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Even though voting provincially in Guelph might be a bit anticlimactic - I can't see @mikeschreiner.bsky.social losing this one (and that's a-ok with me). It's still important to cast your ballot. It would be nice to not have a low turnout election for once.

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A list of things that could have done a better job than Doug Ford on the housing file: a blindfolded monkey with one arm tied behind its back; a damp cardboard box filled with marbles; a stiff westerly breeze.

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RNA xkcd.com/3056

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Just the hit of nostalgia I needed... also any list that has k-os, Bedouin Soundclash, and Stan Rogers on it is a-ok in my books www.cbc.ca/music/songs-...

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I talk about this a lot with my consulting hat on. The financial pressures on libraries to cover the costs of the ever-increasing article output, and the drivers of research misconduct, are driven in large part by the way we incentivise and measure researchers (1)

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If you’re in the South end of Guelph today advance voting seems to be the place to be…. It might wind being a low voter turnout but the folks around here are doing their part

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The thing about this video with Trudeau & Miller is that you know that no such video of Poilievre exists, or ever can exist. I'm a f*cking Indian, I have serious issues with this country, but I'll never hate it as much as PP does. This is home, and I can't hate someone who sees it the same way.

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That is a cheap-ass looking trophy…

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If I were Slavin I’d feel pretty slighted not being named 3rd star tonight… buddy was an absolute game saver for the Americans…

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I’m a little concerned about the ratio of hockey to betting ads tonight… seems a little heavy on the thing I want to see compared to a normal nhl game

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For @thelocal.to I wrote about Doug Ford's record on colleges and universities. Ontario has the lowest funding in the country. Without immediate investment, we are compromising a generation of students, including skilled workers needed to build key housing, transit, infrastructure projects. #onpoli

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Like everyone else - I have some thoughts on the Clarivate announcement: tinyurl.com/35jxfnwc Not just a change in the model, but a representation of a larger shift in the landscape, and the dangers of monopolies and market consolidation - threatening the core mission of libraries globally.

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I know this is crazy talk but instead of “solving the affordability crisis” what if our political class focused on adequately funding healthcare, education, and infrastructure and maybe even forced municipalities to build more housing www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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I can see a logic to it... It's likely that content providers will be under some pressure to suppress certain kinds of information. If you control the content of the bundle it makes compliance easy... In theory, they protect their revenue while staying out of the eye of the fascists...

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This is a helpful video from James Butcher of Journalology-fame about the growth in journal publishing in the last 25 years - includes the impacts of COVID, China, Open Access and more. youtu.be/xH_UaALUuk4?...

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The UofGuelph is hiring for a Creative Writing / English TT position in Indigenous / Canadian literatures. Full job ad here: careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

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I think our Ag college needs a flamboyant agricultural fairy as its mascot...

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Even though I hate writing, I'm weirdly excited about this article I co-authored that is winding its way through final proofreading, typesetting, etc...

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What if you built a billion-story building? Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with MinuteEarth! youtu.be/Z_xJ40QXu7Q

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More like this... except maybe we could just approve them w/o involvement of the land tribunal.

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The latest from #UKSGInsights: Tom Grady, @Copim.bsky.social, Elaine Sykes, Lancaster University and Martin Eve @eve.gd, Birkbeck "How can we achieve sustainable funding for OA books?" dub.sh/CvprmVS

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Ppl are talking about "picking up" scholars leaving the US bc of cutbacks, but that's not the right way to think about talent flows. Few USians will leave US; rather US will cease to be the unrivalled academic destination point. The play is for intl scholars who otherwise would have gone to US.

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Could we do a tunnel from Kingsville to Pelee Island instead? It would accomplish about as much...

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no he's got a point. wouldn't it be cool if the company that laid me off on maternity leave also had the power to evict me

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Today in the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social I consider the notion of Scholarly Publishing based on a zero-trust architecture and its implications scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/05/s...

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If I were a publisher with a lot of social sciences and humanities content I'd be doing everything I could to open as much of that up as I possibly could...

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MFPOW is hiring a Research Data Librarian. Might it be you? brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/brocku...

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#LibraryJobs @uoftlibraries.bsky.social @victoriauniversity.bsky.social seeks applications for the position of Chief Librarian, Victoria University Library. Deadline for applications: February 27, 2025. Details: partnershipjobs.ca/job/chief-li...

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A job that is high on the list of librarian jobs I'd never want just came open... It will be interesting to see who they pick... partnershipjobs.ca/job/city-lib...

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My old team is hiring a library technician role. The posting closes today. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-L...

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From the new CBRE Tech Talent report: for similar levels of tech talent, companies in Baltimore pay twice what they do in Toronto. I really would love to hear an explanation from CCI about why Canadian tech pay is so awful.

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Some thoughts on how students unions should and can make a difference in the current round of university cutbacks. higheredstrategy.com/representing...

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If I was in a different riding perhaps... In Guelph the Greens are the best choice for now...

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It would really help manage expectations and increase awareness of opportunities if we reframed these discussions as "40% of postdocs, well-trained and experienced, choose to work in the many alternative occupations and industries outside universities".

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"Early-career researchers are particularly at risk, “as it can mean missing research milestones and jeopardize hiring, promotion and tenure decisions”, she adds." -> Anyone else find it crazy and also not implausible that folks could be denied tenure if the NIH and its funding were just ended...

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My team is hiring for a library technician role. This is a new role that is mostly focused on licensing and acquisitions. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-L...

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