It's back! #PIDfest2026 takes place in Leiden, Netherlands on Oct 27-29. It's a must for all #PID enthusiasts & the call for proposals is now open! Learn more in my post on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today - & submit your proposal by Mar 22. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/26/k...

Powerful post in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social on how marginalized people (esp Black women) can & should stand up for #DEIA advocacy by stepping down -- & the rest of us must step up. Thanks to @dianndramarie.bsky.social Valarie Guagnini, Devyani Mahajan 👏 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/25/s...

“Even if the argument over the total number of dead is, for now, largely settled, disagreement in Israel continues over who the dead were…. None of this alters the stark figures in the table. Of the recorded deaths, 20,876, about 30 percent, are young girls, teenage girls and women.”

"large language models such as ChatGPT were consistently advising women to ask for lower salaries than men in recruitment processes,... AI tools already in use by more than half of England’s councils were downplaying women’s medical conditions, potentially resulting in unequal care"

A British grandmother with a valid visa detained by ICE for 6 weeks. "So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. 'Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,' Karen says."

I was looking into an incident of a pedestrian struck and injured while walking in a Brookline crosswalk yesterday, near Driscoll School. By the time I had enough information to publish a story, another pedestrian had been struck and injured in a different crosswalk. brookline.news/two-pedestri...

Yes huge thanks to everyone for your support & a special shout out to honorary Declaration co-author @funsizesuze.bsky.social for all her contributions So grateful to be part of this amazing team 🥰🎉👏

FYI, there's still time to register for this Thursday's #DefendResearch webinar with @penamerica.bsky.social to learn about what's going on with academic #censorship and what we can do about it #AcademicChatter #ScholComm #Academia #SciSky www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

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"Make “understandable” a priority in everything we do. Let’s not leave the data to the machines at the expense of our own understanding" Great @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social guest post by Jeff Lang on putting the U (for understanding) in #FAIR scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/10/g...

I'm really looking forward to this! The #NISOPlus events are always so worthwhile & it will be lovely to reconnect with my former @nisoinfo.bsky.social friends and colleagues, make some new connections, and learn from them all!

I enjoyed talking to Sami Benchekroun of Molecular Connections & Rod Cookson of @royalsociety.org about their thoughts on the need for a "living article" for this @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post -- lots of interesting ideas! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/05/b...

Trying to understand the profound threat facing universities, #education, #knowledge, #research--i.e. our future? Register for the Feb 12 #DefendResearch webinar with PEN America to learn about their report "America's Censored Campuses." #censorship #HigherEd www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

Excellent but alarming post by @rharington1.bsky.social in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social on @universityofky.bsky.social decision to terminate 1200 partnerships w/ external orgs (including his own) that "may restrict participation based on race" 😡😱😞 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/02/r...

V much looking forward to #NISOPlus26 -- I'm also moderating a 3rd session on the importance of #metadata as a tool to #DefendResearch, w/ John Chodacki, Patricia Feeney & Lauren Marra 😊

"At this precise time it feels crucial to re-state our responsibility as leaders to create a publishing industry that supports inclusion in all its forms." @publishersassoc.bsky.social launch inclusion pledge with >40 signatories https://share.google/dPxVeCYM7AG8dNnhc

Meanwhile, while Trump has focused much of the world on Greenland, this happened.

Happy to share this interview w/ @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social CEO Vicky Williams, revisiting my 2019 interview w/ her with a new set of questions about #DEIA - at Emerald & in the wider #scholcomms community scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/20/c...

Very excited about this next chapter of my consultancy journey - please get in touch if we can help with anything!

Hello! We're a new consultancy specialising in #OpenResearch and #ScholComms -- a collaboration between Josh Brown & @alicemeadows.bsky.social (both formerly of @morebrains.coop). Learn more at ore.consulting or contact us here if you'd like to chat!

“#OpenAccess APC waivers do not redistribute power” @godwyns.bsky.social keynote on building justice in social communication at #APE2026

I loved working with Tanja Niemann & the @erudit.org team on this @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social Kitchen Essentials interview - such an inspirational organization (en francais aussi 😊) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/07/k...

Hope to see lots of #information community people at this @nisoinfo.bsky.social webinar on Jan 14, 11am ET. Jay Patel @saysjkemp.bsky.social @kawulf.bsky.social @webmz.bsky.social & bsky.app/profile/rant... will be discussing the state of our community now & in future niso.org/state-of-the...

What a nice start to 2026 - my @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post about the Declaration to #DefendResearch against US Govt Censorship was the 4th most read in 2025 🎉🎉🎉 We also published a record number of guest posts last year -- 45%! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/05/t...

Very much looking forward to this - it's a great group of speakers with lots of interesting thoughts on the state of the #scholcomm community!

Looking forward to this! Speakers are @kawulf.bsky.social @saysjkemp.bsky.social Chirag Patel, Randy Townsend, & Maryam Zaringhalam. Hope you can join us!

“While generative AI can do amazing things, it is also perhaps the most wasteful use of a computer ever devised. If you do 1+1 on a calculator, that’s one calculation. If you do 1+1 in generative AI, that is potentially a trillion calculations to get an answer....” Andy Wu

Great post on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social by @rouhiroo.bsky.social @tteleen.bsky.social & more on their #ScholarlySocial talk about #DEI under threat & strategies to #DefendResearch 👏👏👏 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/22/g...

Wow, just… wow

Many thanks to Kathleen McEvoy of @everylibrary.bsky.social for this nice shout out to the #DefendResearch Declaration in this Charleston Conference Leadership Interview! youtu.be/pW2f5w45HY0?...

Such a pleasure to work with Ttacey Brown @senseaboutsci.bsky.social and @camillegamboa.bsky.social @sagepub.com on this post about their new guide on #PublicGood curators - essential reading! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/16/c...

The case for 'public-good curators', whose careful, principled work helps society find reliable information through transparent and accountable processes: senseaboutscience.org/championing-... @alicemeadows.bsky.social

From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...

Corruption of the Day: Trump just pardoned a notorious drug trafficker who brought more than 4 billion doses of cocaine into our country. Why?

We're hiring! We have 2 jobs advertised: Library Engagement Lead and Operations Manager, deadline Tues 6 January 2026. Links: openjournalscollective.org/static/engag... openjournalscollective.org/static/opera... Come work for a major new international organisation funding #openaccess publishing!

Excited already! A great program as always & I'm looking forward to moderating sessions on researcher #identifiers and #TrustMarkers. More on both sessions soon!

Today you can read part 2 of @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social chefs media recommendations of 2025 -more great suggestions from @acochran12733.bsky.social @lyconrad.bsky.social @jillmwo.bsky.social & @charlierapple.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/05/c...

Proud to have helped -- and to be in very good company! Thanks @senseaboutsci.bsky.social for all your great work!

It's the most wonderful time of the year again on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social - the chef's book (& other media) recommendations! @rickanderson.bsky.social Roy Kaufman's & mine are published today & I look forward to reading more tomorrow. Enjoy! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/04/c...

Ok time for me to switch providers…

@rmcleodb.bsky.social ❤️

This should be a scandal. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/t...

Calling #Boston area #foodies -- register now to attend this free talk at Needham Public Library on Jan 11 by my fabulously talented daughter-in-law @ariellejohnson.bsky.social needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/fri...

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

Fantastic news for the fight to #DefendResearch!!

Make Uber aware and if they don’t do anything, add them to the boycott list

I’m just doing my #ConfictOfInterest training as a commissioner for Brookline Commission of the Arts & OMG 5 minutes in and I’m already appalled by how blatantly so many of our politicians are flouting them. I mean I knew it but this is really bringing it home to me

If you’re in the #BayArea on December 9 I strongly encourage you to sign up for this @lecturesontap.bsky.social on #censorship by my fellow #DefendResearch declaration colleague @lschiff.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...

EveryLibrary Institute Signs Declaration to Protect Academic #Research from U.S. Government #Censorship www.infodocket.com/2025/11/17/e... #libraries @everylibrary.bsky.social @defendresearch.bsky.social #defendresearch

Scholars are fighting #censorship by the U.S. government and their own institutions--support them by taking action to #DefendResearch! Sign the Declaration, call elected officials, write letters to the editor! defendresearch.org #SciSky #Academia #ScholComm www.chronicle.com/article/secr...