Kevin Sanders
@kjsanders.bsky.social
PhD candidate on the politics of open research and publishing environments at [redacted]. OBC. Copim. Synths. Tapes. Perennial pain. Skullduggery. Ⓐ 🍉 ORCID: 0000-0003-1217-0149. https://hairdryerexcommunication.bandcamp.com/ (he/him).
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I really hope this turns some of the Sensible Hordes away from this ‘news agents’ shit. doubt it, but it should
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I really hope this turns some of the Sensible Hordes away from this ‘news agents’ shit. doubt it, but it should
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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You should hire me to help you communicate your research to the public because I love doing that and I daresay I'm not bad at it, either.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You should hire me to help you communicate your research to the public because I love doing that and I daresay I'm not bad at it, either.
Job titles don't grant their holders mystical powers. If yo want some valour, you're going to have to earn the esteem of communities.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Job titles don't grant their holders mystical powers. If yo want some valour, you're going to have to earn the esteem of communities.
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Vim was released 33 years ago. To celebrate, try this: open Vim and type :smile to see an Easter egg. Happy birthday the best programmers text editor out there!!!
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Vim was released 33 years ago. To celebrate, try this: open Vim and type :smile to see an Easter egg. Happy birthday the best programmers text editor out there!!!
🚨IT IS SO DARK I AM HAVING TO PUT THE LIGHTS ON BEFORE 1530🚨
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🚨IT IS SO DARK I AM HAVING TO PUT THE LIGHTS ON BEFORE 1530🚨
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Join Thoth tomorrow for a free webinar on “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access” 🕸️ 📖
📆 11 November 2025, 3pm-4:15pm [GMT]
📆 11 November 2025, 3pm-4:15pm [GMT]
Still time to sign up for this webinar tomorrow hosted by @copim.bsky.social, @sparc-eu.bsky.social & @scossfunding.bsky.social
The 75-minute workshop will feature presentations from SCOSS, @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & our very own Graham Stone.
Find our more and register below 👇 #OAbooks
The 75-minute workshop will feature presentations from SCOSS, @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & our very own Graham Stone.
Find our more and register below 👇 #OAbooks
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join Thoth tomorrow for a free webinar on “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access” 🕸️ 📖
📆 11 November 2025, 3pm-4:15pm [GMT]
📆 11 November 2025, 3pm-4:15pm [GMT]
The Stockholm Declaration appears to currently be inaccessible via the DOI (but it remains accessible via PubMed):
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Stockholm Declaration appears to currently be inaccessible via the DOI (but it remains accessible via PubMed):
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Today, we launch our debate “Enabling Access, Fostering Innovation: Towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda in Europe”. CHRISTOPHE GEIGER and DAMIAN BOESELAGER open the discussion, highlighting why reforms of the EU copyright law regime are essential.
verfassungsblog.de/eu-digital-k...
verfassungsblog.de/eu-digital-k...
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Today, we launch our debate “Enabling Access, Fostering Innovation: Towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda in Europe”. CHRISTOPHE GEIGER and DAMIAN BOESELAGER open the discussion, highlighting why reforms of the EU copyright law regime are essential.
verfassungsblog.de/eu-digital-k...
verfassungsblog.de/eu-digital-k...
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Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
If library workers and library management want to do things differently, then they have to do different things. That means exploring new rationales and experimenting with new choices, and restructuring budgets budgets to support the desired change. These systemic issues.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
If library workers and library management want to do things differently, then they have to do different things. That means exploring new rationales and experimenting with new choices, and restructuring budgets budgets to support the desired change. These systemic issues.
It is amazing how libraries cannot afford scaled-up products and services as they threaten the economic sustainability of the library, but the market continues to innovate scaled-up products and services. Meanwhile, the "sustainability" of scaling-small is itself questioned. Can we join the dots‽
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It is amazing how libraries cannot afford scaled-up products and services as they threaten the economic sustainability of the library, but the market continues to innovate scaled-up products and services. Meanwhile, the "sustainability" of scaling-small is itself questioned. Can we join the dots‽
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'Members of the University and College Union...are unhappy about the threat of compulsory redundancies, as the university seeks to cut 400 full-time posts as part of efforts to save £30m, amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.'
"are unhappy about" an existential crisis?
"are unhappy about" an existential crisis?
Lancaster University staff to start industrial action over job cuts
The university is looking to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
'Members of the University and College Union...are unhappy about the threat of compulsory redundancies, as the university seeks to cut 400 full-time posts as part of efforts to save £30m, amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.'
"are unhappy about" an existential crisis?
"are unhappy about" an existential crisis?
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Reading Gelderloos' 'Anarchy Works':
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reading Gelderloos' 'Anarchy Works':
Beware of the ongoing community-washing in scholarly publishing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Beware of the ongoing community-washing in scholarly publishing.
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@springer.springernature.com produces another example for my presentation subtitled "what to be aware of when you decide where to publish" to academics and researchers.
www.linkedin.com/posts/guilla...
www.linkedin.com/posts/guilla...
In 2025, Springer Nature sells a chapter titled “Detection of **Autism** in Children Using Face Recognition” riddled with tortured phrases such as ‘prior intercession’ instead of ‘prior intervention’…...
In 2025, Springer Nature sells a chapter titled “Detection of **Autism** in Children Using Face Recognition” riddled with tortured phrases such as ‘prior intercession’ instead of ‘prior intervention’ ...
www.linkedin.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
@springer.springernature.com produces another example for my presentation subtitled "what to be aware of when you decide where to publish" to academics and researchers.
www.linkedin.com/posts/guilla...
www.linkedin.com/posts/guilla...
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I live in a world where scholarly publishing is operated as a market, and that market is controlled by conglomerate publishers, some of whom are "non-profit".
"Acquiring the Karger journals will provide OUP with many more downstream transfer destinations, helping OUP to publish more of the articles that get rejected by their higher impact journals."
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
OUP acquires Karger's long tail
Hello fellow journalologists,
newsletter.journalology.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I live in a world where scholarly publishing is operated as a market, and that market is controlled by conglomerate publishers, some of whom are "non-profit".
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I'm dead serious y'all, you can keep being fooled into thinking that politicians are here to help you, or you can get to work building a world that isn't dependent on the abusive relationship that is government.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I'm dead serious y'all, you can keep being fooled into thinking that politicians are here to help you, or you can get to work building a world that isn't dependent on the abusive relationship that is government.
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
I got up early on a Sunday to have a shower and do all the laundry etc. all sorted now, all so that I can spend Sunday collaborating on a conference submission 🤣🤣🤣
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I got up early on a Sunday to have a shower and do all the laundry etc. all sorted now, all so that I can spend Sunday collaborating on a conference submission 🤣🤣🤣
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Still can't get over the "my Israeli online Domme has been too distracted to respond to me" post and how someone reposted saying they didn't acknowledge the BDS in BDSM.
Masterclass in posting.
Masterclass in posting.
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Still can't get over the "my Israeli online Domme has been too distracted to respond to me" post and how someone reposted saying they didn't acknowledge the BDS in BDSM.
Masterclass in posting.
Masterclass in posting.
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“Where’s your fucking poppy?”
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Where’s your fucking poppy?”