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BREAKING: The University of Bern @unibe.ch just cancelled Monday's @amnesty.org International event on Palestine & Gaza with UN Special Rapporteur @franceskalbs.bsky.social. Complete destruction of academic freedom and human rights considerations at University of Bern. www.rts.ch/info/regions...

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"The European Union’s Fantastical Constitution" Two weeks ago, Armin von Bogdandy and Luke Dimitrios Spieker made a proposal on how to overcome Hungary's veto. MARTIJN VAN DEN BRINK & MARK DAWSON have looked at the proposal and explain why they are not convinced. verfassungsblog.de/the-european...

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The recording of the @copim.bsky.social and @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social webinar 'Copim and acquisitions librarians present… Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times' is now available: nag.org.uk/materials/re...

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the NYT reports that AI is great because it is a therapeutic cure for the desire to experience art and hey I think that is just called death

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One's own bed.

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I am incredibly lucky to work for @openbookcollective.bsky.social and be part of the @copim.bsky.social community! Last night's Copim Corner was amazing. It may have taken a few years off my life, but @jordyfindanis.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, and many others not on here are The Best.

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OUT NOW: When Katherine Brewed brings the fiery spirit of the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt to the stage—through the lens of today’s radical theatre. This play retells the uprising of Wat Tyler, John Ball, and the common people who dared to demand justice from crown, church, and landowners. buff.ly/GW583Sc

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Shift control from corporate publishers back to scholars, by supporting, and submitting your work to initiatives like MetaROR (metascience), PCI Psychology, and diamond OA journals (freejournals.org) e.g. Wikijournal of Science (wikijsci.org).

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The breeze is divine.

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Could be of interest to clinical legal education colleagues? @clinicallegal.bsky.social

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Save the date: "We Are Enough: Practical Open Access for Everyone" panel session as part of #OAweek 2025 at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social Libraries with @samuelmoore.org @sarahlamdan.bsky.social and @petersuber.bsky.social Oct 23rd 2025 4PM in the UK psu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Open%2...

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[UPDATE] Since the publication of the blog below (10 June 2025), Knowledge Futures released a statement announcing “the wind-down of some of its key initiatives […] after a critical funder unexpectedly withdrew its support” (23 June 2025) We've added an update to our original post in response 👇

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You've been wonderful, Bremen. See you next time!

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Do you remember when words had meaning? Them were the days.

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When you need the extra screen real estate, use the 5" screen to add to the 6" screen capacity.

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Just want to share with anyone out there considering using @inpostpl.bsky.social to never, ever trust them with anything. I was sent a parcel due to be delivered over two and a half weeks ago. Despite six different 'your parcel is out for delivery' notices, it hasn't shown up. (1/?)

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The @copim.bsky.social team are at stand D07 for all discussions on and around community-led open access books :) #bibliocon25

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Revisiting The Sons of David Ginola (Murray Royston-Ward and I): thehouseorgan.bandcamp.com/album/waters... (licensed CC0).

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Reflecting on the @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social / @copim.bsky.social session yesterday, and the last thing I would want to do is www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev88... (sorrynotsorry!) but I want librarians to see themselves as part of the solution for community-led OA publishing.

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“Who Owns Our Knowledge?” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week. The 2025 theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce #OAweek www.openaccessweek.org/theme

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Just in case you missed it on Linked.In - New Job Klaxon. Starting in a couple of months, I'm taking on the new challenge as manager of University of Warwick Press. Yep, a bit of biggie - & there a few people on here who I will be looking forward to having a chats with w.r.t. the role!

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It will be great when we finally democratise higher education governance and we'll look back on this strange period where people from business were given control of our universities and then ran them into the ground.

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Making Space on the Shelves: #OpenAccess Books in #OpenScience The #OA movement has extended its reach from articles to books. Join us for a fruitful discussion with @kjsanders.bsky.social & @kirahopkins.bsky.social on why this matters. 📅8 July 2025 ⏰1:00 PM 🌐Online 🔗Register: shorturl.at/GLam6

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Yes to this but why stop there? Let’s go for full comprehensive universities established on co-operative principles. VCs to be elected by staff, paid the same as other professors and rewarded for the burden of their 4 year stint with a sabbatical afterwards. Local govt on the board too.

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Looking forward to another Day of #bibliocon25 today (plus I am also doing the NAG event with Copim 'Beyond buying books: Rethinking content acquisition in unstable times' webinar this afternoon): nag.org.uk/event/rethin...

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Insomnia ages like milk in the sun.

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Beck's Muhler (photo credit: @kirahopkins.bsky.social)

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"Toll access is a ransom. Don't negotiate with terrorists."

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Solidarity with Palestine Action who wrote a powerful chapter about direct action in Monstrous Anger of the Guns.

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I have successfully added to the fridge magnet collection.

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Hello #bibliocon25! The @copim.bsky.social community are at stand D07, represented by @kirahopkins.bsky.social (@openingthefuture.bsky.social) Toby (@thoth-metadata.bsky.social), @jordyfindanis.bsky.social and Sebastiano (@oapenbooks.bsky.social), & I (@openbookcollective.bsky.social)

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@aeup-eu.bsky.social have published the slides (CC BY) from the recent AEUP 2025 conference that we co-delivered with colleagues from Netherlands University Presses, @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, and @oapenbooks.bsky.social: zenodo.org/records/1572...

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