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Emma Wilson
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Academic researcher & creative writer; information retrieval, open research, research culture & EDI; neurodivergent; she/they
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adamrothman.bsky.social
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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clhellisen.bsky.social
The Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction is open to any writer living in Scotland or Scottish by birth or inclination, aged at least 14 years.

Submissions are open from Monday 12th January 2026 until 8pm BST on Sunday 22nd March 2026.

www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2026-prize
2026 Prize — CYMERA
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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shonak.bsky.social
I’m running a workshop on writing witchcraft as part of the UK Ghost Story Festival Online this weekend and I’m really looking forward to it! Check out details here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... @ghoststoryfest.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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shannonvallor.bsky.social
Good news - we have a new ERC-funded 4-year PhD Studentship at the University of Edinburgh, based in Philosophy and our Centre @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, supervised by Dr Emily Sullivan; the project applies philosophy of science to assessing ML's epistemic & social value. Apply by 16 March!
ERC PhD studentship: The Ethics and Philosophy of Science of Machine Learning | Scholarships and Student Funding | Student Administration
This is a four-year ERC funded PhD studentship (starting in September 2026).
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February 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
emmawilson.bsky.social
This is a really great reflective blog from Constantinos on doing a PhD. It matches up a lot with my own PhD experiences and reflections too.
celefthe.bsky.social Constantinos Eleftheriou @celefthe.bsky.social · 5d
It's been a couple of years now since I finished my PhD at the @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social ... and looking back at the experience, I think most of the things I learned had little to do with neuroscience.

I list a few of them in my latest blog post at celefthe.com/blog/2026/a-...
February 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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drbeth.bsky.social
And we're back to this. #pubmed #NIHFundingLapse
Pubmed website with a notice on it saying that due to a lapse in government funding it might not be up to date.
February 3, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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edopenresearch.bsky.social
New blog post! 🚨

The Edinburgh Research Data blog is highlighting two upcoming conferences for you, the Digital Research Conference 2026 and Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2026.

Read the full post for details of both: edin.ac/4a7zi1v
Two upcoming Edinburgh data-related conferences | Edinburgh Research Data Blog
As we all settle into the new year, it is good to start filling the calendar with events that provide new insight, provide opportunities to interact with peers, offer the chance to share knowledge…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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edinburghdiamond.bsky.social
The @ojcollective.bsky.social has officially launched and is now seeking investment! 💎

Know a librarian committed to equitable, sustainable, community-led Diamond Open Access publishing models? Maybe it's you!

📖 Read the Press Release and pass it on: drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...
OJC Press release Jan 2026.pdf
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January 29, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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openresearchuoa.bsky.social
Would you like to publish in or otherwise support the work of Diamond Open Access journals? Check out the Diamond Discovery Hub created by @craft-oa.bsky.social and launched last October. It has a huge listing of journals and an easy search function ddh.diamas.org/en
A large industrial tube filled with diamonds suspended in clear liquid image by Globefill Inc., CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
January 29, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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technomoralfutures.bsky.social
This February, we look forward to hosting @abeba.bsky.social for one week as our Distinguished Visiting Scholar!

Dr Birhane founded and leads @aial.ie and is assistant professor of AI @tcddublin.bsky.social. She researches AI accountability with a focus on audits of AI models and training datasets.
Headshot photo of Dr Abeba Birhane in front of a bright blue background. She has long black hair, worn in braids. She is wearing glasses and a silky, pale grey dress shirt. Text reads: Dr Abeba Birhane, Trinity College Dublin.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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jensfoell.de
LinkedIn probably wasn’t the best channel to post this, but I stand by it
A LinkedIn post from my profile, reading: “It's a very simple equation, really: Science communication needs to be accurate, it needs to be authentic, and it needs to be transparent. If you're not doing it that way, you're not doing science communication at all. In addition, *good* science communication is inclusive, it's ethical, it's sustainable. If you're not heeding these things, you're not doing science communication right. Which is why I am profoundly shocked by ostensibly reasonable people promoting the use of chatbots for science communication. Their use decreases factual accuracy. It decreases transparency. It decreases authenticity. Those things are true regardless of *which* chatbot you're using and regardless of *how* you're using it. Plus, the tech is not sustainable, not inclusive, not ethical. The promotion and use of Al chatbots is already damaging science communication and, if taken to the extreme, will be capable of quickly destroying it. Not through the rise of evil Al, but through ignorance on part of the users, rapidly destroying the trust that science communicators have been able to build over decades. Everything I will ever publish will be written by humans, and by humans only. If science communication goes the way of the robots, it will go there without me.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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shannonvallor.bsky.social
The NYT reported many hours ago that the government account was provably false (which @bellingcat.com & others had already exposed in video) yet the BBC as of 11am UK time makes no mention of this fact and still centres the government’s false narrative, mentioning only ‘conflicting’ views. Shameful.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14d
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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abeba.bsky.social
beyond words to express how much i hate this... looks like "AI summary" not the author's written abstract is displayed by default for all ACM digital library publications. i, for one, didn't ask for it and hate it to my core
January 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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specawards.bsky.social
One week left to nominate books or sign up as a reader for the @specawards.bsky.social. We’re still looking for more book reviewers/podcasters/YouTubers as well.

Nominees announced and books distributed to readers on February 1!

#SSBA #SSBA2026
Image reads: Nominations are now open for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards! Image reads: SSBA 2026 Edition! Volunteer for the SSBA! We need readers of sci-fi, fantasy, and/or horror. We need influencers such as reviewers, podcasters, and other bookish creators. Fill out the application form(s) at our link in bio. Image reads: SSBA 2026 Edition, Readers Wanted! Requirements: 18+ Years Old, Avid Reader of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and/or Horror, and Independent (Not Affiliated with a Press) Image reads: SSBA 2026 Edition, Become a SSBA Influencer! We’re looking for: book reviewers, podcasters, YouTubers, and other bookish creators.
January 24, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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simonxix.com
I'm pleased that you can now browse our @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social journals on @ojcollective.bsky.social's new catalogue. Nice to see this cool collection of community-led journals working collectively. www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/?q...
January 23, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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ephemeralidea.bsky.social
Interested in discussing how Artificial Intelligence can be helpful or hurtful to academia? 🤖

As a newly minted UKRN (@ukrepro.bsky.social) Local Network Lead, I'm co-organizing a hybrid event about this next Friday (30th January)

Join us at @livunipsyc.bsky.social or online via Teams!
Poster showing a robot, saying: Does AI threaten research integrity? 30th January 2026 10:30-16:30 (Eleanor Rathbone Building 2.62 & online) Session 1 (11:00-12:00): The Metascience of Peer Review - Guest speaker: Tom Stafford Session 2 (13:00-14:30): Risks of Chatbots in Online Surveys - Guest speakers: Phoebe Wallman, Alexandra Lautarescu Session 3 (15:00-16:30): The Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia - Guest speakers: Olivia Guest, Iris van Rooij Sign up here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukrn-liverpool/does-ai-threaten-research-integrity/2026-01-30/10:00/t-yzqrxyr
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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kevinguyan.bsky.social
Pleased to see coverage of my research on UK trans-exclusionary data activism in @scotnational.bsky.social 📊
www.thenational.scot/news/2578510...
Anti-trans 'data vandalism' is damaging scientific research, study finds
ANTI-TRANS activists are negatively impacting scientific research by pushing for “the existence of trans people to be an impossibility” in data…
www.thenational.scot
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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drbeth.bsky.social
Not sure you can quite understand how excited I am about this!

A step towards my goal of making a comprehensively linked open ecosystem, moving from dataset to journal article (see how it was used) to preprint (the directors cut version 😉) and back to data to see what other articles used it.
fci-library.bsky.social Francis Crick Institute Library & Information Services @fci-library.bsky.social · 18d
Open datasets and code from the @crick.ac.uk are now much easier to find thanks to today's launch of the Francis Crick Open Data Catalogue.

Check it out here: www.crick.ac.uk/research/pub...
A screenshot of the new Crick dataset webpage. Two datasets are included and there are browsable facets at the top entitled Teams and Year published.
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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devezer.bsky.social
To everyone organizing a metascience/open science/research integrity event: You know you are allowed to choose your keynote speakers from a pool greater than the same five people? Give early- and mid-career scientists a chance to shine (so you don't have to listen to the same narratives forever).
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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shannonvallor.bsky.social
Can’t wait for this amazing evening of conversation on 11 Feb at @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, on AI Narratives & Counternarratives with @abeba.bsky.social @amoorelouise.bsky.social, FT’s @johnthornhill.bsky.social & our own Alex Taylor. Join online or in Edinburgh - register to hold your space!
technomoralfutures.bsky.social Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 19d
What's the story with AI?

Find out at the next event in our Technomoral Conversations series, exploring AI narratives and counter-narratives!

🗓️ Wednesday 11 February 18.00-19.30 GMT
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online
🎟️ edin.ac/3MZEm0a
Blue to green gradient image with text reading: "Technomoral Conversations: What's the Story with AI? Exploring AI Narratives and Counter-Narratives. Wednesday 11 February, 18.00 - 19.30 GMT. Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute (in person & online). Chaired by Dr Alex Taylor (University of Edinburgh), this event will feature Dr Abeba Birhane (Trinity College Dublin), Professor Louise Amoore (Durham University) and John Thornhill (Financial Times)."
January 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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ojcollective.bsky.social
If you care about sustainable Diamond Open Access, 287 journals that don't charge fees to authors or readers are seeking your support. Browse the inaugural collection online (www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/).
Browse Journals
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January 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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molly.wiki
the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
A red knitted cap with a pointed crown with a braided tassel. It's titled "Melt the ICE Hat" and it's by YarnCultMN n the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal and punishable by law to wear, make, or distribute. As purveyors of traditional craft, we felt it appropriate to revisit this design. The sample shown was knit in Blue Sky Fibers Skyland for the DK version. All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to the LynLake community of businesses who will distribute the funds to those impacted by the actions of ICE.
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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specawards.bsky.social
Have you signed up yet?
specawards.bsky.social Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 25d
We’re still looking for volunteers!

Help support small and independent press authors writing speculative fiction. Come join us, and please tell others! 💙
A graphic that reads: SSBA 2026 Edition, Volunteer for the SSBA! We need readers of sci-fi, fantasy, and/or horror. We need influencers such as reviewers, podcasters, and other bookish content creators! Fill out the application form at our link in bio. Image reads: SSBA 2026 Edition, Become a SSBA Influencer! We’re looking for: book reviewers, podcasters, YouTubers, and other bookish creators. Image reads: SSBA 2026 Edition, Readers Wanted! Requirements: 18+ Years Old, Avid Reader of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and/or Horror, and Independent (Not Affiliated with a Press)
January 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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olivia.science
For all those involved in drafting so-called AI guidelines, but being overwhelmed with nonsense, this is a lifesaver. Great work by Dagmar and Ariel!

Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
The list of most relevant themes we identified is: 1. Rhetoric of inevitability and technological determinism: presenting the adoption and use of (generative) AI as a fait accompli. 2. Exaggerated narratives: overstating the general capabilities of the technology, or leaving out that certain seemingly impressive capabilities can only be achieved under very specific experimental conditions. 3. Spurious comparison to human intelligence or Anthropomorphism: presenting AI as if it thinks or reason like a human. 4. Ethics and critical washing: presenting AI as being ethically or critically examined but doing so only superficially and inconsequentially. 5. Wishful thinking and uncertain feasibility: assuming desired outcomes or functionality despite lacking realistic evidence they can be achieved. 6. GenAI is presented as indispensable: portraying AI as essential even when simpler or non-AI solutions are sufficient. 7. Unrealistic and ill-defined conditions: formulating requirements for adoption and use that are functionally impossible or too demanding to be met, psychologically implausible to follow, or set unclear boundaries for acceptable and unacceptable behaviour, which could easily create inconsistencies. 8. Resources as propaganda: resources for students, faculty, and other stakeholders are made available but only for incentivizing different degrees of use of genAI. 9. AI Overkill: Substitution or replacement of tasks for which the technology was not designed; from tutoring to teaching to research, everything must be now with AI, even if it is not adequate. Due to space limitations, rather than discussing all of the themes superficially, this essay addresses only the first four, which, in our view, are the most critical and the most urgently in need of critical scrutiny. T
January 18, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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profandyfield.com
@posit.co this fundamentally undermines me using your products as a teaching tool. Will this be in posit cloud too? If so, instructors need to be able to switch this off in module workspaces.
profandyfield.com Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 23d
Et tu, Brute?
web banner announcing that an AI assistant will be added to RStudio.
January 16, 2026 at 11:03 AM