Dr Beth
@drbeth.bsky.social
The librarian formerly known (on twitter) as @Phdgeek. Into nerdy stuff, open research, EDI campaigning, powerlifting and climbing. 🏳️🌈
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Dr Beth
@drbeth.bsky.social
· Nov 19
So I did a bit of a search around and these are the past and present Francis Crick Institute folks that I could find.
I can't guarantee they're talking about science, but if they are, you know it's going to be cool science 😉
FYI - @thecrick.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/2tMmrSY
I can't guarantee they're talking about science, but if they are, you know it's going to be cool science 😉
FYI - @thecrick.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/2tMmrSY
I adore the Olympics, I take it as annual leave.
But they've been getting worse on gender. It's nonsense, some sports shouldn't even have a split but they force it & now they're going back to the disastrous sex testing policy. Let trans folks compete.
Looks like I'll be having to give it a miss 😭
But they've been getting worse on gender. It's nonsense, some sports shouldn't even have a split but they force it & now they're going back to the disastrous sex testing policy. Let trans folks compete.
Looks like I'll be having to give it a miss 😭
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I adore the Olympics, I take it as annual leave.
But they've been getting worse on gender. It's nonsense, some sports shouldn't even have a split but they force it & now they're going back to the disastrous sex testing policy. Let trans folks compete.
Looks like I'll be having to give it a miss 😭
But they've been getting worse on gender. It's nonsense, some sports shouldn't even have a split but they force it & now they're going back to the disastrous sex testing policy. Let trans folks compete.
Looks like I'll be having to give it a miss 😭
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Using DOAJ for your research?
Historical DOAJ data is now available on Zenodo (an open access research repository).
DOAJ data on Zenodo https://bit.ly/49cbDyi
##OpenData #OpenAccess
Historical DOAJ data is now available on Zenodo (an open access research repository).
DOAJ data on Zenodo https://bit.ly/49cbDyi
##OpenData #OpenAccess
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Using DOAJ for your research?
Historical DOAJ data is now available on Zenodo (an open access research repository).
DOAJ data on Zenodo https://bit.ly/49cbDyi
##OpenData #OpenAccess
Historical DOAJ data is now available on Zenodo (an open access research repository).
DOAJ data on Zenodo https://bit.ly/49cbDyi
##OpenData #OpenAccess
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Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
On one evening, the speakers were divided up and went to dinner parties hosted by some of the wealthy folks who lived around Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. My dinner was delightful, with good conversation with our host (the mayor of a nearby village), his friends, and some other speakers.
34/41
34/41
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
Not an academic so much as someone who's had a big impact on science, but John Inglis of CSHL Press & openRxiv is one of the nicest men you could possibly meet.
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not an academic so much as someone who's had a big impact on science, but John Inglis of CSHL Press & openRxiv is one of the nicest men you could possibly meet.
The thing I find so bizarre is folks showing up and saying, look this thing AI did and just sending it out into the world. Even though its awful, not just banal, completely wrong and weird.
If an intern gave you this level of output you'd be letting them go...
If an intern gave you this level of output you'd be letting them go...
When I got the email, I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry:
“Our AI turned your paper ‘King’s Crowns: The’ into a shareable comic. ”
Here’s 24,000 words turned into four panels, including a reference to Nork City and the year 17605. Cf. newprairiepress.org/burgonsociet...
“Our AI turned your paper ‘King’s Crowns: The’ into a shareable comic. ”
Here’s 24,000 words turned into four panels, including a reference to Nork City and the year 17605. Cf. newprairiepress.org/burgonsociet...
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The thing I find so bizarre is folks showing up and saying, look this thing AI did and just sending it out into the world. Even though its awful, not just banal, completely wrong and weird.
If an intern gave you this level of output you'd be letting them go...
If an intern gave you this level of output you'd be letting them go...
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Here, Rosalind Franklin's colleague Maurice himself argues to the head of their lab in London that their data should not have been leaked to Watson and Crick. You're welcome.
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Here, Rosalind Franklin's colleague Maurice himself argues to the head of their lab in London that their data should not have been leaked to Watson and Crick. You're welcome.
Super congratulations to @canopyrobin.com !
Immensely proud to share that I am the designer of the official badge for LGBT+ History Month 2026.
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Super congratulations to @canopyrobin.com !
It just proves the saying that it's not enough to be clever, you should also be kind.
Doing some cool science isn't enough when all anyone can talk about when you die is what an awful person you were.
Doing some cool science isn't enough when all anyone can talk about when you die is what an awful person you were.
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It just proves the saying that it's not enough to be clever, you should also be kind.
Doing some cool science isn't enough when all anyone can talk about when you die is what an awful person you were.
Doing some cool science isn't enough when all anyone can talk about when you die is what an awful person you were.
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Whitelands College, now part of @uni-roehampton.bsky.social
The card shows the May Day procession, which was (and who knows, maybe still is?) A Thing at the college
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The card shows the May Day procession, which was (and who knows, maybe still is?) A Thing at the college
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Whitelands College, now part of @uni-roehampton.bsky.social
The card shows the May Day procession, which was (and who knows, maybe still is?) A Thing at the college
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The card shows the May Day procession, which was (and who knows, maybe still is?) A Thing at the college
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
It's the Crick Annual Science Meeting today - a great internal conference including everybody.
The library team have a poster highlighting our Open Science services (shown). We're also on the general ITO poster which has a really cool monopoly based design!
The library team have a poster highlighting our Open Science services (shown). We're also on the general ITO poster which has a really cool monopoly based design!
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
It's the Crick Annual Science Meeting today - a great internal conference including everybody.
The library team have a poster highlighting our Open Science services (shown). We're also on the general ITO poster which has a really cool monopoly based design!
The library team have a poster highlighting our Open Science services (shown). We're also on the general ITO poster which has a really cool monopoly based design!
If Tom wins this I'm going to be so annoyed. He shouldn't have even been in the final, he was saved over and over in the last few weeks.
#gbbo
#gbbo
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If Tom wins this I'm going to be so annoyed. He shouldn't have even been in the final, he was saved over and over in the last few weeks.
#gbbo
#gbbo
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Libraries: Advocating for #RightsRetention is key for #OpenAccess. It provides immediate OA/reuse, accelerates OA, and clarifies copyright. Make every article accessible!
💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz
💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Libraries: Advocating for #RightsRetention is key for #OpenAccess. It provides immediate OA/reuse, accelerates OA, and clarifies copyright. Make every article accessible!
💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz
💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz
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British Library Board statement: www.bl.uk/about/press/...
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
British Library Board statement: www.bl.uk/about/press/...
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Academia runs on three fuels: caffeine, impostor syndrome, and poorly documented code from 2017
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Academia runs on three fuels: caffeine, impostor syndrome, and poorly documented code from 2017
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Kind of funny how people are identifying any place that publishes even the most inconsequential stuff and then flooding it with AI junk.
Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI
New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs
www.science.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Kind of funny how people are identifying any place that publishes even the most inconsequential stuff and then flooding it with AI junk.
I've been thinking about open step-wise protocols/methods today. It feels way more directly useful than (lots of, maybe most) open data, but much less in use. I'm wondering why it's yet to really take off.
#OpenScience
#OpenScience
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I've been thinking about open step-wise protocols/methods today. It feels way more directly useful than (lots of, maybe most) open data, but much less in use. I'm wondering why it's yet to really take off.
#OpenScience
#OpenScience
Some days I have Darwin days. Today is one of those (I'm not very poorly, but I can't get rid of this stupid cold).
"I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
"I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Some days I have Darwin days. Today is one of those (I'm not very poorly, but I can't get rid of this stupid cold).
"I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
"I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
If you missed the talk on class in HE librarians by @patchedelbows.bsky.social last week, don't despair! Here's the doi, you can catch up now 😀
doi.org/10.52843/cas...
doi.org/10.52843/cas...
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doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you missed the talk on class in HE librarians by @patchedelbows.bsky.social last week, don't despair! Here's the doi, you can catch up now 😀
doi.org/10.52843/cas...
doi.org/10.52843/cas...
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What do librarians look like? Stereotyping of a profession by generative AI doi.org/10.1177/0961...
What do librarians look like? Stereotyping of a profession by generative Ai - Dirk HR Spennemann, Kay Oddone, 2025
This study aims to investigate the presence of bias in the visual representation of librarians generated by ChatGPT across three different library settings: sch...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What do librarians look like? Stereotyping of a profession by generative AI doi.org/10.1177/0961...
This is fun. Occasionally it does return a working clock, but mostly they're brain-breakingly odd.
Lovely find in the @b3ta.com newsletter - a collection of "AI" chatbot's attempts to create a simple clock. It'll reassure you we're not yet near the opening scenes of Terminator
clocks.brianmoore.com
clocks.brianmoore.com
AI World Clocks
The current time as rendered by 9 different AI models. By Brian Moore.
clocks.brianmoore.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is fun. Occasionally it does return a working clock, but mostly they're brain-breakingly odd.
The Nature manuscript advisor bot has no appreciation for the craft of paper writing 😂
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Nature manuscript advisor bot has no appreciation for the craft of paper writing 😂
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We still have some spaces left on our Christmas literary pub crawl!
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/Festive-Pub-...
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/Festive-Pub-...
Join us for a Christmas literary pub crawl through the heart of London!
For more info and to register click here:
tinyurl.com/Festive-Pub-...
For more info and to register click here:
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October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We still have some spaces left on our Christmas literary pub crawl!
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/Festive-Pub-...
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/Festive-Pub-...
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.