time.
Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down.
I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.
Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down.
I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.
"That's a problem for me. You see, I wanna make my software freely available to everyone in the world except those guys specifically. That very particular bunch of autocratic corpo-states are actively destroying the world I'm trying to pro-socially enrich as a commoner."
Open Source Power
We have to talk about open source licensing.
blog.muni.town
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I think this is *the* licensing issue of our time.
Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down.
I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.
Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down.
I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.
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This is incredibly thoughtful and worth your time if you’re involved in open innovation, #opensource and #opendata .
We need licences and processes that better reflect resources held in common and our update our understanding of The Commons.
We need licences and processes that better reflect resources held in common and our update our understanding of The Commons.
"That's a problem for me. You see, I wanna make my software freely available to everyone in the world except those guys specifically. That very particular bunch of autocratic corpo-states are actively destroying the world I'm trying to pro-socially enrich as a commoner."
Open Source Power
We have to talk about open source licensing.
blog.muni.town
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This is incredibly thoughtful and worth your time if you’re involved in open innovation, #opensource and #opendata .
We need licences and processes that better reflect resources held in common and our update our understanding of The Commons.
We need licences and processes that better reflect resources held in common and our update our understanding of The Commons.
"That's a problem for me. You see, I wanna make my software freely available to everyone in the world except those guys specifically. That very particular bunch of autocratic corpo-states are actively destroying the world I'm trying to pro-socially enrich as a commoner."
Open Source Power
We have to talk about open source licensing.
blog.muni.town
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"That's a problem for me. You see, I wanna make my software freely available to everyone in the world except those guys specifically. That very particular bunch of autocratic corpo-states are actively destroying the world I'm trying to pro-socially enrich as a commoner."
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I think savings can probably be made but I also don't think there is any useful discussion to be had about saving money by publishing with non-commercial presses. Commercial publishers do publishing badly because they're designed for automation and efficiency. We need to be better than that.
The only way publishing does not cost what it costs is if people choose to publish less. And I am not seeing this happening (not to mention they should publish less for the *right* reasons).
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I think savings can probably be made but I also don't think there is any useful discussion to be had about saving money by publishing with non-commercial presses. Commercial publishers do publishing badly because they're designed for automation and efficiency. We need to be better than that.