I'm looking forward to an interesting debate tonight - I'll be making the case for the role of the University in an #OpenScience world :)

Had the privilege of sitting down with the legend, John Willinsky at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, in Oxford to interview him for this.👇🏾 It was inspiring to hear the story of the enigma behind the man and the founding of @pkp.sfu.ca. Listen here 👂🏽🔉 #Community #ScholarlyCommunication

Two massive influencers in the menopause space, Dr. Haver, MD, and Dr. Sims, PhD, market turmeric supplements. I looked at their supporting science. Holy shit it’s bad. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

🎉 Congratulations to our Citizen Science Lab colleagues (@mobilemaggie.bsky.social, @anoukspelt.bsky.social, Jordy Janssen) at @unileiden.bsky.social for being part of 1 of 5 #CitizenScience hubs funded by @opensciencenl.bsky.social! More info about the Hub for Impactful & Engaged Research (HIER).👇

"while it is one thing to disagree with the political views of a business leader, it is another to be mortally afraid of his products. In the Tesla Files, we found thousands of examples of why such fear may be justified" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

For everyone at the #CS4Water conference asking me about the #OECD #CitizenScience Position Paper, there's a nice blog summary here: www.oecd.org/en/blogs/202... and the full report here: www.oecd.org/content/dam/...

Shout out to the founders of the #CitizenScience Lab at @unileiden.bsky.social on the occasion of our 450 Jubileum: top450.universiteitleiden.nl/en/items/cit... Do send some love their way!!

A new David Attenborough documentary is always an event, but I think that Ocean really is something innovative and different. I've seen some clips, and it tells a critical & unseen story (plus spectacular photography, of course). It'll be in cinemas from May 8th. Do go! www.oceanfilm.net/

Wij zijn goed up gang met #ExpeditieStadsNatuurLeiden als je in #Leiden bent tel maar mee!! waarneming.nl/bioblitz/174...

Ode aan de doe-het-zelvers van de wetenschap www.mareonline.nl/wetenschap/o... in @mareonline.nl

So very hyped that @nature.com made a video about our study on microplastic in caddisfly casings! 😱🎥 Watch it preferably next to a creek... some of them might want to tune in too. 🍿🐛

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

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This #NationalLibraryWeek, we're celebrating the power of libraries to endure—even in the face of unprecedented challenges. In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, @brewster.kahle.org shares why preserving the library system matters now more than ever: blog.archive.org/2025/04/07/v...

Thank you to @juurd.bsky.social & @nrcnl.bsky.social for this interview about the @archive.org with @brewster.kahle.org "In history, libraries usually have not ended well. They are often destroyed by powerful institutions. It used to be the church and the state, now it's governments and companies."

"How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To" https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/ "Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with #Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's […]

🚨 What happens if the Internet Archive goes dark? From KQED's new podcast, Close All Tabs, digital librarian Brewster Kahle talks about the challenges of preserving digital history, and why the Internet Archive’s mission matters more than ever. 🎧 Listen now ⤵️ www.kqed.org/news/1203198...

Woohoo! The Citizen Science Lab has two of the 60 innovative projects funded by NWO this round. www.nwo.nl/en/news/fund... #citizenscience

Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight

#StandUpForScience #ScienceForAll #ScienceNotSilence With @anoukspelt.bsky.social from the Netherlands. @standupforscience.bsky.social

IMPORTANT: Read Brent Toderian NEVER listen to Trump

This one, from Fellowship of the Ring: "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

JUST OUT! 🚨 Time capsule birds' nests! 🪹 I'm proud to share our discovery of layers of vintage plastic in urban birds’ nests... going back decades in time! 👀 “You flip through these nests like through pages of a history book, uncovering the past.” 📚 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x #scicomm 🧪🪶

The work of the @archive.org is becoming increasingly vital (see: flowingdata.com/2025/02/05/d... for example). You can support their work here: archive.org/donate

That point when you're yawning so loud you sound like a wookie ..

🧐 Any questions about the final #IMPETUS4CS call for #CitizenScience? 👉 Join us the next explainer webinar and do not miss the opportunity to apply for the call!

🗳️ Europe's cities are giving people a direct say in policies that shape their lives. 🌍 The @citiobs.bsky.social project, involving Eurocities, empowers communities to monitor issues like air & noise pollution and urban heat - turning citizen data into action. Learn more 👉 citiobs.eu #100DaysEU

As data on climate and public health disappears, a big thank you to those who are organising to preserve it.

Here in Germany with 10 of our 29 Consortia Leads from all over the world, discussing national and regional progress with ORCID adoption and PID strategies, and sharing ideas for how to serve their member communities better.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

🌎 It’s time to reclaim social media. Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives. #FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative. Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.com

Yet another exit plan to execute. Dammit, this platform was a life-line to extended family and high school friends... www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #Woodslee #BelleRiver #EssexCounty find me over here!

The battle between eLife and Clarivate is crucial. If Clarivate wins, the impact factor will be vindicated once more. And the IF is the keystone of the commercial structure of scholarly journals. But if eLife demonstrates what a sham the IF is, then Clarivate will have lost a crucial battle.

for those of you in fireworks obsessed countries, it's the noise you'll be noticing more than than the increase in particulate matter in the air (i.e. #AirPollution) - the @rivm-nl.bsky.social is tracking both #CitizenScience samenmeten.rivm.nl/vuurwerk/fij... samenmeten.rivm.nl/vuurwerk/gel...

So many new #BluSci users 💙✨❄️, welcome! For science-minded folks, there are some very cool tricks 🚀… use 🧪 to post on the #Science feed use 🧠 for a #Neuroskyence feed If you use any of these emojis👩‍🔬|👩🏻‍🔬|👩🏼‍🔬|👩🏽‍🔬|👩🏾‍🔬|👩🏿‍🔬 your post will on a #WomenInSTEM feed Bonuses: 🕊️ 🌱 📌 Go get it 🚀🧪🧠👩‍🔬💙

To those outside of the Netherlands: Yesterday and today, Dutch Christian religious parties sold their souls to the right-wing government in exchange for a few dimes and now support radical and destructive cuts to the Dutch educational system. This makes this, sadly and terribly, a done deal. 1/

You didn't think we forgot about science did you? 🧬🧪 Our 2024 year in review reflections conclude with the Open Science program at CC. Read more about the work of Open Science and what's to come in 2025: loom.ly/LOfb8A8

'Liever Turks dan Paaps' (Better Turkish than Papist); 'En DESPIT DE LA MES' (In spite of the mass). Medal worn in the hat of Dutch 'sea beggars' in the 16th-century, when the Turks were also fighting the Habsburgs. Wikimedia commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3_...

In person tickets are full, but online viewers still very welcome for tomorrow's Gresham lecture.

BlueSky is now tracked by @altmetric.com! For many people it may not matter, but for acadamics this is huge! Another step towards making BlueSky a relevant platform to share and discuss research. Also: beautiful dark blue color, see example of recently published paper below 😉 #academicsky

To be honest, if you have an online source that your research depends on, today is always the day to get your plan B in place. But there are moments when the situation can feel even more fragile than usual.

oooh, this is a very handy feature! Thanks for sharing :)

450 times more health harmful black carbon #AirPollution is emitted from #Woodburning #woodstoves than from natural gas. The inhaled #soot reaches every organ of the body causing DNA damage to our cells & long-term disabilities & shorter lifespans. #Biomass #BuildBackBetter

Back to social media with some #citsci content. Have you already read the @ecs.ngo impact stories? zenodo.org/records/1364...

This article feels like a reminder that we humans are also nature - it's not about our absence on the landscape, but living in harmony....https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/28/great-abandonment-what-happens-natural-world-people-disappear-bulgaria

Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology

Had the pleasure to talk about Burn Alert project that started during my PhD and now being adopted as a trial study in Swansea. Hope to see reduced #airpollution due to this!

1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network. As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.

I just came across #OpenInfra in my feeds and this great resource infrafinder.investinopen.org/solutions for Open Infrastructures. Great resource for #OpenScience and #CitizenScience folks!!