Maura Flynn
@mauragflynn.bsky.social
Curious idealist.
#Open #OER #TEL #UDL #UX #Quality #Health #Libraries #Books #Trees #Nature #Ireland #Foodie #LiverpoolFC
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#Open #OER #TEL #UDL #UX #Quality #Health #Libraries #Books #Trees #Nature #Ireland #Foodie #LiverpoolFC
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Ole ole ole ole!!
Our lads gave their all tonight! Lots of great performances - Coleman, Cullen, Kelleher, Ogbene & of course Parrott to name but a few!!
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Our lads gave their all tonight! Lots of great performances - Coleman, Cullen, Kelleher, Ogbene & of course Parrott to name but a few!!
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November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ole ole ole ole!!
Our lads gave their all tonight! Lots of great performances - Coleman, Cullen, Kelleher, Ogbene & of course Parrott to name but a few!!
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Our lads gave their all tonight! Lots of great performances - Coleman, Cullen, Kelleher, Ogbene & of course Parrott to name but a few!!
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Great to see a few goals on our scoresheet! Come on Ireland!!
🇮🇪 #COYBIG
Ire V Por #WorldCupQualifiers
🇮🇪 #COYBIG
Ire V Por #WorldCupQualifiers
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Great to see a few goals on our scoresheet! Come on Ireland!!
🇮🇪 #COYBIG
Ire V Por #WorldCupQualifiers
🇮🇪 #COYBIG
Ire V Por #WorldCupQualifiers
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
Reposted by Maura Flynn
Tim Sweeney, creator of Epic Games and Fortnite, has made a powerful move for nature by purchasing extensive land in North Carolina dedicated to conservation efforts. This initiative will protect vital ecosystems for generations to come! 🌳 #Conservation #TimSweeney #EpicGames #NorthCarolina
Tim Sweeney(creator of EpicGames/Fortnite) Purchases NC land for conservation efforts
www.newsobserver.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Tim Sweeney, creator of Epic Games and Fortnite, has made a powerful move for nature by purchasing extensive land in North Carolina dedicated to conservation efforts. This initiative will protect vital ecosystems for generations to come! 🌳 #Conservation #TimSweeney #EpicGames #NorthCarolina
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
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⭐Well, she's arrived—the 2026 Irish Writers Handbook⭐
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
@stomaselli.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social @niamhgarvey.bsky.social @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
@stomaselli.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social @niamhgarvey.bsky.social @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
⭐Well, she's arrived—the 2026 Irish Writers Handbook⭐
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
@stomaselli.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social @niamhgarvey.bsky.social @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
@stomaselli.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social @niamhgarvey.bsky.social @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
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"We’re entering uncertain times; a chaotic transition is coming as universities shift away from commercial models to cheaper, more sustainable, non-profit alternatives. As with any publishing revolution, there will be winners and losers."
@theblochian.bsky.social on community-led publishing.
@theblochian.bsky.social on community-led publishing.
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"We’re entering uncertain times; a chaotic transition is coming as universities shift away from commercial models to cheaper, more sustainable, non-profit alternatives. As with any publishing revolution, there will be winners and losers."
@theblochian.bsky.social on community-led publishing.
@theblochian.bsky.social on community-led publishing.
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What are the differences between #RightsRetention and #SecondaryPublishingRight? Both help achieve #OpenAccess, but the mechanisms differ. #OA100
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What are the differences between #RightsRetention and #SecondaryPublishingRight? Both help achieve #OpenAccess, but the mechanisms differ. #OA100
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!
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The Getty Museum has made 88,000 artworks available for free under CC0 licenses! This is a huge win for open culture—for art lovers, creators, educators, learners, researchers, and all future generations. Huge congratulations to the Getty for this big step!
getty.edu/art/collection 🖼️
getty.edu/art/collection 🖼️
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection
Explore the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa.
getty.edu
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Getty Museum has made 88,000 artworks available for free under CC0 licenses! This is a huge win for open culture—for art lovers, creators, educators, learners, researchers, and all future generations. Huge congratulations to the Getty for this big step!
getty.edu/art/collection 🖼️
getty.edu/art/collection 🖼️
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Fresh preprint from @alittleroad.bsky.social, @scholtom.bsky.social, @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, and I: From Mission to Market: The Commercialisation of Institutional Publishing zenodo.org/records/1754... (We have some ideas of where to submit...)
From Mission to Market: The Commercialisation of Institutional Publishing
The recent partial acquisition of a university press by Taylor and Francis provoked strong reaction from some quarters and walkouts by academic editors at the press. This case, however, fits into a mu...
zenodo.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fresh preprint from @alittleroad.bsky.social, @scholtom.bsky.social, @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, and I: From Mission to Market: The Commercialisation of Institutional Publishing zenodo.org/records/1754... (We have some ideas of where to submit...)
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"We had never read anything quite like it," said Roddy Doyle
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
'Flesh' wins 2025 Booker Prize: 'We had never read anything quite like it'
David Szalay uses spare and sparse language to follow one Hungarian-British man from his teen years through middle age. The prestigious prize honors the best English-language novels published in the U...
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"We had never read anything quite like it," said Roddy Doyle
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
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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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Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT to discuss How to teach for sustainability
lthechat.com/2025/11/07/l...
lthechat.com/2025/11/07/l...
LTHE Chat 343: How to teach for sustainability
Join us on Bluesky with guest Mirjam Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The title…
lthechat.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT to discuss How to teach for sustainability
lthechat.com/2025/11/07/l...
lthechat.com/2025/11/07/l...
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⚙️ How best to facilitate interoperability between #OpenInfrastructure?
📣 Join us and @copim.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social at this important workshop: “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access.”
📣 Join us and @copim.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social at this important workshop: “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access.”
🚨 Last chance to register!
We're joining forces with @scossfunding.bsky.social @sparc-eu.bsky.social to host a webinar TOMORROW about the future of open infrastructures and #OpenAccess
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OA #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
We're joining forces with @scossfunding.bsky.social @sparc-eu.bsky.social to host a webinar TOMORROW about the future of open infrastructures and #OpenAccess
📆 Tue 11 Nov
⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT
🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8
#OA #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks
"Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access" (11 November 2025, 3pm-4:15pm [GMT]) - Copim
Please register to attend the online webinar via this Zoom link. We will be recording the event, and will circulate speaker presentations & slides after the w…
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
⚙️ How best to facilitate interoperability between #OpenInfrastructure?
📣 Join us and @copim.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social at this important workshop: “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access.”
📣 Join us and @copim.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social at this important workshop: “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access.”
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Wikipedia HERO
A guy discovered a faked photo of a rare blue gas on Wikipedia. So he SYNTHESIZED THE GAS HIMSELF so that he could photograph it. Yesterday he updated the article with this real photo of trifluoronitrosomethane:
A guy discovered a faked photo of a rare blue gas on Wikipedia. So he SYNTHESIZED THE GAS HIMSELF so that he could photograph it. Yesterday he updated the article with this real photo of trifluoronitrosomethane:
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wikipedia HERO
A guy discovered a faked photo of a rare blue gas on Wikipedia. So he SYNTHESIZED THE GAS HIMSELF so that he could photograph it. Yesterday he updated the article with this real photo of trifluoronitrosomethane:
A guy discovered a faked photo of a rare blue gas on Wikipedia. So he SYNTHESIZED THE GAS HIMSELF so that he could photograph it. Yesterday he updated the article with this real photo of trifluoronitrosomethane:
Reposted by Maura Flynn
The recording for Webinar 1 of the SEDA Autumn Event Series 2025 "An Educators’ Guide to Multimodal Learning and Generative AI" is now available.
www.seda.ac.uk/seda-events/...
www.seda.ac.uk/seda-events/...
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The recording for Webinar 1 of the SEDA Autumn Event Series 2025 "An Educators’ Guide to Multimodal Learning and Generative AI" is now available.
www.seda.ac.uk/seda-events/...
www.seda.ac.uk/seda-events/...
Challenge accepted Arne 💪
Delighted for Bradley #LFC
Delighted for Bradley #LFC
NEW: Arne Slot sets Conor Bradley “challenge” with Real Madrid selection hint #lfc
Slot sets Bradley 'challenge' with Real Madrid selection hint
Read here.
www.thisisanfield.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Challenge accepted Arne 💪
Delighted for Bradley #LFC
Delighted for Bradley #LFC
Reposted by Maura Flynn
Reposted by Maura Flynn
A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific record and patient safety,” a team of researchers including @deevybee.bsky.social report.
Review mill in Italy targeting ob-gyn journals, researchers allege
Examples of “boilerplate” text used in the suspect reviews.M.A. Oviedo-Garcia et al/medRxiv 2025 A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific…
retractionwatch.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific record and patient safety,” a team of researchers including @deevybee.bsky.social report.
Reposted by Maura Flynn
If you work at an academic institution, are a funder, or an Open Science policymaker, please join us at the 7th meeting of the European #RightsRetention Community of Practice! We will hear perspectives from Slovenia on the implementation of a rights retention obligation and from Sweden on RR & SPR.
26 NOV-12H CET | 7TH EUROPEAN #RIGHTSRETENTION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING
Join KR21 partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social to hear from:
Maja Bogataj Jančič ODIPI/KR21 Slovenia
Miro Pušnik - @ctkul.bsky.social/NCLS
@ericluth.bsky.social - @wikimediase.bsky.social/KR21 Sweden
🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...
Join KR21 partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social to hear from:
Maja Bogataj Jančič ODIPI/KR21 Slovenia
Miro Pušnik - @ctkul.bsky.social/NCLS
@ericluth.bsky.social - @wikimediase.bsky.social/KR21 Sweden
🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you work at an academic institution, are a funder, or an Open Science policymaker, please join us at the 7th meeting of the European #RightsRetention Community of Practice! We will hear perspectives from Slovenia on the implementation of a rights retention obligation and from Sweden on RR & SPR.
Worth a read ⬇️ Not something I had considered before...
🗃️"these pressures to produce efficient and risk averse research compliment a standardised and unsurprising style of writing fostered by IMRaD."
#AcWri #PhDchat
#AcWri #PhDchat
If we want better academic writing, we should rethink IMRaD - Impact of Social Sciences
The IMRaD format may make research writing more efficient, but does this come at the cost of clarity and novelty?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Worth a read ⬇️ Not something I had considered before...
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Arts Professional highlights some of the existing hurdles to open heritage that our Open Heritage Statement seeks to solve!
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
Inconsistent copyright laws cited among hurdles to open heritage - Arts Professional
Organisations wrongly claiming copyright restrictions over faithful digital reproductions of public domain heritage are preventing cross-border cultural
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Arts Professional highlights some of the existing hurdles to open heritage that our Open Heritage Statement seeks to solve!
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
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Congratulations to the OERizona Network for being a finalist for the Open Education Awards: How We Share
2025 Shortlist of Finalists
The annual Open Education Awards for Excellence recognizes outstanding contributions in the Open Education community, recognizing exemplary Individuals, distinctive Open Educational Resources, and…
awards.oeglobal.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Congratulations to the OERizona Network for being a finalist for the Open Education Awards: How We Share
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It's the final day of #OpenEd25! We appreciate all our sponsors who have made our event possible ⭐ Thank you to the William &Flora Hewlett Foundation, @opened.bsky.social, The Michelson 20MM Foundation, @openstax.org, @pressbooks.bsky.social, @rebusfoundation.bsky.social, DOERS, NCOER & Manifold.
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's the final day of #OpenEd25! We appreciate all our sponsors who have made our event possible ⭐ Thank you to the William &Flora Hewlett Foundation, @opened.bsky.social, The Michelson 20MM Foundation, @openstax.org, @pressbooks.bsky.social, @rebusfoundation.bsky.social, DOERS, NCOER & Manifold.