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Martin Paul Eve
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Tech Lead @ Knowledge Commons/MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd

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Martin Paul Eve is a British academic, writer, computer programmer, and disability rights campaigner. He is the Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck College, University of London and the Technical Lead for Knowledge Commons at Michigan State University. Previously, Eve was Principal R&D Developer at Crossref from 2023-2024 and Visiting Professor of Digital Humanities at Sheffield Hallam University until 2022. He is known for his work on contemporary literary metafiction, computational approaches to the study of literature, digital media studies and history of the book, and open-access policy. Together with Caroline Edwards, he is co-founder of the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). .. more

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 4h
Make a Bond movie academic

Skyfall: Country Houses, Imperial Memory, and the Performance of National Decline
eve.gd Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 7h
Make a Bond movie academic

Live and Let Cite
deanleetal.bsky.social Dean Leetal @deanleetal.bsky.social · 7h
Make a Bond Movie academic

The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 4h
There are also some syntax errors in there that I will correct when I get time.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 5h
Some initial thoughts on @samuelmoore.org's book

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Authorship, division of labour, material and digital form; thoughts on Samuel A. Moore's Publishing Beyond the Market
On Christmas day, we had a quiet time this year. One of the things I did was to read Moore, Samuel A., Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and t...
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 7h
Sam @samuelmoore.org uses the notion of "commonsiness" at one point, and I can't help but hear it as Gollum.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 7h
We have this frustration, too! Why can't they just normalise the sound, as you suggest?

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 7h
I think it's more just a symbolic token that they are taking good care of the artefact and are putting a deposit of £800m on that

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 7h
Actually, re last post, the best Bond puns come from dialysis.

No Time to Dialyse
Live and Let Dialyse
Dialyse Another Day

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 7h
Make a Bond movie academic

Live and Let Cite
deanleetal.bsky.social Dean Leetal @deanleetal.bsky.social · 7h
Make a Bond Movie academic

The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)
drbeard79.bsky.social Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 10h
Make a Bond Movie academic

Best, Russia

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 7h
We are, at Christmas, very fortunate to have enough to eat. But I find it a difficult time. Nausea and general lack of appetite from kidney failure means that there's constant pressure on me to eat and boost my weight! But I just can't summon much desire to do so. No risk of overeating, at least.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 8h
Ridiculous but entertaining Wikipedia "did you know?" box this am.

"the United States Supreme Court is not the Highest Court in the Land"

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The Highest Court in the Land - Wikipedia
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 8h
Interesting observation on "markets" for totally unique, historically valuable, un-saleable assets.
duncanweldon.bsky.social Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 11h
Find this fascinating.
The Tapestry is literally priceless. There is no market. Why not £2 billion? Or £500 million?
www.ft.com/content/ec9a... Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Nearly 1,000-year-old depiction of Norman Conquest will be on display at British Museum in 2026
www.ft.com

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 8h
"And my fucking axe!"
hollowoak.bsky.social Chris Womack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 9h
“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long fucking time to say.”
thecallisandra.bsky.social Callisandra @thecallisandra.bsky.social · 16h
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?

"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"

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Chris Womack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 9h
“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long fucking time to say.”
thecallisandra.bsky.social Callisandra @thecallisandra.bsky.social · 16h
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?

"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"

Reposted by Martin Paul Eve, Margot C. Finn, François Guesnet

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 11h
Find this fascinating.
The Tapestry is literally priceless. There is no market. Why not £2 billion? Or £500 million?
www.ft.com/content/ec9a... Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Nearly 1,000-year-old depiction of Norman Conquest will be on display at British Museum in 2026
www.ft.com

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d
My geekiest present was a PERIBOARD-835, wireless, ergonomic, backlit, and front-tilted mechanical keyboard. 😁
The PERIBOARD-835 in its box

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d
Merry Christmas, everybody!

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 1d
🎄 Day 1 of #OLH12DaysOfChristmas
On the first day, the OLH gave to us the launch of the OJC /
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Open Journals Collective Homepage: openjournalscollecti...

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 1d
Foucault’s Christmas - "a Christmas day without writing, that was impossible! ... a day when, as he said, 'nothing has happened for several thousand years' " progressivegeographies.com/2024/12/25/f...
A photograph of Foucault sitting at a desk with bookshelves behind and a typewriter and papers in front of him. There is a large old-fashioned lampshade above him.

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Suzy Fitzp @pannusf10.bsky.social · 1d
Merry Christmas one and all. Here's a beautiful story to start your day with a little weep.
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Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years - BBC News
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d
Champagne (!!) It's all I'll be allowed due to kidney failure fluid restrictions, but hey. Once a year!

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
Yes - the Mulgrew/Ryan feud behind the scenes was regrettable, but you can see why it happened. On-screen, though, the relationship between the characters was amazing.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
I share this opinion!

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
Thank you! It's almost killed me getting to this point...

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
Finally, now, can sit down for some catch-up reading and I'm turning to @samuelmoore.org's recent "Publishing Beyond the Market". I'm a few pages in and he's cited just about the best bit in my book, so it's looking promising 😂 Seriously, though, looking forward to this.
The cover to Samuel A Moore's Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
It's been a pretty epic Christmas Eve of proofing, revising, and final tidy-ups, but revisions to the Star Trek: Voyager book are done and sent. They were a total killer to implement, but they are now complete and I hope the peer-review gods will be appeased.

Now: to Christmas!

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
thanks for reading that little intro book and for the kind words -- and season's greetings to you and yours!

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
The countdown to Muppet Christmas Carol is on.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
It's really one of the best bits of kit I own. But, obviously, expensive. I'd really like a new colour one.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
To writing: yes. Very.

To page turns: slight lag.