"... I think this shows that Keir doesn't even understand the problem, never mind the solution." - unnamed Labour MP 🤷🏽‍♀️ BBC News - Sir Keir Starmer makes Gordon Brown an envoy as he seeks reset after Labour election losses - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This #USA war in #Iran illustrates an Igbo (Nigeria) adage: "He who pins another to the ground stays down with them, and can only get up when they release their victim." It's a typical 'failing to plan as a clear plan to fail.' Daft! www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/p...

In 2024, Kier Stammer was handed electoral victory on a platter of gold, making him believe he could treat Labour voters as his wishes by blindly courting Reform voters. But now it has backfired in the local elections. Will he learn? 🤷🏽‍♀️ #LocalElections #UK #KierStammer www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

What a functioning democracy ultimately depends on is not just the holding of elections, but a set of rules and institutions that no single person can simply override. #Democracy #USA #Governance #Leadership globaltapestry.substack.com/p/what-makes...

Finally the devil met his match in Satan after underestimating him - I'm sure both are men/masculine so 'him' fits naturally - and now nothing is Strait again.

“Donald Trump is a wounded political animal. There’s no fading away for this guy. The more damaged he gets, the more reckless he gets and he is...” - Larry Jacobs, Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

As the saying goes, "Nothing is new under the sun" ish. 🎉 Nigeria late 90s, that'd be me with a child tied on my back with wrapper to go to the market, fetch water, cook etc. That child is now a brilliant 29y.o. woman with a successful career. #MenMother www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/...

The Pope says, 'BRING IT ON!' 💪🏾💪🏾 “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth... ” 💯 share.google/WC5kMixk3IPj...

The Prime Minister of the UK is always quick to condemn individuals demeanours such as the case of #Kneecap, #KanyeWest, #Antisemistism. Yet his pal Trump is threatening genocide - comparatively deadlier offence on humanity - and Kier Stammer stays schtum. Such a weasel! #Iran #Trump #USA #Israel

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

The irony of imposing 'justice' through wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure and the deliberate infliction of suffering and death on civilian populations leaves one wondering what justice these self-declared righteous Christians are talking about. #Iran #USA #Trump #Israel

Oh my! I love this. Thank you, Waitrose. "As a responsible employer, we never want to be in a position where we are notifying families of a tragedy because someone tried to stop a theft. Nothing we sell is worth risking lives for." #Equity #LivesOverWealth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This verdict by #CAF is sloppy and smells of corruption. How did a decision based on clear rules in the quoted Articles 82 and 84 end up taking two months to reach? 🤯 #Africa #Football #Morocco #Senegal #AfricaCupOfNations www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

1/ Three years ago, we completely changed the way we review and publish research articles. Today, we’re taking a look at how it’s going and what’s next. buff.ly/aHwYNIE

Here; 2026 dates of most LGBTQ+ Pride events in the UK - and some in Ireland. Find your local, join and stand up for #Equality. Alert:⚠️ @weareukblackpride.bsky.social UK Black Pride is missing #PrideIsAProtest www.caffersart.co.uk/pages/pride-...

Congratulations @elife.bsky.social! PKP is thrilled to be among your partners 🤝 PKP's Juan Pablo Alperin (@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca) shared a bit about our partnership: forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/elife-and-... @wellcometrust.bsky.social does this --> #SustainOpen #FOSS #OpenAccess #AcademicSky

"What does Trump expect from a handful of European frigates that the powerful US navy cannot do?" - Boris Pistorius, Germany's Defence Minister🤣 Sometimes, your own self-sufficiency can bits you in the butt. 🤞🏾 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The “win” in war is not as it is in sports: a score does not declare the victor after a previously agreed duration." - @cnn.com #Iraq #USA #Israel #ImposedDemocracy #Misunderstood #SelfInterests www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/m...

Reading my first Danielle Steel in over a decade: 'A Mother's Love'. She's gently but intricately woven domestic abuse in, as a real - and not fictional - issue. This line got me: "The goal at the shelter was to break the cycle that kept the women trapped in abusive relationships forever."

Wow! Just learned something new while attending a friend's British citizenship ceremony in Manchester. That Emmeline Pankhurst was also a Registrar of Births and Deaths [in Manchester]. L #Women #PublicService #CivicDuty #EmmelinePankhurst

"... for many women, it is the homes they go back to that are just as dangerous." #DomesticViolence #Women #Safety www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They don't call them war these days. Between two friends, one says his is, 'Special Military Operation'; but the other went with 'Operation Epic Fury'! Wildly enough neither friend's camps agree with the other's fancy Operations based on justice. Justice, you ask? #Putin #Trump #TheirWars

" #Communities stand at the intersection of forces reshaping our world through artificial intelligence. AI systems can influence opportunities, amplify inequities, & redefine agency; sometimes empowering, other times constraining" Join me Wed 4th in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's to hear my full idea. #OxFOS

Listening to @heidialexander.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 earlier this morning, it's clear that Keir Starmer and his cabinet are complacent, tone-deaf, convinced they know best and take the electorate for fools. Same arrogance displayed by the Tories just two years ago.

As a panellist, with a different (literal) perspective, I can now say with confidence that this is the segment of the scholarly research communications community that collects laptop stickers #CopimConference

Beyond Accessibility session need to happen more at other industry conferences. Though I missed Tobe Amadi's presentation, the focus on usabililty aspect by @anicazeyen.bsky.social's presentation is on point. Open Access tends to miss these issues. #CopimConference #Accessibility

Bias declared: 😉 Pleased to hear the activities going on in my native #Nigeria to advance Open Access within, and using local contexts. Well done, Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan frm Nigerian Maritime Uni. With @wacren.bsky.social involved, sure its replicating across West Africa. #CopimConference

This. Here. Is the crux of the matter! Scholars while being the main recipient - or victims - of most decisions in the scholarly communication space, are at the same time, the least involved in co-creating these frameworks that impact them. Credit: @openreflections.bsky.social #CopimConference

"Scaling small allows for the collective coordination of resources across a diverse ecology of orgs that creates a meta 'community of communities'..." - Dr Janneke Adema, Cultural and Media Theorist; keynote: #CopimConference It's that "community of communities"!

The panel on Infrastructure including a Global South representation is promising. So is the wide range of sector inclusion: funder, libraries, indexer, and grassroots players, chaired by Emma Green of @investinopen.bsky.social. #R2RConf #R2R2026

Thanks, @rouhiroo.bsky.social. It was a combined effort with a participant group that were open to sharing ideas and concerns alike.

Join us following the Researcher to Reader Conference on Wed Feb 25 in London! Tickets still available for the conference r2rconf.com/r2r-conferen... You are welcome at Scholarly Social whether or not attending the conference. Grab a space now: www.tickettailor.com/events/schol... All welcome!

"S2O is not a chemical symbol", confirms the Chief Science Officer at the American Physiological Society, Dr Dennis Brown. #AcademicPublishing But he had to hear the explanation 20x before realising the above. #R2RConf #R2R2026

Second day of #R2RConf opens with a focus on #Preprints, and its various handling forms, including aggregators of evaluations of preprints like @scietyhq.bsky.social. Kudos to @katherine-brown.bsky.social mentioning @prereview.bsky.social whose capacity building model is outstanding.

Mark Carden announces a transition process for #R2RConf in preparation for retirement. SKS Knowledge Services, run by Tiberius Ignat will carry it forward. This is what great and sustainable leadership is: recognising when to step off with a clear succession plan. Congrats, Mark!

"We're at risk of trading slow longterm intentional work with quick time convenience." - Amanda Licastro, Head of Digital Scholarship, Swarthmore College #R2RConf #R2R2026

Thank you for asking your question. I was getting up the confidence to ask a very similar question. Really important to avoid excluding public contributors and other voices from authorship.

Keynote speaker, Dr Leslie McIntosh raises a critical issue about authorship: "who qualifies to be an author?" This irks me because a definition based on formal scholarship will result in discrimination against communities for their labour and contributions. #R2RConf2026

#Researcher2Reader conference opens with Mark Carden's usual candour bringing in everyone into the space like an old friend. #R2RConf2026

Amsterdam wil fat-bikes verbieden. Is dat gekke? #Cycling #Fietsers #Fatbikes #Amsterdam #Netherlands nos.nl/l/2602161

There we go again! Sadly, though glad that I had the foresight to predict this would end in tears for LGBTQ people. The Church of England is not willing, let alone ready. #Faith #Fake #Belief #Religion #Exclusion #ChurchOfEngland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Angela Rayner is potentially the next leader of the Labour Party as Stammer slowly digs himself deeper in service of his #NewLabour guide. It's only a matter of time.

Europe, Canada and the UK had stood idly by all along enjoying the spoils of global socioeconomic inequity until their gang leader (USA), through its erratic president bit them hard in the form of insisting on having Greenland. Suddenly, Canada confessed their complicity. #Inequity #GlobalLeadership

"He (Donald Trump) is the manifestation of the ugliness that is in us". 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾 www.threads.com/@philallenjr...

Just nine months ago. I blogged this: "Whether he will become a unifying voice or a steadying hand... the possibility of a different kind of #Leadership: one rooted in clarity, steadiness, and engagement" Then #Davos 2026 happened! #GlobalTapestry globaltapestry.substack.com/p/in-a-world...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is running scare because even he believes his days in No 10 is numbered. He's now buying time in a democratic form yet authoritarian in instinct. That's leadership by gatekeeping. But for how long? #Leadership www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thanks for the call-out @godwyns.bsky.social. VeriMe Cooperative provides a researcher-first privacy-preserving means to verify identity -- and provides pathways to accountability for all research ecosystem stakeholders. Look for more during Data Privacy Week #DPW26

The US is increasingly difficult to differentiate from Iran in so many ways: capital punishment, breaking up communities, clamping down on protests, and now slaughtering innocent citizens. Yet, the world is not horrified the same way. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Sadly, January 2026 may be remembered as the monumental month/year, when the United States began its journey into a pariah. The speed of this shift may make it difficult for future administrations to fully undo its effects. www.idsociety.org/news--public...

Bored of Peace. OR Board of Piss. Your choice if there's still real freedom. It's a mirage.