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The crisis of scholarly publishing, of production beyond what humans can consume let alone review is real. +disaster of AI slop. But the *vast* majority of scholarly pub is STEM.
This is a post about the very different crisis facing humanities research.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/11/g...
This is a post about the very different crisis facing humanities research.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/11/g...
Guest Post: Academic Publishing Is Not Fit for the Future – If We Don’t Act Now, The Vital Role Research Plays in Society Is at Risk - The Scholarly Kitchen
Academic publishing ia reaching a breaking point. Unless we redesign it, we risk stalling the very progress we seek – with consequences impacting research, education and public trust in academia.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The crisis of scholarly publishing, of production beyond what humans can consume let alone review is real. +disaster of AI slop. But the *vast* majority of scholarly pub is STEM.
This is a post about the very different crisis facing humanities research.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/11/g...
This is a post about the very different crisis facing humanities research.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/11/g...
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What courage and composure from this 11 year old who lost his mum in Russian bombing raids on a hospital
“After the tragedy, Roman underwent 36 operations and long-term rehabilitation due to severe burns and injuries. Despite everything, he returned to his studies, dancing and music.”
“After the tragedy, Roman underwent 36 operations and long-term rehabilitation due to severe burns and injuries. Despite everything, he returned to his studies, dancing and music.”
💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What courage and composure from this 11 year old who lost his mum in Russian bombing raids on a hospital
“After the tragedy, Roman underwent 36 operations and long-term rehabilitation due to severe burns and injuries. Despite everything, he returned to his studies, dancing and music.”
“After the tragedy, Roman underwent 36 operations and long-term rehabilitation due to severe burns and injuries. Despite everything, he returned to his studies, dancing and music.”
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Rage Against the Machine Learning
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rage Against the Machine Learning
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Anti-AI posting today
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Anti-AI posting today
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'A record 90,000 undergraduates are living at home this year, according to new figures from the university admissions service.' 1/3
More than half of disadvantaged students living at family home
Admissions chief fears rise of commuter students may limit access to courses for those from poorest backgrounds
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
'A record 90,000 undergraduates are living at home this year, according to new figures from the university admissions service.' 1/3
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Just one of the stupidest things that has happened in my lifetime
I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just one of the stupidest things that has happened in my lifetime
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
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Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make.
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make.
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
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'Speaking plainly, the optimal strategy for achieving Gold in 2017 was to avoid recruiting too many students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.'
TEF proposals' radical reconfiguration of quality risk destabilising the sector – here's the fix
Under current proposals for TEF as much as 40 per cent of the sector could be tarred with the "low quality" brush. Tony Moss and Claire Pike suggest a change in approach that could avoid this outcome ...
wonkhe.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
'Speaking plainly, the optimal strategy for achieving Gold in 2017 was to avoid recruiting too many students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.'
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This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
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That led to Brexit. But Peter is right, entirely right, that this excpetionalism is preventing a realistic assessment of the relationship.
People are hanging on for special treatment, like special visa waivers for Britons, or joining the CU and having a say over our trade policy.
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People are hanging on for special treatment, like special visa waivers for Britons, or joining the CU and having a say over our trade policy.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
That led to Brexit. But Peter is right, entirely right, that this excpetionalism is preventing a realistic assessment of the relationship.
People are hanging on for special treatment, like special visa waivers for Britons, or joining the CU and having a say over our trade policy.
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People are hanging on for special treatment, like special visa waivers for Britons, or joining the CU and having a say over our trade policy.
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
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BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
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I’ve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. I’m forecasting a little of the proposal that @cnygren.bsky.social and I advance in a piece that’ll be out soon but here’s where I’ve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’ve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. I’m forecasting a little of the proposal that @cnygren.bsky.social and I advance in a piece that’ll be out soon but here’s where I’ve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):
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I’m assuming that if I understand the language correctly, in France bonfires are considered a good thing?
May 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I’m assuming that if I understand the language correctly, in France bonfires are considered a good thing?
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
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one of the biggest societal shifts i have seen in my life is from "the customer is always right" to "the customers are device hoarding" i.e. businesses exist because they provide an actual useful product versus businesses exist to extract dollars from consumers in order to report neverending growth
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one of the biggest societal shifts i have seen in my life is from "the customer is always right" to "the customers are device hoarding" i.e. businesses exist because they provide an actual useful product versus businesses exist to extract dollars from consumers in order to report neverending growth
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▪️ Macron à Pékin
▪️ Frappes israéliennes sur Gaza
▪️ Affaire Nahel…
L’actu de ce jeudi 4 décembre au matin ⤵️
▪️ Frappes israéliennes sur Gaza
▪️ Affaire Nahel…
L’actu de ce jeudi 4 décembre au matin ⤵️
Macron à Pékin, frappes israéliennes sur Gaza, affaire Nahel… L’actu de ce jeudi 4 décembre au matin
L’essentiel de l’actualité de ce jour.
www.liberation.fr
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
▪️ Macron à Pékin
▪️ Frappes israéliennes sur Gaza
▪️ Affaire Nahel…
L’actu de ce jeudi 4 décembre au matin ⤵️
▪️ Frappes israéliennes sur Gaza
▪️ Affaire Nahel…
L’actu de ce jeudi 4 décembre au matin ⤵️
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Things that will interest Bluesky; Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, replaces Melvyn Bragg as host of In Our Time.
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Things that will interest Bluesky; Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, replaces Melvyn Bragg as host of In Our Time.
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Say what you like about the National Trust: they look after their members.
National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
Deal expected to pave way for further scientific study, boost conservation and open up access to Dorset chalk figure
The mystery of when, how and – perhaps most importantly – why a giant naked figure was carved into a dizzyingly steep hillside in the English West Country has been a source of wonder and intrigue for centuries.
Future generations may come closer to solving the puzzle of the Cerne Giant after the National Trust stepped in to buy 340 acres of land around the 55-metre (180ft) figure. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Say what you like about the National Trust: they look after their members.
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Young people these days. Being all sensible and moderate and costing the country a fortune in lost tax revenue.
Interesting snippet from the OBR report. Alcohol duties revenue forecast notched down by an annual £1.7bn.
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Young people these days. Being all sensible and moderate and costing the country a fortune in lost tax revenue.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM