Starting next year, we are moving from word limits (10k) to page limits (24pp). Word limits make less sense for work in which display equations and other technical material features heavily. But, as always, this won't include the reference list!

Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer. Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike. This was the last poem he published.

Tighten word limits until we end this epidemic of ways in which!

“The European Council has set a high bar in its call for ‘high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing’. Achieving this goal means recognising the value and costs involved in academic publishing and resourcing it accordingly.”

The women here (including Johanna) have been heroic. As ever, the cover up is what undoes the institution and it's baffling why anyone still pursues this strategy. I'd encourage others, including both established HoDs and those perhaps new to the role and dept, to remember this.

There’s more to publishing than simply uploading things to the internet, part 543: ‘more than 170 open-access journals had disappeared from the Internet between 2000 and 2019’

Fellow philosophers, everybody, please sign and share.

Please sign and share this petition calling for an independent review of LSE sexual misconduct procedures.

The British Society for the Philosophy of Science invites expressions of interest regarding the appointment of a new Co-Editor in Chief for the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.  Details here: thebsps.org/auxhyp/job-new… #philsci

If you're nearby this Friday, there's a sneak peek at some of this opera happening at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. It's quite good, all things considered.

Journalists at Springer Nature are striking today in their fight for a fair pay award. With operating profits of over £400m in their most recent annual report, #NUJ says management must return to talks with an improved offer. ✊Show them solidarity using #SpringerNatureStrike

"the human labor inherent to publishing is rarely insignificant. In fact, in many cases [...] it is the main cost." Whether your employer is a uni or a press, everyone in publishing - authors, editors, reviewers, publishers - deserves a real job with proper wages and T&Cs.

NUJ Scholarly Kitchen Part of my argument in this piece is something I will keep saying forever: Publishing is a skilled profession, with a rich history; it is a vital component in the dissemination and preservation of knowledge; it cannot be done cheaply, or replaced by computers or volunteers.

Found this chonky beauty—a death’s head hawkmoth caterpillar—in the back garden here in Oxford. 11cm! Butterfly Conservation 🦋

OA advocates must grapple with the thornier labour issues or face being useful idiots for the big for-profits

In my role with The BJPS I have closely read 6464 referee reports. (When I get to 7000 I will reveal referee 2's identity. )

That university presses manage to keep at things even though academic libraries have mostly stopped buying books and piracy is widely seen as a social good may seem like a miracle, but a lot of it comes down to precariously employed workers doing three times as many jobs.