The entire editorial board of a semantics journal owned by Springer Nature has resigned to launch a new one, citing pressure from the company to increase their annual publication volume by 25%.

It’s the Second Time he has done this for our State! Thank You Stephen Colbert….

If you're a university researcher in Ireland, especially in humanities or social sciences, please consider signing this open letter: openletter.earth/concern-abou...

Elsevier has retracted a 2021 study claiming sudden infant death syndrome is linked to vaccines over concerns the paper might influence patient care.

Reviewers in two groups were given identical resumes for Emily Clarke and James Clarke and told they had used AI. Emily's was 2x as likely to raise doubts about competence. "She can't even write a CV herself." But James "just needed a bit of help." fortune.com/2026/05/10/i...

Student Success | Why Are Students Opening Up to AI Instead of People? In this week’s Voices of Student Success episode, The Rithm Project’s Alison Lee explores whether AI is filling critical gaps in student support—or deepening isolation on college campuses. https://bit.ly/3RoVcYr #EDUSky

Not the first, won't be the last. I strongly believe the days of "transformative agreements" are numbered. But those seeing this as the end of open access are doom-mongers, plenty of other routes, and as they have a rights retention policy may I suggest green OA?

This is a bit of a niche one, but we need all the help we can get at the moment

Wishing Coleman an amazing next chapter. Your contribution to Everton and Ireland will long be remembered and future is bright 💚 🇮🇪

"OpenAlex operates on a shoestring, with institutional memberships at $5,000/year. Retraction Watch is a nonprofit that depends on donations. ORCID is sustained by member organizations. These are [the chronically underfunded] foundations on which the credibility of AI-generated science depends..."

so ecstatic and honored to co-author this article in @educause.bsky.social EDUCAUSE Review on #GenAI & #OER with my friend, mentor, colleague, friend, Larry Davis...such a delight learn & write together! er.educause.edu/articles/202...

www.maptap.gg May 4 98🎯 93🏆 98🔥 86🎓 73 Final score: 864 Very enjoyable #Starwars themed Map Tap today!

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

“'The pilot explores how ASU can use existing digital content in new ways to reach learners beyond those enrolled in degree programs.’" The “digital content” gives the game away, doesn't it? For more on academic assetization, read @benpatrickwill.bsky.social:

#PSGVBAY 9 goals with 70 mins gone! Absolute cracker! #ChampionsLeague

Man City may be in the FA Cup but Souhampton were outstanding & Finn Azaz can be incredibly proud of his goal. Cracking game! #FACup

Incredible performance by City & a fantastic day of football overall. Lots of goals & drama, just how I like it. Time to venture out and see some trees now!

We are extending the deadline for submissions to the 25th anniversary zine to August 15! Send us your remixes, your poems, your photography, links to your songs. We want to highlight the messy, creative, playful, political live experiences of our community! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Phew! Not our best performance and yet another injury but 3 glorious points in a derby so I'm thrilled!! #LFC #YNWA

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Great to see literacy being part of this. Its so important that future generations keep reading, creating and discussing literature and other art forms together. #Booksky

Pure joy, skill, entertainment...genius. Feeling grateful that we can relive moments like this years later... #Maradona #TheBeautifulGame

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Absolutely loving #Orbital by #SamanthaHarvey #BookSky

Bayern V Real - 2 goals in 6 mins! Hoping it continues like this!!

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

100+ journalists, including Cory Doctorow, Rachel Maddow and many more, are backing the Internet Archive’s #WaybackMachine as essential to preserving the public record 🗂️ Read more at Fight for the Future 👇 www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04... 🧵⬇️ @fightforthefuture.org

Disappointing but we've been conceding too many goals late on. There are some positives from our performance at least. Hope we can bring the first half energy into our remainig PL games and ensure we're back in this competition next year. #LFC

Keep going lads... there's still time. I would have started Rio earlier though, Slot.... Keep the heads up and try to get some of the momentum back. #YNWA #LFC #Liverpool

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#SaveTheDate – Do your course materials help students feel they belong? 📚 CCCOER's webinar shares UX research insights on how OER aid #StudentBelonging—with practical editing strategies for faculty & community colleges WED Apr 15 at 3 pm ET https://twp.ai/NSUrxk#SaveTheDate#StudentBelonging—with#OEGlobal #OpenEducation #OER

Thoroughly enjoyed the Project Hail Mary film 👨‍🚀🛰 It was a great book adaptation and the inclusion of this song was perfection! #Beatles #TwoOfUs youtu.be/F6Z7B3sDAO0?...

Broken hearted for our team. Such heart, grit and determination and ye kept us absolutely riveted all night. So many good performances & ye did us proud. The ref gave us nothing also (& yes I'm bitter about that!). #CZEIRL 🇮🇪💚💚

⭐️Books at One Community Fund returns with €100,000 to support independent bookstores across Ireland ⭐️ @booksatonedublin.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/books-at-one...

Incredibly excited to share the news that we will be working more closely with @openbookcollective.bsky.social!

This is utterly jaw-dropping. A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

You still have time to submit to the CC 25th Anniversary zine! What does the theme "Remix is Resistance" mean to you, your life, your work? This is your chance to get creative and contribute your self-expression to a community-created work! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“From Cape Town to Chicago, thousands of people are now micro-licensing their biometric identities and intimate data to train the next generation of AI.”

This is going to be a wonderful online conference (8-9 April) showcasing the @copim.bsky.social experimental book pilots we supported & featuring discussions with speakers & panelists as part of 3 themed sessions on Infrastructuring, Open Peer Reviewing, and Binding. Register here 👉 buff.ly/zX0kSlC

Seeing as it's the season, here is a selection of Irish writers to check out because why not: Catriona Shine Paschal O'Loughlin Anakana Schofield Adrian Duncan Keith Ridgeway Lyn Buckle Madeleine D'Arcy Caitriona Lally

Found myself saying earlier: 'well if we can't beat Spurs we might as well not bother'.... tough evening as a Reds fan!

OER26: Openness Reimagined: Continuity, Change and Shared Vision Call for papers now open! www.alt.ac.uk/OER26-Propos... #oer26

Real Madrid's ability to perform incredibly in the Champions League continues to amaze me. Bring on the second half, more stunning goals please!

I love this idea of creating new habitats in urban environments. Well done #Denmark #Biodiversity #Bees #Innovation all-things-nordic.com/2026/03/05/d...

Robbo ♥️ #YNWA Great to see Rio getting to start and showing his pace & creativity too. #Liverpool #LFC

#Wordle #1721 was tricky!

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#OEWeek26 has been fun, frantic and fantastic! Thanks @oeglobal.bsky.social and to all the kind and generous #OpenEd folks that I learned from, & engaged with, this week! #OER #Inspired

📣 The #OpenEd26 Call for Proposals is now open! Join us Oct 27–29 for the fully online Open Education Conference. The conference welcomes proposals from all roles and countries, with students especially encouraged to submit. Details: buff.ly/IjKJTOz #OpenEducation #OER #highered

Tough viewing tonight. #Liverpool were very poor, but I don't begrudge Wolves. They deserved points from the game, I just wish it hadn't been all 3!! And we get to do it all again on Friday!!