Bernie Folan
@berniefolan.bsky.social
Passionate about open access to research. Fan of vulnerability. Status Quo sceptic (not just the band).
🧡OA/Scholcomms oaspa.bsky.social / c4disc.bsky.social / scholarlysocial.bsky.social
🧡 Death awareness
@galway-death-cafe.bsky.social
🧡OA/Scholcomms oaspa.bsky.social / c4disc.bsky.social / scholarlysocial.bsky.social
🧡 Death awareness
@galway-death-cafe.bsky.social
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The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for #OpenAccess journals to navigate the rapidly changing #ScholarlyPublishing landscape.
Just updated with fresh content, including new references & reading lists on PDFs, accessibility & archiving resources.
Learn more: www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...
Just updated with fresh content, including new references & reading lists on PDFs, accessibility & archiving resources.
Learn more: www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for #OpenAccess journals to navigate the rapidly changing #ScholarlyPublishing landscape.
Just updated with fresh content, including new references & reading lists on PDFs, accessibility & archiving resources.
Learn more: www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...
Just updated with fresh content, including new references & reading lists on PDFs, accessibility & archiving resources.
Learn more: www.linkedin.com/posts/oaspa_...
"He likened A.I. researchers to nuclear scientists in the nineteen-thirties: “This is the most interesting time in the life of these people. And, at the same time, they know that what they are working on has grave implications for humanity. But they cannot stop because of the curiosity to learn.”
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Fascinating piece on how AI may well think more like us than we’d like to believe. And why that’s both groundreaking and curiously sad. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what it’s talking about.
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"He likened A.I. researchers to nuclear scientists in the nineteen-thirties: “This is the most interesting time in the life of these people. And, at the same time, they know that what they are working on has grave implications for humanity. But they cannot stop because of the curiosity to learn.”
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Spotted Manchester airport. What problem do the people of Guernsey and Dubln have with hats and glasses, masks and headphones?
They really, really want to see their visitors.
Rest of the world, on you go...
They really, really want to see their visitors.
Rest of the world, on you go...
September 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Spotted Manchester airport. What problem do the people of Guernsey and Dubln have with hats and glasses, masks and headphones?
They really, really want to see their visitors.
Rest of the world, on you go...
They really, really want to see their visitors.
Rest of the world, on you go...
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Embracing the Complexity – how do we get to 100% OA?
Join us at @oaspa.bsky.social conference next week!
📆 22 – 24 September
🔗 buff.ly/uSqHBj7
Find us to chat about our fave topic - community-led, #OA book publishing! 📚
#OASPA25 #OASPA2025 #OpenAccess
Join us at @oaspa.bsky.social conference next week!
📆 22 – 24 September
🔗 buff.ly/uSqHBj7
Find us to chat about our fave topic - community-led, #OA book publishing! 📚
#OASPA25 #OASPA2025 #OpenAccess
OASPA Annual Conference - OASPA
The OASPA 2025 annual conference will take place at Irish College Leuven, Belgium from 22 - 24 September 2025. Find out more.
buff.ly
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Embracing the Complexity – how do we get to 100% OA?
Join us at @oaspa.bsky.social conference next week!
📆 22 – 24 September
🔗 buff.ly/uSqHBj7
Find us to chat about our fave topic - community-led, #OA book publishing! 📚
#OASPA25 #OASPA2025 #OpenAccess
Join us at @oaspa.bsky.social conference next week!
📆 22 – 24 September
🔗 buff.ly/uSqHBj7
Find us to chat about our fave topic - community-led, #OA book publishing! 📚
#OASPA25 #OASPA2025 #OpenAccess
Still some (free) tickets left for this event in Leeds on September 25.
Join to hear about the importance to #DefendResearch
Join to hear about the importance to #DefendResearch
📣Scholarly Social inaugural northern event 📣
Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch & ensure academic freedom
Sep 25, Leeds
Supported by @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social this free event features expert speakers.
#ScholarlySocial exists to connect. Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...
Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch & ensure academic freedom
Sep 25, Leeds
Supported by @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social this free event features expert speakers.
#ScholarlySocial exists to connect. Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...
September 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Still some (free) tickets left for this event in Leeds on September 25.
Join to hear about the importance to #DefendResearch
Join to hear about the importance to #DefendResearch
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Frontiers is heading to Leuven, Belgium for the @oaspa.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference (22–24 Sept)!
Our teams will join the community to share knowledge and discuss strategies for expanding #OpenAccess publishing.
Details 👉 fro.ntiers.in/OASPA-2025
#OASPA2025
Our teams will join the community to share knowledge and discuss strategies for expanding #OpenAccess publishing.
Details 👉 fro.ntiers.in/OASPA-2025
#OASPA2025
September 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Frontiers is heading to Leuven, Belgium for the @oaspa.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference (22–24 Sept)!
Our teams will join the community to share knowledge and discuss strategies for expanding #OpenAccess publishing.
Details 👉 fro.ntiers.in/OASPA-2025
#OASPA2025
Our teams will join the community to share knowledge and discuss strategies for expanding #OpenAccess publishing.
Details 👉 fro.ntiers.in/OASPA-2025
#OASPA2025
Reposted by Bernie Folan
If you're local to Leeds and the surrounding areas, please join us and @scholarlysocial.bsky.social in what will be a much needed live discussion on how we can all #DefendResearch.
Follow the sign up link below for more information and to secure your place. ⬇️
Follow the sign up link below for more information and to secure your place. ⬇️
📣Scholarly Social inaugural northern event 📣
Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch & ensure academic freedom
Sep 25, Leeds
Supported by @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social this free event features expert speakers.
#ScholarlySocial exists to connect. Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...
Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch & ensure academic freedom
Sep 25, Leeds
Supported by @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social this free event features expert speakers.
#ScholarlySocial exists to connect. Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you're local to Leeds and the surrounding areas, please join us and @scholarlysocial.bsky.social in what will be a much needed live discussion on how we can all #DefendResearch.
Follow the sign up link below for more information and to secure your place. ⬇️
Follow the sign up link below for more information and to secure your place. ⬇️
Reposted by Bernie Folan
While we all handle loss differently "& it is always painful, many Autistic people describe grief as arriving on a different timescale, taking alternative forms, and often being misinterpreted and misunderstood by those around them." @autisticrealms.bsky.social:
autisticrealms.com/being-autist...
autisticrealms.com/being-autist...
Being Autistic shapes grief: Explore unique paths through loss and affirming support | Autistic Realms
Explore how Autistic people experience grief differently and discover affirming resources, support, and strategies for navigating loss with compassion.
autisticrealms.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
While we all handle loss differently "& it is always painful, many Autistic people describe grief as arriving on a different timescale, taking alternative forms, and often being misinterpreted and misunderstood by those around them." @autisticrealms.bsky.social:
autisticrealms.com/being-autist...
autisticrealms.com/being-autist...
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EVENT: Join us at our next free webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors'
📆 Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 11am BST / 12pm CEST
Find out more & register: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/03/p...
#OAbooks @operaseu.bsky.social
📆 Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 11am BST / 12pm CEST
Find out more & register: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/03/p...
#OAbooks @operaseu.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
EVENT: Join us at our next free webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors'
📆 Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 11am BST / 12pm CEST
Find out more & register: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/03/p...
#OAbooks @operaseu.bsky.social
📆 Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 11am BST / 12pm CEST
Find out more & register: openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/03/p...
#OAbooks @operaseu.bsky.social
Very happy to welcome #scholarlysocial up north!
This event tackling crucial issues should be thought-provoking & enjoyable connecting #scholcomm people.
All welcome but pls register.
Thanks to @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social, @rouhiroo.bsky.social, Josh Sendall, Mustafa B Ozturk & Terri Teleen.
This event tackling crucial issues should be thought-provoking & enjoyable connecting #scholcomm people.
All welcome but pls register.
Thanks to @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social, @rouhiroo.bsky.social, Josh Sendall, Mustafa B Ozturk & Terri Teleen.
📣Scholarly Social inaugural northern event 📣
Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch & ensure academic freedom
Sep 25, Leeds
Supported by @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social this free event features expert speakers.
#ScholarlySocial exists to connect. Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...
Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch & ensure academic freedom
Sep 25, Leeds
Supported by @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social this free event features expert speakers.
#ScholarlySocial exists to connect. Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...
September 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Very happy to welcome #scholarlysocial up north!
This event tackling crucial issues should be thought-provoking & enjoyable connecting #scholcomm people.
All welcome but pls register.
Thanks to @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social, @rouhiroo.bsky.social, Josh Sendall, Mustafa B Ozturk & Terri Teleen.
This event tackling crucial issues should be thought-provoking & enjoyable connecting #scholcomm people.
All welcome but pls register.
Thanks to @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social, @rouhiroo.bsky.social, Josh Sendall, Mustafa B Ozturk & Terri Teleen.
Reposted by Bernie Folan
#OASPA2025 Spotlight: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩𝙮 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨
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Last remaining tickets:
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With thanks to our generous sponsors!
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Last remaining tickets:
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With thanks to our generous sponsors!
September 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#OASPA2025 Spotlight: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩𝙮 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨
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Last remaining tickets:
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With thanks to our generous sponsors!
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Last remaining tickets:
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With thanks to our generous sponsors!
Reposted by Bernie Folan
#OASPA2025 Panels Showcase:
🔹Who owns open knowledge? Who has the power & responsibility?
🔸Depressurising publishing – what can we do about researcher incentives & integrity breakdowns on the journey to 100% OA?
🔹What’s the story from fully open access book publishers?
mailchi.mp/oaspa/final-...
🔹Who owns open knowledge? Who has the power & responsibility?
🔸Depressurising publishing – what can we do about researcher incentives & integrity breakdowns on the journey to 100% OA?
🔹What’s the story from fully open access book publishers?
mailchi.mp/oaspa/final-...
August 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#OASPA2025 Panels Showcase:
🔹Who owns open knowledge? Who has the power & responsibility?
🔸Depressurising publishing – what can we do about researcher incentives & integrity breakdowns on the journey to 100% OA?
🔹What’s the story from fully open access book publishers?
mailchi.mp/oaspa/final-...
🔹Who owns open knowledge? Who has the power & responsibility?
🔸Depressurising publishing – what can we do about researcher incentives & integrity breakdowns on the journey to 100% OA?
🔹What’s the story from fully open access book publishers?
mailchi.mp/oaspa/final-...
I can certainly get the logic here. Wonder what others think.
I'm not sure about just crediting institutions in an unlevel playing field but fewer publications feels sensible in this time of abundance.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
#researchculture #publishorperish
I'm not sure about just crediting institutions in an unlevel playing field but fewer publications feels sensible in this time of abundance.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
#researchculture #publishorperish
Researchers suggest one-a-year publication limit - Research Professional News
“Probably controversial” proposals intended to spark renewed efforts to tackle “publish or perish...mania”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I can certainly get the logic here. Wonder what others think.
I'm not sure about just crediting institutions in an unlevel playing field but fewer publications feels sensible in this time of abundance.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
#researchculture #publishorperish
I'm not sure about just crediting institutions in an unlevel playing field but fewer publications feels sensible in this time of abundance.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
#researchculture #publishorperish
Interviewed for this piece in the Irish Times Magazine this weekend. @irishtimes.com
Death Cafes: ‘It’s a privilege to talk about death and dying with people, because you learn a lot about living’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
#deathawareness #deathcafe
Death Cafes: ‘It’s a privilege to talk about death and dying with people, because you learn a lot about living’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
#deathawareness #deathcafe
Death Cafes: ‘It’s a privilege to talk about death and dying with people, because you learn a lot about living’
A network of Death Cafes have sprung up around the country, offering people a place to talk about life and death over tea and cake
www.irishtimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Interviewed for this piece in the Irish Times Magazine this weekend. @irishtimes.com
Death Cafes: ‘It’s a privilege to talk about death and dying with people, because you learn a lot about living’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
#deathawareness #deathcafe
Death Cafes: ‘It’s a privilege to talk about death and dying with people, because you learn a lot about living’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
#deathawareness #deathcafe
Reposted by Bernie Folan
#OASPA2025 is September 22-24, Irish College Leuven, Belgium - where we tackle the big question: What will it take to reach 100% #openaccess?
See our growing preliminary programme at bit.ly/42hiv8g and remember to register before June 30 for the Early Bird rate!
With many thanks to our sponsors.
See our growing preliminary programme at bit.ly/42hiv8g and remember to register before June 30 for the Early Bird rate!
With many thanks to our sponsors.
May 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OASPA2025 is September 22-24, Irish College Leuven, Belgium - where we tackle the big question: What will it take to reach 100% #openaccess?
See our growing preliminary programme at bit.ly/42hiv8g and remember to register before June 30 for the Early Bird rate!
With many thanks to our sponsors.
See our growing preliminary programme at bit.ly/42hiv8g and remember to register before June 30 for the Early Bird rate!
With many thanks to our sponsors.
Reposted by Bernie Folan
Catching up and exchanging ideas with colleagues at #R2RConf, particularly through thoughtful and respectful debates, got me reflecting on the underlying factors at play in stages of the solving issues. This led me philosophising, and here’s where it took me…
(Warning: long thread)
#Depersonalise
(Warning: long thread)
#Depersonalise
February 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Catching up and exchanging ideas with colleagues at #R2RConf, particularly through thoughtful and respectful debates, got me reflecting on the underlying factors at play in stages of the solving issues. This led me philosophising, and here’s where it took me…
(Warning: long thread)
#Depersonalise
(Warning: long thread)
#Depersonalise
Coming to the #ScholarlySocial following #R2Rconf? It's at Mabel's Tavern this year, not the usual location. Can guarantee friendly networking, making new connections & deepening existing ones. Cannot guarantee a seat or lots of personal space! Spread the word! maps.app.goo.gl/4ZexupCaZmjM...
February 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Coming to the #ScholarlySocial following #R2Rconf? It's at Mabel's Tavern this year, not the usual location. Can guarantee friendly networking, making new connections & deepening existing ones. Cannot guarantee a seat or lots of personal space! Spread the word! maps.app.goo.gl/4ZexupCaZmjM...
In preprint session at #R2Rconf. @colinadcock.bsky.social says in phydics, if a published article hasn't first been preprinted, suspicions can be aroused, questions asked. I'd like to understand more about this. Anyone?
February 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In preprint session at #R2Rconf. @colinadcock.bsky.social says in phydics, if a published article hasn't first been preprinted, suspicions can be aroused, questions asked. I'd like to understand more about this. Anyone?
Following on from a discussion around this yesterday, I'm minded to add that some may find the use of S2O by IWA Publishing to describe this adapted model as problematic. Has one agreed #S2O definition been arrived at?
#R2Rconf
#R2Rconf
Q at #R2Rconf abt @iwapublishing.bsky.social & how its S2O model failed so stopped. That's not accurate. S2O still ongoing but due to some insts cancelling they must (I'm sure reluctantly) implement APCs for non subscribing insts BUT content open to read for all. www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...
Update from IWA Publishing on adaptations to its S2O open access model - UKSG
23 August 2024 In 2021, IWA Publishing moved its ten subscription journals to open access under what was described as the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. Three years after the […]
www.uksg.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Q at #R2Rconf abt @iwapublishing.bsky.social & how its S2O model failed so stopped. That's not accurate. S2O still ongoing but due to some insts cancelling they must (I'm sure reluctantly) implement APCs for non subscribing insts BUT content open to read for all. www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...
Update from IWA Publishing on adaptations to its S2O open access model - UKSG
23 August 2024 In 2021, IWA Publishing moved its ten subscription journals to open access under what was described as the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. Three years after the […]
www.uksg.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Q at #R2Rconf abt @iwapublishing.bsky.social & how its S2O model failed so stopped. That's not accurate. S2O still ongoing but due to some insts cancelling they must (I'm sure reluctantly) implement APCs for non subscribing insts BUT content open to read for all. www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...
Joe Mackenzie of Wiley expresses praise for @openlibhums.bsky.social (he's a historian) and asks what large commercial publishers can do to make things better. Rose Harris-Birtill suggests individuals within large commercials can challenge leadership to implement fairer structures. #R2Rconf
February 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Joe Mackenzie of Wiley expresses praise for @openlibhums.bsky.social (he's a historian) and asks what large commercial publishers can do to make things better. Rose Harris-Birtill suggests individuals within large commercials can challenge leadership to implement fairer structures. #R2Rconf
Reposted by Bernie Folan
If you've signed the Declaration to #DefendResearch & requested updates from us ... we're working on it! Too many sign-ups for regular email (nice problem to have!) so we're looking at alternatives. Quick update for now - we have 2,200+ signatories 🎉 🎉🎉
Please keep them coming! tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f
Please keep them coming! tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f
Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research.
We ca...
tinyurl.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If you've signed the Declaration to #DefendResearch & requested updates from us ... we're working on it! Too many sign-ups for regular email (nice problem to have!) so we're looking at alternatives. Quick update for now - we have 2,200+ signatories 🎉 🎉🎉
Please keep them coming! tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f
Please keep them coming! tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f
How early do we embed open science practice? Are there opportunities earlier in life to embed the practice of checking sources, evidence, data for information we encounter? Do we embed scientific thinking young to counter the disinterest at undergrad level that @drbeth.bsky.social outlined? #R2Rconf
February 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
How early do we embed open science practice? Are there opportunities earlier in life to embed the practice of checking sources, evidence, data for information we encounter? Do we embed scientific thinking young to counter the disinterest at undergrad level that @drbeth.bsky.social outlined? #R2Rconf
Does the pain of making data available outweigh the benefits of practising open data sharing for researchers? Having a data policy is not enough. Many researchers don't read them for a start. Then there's the doing the sharing. Lots of support needed. @drbeth.bsky.social of @crick.ac.uk at #R2Rconf
February 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Does the pain of making data available outweigh the benefits of practising open data sharing for researchers? Having a data policy is not enough. Many researchers don't read them for a start. Then there's the doing the sharing. Lots of support needed. @drbeth.bsky.social of @crick.ac.uk at #R2Rconf