George Cooper
@georgecoops.bsky.social
Scholarly comms @ F1000 / VeriXiv, PhD @ UCL Centre for Publishing, millennial dad-bro, erstwhile Geordie, writes about censorship, views mine etc. https://hamoyodotcom.wordpress.com/
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George Cooper
@georgecoops.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Will medical publishers fight Trump’s war on 'woke'?
The collective resolve of the medical publishing industry is being put to the test.
www.thebookseller.com
#censorship in health research affects us all. We share a responsibility to stand firm and decry Trump’s war on "gender ideology" as a full-scale assault on the scientific method.
A comment in @the-bookseller.bsky.social
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Why not be like the goddess Veritas (Truth) today? Wear a fancy reading hat with flames, read a physical book, and maybe also ride a horse meanwhile. #booksky #bookhistory
October 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Why not be like the goddess Veritas (Truth) today? Wear a fancy reading hat with flames, read a physical book, and maybe also ride a horse meanwhile. #booksky #bookhistory
There are people among us who fill out event registration forms entirely in lower case. Who are you? Explain yourselves.
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
There are people among us who fill out event registration forms entirely in lower case. Who are you? Explain yourselves.
Is #openscience being co-opted by the US govt? To what ends? Enormouse privilege to share a platform with such incredible pannelists (Michael-Anne Kyle, Dan Rudmann, Christopher Marcum) at #OSfair25, expertly moderated by Sara Rouhi (rouhiroo.bsky.social) + blessed with a very engaged audience!
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Is #openscience being co-opted by the US govt? To what ends? Enormouse privilege to share a platform with such incredible pannelists (Michael-Anne Kyle, Dan Rudmann, Christopher Marcum) at #OSfair25, expertly moderated by Sara Rouhi (rouhiroo.bsky.social) + blessed with a very engaged audience!
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September 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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a rare and precious thing
May 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
a rare and precious thing
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At The British Book Awards on Monday, I made the point from the stage of how human this sector is [...] books train us, not computers, and they make us into the better humans we need to be, says @philipdsjones.bsky.social in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky
Philip Jones | 'The British Book Awards 2025 was a time to accentuate the human'
www.thebookseller.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
At The British Book Awards on Monday, I made the point from the stage of how human this sector is [...] books train us, not computers, and they make us into the better humans we need to be, says @philipdsjones.bsky.social in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky
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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
something weirdly cleansing about passing through airport security esp. now I’ve cleared all the dry baby wipes out of my big coat
February 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
something weirdly cleansing about passing through airport security esp. now I’ve cleared all the dry baby wipes out of my big coat
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The collective resolve of the medical publishing industry is being put to the test, says George Cooper 👇 #BookSky
Will medical publishers fight Trump’s war on 'woke'?
www.thebookseller.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The collective resolve of the medical publishing industry is being put to the test, says George Cooper 👇 #BookSky
#censorship in health research affects us all. We share a responsibility to stand firm and decry Trump’s war on "gender ideology" as a full-scale assault on the scientific method.
A comment in @the-bookseller.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/comment/will...
A comment in @the-bookseller.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/comment/will...
Will medical publishers fight Trump’s war on 'woke'?
The collective resolve of the medical publishing industry is being put to the test.
www.thebookseller.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#censorship in health research affects us all. We share a responsibility to stand firm and decry Trump’s war on "gender ideology" as a full-scale assault on the scientific method.
A comment in @the-bookseller.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/comment/will...
A comment in @the-bookseller.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/comment/will...
Alleged #DeepSeek censorship part of a broader trend towards the export of China’s censorship controls to global forms of online communication and media, involving the coercion of private firms acting as agents of the state - a comment in @dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
China's ChatGPT rival, DeepSeek, changes its answers in REAL-TIME
China's controversial ChatGPT rival, DeepSeek, censors politically sensitive responses in real-time and refuses to even name President Xi Jinping.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Alleged #DeepSeek censorship part of a broader trend towards the export of China’s censorship controls to global forms of online communication and media, involving the coercion of private firms acting as agents of the state - a comment in @dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
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I predict more and more of these abusers will be exposed. We'll look back this time when it's considered normal to film your kids 24/7 and think "WTF"
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘The nice version of her was manufactured for YouTube’: my mum, the family vlogger who became a child abuser
Ruby Franke was a social media star who made viral videos about her six children and perfect-seeming life – until she was jailed for child abuse. Now her eldest daughter Shari is telling her side of t...
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I predict more and more of these abusers will be exposed. We'll look back this time when it's considered normal to film your kids 24/7 and think "WTF"
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
it’s cold up north
January 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
it’s cold up north
getting into Lemsip in a big way
December 4, 2024 at 7:13 PM
getting into Lemsip in a big way
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If you’re working on a topic related to academic publishing and might be interested in writing a short-from monograph like Matt’s, I’d be very happy to discuss a proposal with you (as editor of the academic strand in the CUP Publishing and Book Culture series). In the meantime do read Matt’s book!
Hurrah! It's made it through the cyberattack and out into the (digital world)! Libraries and the Academic Book - bit.ly/3Zj9OZA
Libraries and the Academic Book
Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - Libraries and the Academic Book
bit.ly
December 2, 2024 at 9:44 AM
If you’re working on a topic related to academic publishing and might be interested in writing a short-from monograph like Matt’s, I’d be very happy to discuss a proposal with you (as editor of the academic strand in the CUP Publishing and Book Culture series). In the meantime do read Matt’s book!
reading about this Louise Haigh thing and wondering how long a PR storm of this magnitude can survive in such a small teacup
November 29, 2024 at 9:58 AM
reading about this Louise Haigh thing and wondering how long a PR storm of this magnitude can survive in such a small teacup
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A terrific theory that pairs well with the Economist's terrific and terrifying chart of Musk's tweeting.
November 29, 2024 at 9:37 AM
A terrific theory that pairs well with the Economist's terrific and terrifying chart of Musk's tweeting.
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A visual alternative to the usual academic publisher "proposal guidelines" form here. Ask me about submitting a book proposal!
November 19, 2024 at 9:55 AM
A visual alternative to the usual academic publisher "proposal guidelines" form here. Ask me about submitting a book proposal!
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Grammarly is more likely to add errors than to detect them. See the analysis in my latest addition to the Editor Vs AI series: scieditor.ca/2024/11/edit...
Editor Vs AI: Can Grammarly edit itself? – Right Angels and Polo Bears
scieditor.ca
November 25, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Grammarly is more likely to add errors than to detect them. See the analysis in my latest addition to the Editor Vs AI series: scieditor.ca/2024/11/edit...
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A List of Things People Blamed on Radio
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November 22, 2024 at 8:49 PM
A List of Things People Blamed on Radio
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wearing shredded pair of old trainers until it’s winter official but now worried I have trench foot
November 23, 2024 at 5:55 PM
wearing shredded pair of old trainers until it’s winter official but now worried I have trench foot
wondering if people will take me more seriously now I’ve upgraded to the big trolley in Lidl
November 18, 2024 at 12:58 PM
wondering if people will take me more seriously now I’ve upgraded to the big trolley in Lidl
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Afternoon, new followers. Twitter's sudden fall is worrying news for small publications like ours. If you like what we do, buy a magazine from the archive or even a subscription for the year.
www.the-fence.com/shop/
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www.the-fence.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Afternoon, new followers. Twitter's sudden fall is worrying news for small publications like ours. If you like what we do, buy a magazine from the archive or even a subscription for the year.
www.the-fence.com/shop/
www.the-fence.com/shop/
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Made another highly specific apology card.
November 14, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Made another highly specific apology card.
the bizarre grandeur of the York council registry office - you don’t get local government interiors like this down south
November 15, 2024 at 10:25 PM
the bizarre grandeur of the York council registry office - you don’t get local government interiors like this down south