Theo Sanderson
@theo.io
researching viral pathogen genomics at @lshtm.bsky.social | theo.io / sandersonlab.org
(and yeah, codex is great at just picking out what actually needs addressing)
January 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
(and yeah, codex is great at just picking out what actually needs addressing)
We seem to get a fair bit of use from the claude reviews, but yes, we have to extract them from a load of waffle
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 AM
We seem to get a fair bit of use from the claude reviews, but yes, we have to extract them from a load of waffle
hoping for a prompt someone has tried and can vouch for
January 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
hoping for a prompt someone has tried and can vouch for
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Read more about how the NCSC is keeping pace with evolving technology⬇️
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/ncsc-annual-review-2025/chapter-03-keeping-pace-with-evolving-technology
Read more about how the NCSC is keeping pace with evolving technology⬇️
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/ncsc-annual-review-2025/chapter-03-keeping-pace-with-evolving-technology
January 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
My own last, unreturned, correspondence with GISAID, after a months-long project building a version of Taxonium that would run within the walled garden (the dispute was over whether it could link out to e.g. the source code)
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
My own last, unreturned, correspondence with GISAID, after a months-long project building a version of Taxonium that would run within the walled garden (the dispute was over whether it could link out to e.g. the source code)
Which the authors would I'm sure have provided
January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Which the authors would I'm sure have provided
CC-BY explicitly allows commercial use creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
CC-BY explicitly allows commercial use creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...
I'm not, actually. The specific case above had a CC-BY licence, and more generally the OP has said that his objection is not really about copyright and legal issues (bsky.app/profile/mehr..., bsky.app/profile/mehr...), but a sense of research ethics.
January 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I'm not, actually. The specific case above had a CC-BY licence, and more generally the OP has said that his objection is not really about copyright and legal issues (bsky.app/profile/mehr..., bsky.app/profile/mehr...), but a sense of research ethics.
For me they are all basically ethically equivalent but 2 and 3 both involve some spam which isn't ideal
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
For me they are all basically ethically equivalent but 2 and 3 both involve some spam which isn't ideal
I read your argument as:
- analysing public work and never contacting the author -> OK
- contacting author and then analysing their public output with their consent -> OK
- analysing their public output and then contacting author to see if they want to provide input -> Bad
- analysing public work and never contacting the author -> OK
- contacting author and then analysing their public output with their consent -> OK
- analysing their public output and then contacting author to see if they want to provide input -> Bad
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I read your argument as:
- analysing public work and never contacting the author -> OK
- contacting author and then analysing their public output with their consent -> OK
- analysing their public output and then contacting author to see if they want to provide input -> Bad
- analysing public work and never contacting the author -> OK
- contacting author and then analysing their public output with their consent -> OK
- analysing their public output and then contacting author to see if they want to provide input -> Bad
In terms of research ethics, I don't see a distinction with getting experts to annotate songs published for a different purpose, or serving them as part of games, which I expect the subjects of the recordings might not have foreseen. And to be clear I don't think you've done anything wrong! [2/2]
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
In terms of research ethics, I don't see a distinction with getting experts to annotate songs published for a different purpose, or serving them as part of games, which I expect the subjects of the recordings might not have foreseen. And to be clear I don't think you've done anything wrong! [2/2]
I agree it can be annoying to be spammed unsolicitedly. That's the one [minor] issue I have with what these folks have done (and I've experienced similar emails about various projects, alongside all the journal spam, and it all takes up my time and is a bit annoying).
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January 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I agree it can be annoying to be spammed unsolicitedly. That's the one [minor] issue I have with what these folks have done (and I've experienced similar emails about various projects, alongside all the journal spam, and it all takes up my time and is a bit annoying).
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ok, that seems more reasonable
January 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
ok, that seems more reasonable
Sorry I guess I missed your last sentence. I disagree with it :)
January 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Sorry I guess I missed your last sentence. I disagree with it :)
But with the "fair use" you're framing things in legal terms, which we all seem to agree is not an issue in the case you are concerned about above.
> the performers had all published their recordings
You have published a preprint, which the licence invites people to build on for any purpose
> the performers had all published their recordings
You have published a preprint, which the licence invites people to build on for any purpose
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
But with the "fair use" you're framing things in legal terms, which we all seem to agree is not an issue in the case you are concerned about above.
> the performers had all published their recordings
You have published a preprint, which the licence invites people to build on for any purpose
> the performers had all published their recordings
You have published a preprint, which the licence invites people to build on for any purpose