1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.

This is unsustainable. Time for the many to reassert their rights over the few.

In our new newsletter on artificial intelligence, we look at the use of faculty course materials without permission, academic libraries as AI hubs, and vibe-coding campus videos. Read and sign up today. https://chroni.cl/4vg7zor

Wrote a thing. open.substack.com/pub/edwardig...

Excellent resources for struggling film nerds via Red Scream Films Studio

They are serious about repealing the 19th Amendment and denying women the vote. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Due to forgetfulness I now have 3 pairs of glasses at work but no ID.

I never really got a sense of scale with rhinos. It's different seeing them in a river vs in the street.

@sofiesinclair.bsky.social made me think of this.

Excellent recap on the problems inherent in personality tests.

Libraries and librarians saved my life more than once.

Every sentence is a future bestselling novel

Really good video about the very real dangers of self censorship with euphemisms like seggs or corn. youtu.be/iskCvr7_1ck?...

What the holy fuck? www.cnn.com/2026/03/23/c...

You know what to do

The Wrap is reporting Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav is set to make $887 million when the deal closes for Paramount to buy his company. So I guess that's the going rate for selling out democracy and a free press. https://loom.ly/2gJjJoI

The Federal Government wants to take control of your local school libraries. buff.ly/6Qxq5FS #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #lit #literature #author #authors #write #writing

Fantastic interview with @mistressodette.bsky.social The behind the scenes preparation involved with Medfet kink is astonishing and Odette is the best in so many ways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpVW...

@rubyrapture.bsky.social side gig. Fighting dragons and taking names.

Having worked with librarians on some of the weirdest research for my books, I can tell you that 99% of them would have loved this question.

Good morning and happy Twin Peaks Day. I'll see you in the trees.

Honoured and delighted to have been included in the list of "10 Pagan Voices Shaping our Future" by historical magazine Green Egg. Thank you, Katrina Rasbold for the kind words about my project./ #paganism #paganstudies #pagan

This seemed too good to be true, so I checked it out and, yep, it's 100% real. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

I find it amazing that Epstein’s most famous buddy in the U..K. has been stripped of his titles, arrested and investigated, while his most famous buddy in America is actually running the country. Sigh. https://loom.ly/44Q9tNs

Forgot today was President's Day and I have it off. Drove into work and no one was there. Now I'm trying to figure out how I feel. Yay, no work! Or, why didn't they tell me, I could've slept late.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me. - #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn, 1972 Nobel Lecture

Is book banning contributing to declining literacy rates?

“The era of hiding behind servers is over”.

America 2026!

You know what to do...

You see a page from the past with a lasting impression: this manuscript page from the 1490s is made of parchment, and an #astrolabe that was included into the binding of the manuscript left this shadow of the astronomical instrument behind. 1/2

arxiv.org/abs/2601.21016 New preprint with @erikjbekkers.bsky.social !

Plans for tomorrow?

Was dying trying to dig out my truck when a nice guy with a snow plow offered to clear the street side. #randomacts.

Really powerful speech by Avgi Saketopoulo.

Made kale chips, mashed potatoes and chicken stock. Another day and there may be sourdough.

NYTimes analysis of the fatal shooting by ICE officers contradicts many statements from the administration. https://loom.ly/y12tEu8

It's time to primary these cowards

I posted something shitty. open.substack.com/pub/edwardig...

I sharpened my chef's knife. It worked. It is now sharp enough to cut through the pit of an avocado. While I'm holding it. cutting my hand. Be careful, there are consequences for doing your job well.

@katemanne.bsky.social's vital words: "The scenario is not so far from that deservedly famous line of Margaret Atwood’s: men fear women laughing at them. Women fear men killing them, because she dared to laugh at him." 1/2

In today's "something I heard that was too stupid to be true but, on my god, it is" I leave you with this. www.politico.eu/article/fran...

Good morning What a great week. I'm doing great. You're doing great. We're all doing great.

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So the original Barbarella is free on Prime. Not a bad way to spend NYE.

Having not left the house since,Xmas eve, I am going out in search of supplies. Wish me luck.

Pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink (yes, we have ginger ale and Coke if you're alcohol-free). There's plenty of room at this inn.