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@alexh.bsky.social Holcombe

@ceptional

Science-ing, and trying to improve science.
Little book: https://t.co/EnXPZTpai2…
Biases include @siminevazire (for), cats (against)

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Michael Eisen(@mbeisen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I still believe deeply in the need for a radical restructuring of science publishing to create an open and fair system that works well for science, for all scientists everywhere, and the public that supports us, and am proud of the steps we have taken to begin to get us there.

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AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️(@AISafetyMemes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

MIT professor and CRISPr gene drive inventor is sounding the alarm:

A 90% lethal virus that infects 50% of humans in 100 days is now possible.

Vaccines will be far too slow.

Extinction cult Aum Shinrikyo went to Africa to produce purified ebola, but, lucky for us, they…

MIT professor and CRISPr gene drive inventor is sounding the alarm: A 90% lethal virus that infects 50% of humans in 100 days is now possible. Vaccines will be far too slow. Extinction cult Aum Shinrikyo went to Africa to produce purified ebola, but, lucky for us, they…
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Public Knowledge Project (PKP)(@pkp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔓 PKP will be at the Global Summit on during !

Check out the Oct 25 panel on 'Governance of a global diamond open access federation: responsibilities, governance models and structures' including PKP's Juan Pablo Alperin:

globaldiamantoa.org/diamond-open-a…

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ScienceInsider(@ScienceInsider) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The trustworthiness of behavioral science has come under renewed scrutiny following recent high-profile retractions. Simine Vazire talks with Science about her plans to fight fraud and champion rigor as the new editor of psychology's flagship journal science.org/content/articl…

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Huw Price @huwprice.bsky.social(@HuwPriceAU) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A letter to @nature with Matthew Connelly – rather heavily edited, but better than nothing. I’ll link to our original piece below.

AI governance must deal with long-term risks as well nature.com/articles/d4158…

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Koen Frenken(@KFrenken) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why Utrecht University is missing in the THE ranking. A conscious choice:

- Rankings foster competition; UU wants to focus on collaboration
- Quality of entire university cannot be captured in one number.
- Data and methods used are questionable.

uu.nl/en/news/why-uu…

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Zoé Ziani, Ph.D.(@ZoeZiani) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yes... I had to censor my work without which my committee wouldn't sign it... But the great thing with Internet is that you can post the original version and even add a disclaimer explaining why it differs from the published version…

Yes... I had to censor my work without which my committee wouldn't sign it... But the great thing with Internet is that you can post the original version and even add a disclaimer explaining why it differs from the published version…
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Stephanie M. Lee(@stephaniemlee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Francesca Gino just launched a new website to publicize her lawsuit. She also (I believe this is new) posted a response to Data Colada’s analysis of her study in the 2012 signing-at-the-top paper, which she claims shows they “cherry-picked” data. francesca-v-harvard.org/data-colada-po…

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Elena Giglia(@egiglia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Prof. Cetto: why almost no in Latin America? Because they have a long tradition of institutional journals - research institutes taking care and responsibility for open dissemination - no commercial interest involved

Prof. Cetto: why almost no #predatory in Latin America? Because they have a long tradition of institutional #OpenAccess journals - research institutes taking care and responsibility for open dissemination - no commercial interest involved #OSFAIR23
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Richard Poynder(@RickyPo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A 90-minute discussion among representatives from editorial boards that have recently resigned in protest over publisher policies. Thursday, October 12th, 2023 | 12-1:30 pm ET sparcopen.org/event/2023-acr…

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Peer Review Congress #PRC10(@peerrevcongress) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Editorial favoritism, paper mills, citation cartels, political agendas & censorship, disinformation, and of course ....
Call for Research for the 10th Peer Review Congress jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
The BMJ METRICStanford JAMA Network

Editorial favoritism, paper mills, citation cartels, political agendas & censorship, disinformation, and of course #PeerReview.... Call for Research for the 10th Peer Review Congress jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… @bmj_latest @METRICStanford @JAMANetwork
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