Judith Krauss
@judithekrauss.bsky.social
Lecturer @ UoYork, UK, Politics, IGDC member, YESI co-research theme lead, Assoc Editor @JPoliticalEcology. Sustainable value chains, convivial conservation, SDGs, squirrels & more. Love singing & cycling, sometimes in conjunction. My views. She/her
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Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.
The Drain of Scientific Publishing
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...
arxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.
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After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders docked in Belem to attend the COP30 climate summit.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders docked in Belem to attend the COP30 climate summit.
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
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Wishing Mr Zitouni a full and fast recovery and hoping the story of his heroism would bring some sense and shame to the rampant racist narratives sweeping our country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Samir Zitouni named as train hero who saved lives during attack
The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wishing Mr Zitouni a full and fast recovery and hoping the story of his heroism would bring some sense and shame to the rampant racist narratives sweeping our country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New in Geo:
'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana
This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana
This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New in Geo:
'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana
This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana
This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
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🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
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“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
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Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
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I strongly believe the smallest act of daily creativity can powerfully reinforce & fuel our trauma recovery.
Our bullies & abusers desperately want us forgetting how to make & share music, art, poetry, or anything else. Ask yourself why.
Our bullies & abusers desperately want us forgetting how to make & share music, art, poetry, or anything else. Ask yourself why.
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I strongly believe the smallest act of daily creativity can powerfully reinforce & fuel our trauma recovery.
Our bullies & abusers desperately want us forgetting how to make & share music, art, poetry, or anything else. Ask yourself why.
Our bullies & abusers desperately want us forgetting how to make & share music, art, poetry, or anything else. Ask yourself why.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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The journal Environmental Humanities is still looking for midcareer/senior #envhum scholars interested in becoming a co-editor-in-chief from January 2026. You can apply as an individual and we'll find an appropriate co-editor match for you.
See environmentalhumanities.org
See environmentalhumanities.org
Environmental Humanities – A journal published by Duke University Press
environmentalhumanities.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The journal Environmental Humanities is still looking for midcareer/senior #envhum scholars interested in becoming a co-editor-in-chief from January 2026. You can apply as an individual and we'll find an appropriate co-editor match for you.
See environmentalhumanities.org
See environmentalhumanities.org
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"Für Jüdinnen und Juden kann es aus der Geschichte nur eine Lehre geben: Die Einteilung in jene, die aus dem #Stadtbild entfernt gehören, und in jene, die in das Stadtbild passen und deshalb verschont bleiben, ist nicht hinnehmbar"
~ Sasha Marianna Salzmann @taz.de
~ Sasha Marianna Salzmann @taz.de
Autor*in zur Stadtbild-Debatte: Der böse Traum vom gereinigten Deutschland
Woran will Bundeskanzler Merz eigentlich das irregulär Migrantische erkennen? Seine Äußerungen zum deutschen Stadtbild sind menschenverachtend.
taz.de
October 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Für Jüdinnen und Juden kann es aus der Geschichte nur eine Lehre geben: Die Einteilung in jene, die aus dem #Stadtbild entfernt gehören, und in jene, die in das Stadtbild passen und deshalb verschont bleiben, ist nicht hinnehmbar"
~ Sasha Marianna Salzmann @taz.de
~ Sasha Marianna Salzmann @taz.de
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This open invitation to the @nebriefing.bsky.social was published in the @financialtimes.com today. Please check whether your MP can make it here: www.nebriefing.org and if not ask them to!
We will be briefing on national security, tipping points, food security, nature and more.
We will be briefing on national security, tipping points, food security, nature and more.
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This open invitation to the @nebriefing.bsky.social was published in the @financialtimes.com today. Please check whether your MP can make it here: www.nebriefing.org and if not ask them to!
We will be briefing on national security, tipping points, food security, nature and more.
We will be briefing on national security, tipping points, food security, nature and more.
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Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer
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'Drawing on...more than 3,000 researchers globally the Publishing Futures report, released on 16 October by Cambridge University Press, found 53 per cent of respondents believe AI would negatively impact the research publishing system while 18 per cent feel it would improve academic publishing.' 1/2
Low-quality and AI-generated papers ‘could overwhelm publishing’
Survey of more than 3,000 researchers by Cambridge University Press reveals widespread concerns over the rise of ChatGPT-assisted papers
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
'Drawing on...more than 3,000 researchers globally the Publishing Futures report, released on 16 October by Cambridge University Press, found 53 per cent of respondents believe AI would negatively impact the research publishing system while 18 per cent feel it would improve academic publishing.' 1/2
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ברוך מתיר אסורים
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.
There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.
Every life saved is a thing of consequence.
May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.
There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.
Every life saved is a thing of consequence.
May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ברוך מתיר אסורים
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.
There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.
Every life saved is a thing of consequence.
May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.
There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.
Every life saved is a thing of consequence.
May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.
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80% der Menschen möchten stärkere Klimaschutzmaßnahmen, über die Hälfte denkt häufig an den #Klimawandel; die Menschheit ist sich einig, es muss mehr getan werden. Regierungen & Konzerne haben am meisten Macht, den Klimawandel zu stoppen. Sie können die Systeme… (1/2) www.wri.org/insights/cli...
October 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
80% der Menschen möchten stärkere Klimaschutzmaßnahmen, über die Hälfte denkt häufig an den #Klimawandel; die Menschheit ist sich einig, es muss mehr getan werden. Regierungen & Konzerne haben am meisten Macht, den Klimawandel zu stoppen. Sie können die Systeme… (1/2) www.wri.org/insights/cli...
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The university I work at it is literally encircled by England flags targeted sometimes implicitly and sometimes very explicitly at students of colour. I wonder why that isn’t part of the discussion about “keeping universities free from hate”? (I don’t actually wonder this).
That’s the line and by Christ, they are sticking to it come hell or high water. Let’s see whether it’ll work as well on e.g. Italian police arresting them at a holiday villa outside Rimini in 2033.
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The university I work at it is literally encircled by England flags targeted sometimes implicitly and sometimes very explicitly at students of colour. I wonder why that isn’t part of the discussion about “keeping universities free from hate”? (I don’t actually wonder this).
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When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.
ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
www.eenews.net
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.
ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
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This is the world we live in - where good people are mocked and thugs are celebrated - I presume the Business Secretary will say this is a great example of freedom of speech
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/10...
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/10...
Rosie Jones assaulted by 'homophobic, ableist' thugs : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
Rosie Jones assaulted by 'homophobic, ableist' thugs - She and fellow comic Lee Peart targeted on train home from a gig
www.chortle.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is the world we live in - where good people are mocked and thugs are celebrated - I presume the Business Secretary will say this is a great example of freedom of speech
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/10...
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/10...
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I am horrified by the images of a mosque in Peacehaven burning after a suspected arson attack.
Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror.
Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.
Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror.
Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.
October 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I am horrified by the images of a mosque in Peacehaven burning after a suspected arson attack.
Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror.
Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.
Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror.
Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story.
Fantastic piece by @ophiraophira.bsky.social, who has covered the attack for @manchestermill.bsky.social like no other journalist. Read this alongside the other news coverage.
manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
Fantastic piece by @ophiraophira.bsky.social, who has covered the attack for @manchestermill.bsky.social like no other journalist. Read this alongside the other news coverage.
manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
manchestermill.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story.
Fantastic piece by @ophiraophira.bsky.social, who has covered the attack for @manchestermill.bsky.social like no other journalist. Read this alongside the other news coverage.
manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
Fantastic piece by @ophiraophira.bsky.social, who has covered the attack for @manchestermill.bsky.social like no other journalist. Read this alongside the other news coverage.
manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...