Miranda L. Barnes
@mirandab-oa.bsky.social
Research Associate, Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences (MORPHSS), Uni. of Cambridge (Cambridge Digital Humanities & Cambridge University Library). Views my own.
[Find my poetry account at @luminousjune.bsky.social]
[Find my poetry account at @luminousjune.bsky.social]
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Cambridge University Library awarded funding to explore openness in humanities and social sciences
Significant funding has been awarded to investigate ways to encourage and embed innovative open research practices within humanities and social science (HSS) disciplines.
www.lib.cam.ac.uk
Very excited to be joining the MORPHSS Project at Cambridge University in 2 weeks! 😄 I'll be working closely with @samuelmoore.org, investigating ways to encourage and embed innovative open research practices within humanities and social science (HSS) disciplines.
www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/morp...
www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/morp...
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OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
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Newly released Stockholm Declaration recommends the following reforms to publishing:
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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📣 The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research is pleased to present RETHINKING RIGOUR, a two-day symposium exploring creative-critical research in medical humanities.
📅 4-5 December 2025
Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇
📅 4-5 December 2025
Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇
Rethinking Rigour: Conditions of Creativity & Criticality in the Academy - Durham University
4 December 2025 - 4 December 2025
www.durham.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📣 The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research is pleased to present RETHINKING RIGOUR, a two-day symposium exploring creative-critical research in medical humanities.
📅 4-5 December 2025
Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇
📅 4-5 December 2025
Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇
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“These aren’t ‘soft’ alternatives to ‘hard’ research. They are different technologies of knowledge that can access realities other methods miss.”
Excellent piece on the need for plural & inclusive visions of knowledge creation.
Excellent piece on the need for plural & inclusive visions of knowledge creation.
Art as Knowledge – Why research needs a non-aligned revolution - Impact of Social Sciences
Drawing on political theories of non-alignment, Annalena Oppel argues universities should take a more plural approach to art as research.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“These aren’t ‘soft’ alternatives to ‘hard’ research. They are different technologies of knowledge that can access realities other methods miss.”
Excellent piece on the need for plural & inclusive visions of knowledge creation.
Excellent piece on the need for plural & inclusive visions of knowledge creation.
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Our team developed an open-source WordPress plugin that lets you pull in items from your ORCID profile and display them on your site. Very cool!
Schopieray, S., & Eben, G. (2025). Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 (p. 3). MSU Commons. doi.org/10.17613/ypc...
Schopieray, S., & Eben, G. (2025). Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 (p. 3). MSU Commons. doi.org/10.17613/ypc...
Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025
Our project, Linked Open Profiles, is a WordPress plugin designed to display ORCID profile data directly on websites. With ORCID Global Participation Fund (GPF) support, we moved the tool from a proto...
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Our team developed an open-source WordPress plugin that lets you pull in items from your ORCID profile and display them on your site. Very cool!
Schopieray, S., & Eben, G. (2025). Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 (p. 3). MSU Commons. doi.org/10.17613/ypc...
Schopieray, S., & Eben, G. (2025). Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 (p. 3). MSU Commons. doi.org/10.17613/ypc...
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LinkedIn just made an update, and it is USING YOUR DATA.
As of Nov 3, your posts/comments/activity will be used to train AI automatically.
Rather than in, it’s opt-out.
If you do nothing, your stuff becomes free fuel for AI with no "undo"
Wanna opt out? Update your settings: lnkd.in/emughyJ8
As of Nov 3, your posts/comments/activity will be used to train AI automatically.
Rather than in, it’s opt-out.
If you do nothing, your stuff becomes free fuel for AI with no "undo"
Wanna opt out? Update your settings: lnkd.in/emughyJ8
LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn
Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.
lnkd.in
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
LinkedIn just made an update, and it is USING YOUR DATA.
As of Nov 3, your posts/comments/activity will be used to train AI automatically.
Rather than in, it’s opt-out.
If you do nothing, your stuff becomes free fuel for AI with no "undo"
Wanna opt out? Update your settings: lnkd.in/emughyJ8
As of Nov 3, your posts/comments/activity will be used to train AI automatically.
Rather than in, it’s opt-out.
If you do nothing, your stuff becomes free fuel for AI with no "undo"
Wanna opt out? Update your settings: lnkd.in/emughyJ8
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The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years - the Royal College of Nursing calls on govt to stop using anti migrant rhetoric that drives this, and for employers to prioritise tackling racism and work with unions www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years - the Royal College of Nursing calls on govt to stop using anti migrant rhetoric that drives this, and for employers to prioritise tackling racism and work with unions www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The is particularly true of current ukgov funded research on AI that starts from the premise “Yay! AI is Brilliant! Amazing! Woohooo!!!”
Research should inform policy but that’s tricky if it is almost entirely driven by policy. The independence of research is key to change because if you fund only research that responds to policy (even good policy) you’re less innovative, creative & responsive to the open options of the future.
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The is particularly true of current ukgov funded research on AI that starts from the premise “Yay! AI is Brilliant! Amazing! Woohooo!!!”
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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
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It's open access week!
We, at @kcommons.bsky.social, are running a webinar later this week, showcasing what we do and what we have! Do please come join us... msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oaweek25 #oaweek2025 #openaccessweek
We, at @kcommons.bsky.social, are running a webinar later this week, showcasing what we do and what we have! Do please come join us... msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oaweek25 #oaweek2025 #openaccessweek
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's open access week!
We, at @kcommons.bsky.social, are running a webinar later this week, showcasing what we do and what we have! Do please come join us... msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oaweek25 #oaweek2025 #openaccessweek
We, at @kcommons.bsky.social, are running a webinar later this week, showcasing what we do and what we have! Do please come join us... msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oaweek25 #oaweek2025 #openaccessweek
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We've posted a recording of the excellent event 'Plants, Memory, Belonging', co-hosted recently by Oak Spring Garden Foundation and our journal 'Plant Perspectives'. Fascinating presentations and discussion! Check it out here: youtu.be/CssAzff55Q4?... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #planthumanities
Plants, Belonging, Memory
YouTube video by White Horse Press
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We've posted a recording of the excellent event 'Plants, Memory, Belonging', co-hosted recently by Oak Spring Garden Foundation and our journal 'Plant Perspectives'. Fascinating presentations and discussion! Check it out here: youtu.be/CssAzff55Q4?... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #planthumanities
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Hello Bluesky 👋🟦
We’re CEU Press, an independent academic publisher championing democratic thought, academic freedom & a diverse set of voices.
We publish books and journals in the humanities & social sciences.
Follow to hear about our latest books, open access initiatives & calls for proposals!
We’re CEU Press, an independent academic publisher championing democratic thought, academic freedom & a diverse set of voices.
We publish books and journals in the humanities & social sciences.
Follow to hear about our latest books, open access initiatives & calls for proposals!
October 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hello Bluesky 👋🟦
We’re CEU Press, an independent academic publisher championing democratic thought, academic freedom & a diverse set of voices.
We publish books and journals in the humanities & social sciences.
Follow to hear about our latest books, open access initiatives & calls for proposals!
We’re CEU Press, an independent academic publisher championing democratic thought, academic freedom & a diverse set of voices.
We publish books and journals in the humanities & social sciences.
Follow to hear about our latest books, open access initiatives & calls for proposals!
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Creating this festschrift reminded me of a basic truth: you can do something nice for someone whenever you want. Don't wait until people are dead to praise them. Don't hold out for someone else to do it. Nominate people for prizes. Write someone a note of appreciation. Today's the day.
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Creating this festschrift reminded me of a basic truth: you can do something nice for someone whenever you want. Don't wait until people are dead to praise them. Don't hold out for someone else to do it. Nominate people for prizes. Write someone a note of appreciation. Today's the day.
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We really enjoyed seeing some of the multimedia 'books' other OIPA members are creating.
If you're interested in publishing something with multimedia elements, come talk to us! While we're a small press, through our partnership with @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we can make it happen!
If you're interested in publishing something with multimedia elements, come talk to us! While we're a small press, through our partnership with @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we can make it happen!
⚡Next up at the OIPA symposium is 'Adventures in Experimental Publishing' from John Atkinson, Press Manager at @uniwestpress.bsky.social, starting off with how do we define experimental publishing?
uwestminsterpress.co.uk
#OAWeek #OpenAccess
uwestminsterpress.co.uk
#OAWeek #OpenAccess
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University of Westminster Press (UWP) is a digital-first open access publisher of peer reviewed academic books, policy briefs and journals. UWP exists to provide global public access to academic work ...
uwestminsterpress.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We really enjoyed seeing some of the multimedia 'books' other OIPA members are creating.
If you're interested in publishing something with multimedia elements, come talk to us! While we're a small press, through our partnership with @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we can make it happen!
If you're interested in publishing something with multimedia elements, come talk to us! While we're a small press, through our partnership with @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we can make it happen!
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Act quickly; you have until November 3, 2025, to let Microsoft know that you don't want your LinkedIn data used for AI training.
You're opted in by default... Head to Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement & toggle the switch off.
You're opted in by default... Head to Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement & toggle the switch off.
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Act quickly; you have until November 3, 2025, to let Microsoft know that you don't want your LinkedIn data used for AI training.
You're opted in by default... Head to Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement & toggle the switch off.
You're opted in by default... Head to Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement & toggle the switch off.
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On December 4th I'll be in conversation with @hjoseph.bsky.social about my new book Publishing Beyond the Market. Part of the @authorsalliance.bsky.social and @archive.org book talk series.
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Book Talk: Publishing Beyond the Market
Join author Samuel Moore in conversation with Heather Joseph as they reimagine open access through collective, scholar-led publishing.
www.eventbrite.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
On December 4th I'll be in conversation with @hjoseph.bsky.social about my new book Publishing Beyond the Market. Part of the @authorsalliance.bsky.social and @archive.org book talk series.
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
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This is a big issue in Medicine, but its also a big issue elsewhere. The shove all the Internet just into a box approach to training data just allows AI to exaggerate existing biases 😟
New blog post (never a paywall): "The Default Body: AI, biased health data, and the illusion of objectivity." Medicine's idea of a “universal body” was never universal. It was male, and now AI is learning from that legacy. Bias doesn’t disappear in data; it scales. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
This is a big issue in Medicine, but its also a big issue elsewhere. The shove all the Internet just into a box approach to training data just allows AI to exaggerate existing biases 😟
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Oh hiii #OAWeek - we are still looking for a couple more presentations for this Green OA event 😁 You may know someone doing fantastic work related to Green OA which needs to be shared (open access is sharing and all) 💚
📣OA event idea for December! ALN are looking for speakers and presentations focusing on Green OA (such as promoting, challenges, journals vs books and discoverability) Please let me know if you are interested or would like further information.💚
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Oh hiii #OAWeek - we are still looking for a couple more presentations for this Green OA event 😁 You may know someone doing fantastic work related to Green OA which needs to be shared (open access is sharing and all) 💚
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As a result, @kcommons.bsky.social is temporarily down. There's little our engineers can do here except wait for AWS to come back. We should also note that as our funding body grows and institutions support us, we plan to implement multi-region redundancy, which will militate against such a problem.
It looks like there's a major outage in AWS US east-1 region (North Virginia). This means large portions of the internet are not going to be functioning. We're so reliant on Amazon's infrastructure for everything now.
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
As a result, @kcommons.bsky.social is temporarily down. There's little our engineers can do here except wait for AWS to come back. We should also note that as our funding body grows and institutions support us, we plan to implement multi-region redundancy, which will militate against such a problem.
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There's a major outage at Amazon Web Services resulting in a number of sites and services being down including HMRC, Signal, Canva, and Fortnite. A reminder that we shouldn't put all our infrastructural eggs in one basket no matter how big the basket is.
October 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
There's a major outage at Amazon Web Services resulting in a number of sites and services being down including HMRC, Signal, Canva, and Fortnite. A reminder that we shouldn't put all our infrastructural eggs in one basket no matter how big the basket is.
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“…for an AI chatbot to generate an autopsy report, contract workers have to sift through thousands of gruesome crime scene images, a gig known as ‘data labeling.’”
The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies
AI is propped up by a global sweat shop operation, where exploited workers polish the software for wealthy corporations in the west.
futurism.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“…for an AI chatbot to generate an autopsy report, contract workers have to sift through thousands of gruesome crime scene images, a gig known as ‘data labeling.’”
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Want to find out if your research has been mentioned in a podcast? You can now track that in Altmetric.
www.altmetric.com/altmetric-ne...
www.altmetric.com/altmetric-ne...
Altmetric is now tracking podcasts as a new attention source
Podcasts in Altmetric: Discover real-world conversations shaping public understanding of research
www.altmetric.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Want to find out if your research has been mentioned in a podcast? You can now track that in Altmetric.
www.altmetric.com/altmetric-ne...
www.altmetric.com/altmetric-ne...
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Do you compose or publish music in the UK? 'Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores' with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries? www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Please share with any musicians you know!
Please share with any musicians you know!
Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores
Help us to collect digital scores from composers and independent publishers.
www.bl.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Do you compose or publish music in the UK? 'Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores' with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries? www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Please share with any musicians you know!
Please share with any musicians you know!
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This shouldn’t be reported in isolation, COVID changes our brains & vascular health😷
“Even if you’ve never had heart issues before, you can have heart problems after COVID. But if you have cardiovascular disease, you face the greatest risk of heart problems”
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/artic...
“Even if you’ve never had heart issues before, you can have heart problems after COVID. But if you have cardiovascular disease, you face the greatest risk of heart problems”
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/artic...
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This shouldn’t be reported in isolation, COVID changes our brains & vascular health😷
“Even if you’ve never had heart issues before, you can have heart problems after COVID. But if you have cardiovascular disease, you face the greatest risk of heart problems”
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/artic...
“Even if you’ve never had heart issues before, you can have heart problems after COVID. But if you have cardiovascular disease, you face the greatest risk of heart problems”
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/artic...
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