Emma Francis
@emmajfrancis.bsky.social
Open Research Manager and Manager of Aberdeen University Press at University of Aberdeen. Interests include Open Research, Digital Preservation, Lego and Sci-fi
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Follow if you agree!
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Follow if you agree!
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women, a day of education, activism, mourning, and solidarity with other survivors. 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical or sexuaI violence from an intimate partner, today and all days we must work to help change this
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women, a day of education, activism, mourning, and solidarity with other survivors. 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical or sexuaI violence from an intimate partner, today and all days we must work to help change this
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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If you are in Scotland, come see me talk about digital interpretation work at NMAAHC! Also, come see if my looks have changed from this, my first ever headshot (circa...9 years ago?) or if the portrait in my attic is doing its job
We are excited to welcome Dorothy Berry as the speaker for our 2025 annual lecture, "How Users Imagine Archival Research", on December 10th. Register now: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS Charing: Melissa Terras
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you are in Scotland, come see me talk about digital interpretation work at NMAAHC! Also, come see if my looks have changed from this, my first ever headshot (circa...9 years ago?) or if the portrait in my attic is doing its job
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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*snarky comment about how since most of that has been from library budgets, apathy about this has abounded*
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
*snarky comment about how since most of that has been from library budgets, apathy about this has abounded*
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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 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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...
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Academic libraries play a key role in open science support, but what does that look like in practice? COS convened librarians & research professionals to discuss how they partner w/ researchers, administrators, & others to grow open scholarship awareness & participation.
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Libraries and Open Science: Overlaps and Gaps with the Research Community
The Center for Open Science brought together librarians and research professionals from diverse contexts to explore how libraries partner with researchers, administrators, and others to grow open scholarship awareness and participation.
www.cos.io
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Academic libraries play a key role in open science support, but what does that look like in practice? COS convened librarians & research professionals to discuss how they partner w/ researchers, administrators, & others to grow open scholarship awareness & participation.
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Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Revenge/physical combat was how people settled things for literally millions of years, it's normal human behavior, we're wolves not sheep, the government project trying to social engineer us and domesticate us into sheep has been unsuccessful
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
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Will they also be harvesting gold teeth and hair from asylum seeker arrivals?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Will they also be harvesting gold teeth and hair from asylum seeker arrivals?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Can we go back to the days when politicians said that they really wanted to help people but it’s very hard and takes time, rather than saying that they want to hurt people and can do it quickly?
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can we go back to the days when politicians said that they really wanted to help people but it’s very hard and takes time, rather than saying that they want to hurt people and can do it quickly?
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I'm not sure how anyone who lambasted Jenrick for painting over children's murals at an asylum centre can stay quiet over this.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I'm not sure how anyone who lambasted Jenrick for painting over children's murals at an asylum centre can stay quiet over this.
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1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
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every librarian I know would crawl over broken glass for the chance to fistfight an ebook company executive. the ebook policies are genuinely diabolical
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
every librarian I know would crawl over broken glass for the chance to fistfight an ebook company executive. the ebook policies are genuinely diabolical
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There are good reasons why asylum seekers should be allowed to work after 6 months, rather than the heavily restricted 12 months. The Mental Health Foundation lays those reasons out. Perhaps you could use some of your energy considering them & advocate for it.
www.mentalhealth.org.uk/about-us/new...
www.mentalhealth.org.uk/about-us/new...
How the ban on asylum seekers working hurts us all
We highlight the economic, social and health costs of the ban on asylum seekers working.
www.mentalhealth.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
There are good reasons why asylum seekers should be allowed to work after 6 months, rather than the heavily restricted 12 months. The Mental Health Foundation lays those reasons out. Perhaps you could use some of your energy considering them & advocate for it.
www.mentalhealth.org.uk/about-us/new...
www.mentalhealth.org.uk/about-us/new...
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Good to see coverage of this common but not well known condition in pregnancy. I spent 6 months in a wheelchair with my 1st... and it took a private osteopath to put me back together again, as best they could. Support for this is lacking at the moment, and we must do more to support women with PGP.
I could hardly walk - the issue that affects 1 in 5 mums
Two mothers who experienced pelvic girdle pain say being aware of the risk will help people seek treatment.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Good to see coverage of this common but not well known condition in pregnancy. I spent 6 months in a wheelchair with my 1st... and it took a private osteopath to put me back together again, as best they could. Support for this is lacking at the moment, and we must do more to support women with PGP.
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13 November 1943 | Dutch Jewish boy Ivor Arnold Troostwijk was born in Den Bosch.
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
13 November 1943 | Dutch Jewish boy Ivor Arnold Troostwijk was born in Den Bosch.
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
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The Iowa State University Nursing program has just announced its launch of the nation’s first RN-to-BSN program with no cost for course materials. 100% of the nursing curriculum uses #OER: free adaptable learning materials developed and shared by experts across the US and beyond.
Students save big in new nursing curriculum with zero textbook costs - University Library
www.lib.iastate.edu
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Iowa State University Nursing program has just announced its launch of the nation’s first RN-to-BSN program with no cost for course materials. 100% of the nursing curriculum uses #OER: free adaptable learning materials developed and shared by experts across the US and beyond.
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
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early career scholar and their first publication
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
early career scholar and their first publication
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as a side note, a lot of food banks in the U.K.- I dunno about the USA- won’t accept or give out formula (despite the govt publishing explicit guidance that legally they can do so).
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
as a side note, a lot of food banks in the U.K.- I dunno about the USA- won’t accept or give out formula (despite the govt publishing explicit guidance that legally they can do so).
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
Such a fantastic idea!
And we've made it! But if you want a printed copy of the book please keep pledging - we can increase the print run and with the funds we also hope to add a fancier foiled cover to the print run too!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’: Printed Version
An opportunity to be part of history. Help us print a nationally important book that will transform our understanding of the Picts.
www.kickstarter.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Such a fantastic idea!