Kevin Sanders
@kjsanders.bsky.social
PhD candidate on the politics of open research and publishing environments at [redacted]. OBC Board of Stewards. Copim. Synths. Tapes. Perennial pain. Skullduggery. Ⓐ 🍉 ORCID: 0000-0003-1217-0149. https://hairdryerexcommunication.bandcamp.com/ (he/him).
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Das BVerfG hat eine Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Genehmigungen für die Ausfuhr von Kriegsgerät nach Israel nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen.
FLORIAN MEINEL (@meinel.bsky.social) über Pseudogrundrechtsschutz und das Verfassungsrecht des hybriden Krieges.
verfassungsblog.de/karlsruher-s...
FLORIAN MEINEL (@meinel.bsky.social) über Pseudogrundrechtsschutz und das Verfassungsrecht des hybriden Krieges.
verfassungsblog.de/karlsruher-s...
February 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Das BVerfG hat eine Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Genehmigungen für die Ausfuhr von Kriegsgerät nach Israel nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen.
FLORIAN MEINEL (@meinel.bsky.social) über Pseudogrundrechtsschutz und das Verfassungsrecht des hybriden Krieges.
verfassungsblog.de/karlsruher-s...
FLORIAN MEINEL (@meinel.bsky.social) über Pseudogrundrechtsschutz und das Verfassungsrecht des hybriden Krieges.
verfassungsblog.de/karlsruher-s...
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It is bucketing it down and I am sick of it.
February 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
It is bucketing it down and I am sick of it.
Many people remain unaware of Radical Open Access Collective, so: radicaloa.org
(You may well spot some of the excellent book publishers from @openbookcollective.bsky.social!)
(You may well spot some of the excellent book publishers from @openbookcollective.bsky.social!)
Radical Open Access Collective – Building Horizontal Alliances
radicaloa.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Many people remain unaware of Radical Open Access Collective, so: radicaloa.org
(You may well spot some of the excellent book publishers from @openbookcollective.bsky.social!)
(You may well spot some of the excellent book publishers from @openbookcollective.bsky.social!)
Listening to one of my absolute favourites (again): www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6VA...
Nate Young - Stay Asleep (Regression Vol. 2) [Full Album]
YouTube video by Audio Artifacts
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February 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Listening to one of my absolute favourites (again): www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6VA...
I've had the fortune to work on stuff that emphasises the need to support the ecosystem that we are within. Individuals/ groups/orgs may come & go as part of an organic flow (temporality is also important as voluntary association is preferable to obligation.) But the ecosystem needs to be nurtured.
February 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I've had the fortune to work on stuff that emphasises the need to support the ecosystem that we are within. Individuals/ groups/orgs may come & go as part of an organic flow (temporality is also important as voluntary association is preferable to obligation.) But the ecosystem needs to be nurtured.
Anyway, a break in the monsoon forces me to go and sort my ash pan out.
February 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Anyway, a break in the monsoon forces me to go and sort my ash pan out.
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This project is one little glimmer of hope for me :)
One of many cool projects happening at the Metro Library Council right now: our small-but-mighty Archipelago (digital repositories) team is working with NY Public Radio to create a new, open repository (an alternative to their prior proprietary system) for allll their stuff
February 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This project is one little glimmer of hope for me :)
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been thinking about the audrey watters maxim that “openness” means first and foremost “open for business”
This is how these "AI" tools break openness by overstraining the capacity of infrastructures.
February 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
been thinking about the audrey watters maxim that “openness” means first and foremost “open for business”
Remember that your academic library has funded the corporations that extract billions. And their migrations into data and analytics that are now part of the global surveillance enterprise that is supporting despotic regimes. Reification should be reviewed.
February 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Remember that your academic library has funded the corporations that extract billions. And their migrations into data and analytics that are now part of the global surveillance enterprise that is supporting despotic regimes. Reification should be reviewed.
The efficacies of the BOAI, along with Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities and the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing are undeniable. Sadly it isn't all positive.
Today is the 24th birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/
Though best known for catalyzing the #OpenAccess movement in 2002, the BOAI has been continuously active and formed a nonprofit organization just last year […]
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/
Though best known for catalyzing the #OpenAccess movement in 2002, the BOAI has been continuously active and formed a nonprofit organization just last year […]
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fediscience.org
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The efficacies of the BOAI, along with Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities and the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing are undeniable. Sadly it isn't all positive.
I was at an event recently where OA received some accusations over LLM training. This ignores corporate copyright holders sell access to paywalled material (e.g. Wiley, Sage, T&F) and that pirated material was used by major corporate AI businesses. The problem is greed, not 'openness'.
February 15, 2026 at 11:37 AM
I was at an event recently where OA received some accusations over LLM training. This ignores corporate copyright holders sell access to paywalled material (e.g. Wiley, Sage, T&F) and that pirated material was used by major corporate AI businesses. The problem is greed, not 'openness'.
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100%. We're fortunate at my workplace to be able to provide open infrastructures but it's not like we have the resources of a major corporation. Smaller universities and DIY communities basically have no chance: they simply don't have the money required to beef up infrastructure sufficiently.
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM
100%. We're fortunate at my workplace to be able to provide open infrastructures but it's not like we have the resources of a major corporation. Smaller universities and DIY communities basically have no chance: they simply don't have the money required to beef up infrastructure sufficiently.
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We're struggling with this at my workplace. So many bots straining our open infrastructure.
February 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
We're struggling with this at my workplace. So many bots straining our open infrastructure.
The extractive nature of LLMs can be seen in their exploitation of not only open content, but also in their damage to open infrastructures.
February 15, 2026 at 7:55 AM
The extractive nature of LLMs can be seen in their exploitation of not only open content, but also in their damage to open infrastructures.
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Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
For all those on the ~left~ that think anarchy is far-fetched, I ask how far fetched is it divide the entirety of the "power" you crave equitably amongst one and all. Dissolving power seems far more attainable.
February 14, 2026 at 8:40 PM
For all those on the ~left~ that think anarchy is far-fetched, I ask how far fetched is it divide the entirety of the "power" you crave equitably amongst one and all. Dissolving power seems far more attainable.
The romance that is applied to the notion and efficacy of competition is hilarious. In earnest.
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The romance that is applied to the notion and efficacy of competition is hilarious. In earnest.
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"The Mendeley story is emblematic of the dysfunctionality of the publishing system and the ways researchers are screwed over by extractive publishers, but it also contains the clues for a promising path forward."
1/ Finally wrote up “The Story of Mendeley”! Most people know the tool, few know about its rise and fall. The Mendeley story provides important clues for how to build self-sustaining AND non-extractive knowledge commons, which is why I think it deserves more attention 🧵
What happened to Science Goodreads and how do we rebuild it? A 65 million dollar question (at least) - CAIROS Blog
The story of the rise and fall of Mendeley
cairos.leaflet.pub
February 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"The Mendeley story is emblematic of the dysfunctionality of the publishing system and the ways researchers are screwed over by extractive publishers, but it also contains the clues for a promising path forward."
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Last Friday I hosted After Section 28, a conference looking back at Section 28, the law that banned the promotion of homosexuality
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Last Friday I hosted After Section 28, a conference looking back at Section 28, the law that banned the promotion of homosexuality
Eyyyy! I guess that means I'll be going to Glasgow in March/April *and* November. Fuckin' love Glasgow, in spite of my dislike of both the cold and the rain.
February 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Eyyyy! I guess that means I'll be going to Glasgow in March/April *and* November. Fuckin' love Glasgow, in spite of my dislike of both the cold and the rain.
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Excellent new issue of Radical Philosophy
Dossier on the Fanon-Tosquelles relationship. Interview with Fanon's collaborator Alice Cherki, Lucie Mercier on 'Saint-Alban's contested legacy', and Elena Vogman on Fanon's notion of the geo-somatic unconscious.
www.radicalphilosophy.com/issues/220
Dossier on the Fanon-Tosquelles relationship. Interview with Fanon's collaborator Alice Cherki, Lucie Mercier on 'Saint-Alban's contested legacy', and Elena Vogman on Fanon's notion of the geo-somatic unconscious.
www.radicalphilosophy.com/issues/220
Radical Philosophy issue 220 (Winter 2026)
Philosophical journal of the independent Left since 1972.
www.radicalphilosophy.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Excellent new issue of Radical Philosophy
Dossier on the Fanon-Tosquelles relationship. Interview with Fanon's collaborator Alice Cherki, Lucie Mercier on 'Saint-Alban's contested legacy', and Elena Vogman on Fanon's notion of the geo-somatic unconscious.
www.radicalphilosophy.com/issues/220
Dossier on the Fanon-Tosquelles relationship. Interview with Fanon's collaborator Alice Cherki, Lucie Mercier on 'Saint-Alban's contested legacy', and Elena Vogman on Fanon's notion of the geo-somatic unconscious.
www.radicalphilosophy.com/issues/220
The funniest thing about earnestly not giving one iota of concern to being "liked" (whatever that means) is, as one ages, you get to see how some people really hold onto abstract things. Of course I have a lot of apologies to make. Welcome to being a social being.
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The funniest thing about earnestly not giving one iota of concern to being "liked" (whatever that means) is, as one ages, you get to see how some people really hold onto abstract things. Of course I have a lot of apologies to make. Welcome to being a social being.
I long for BST. Six weeks feels like a lifetime away.
February 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I long for BST. Six weeks feels like a lifetime away.
Start local. (Local comes in many forms.) Part of the challenge of totalising systems is to not start at the end i.e. by replacing them with different totalising systems, particularly ones that communities have not participated in.
February 14, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Start local. (Local comes in many forms.) Part of the challenge of totalising systems is to not start at the end i.e. by replacing them with different totalising systems, particularly ones that communities have not participated in.