I love this analogy.

It's (Good) Friday. It's the shortest amount of time anyone has ever owned a trouser press.

BROKEN VEIL II New series starts APRIL 15th EXCLUSIVELY for subscribers to the Broken Veil channel on Patreon. Patreon.com/brokenveil

Ringworld aged 9

So what was everyone's book they read way too young?

A personal update from one of the @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social team

📚🎶 Når musikk møter kunnskap… Ved Musikkbiblioteket på UiT Norges arktiske universitet søker vi en spesialbibliotekar/rådgiver. 🎻 Vil du jobbe med noter, studenter, forskning og samlingsutvikling i Tromsø? Tips noen – eller søk selv! #UiT #bibliotek #musikk 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

V excited about the pace at which this project is growing both in terms of sponsors and in terms of progress already being made. Ping me [email protected] if your org needs to know what to do next in terms of zero-click search, answer-engine optimization, gen-AI optimization

The new Green MP seems very likeable and I am all for more people from normal backgrounds becoming MPs. But… her party has bad policy ideas premised on a destructive ideology.

Never a big Narnia guy but this 6 seconds typifies everything I love about British television.

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First year wassailing in Streatham was fantastic, very welcoming and friendly. Great fun. Some inventive blessings offered by my youngest too. Might get to Barnes in a few weeks too.

the moment before you tell Inigo Montoya you’re not left-handed either #TheTraitors

Finally got round to this and it was a fun and creepy little listen.

Proper lol at this

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My latest, exploring the singular inability of the British state to deal with a gigantic pile of waste illegally dumped in the heart of Oxfordshire - and other piles like it. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...

Some cracking gifts in this years' auction

Important link to a @jama.com collaborative meta-analysis should you need to know more about the effects of #SGLT2i on kidney, CV, mortality and hospitalization outcomes in patients with and without diabetes, and at low levels of albuminuria: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Some reflections for @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social at the end of an intense but always rewarding week in the North of Norway at the #Munin2025 conference. scholarlyfutures.substack.com/p/dispatches...

So good to be back in Tromsø for #Munin2025 Always a diverse and inspiring occasion, and this is no exception. Fantastic keynote this morning from @tweissgerber.bsky.social on Open Methods, talking to us about this we all know from very fresh perspectives. Lots to digest from other sessions.

My second article for @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social - looking at the concept of a China cycle and what implications it might have for research and scholarly publishing. scholarlyfutures.substack.com/p/is-the-chi...

We’re making more Broken Veil, thanks to our supporters. And the BV channel is going to be full of all sorts of related goodness, including our new Discomfort Blanket series on weird media. Support the channel and get the goodness here: patreon.com/BrokenVeil

Always excellent but looks especially excellent this year.

To round off the week, we bring this quick update on research security, since our post on Tuesday. Written by @roobina.bsky.social about an announcement from the @ec.europa.eu and a report by @scienceeurope.org open.substack.com/pub/scholarl...

This year's Munin has 150 registered participants: site.uit.no/muninconf/mc.... Is your name not on the list? Today is the last chance to register: site.uit.no/muninconf/re.... #openscience #openresearch #scholcomm

And Doctor Who, which did NOT die...

This week, @roobina.bsky.social takes a look at research security and how it could create tensions with open science and open data: 👇 open.substack.com/pub/scholarl...

I’m sorry but these sound like vintage esoteric euphemisms for “homosexual”

Steve, I want you to consider what you have done here

What might it mean to publish research with no human in the loop? @jontreadway.bsky.social post investigates four possible avenues and explores which seem more likely: open.substack.com/pub/scholarl...

My first full post for @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social - What might it mean to publish research with no human in the loop? open.substack.com/pub/scholarl...

Interesting that the sceptics have now fully moved from “it doesn’t work” to “it’s a bubble”. (It probably is a bubble! But who cares? There’s been a fundamental breakthrough and it will drive the build-out of compute and energy infrastructure.)

Be sceptical of anyone who says they know how the current US administration policy will develop, but China hawks might be circling around open science policy.

This is a new thing that I’m trying out for a few months with some very smart people. We would love it if you would come along, tell us what you think and say hi.

A new space to consider the various directions that scholarly comms, research practices and academic publishing are traveling, by me, @sarahgreaves18.bsky.social @jontreadway.bsky.social & @grnr25.bsky.social Welcome post below, first proper post tomorrow... Enjoy 😊

Our first post is live! In our daily lives it can be hard to find time to stop and discuss the vast changes occurring in scholarly communication, research practices and academic publishing. We wanted to make time and engage our community to gain insights. Join us! 👇 open.substack.com/pub/scholarl...

I can't wait to listen to this. As a Man of Kent, I read the book immediately after hearing part 1. I have subsequently bought All the Devils Are Here for several friends, my Dad, the son of a colleague of David Seabrook, and the ED of Turner Contemporary in Margate. It is a completely unique book.

New episode up now. All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook: part 2, with guest Jason Hazeley in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6ZlW...

“My wife went to Riyadh to see an edgy comedian” “Jimmy Carr?” “No, she went of her own accord”

It's Friday. It's the shortest amount of time anyone has ever owned a trouser press. youtu.be/tNqn5bKmKNc?...

I will be having a ventepølse during my Norwegian lesson tmrw.

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur… beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Relevant to all of the current discourse. Amazing song, lost for words at how good the video is. m.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3c... 👏

I have books! “This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published on 25th September. And you can pre-order it here! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur... #graphicmedicine #cansky #lifewriting

Here are some swiftly assembled thoughts on #Metascience2025. Congratulations to the organisers. It was an excellent, full and balanced conference, bringing together many disparate strands. They threaded a complex needle really well.

I couldn't bring myself to buy it but a friend did. Great stock photo to rep a house search. Finding the secret tongs.

Two years. Never forget.

GNU Terry Pratchett