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Evan Spotte-Smith (they/them)
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Ad Astra Fellow, Asst. Prof. of Digital Chemistry, @ucddublin.bsky.social‬ |
Editor, @joss-openjournals.bsky.social |
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Research group (@coreacter.org): CoReACTER.org |
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1554-197X |
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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New OA article just out on "assetizing academic content" led by @jkom.bsky.social with me, @keanbirch.bsky.social & Klaus Beiter, exploring how academic materials are turned into value-generating digital assets by HE institutions, edtech platforms, and AI companies link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Assetizing academic content and the emergence of the ‘assetizen’: education platforms, publisher databases, and AI model training - Higher Education
Higher Education - Academic content, such as teaching materials and academic publications, has become an economic resource. This has occurred through assetization as the key economic regime in...
link.springer.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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So pleased to share our first 2026 speaker! Dr Robin Hayward’s talk will explore the role of identity in communicating science, drawing from personal experiences in the field and from their work to create an LGBTQ+ inclusive toolkit for safe and equitable fieldwork #LGBTQSTEM #LGBTQhistorymonth
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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This is really cool! I like how the atmospheric chemists have their own little cluster :)

bluesky-map.theo.io
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Hi all, I'm leading a study! We're looking to understand transfem experiences searching for information related to transitioning online, setting transition-related goals, and making decisions based on the information acquired in these searches.
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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"This promise of an AI future is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." -- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Setting aside time to watch this whole panel, someday soon.
Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything
Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.
futurism.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Hey so did you know that the solution to the motherhood penalty is to just not penalise mothers?

I don't want to make light of the research, it's just so frustrating that the answer is so obvious and yet we still struggle to have it heard by those in charge.

theconversation.com/denmarks-gen...
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
theconversation.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Tonight was wonderful, but don’t miss this —>

On Friday night, two Fifth Circuit judges gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions. Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's new, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions
On Friday night, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
www.lawdork.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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I’m really proud of myself that I wrote an entire book without using generative AI for any part of the process.

I switched to Kagi for simple searches, or used udm14.org for googling without AI

If folks think my writing sucks at least I can say I did it myself.

(And I don’t think it sucks!)
&udm=14 | the search engine Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.org
February 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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10 Years of the Open Journal of Astrophysics

The visit of my former PhD student Mateja Gosenca to Maynooth last year reminded me that she was co-author of the very first paper published by the Open Journal of Astrophysics. The date of publication for that paper was 8th February 2016, i.e.…
10 Years of the Open Journal of Astrophysics
The visit of my former PhD student Mateja Gosenca to Maynooth last year reminded me that she was co-author of the very first paper published by the Open Journal of Astrophysics. The date of publication for that paper was 8th February 2016, i.e. excactly10 years ago today. Here is the overlay: In those days OJAp was very much an experiment, and we used a protoptype platform which I had paid a developer to set up but it never really progressed beyond a "beta" version owing to stability and other issues.
telescoper.blog
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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🚀 We’re recruiting a postdoc to join a @ukcatalysishub.bsky.social project at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Collaboration with @donnablack.bsky.social, @virtualatoms.bsky.social, @astrazeneca.bsky.social, @glaxosmithkline.bsky.social, @aichemyhub.bsky.social. Please share or apply if interested
Job Specification
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February 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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free FFP2/3 respirators are available from your local mask bloc! (Yes, in Ireland too <3 linktr.ee/maskbloceire)
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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🚨Job alert! I'm recruiting a postdoc! If you want to study the time course of task-driven visual perception, please reach out! #neuroskyence #VisionScience #CogSci barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cognitive/Computational Neuroscience
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cognitive/Computational Neuroscience The Barnard Visua...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Concentration camps:

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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@nature.org again functioning as a marketing platform rather than upholding scientific standards. It is misleading at best to describe this as a "randomized controlled trial" AND there is no disclosure that these are Google researchers "studying" a Google product.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Deepmind's marketing department known as Nature.
@nature.org again functioning as a marketing platform rather than upholding scientific standards. It is misleading at best to describe this as a "randomized controlled trial" AND there is no disclosure that these are Google researchers "studying" a Google product.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever.

This is the country we live in now.
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Citation cartels—shady companies that sell citations in papers to academics willing to pay—are targeting chemistry journals run by prominent academic publishers. cen.acs.org/research-int... #chemsky 🧪
Citation cartels use fake author names to target chemistry journals
Dubious entities masquerade as researchers in war zones or low-income countries to obtain journal fee waivers
cen.acs.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos
Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...
eos.org
February 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Shame on @nature.com for publishing this ableist trash, and shame on the authors for writing it:

Short 🧵>>
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Important study in Sweden found that females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says
By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Instructions on building your own CR box. These are also useful for COVID mitigation and wildfire smoke.

corsirosenthalfoundation.org/instructions/
How to build your own Corsi-Rosenthal Box - Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation
Dedicated to providing cleaner safer air for all.
corsirosenthalfoundation.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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It's under the brand name 'Yeztugo,' and it has a 100% success rate in women and a 96% success rate in men even after a year - which means that it's far more forgiving of a weird schedule, and still highly effective if you delay your booster.
Clinical Recommendation for the Use of Injectable Lenacapavir ...
This report describes a clinical recommendation to use injectable lenacapavir as an HIV preexposure prophylaxis.
www.cdc.gov
February 7, 2026 at 12:49 AM