1/ OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I have left academia. Many of you know that I have been pursuing a faculty job in academia for the last couple of years. Those efforts have been unsuccessful. I've had a few phone interviews, but unfortunately nothing beyond that.

Boris Johnson Released From Hospital After Defunding It, Shutting It Down theonion.com/boris-johnson-…

When a scientific publisher provides free access to life-saving research during a pandemic, they show us that this decision is technically simple. Flip a switch. The decision to prevent access to similar life-saving research for literally EVERYTHING ELSE is purely financial.

New on SocArXiv with Neo Christopher Chung and Toby Steiner. Feedback on this little proposal very much welcomed! Major socio-cultural barriers to widespread adoption of open scholarship osf.io/preprints/soca… #OpenScience #OpenScholarship #OpenAccess #OpenData

Update - #preprint EarthArXiv On the potential of preprints in #geochemistry: the good, the bad and the ugly with Jon Tennant and @dasaptaerwin soon published Sustainability eartharxiv.org/t5jxm

"MPs and Peers tended not to search for evidence in academic papers, but their staff and House Library staff do. Staff talked about their frustration at finding paywalls that restricted them from accessing information. Open access is crucial." blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." Marie Curie

Proposal for the ultimate Coronavirus anthem: Wall Street, huh... yeah... What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Say it again, y'all!

Some lessons from the Coronavirus so far. 1. Inequities are everywhere in our society. Most of them are structurally designed. 2. There was always enough money. Political will was the barrier. 3. Some will take responsibility, and seek to learn from this. And some will not.

It’s always so good when researchers from the Global North collaborate with researchers from from the Global South Jo Sharp 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 ParvatiRaghuram @Prof_AGunter @olivierpourret.bsky.social Jon Tennant @dasaptaerwin

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