Scientists operate on principles of good faith. But this is just ridiculous. If you, dear reader, take nothing else away from The Drain paper, it is that publishers cannot be invited to the table any longer. They can participate and carve a space, but they can't be part of shaping policy. 3/n

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

Answering your questions about the Ostrich story your uncle won’t stop posting about

It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca

I have all kinds of thoughts here. But this is also a marker of public belief in conspiracy theories and rejection of science and we should all be very concerned.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books. But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.

Exclusive: Forced to change labs, Kim lost a scholarship and a job offer, and had to repay about AU$90,000 (US$58,400) to his sponsor in South Korea. The university has since offered Kim AU$15,000 (US$9,750) after he sought compensation — although without admitting culpability.

Nice terms used in PHEMS for a data space Data Passport - the permission credential to access/use data Airlock mechanism - results are vetted before being released from a secure data processing environment.

It is an interesting point, but it's a shame that these important things that benefit the whole research community - and support #ResearchIntegrity - are billed as time-consuming gatekeepers; ideally these should be standard steps built smoothly into the process of research

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system. Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

Chains 1/2000 20 X 24 inches [50.8 X 61 cm] Graphite on Paper #sciart #bacteria #gawoski

Bluesky has overtaken Twitter/X as the highest social engagement metric for the entire publication corpus of some universities. Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter. 1/2

What he said: 💯 🎯

Happy Halloween!

Merlina Joe Coffey 2022

I can answer this. I interviewed Peterson's tailor a few years ago, although the interview was never published because I fell behind on work. Here is the story of this suit. 🧵

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

Terms: "NSF reserves the right to terminate financial assistance awards and recover all funds if recipients, during the term of this award, operate any program in violation of Federal anti- discriminatory laws or engage in a prohibited boycott." Oof. Risk! developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/...

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

P.S. Liberals who kept saying "but our economic indicators are fine, it's just vibes" this is why that messaging doesn't work ❤️ www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

From the AI that called itself mecha-hitler comes a rewrite of Wikipedia: Conservapedia! No wait that wasn't good enough, instead we welcome: Grokipedia! www.theverge.com/news/807686/...

It's time to get your free flu and covid shots Ontario! Many locally owned pharmacies in Guelph are providing the shots, like Walsh's West End Pharmacy. Check the list to find a pharmacy near you, www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...

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Unhinged. How much longer can fools fall for this psychos rhetoric

Ford walks back plan to slash tenants rights after spike in guillotine sales

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover. Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:

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At the elementary school science fair, where unlike real poster sessions didn't come with drink tickets.

Identity confirmation is a growing challenge to the academic research space.

Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019

Unclear on the differences between generalist data repositories? There's a chart for that from #GREI (the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative), an #NIH working group made of up of leading data repositories. medium.com/@blog-grei/n... #opendata #openaccess #datasharing #openresearch

The province of BC bans new Crypto mining projects from the grid. "Crypto mining operations often consume large amounts of electricity without creating many local jobs or tax revenue, according to the statement." www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/...

Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides go.nature.com/4ngrUpa

Northern Lights, Fill the Sky Lee Munn 2019

Canada cool with one group of temporary foreign workers

the conversation we should be having is that AI is developing and will certainly displace many workers, and we should develop government programs to even out the losses and gains between workers and capitalists. but instead we argue about whether a trans person was on netflix

Nice article about trust in information on the Internet. This is what makes my work at Trust Over IP and Agri-food Data Canada so interesting. For more technical trust I really think cryptographic signing keys and public DID architecture can play a role.

And then there’s this little tidbit. If/when the funding dries up, or if things get better in the 🇺🇸, or if a better offer comes up elsewhere — what then? And what does it say to the rest of us who make things work here despite the mediocre funding environment because we believe in 🇨🇦? (3/3) 🧪

The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal

A great podcast about the surveillance the tech companies want to see in the world. Also, apparently there are tv ads for AI.

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This creator never misses

Our team has published a new study in Avian Conservation Ecology showing that #cats kill between 19–197 million #birds each year in Canada! In the time it has taken you to read ~3 posts (1 min) 114 birds have been killed at the paws of cats in Canada. ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a... 1/4

A nice Linux Foundation micro-course on keys and digests for digital trust. Some of my Bite Size Trust videos for Trust over IP appear in it. trainingportal.linuxfoundation.org/courses/keys...

An interesting article about Trump's Friday post and the cryptocurrency suffering that followed. www.splinter.com/trump-bankru...

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