Although I'm horrified to see a massive landscape picture of my head here, this is a really important piece about the maturation of scholar-led, non-profit publishing. As I write, chaos is coming but there are enormous opportunities to quit the big 5 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

@manjusrii.bsky.social Let’s hope @bsky.app adopts this: blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/high...

🔜 Next week! We are excited to be joined by Emma Chamberlain, @helenmiller.bsky.social, @maharafiatal.bsky.social, and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social to discuss why it is so important for the Chancellor to address current wealth trends in her upcoming budget. Register now ⬇️ buff.ly/fXy9xsz

“Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. “ www.nber.org/papers/w34459

@manjusrii.bsky.social How time flies www.engadget.com/meta-is-kill...

Given the recent #TimDavie and #DeborahTurness news, worth reading @tommills.bsky.social's BBC: Myth of a Public Service www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

@emmavj.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My #UCD Freelancers Directory is taking applications for 2026! We're now 60 professionals, come join us? Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience: • Apply by 31 Dec 2025. • Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits. • Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal. #UCDD #GetListed #Digital

Fantastic television. Edge of your seat stuff. #CelebrityTraitors

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

Last week I published the full transcript from Burial's last ever interview on my Substack. The conversation took place the month before Untrue came out in October 2007, in my living room in Tooting. Suffice it to say people have gone a bit nuts over it 💗 danhancox.substack.com/p/burials-la...

Canva’s argument about professional software requiring a “steep learning curve”. Ignores the design principles and rules which are learned to create design from scratch.

So Canva has just ruined Affinity. Sigh.

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@manjusrii.bsky.social blog.johnozbay.com/what-happene...

I'm delighted to share our OLH Annual Report, 2024-25. This details our collaborations, journal flips, dev work on @janewayolh.bsky.social, new staff & more! We've grown library memberships by 25% - an incredible achievement at such a difficult time www.openlibhums.org/news/865/ #OAWeek #OAWeek25

Time for @elinorpotts.bsky.social from @lsepress.bsky.social to give her presentation: ‘Dare to boast! In defence of book marketing and celebrating wins’ #OAWeek2025 #Publishing

Excellent news.

NEW✨ How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time? The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social Read it here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

💥New: How safe are UK research institutions from politicisation? ✍️ @chrischirp.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social #ResearchPolicy #Expertise #Politicisation @uclpolicylab.bsky.social

Had to use Square Space recently. Just an awful experience in every way. A lack of precision, errors with blocks; spacing is clumsy; I think CSS would be the only way to achieve consistency with text formatting across blocks. Thankfully I would never recommend it and continue not to do so.

If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

@edzitron.com you’ve just been cited by @theregister.com www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/o...

London Consensus Book Talk 📢 📚 Tim Besley and Andrés Velasco will join Mine Senses and Pravin Krishna to discuss The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century. 🔻21st Oct 2025, 6pm, Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C. 🔻Register here: hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/...

"The protocol taught us that technology can be based on human values like ethics and morality. It showed that voluntary compliance works when all parties benefit." On robots.txt. www.heise.de/en/backgroun...

Had a look at Upwork and the rates of pay are extremely low. Not particularly worth all the added administration work.

Butter your toast and have a cup of tea. Sarah’s thread is an essential read.

Why isn’t @henrymance.ft.com writing comedy full time? The posts are great but clearly he could write a popular sitcom.

Hello @theguardian.com - any chance you could remove the banner from my face?

A better answer: replace stamp duty with a smarter tax, that's fairer, doesn't discourage people from moving, and can't be avoided. I'll be writing more about that at the weekend.

➡️ Consultation form for the future of B&H Libraries: yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...

I cannot overstate how much accessing Brighton and Hove Libraries as a child in the late 90s / early 00s fundamentally shaped who I am and informed my career in book publishing. ❌❌ Shame on Brighton and Hove City Council for trying to cut a vital service. www.thebookseller.com/news/campaig...

Don’t trust autogenerated alt text. 🚨 Firstly, your alt description is supposed to show the intent behind your image use, not just describe what is shown in an image. Second, AI alt text is in my experience is very inaccurate and misses key bits. #ContentDesign #AltText #Accessibility #UX #UCD

I went to see Goldeneye at the cinema. What a lark! Brosnan delivers Moore's jokes with Dalton's expression. The plot is as silly as ever, with dialects all over the place (Brits trying to play Russians).

New blog! LSE Press's Ellie Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social wins 2 Rising Star Awards @alpsp.bsky.social @thebookseller.com 🏆 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202... #Awards #Publishing

Just finished watching #Industry. What a show. Really missing Rishi, Robert, Eric and Yasmin. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

RIP Jane. Thanks for everything.

blueksy video uploads are temporarily broken right now; probably impacting skylight etc as well. we are working to fix the problem and expect them to be flowing soon

This weekend marks 200 years since the first passenger train journey in the UK. I created timeline entries content, including developments completely unsurprising today but progressive at the time, like: • a carriage roof for passengers travelling with the cheapest tickets • female train drivers

My online courses summer sale ends 1 October! User-centred Design Pathway ~ £40 Uncover 20 user research methods, learn terminology, recognise bias. Content Design Pathway ~ £40 Frame your content accessibly and inclusively around user needs. #UCD #ContentDesign #DigitalTransformation #Agile

@manjusrii.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

@manjusrii.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

“That’s very clear, although Pelly and other Spotify critics will undoubtedly be watching closely to check that Spotify doesn’t commission any AI music from third parties for these purposes either.” indeed musically dot com

The job hunt continues and continues. It's tough out there.

I chatted with the @financialtimes.com about my writing, the podcast, tech criticism, and being myself. archive.is/2025.09.25-0...

Nearly 50 years after the late Robert Redford’s ‘All the President’s Men’, @itvx.com presents a new tale of journalistic heroism. Prospect’s @arusbridger.bsky.social (played by Toby Jones) helped expose the phone-hacking scandal. He retraces the true story behind the drama: www.prospectmagazine...

@edzitron.com mention www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...