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Peter Suber

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Open access, research culture and communication, academic life, US politics. I post to #Mastodon more than #Bluesky. But see my bridge account for the M posts. https://bsky.app/profile/petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · Oct 12

Hi Bluesky. I work for #OpenAccess to research. Formerly directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Now semi-retired but still working for the cause.

Also a professor of #philosophy emeritus & non-practicing #lawyer.

Posting on professional topics, academic life, & #USPolitics.

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Tom Ellison @tomellison123.bsky.social · 1d

Pour one out for @wikipedia.org in my latest for @mcsweeneys.net

Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology

“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Ian Linkletter @linkletter.org · 2d

I have been analyzing the impact of Zero Textbook Cost courses at BCIT since we launched the initiative.

Students can check the course outline system to identify ZTC courses before registration.

In the 2025 Summer and 2025 Fall terms, 543 BCIT instructors marked 1,205 courses Zero Textbook Cost!

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Stefanie Haustein @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca · 4d

What an amazing little experiment! Highly recommend reading this post #OAWeek #AcademicSky

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · Sep 26

There’s a new #philosophy feed in town! 📣 #PhilosophySky combines the best philosophical discussion via the #PhilSky and area-specific hashtags with announcements from 250+ philosophy-related accounts making it the most comprehensive feed for academic philosophy on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 7d

I'm proud to be a co-PI on this project and member of the planning committee thinking about new and complementary ways to support the teaching and study of philosophy.
www.futureofphilosophy.org/macarthur-an...

#Acadsky #Academicsky #Edusky #MacArthur #Philosophy #Philsky

Exploring the Future of Philosophy - MacArthur Announcement

Investigating Cuts to Academic Philosophy MacArthur-funded project to document cuts to philosophy budgets, departments, faculty, majors, courses, and enrollments October 21st, 2025: We are pleased to...

www.futureofphilosophy.org

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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 8d

The good people behind the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure just released version 2.0.
openscholarlyinfrastructure.org

#Infrastructure #OpenInfrastructure #POSI #ScholComm

The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (v2.0, 2025)

POSI version 2.0 released October 2025 The POSI Adopters reviewed the version 1.1 principles and consulted with the community to create version 2.0, released in October 2025. The new/always-current ve...

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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 9d

I just read a review of the best apps to do a certain job. I didn't know any of the apps but the review seemed competent. Then I saw that the author's byline included #Twitter and #LinkedIn handles, and no others. Now I wonder how much I can trust the review.

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Stand Together for Higher Ed (STHE) @standhighered.bsky.social · 10d

The White House’s new Compact asks universities to trade independence for funding. We believe that’s a dangerous precedent. Read our national statement: buff.ly/iZheO2v
#AcademicSky #Academia #HigherEd

Statement on Compact — Stand Together

Read our statement concerning the White House Compact.

www.standtogetherhighered.org

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 11d

Experts who reviewed the document called the citation requirement “deceptive and despicable” and said it could carry a steep price for the journals involved, one of which is indexed in Scopus.

Exclusive: Iraqi university forcing students to cite its journals to graduate

To earn their degrees, graduate students at the University of Technology in Baghdad not only must publish research in indexed journals. They also are required to cite articles in their school’s own…

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 10d

Be part of the conversation about how to #DefendResearch, support #OpenAccess, and protect #Education! Register for next week's SJSU OA Virtual Conference, where I'm very excited to share the keynoting privilege with @camitchell.bsky.social scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-confer...

Open Access Conference | Conferences | San Jose State University

open access | open education | conference | institutional repository

scholarworks.sjsu.edu

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 11d

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.

Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 11d

“Free speech” only counts if you’re a white bigot.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 11d

The web has a memory — & we’ve saved 1 trillion pages of it! 🌐
Join us in celebrating the people, stories & technology that preserve our digital world.

📅 Oct 22
🎟️ In Person ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...

#Wayback1T

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 12d

"The protocol taught us that technology can be based on human values like ethics and morality. It showed that voluntary compliance works when all parties benefit."

On robots.txt.

www.heise.de/en/backgroun...

Obituary: Farewell to robots.txt (1994-2025)

The voluntary compliance protocol that civilized the internet has departed, bids Henning Fries farewell.

www.heise.de

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13d

🚨BREAKING: Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 13d

Yesterday with the META/e group at Eindhoven we discussed the draft of the new Dutch Code for Research Integrity: www.nwo-i.nl/en/news/2025...

It is great to see how much transparency and FAIR data and code will become the default expectation to adhere to research integrity.

Share your thoughts on the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Integrity

The current version of the "Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Integrity" dates from 2018. Every few years, a committee reviews whether the code still meets current requirements, such as…

www.nwo-i.nl

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 13d

“Truth-seeking is at the heart of higher education. As public support erodes and scholars face growing threats, there has never been a more urgent time to rally and defend academic freedom.” ✊

Robert Quinn, Scholars at risk at our joint academic freedom conference with @eduinternational.bsky.social

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Rafael Walker @rafaelwalker.bsky.social · Jun 26

Forgot about this moment in George Schuyler's 1931 novel *Black No More*, but whoa! 🤯

"You can't deport citizens, silly," Buddy remonstrated.

"That don't stop you from advocating it. This is politics, Big Boy."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15d

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 15d

Airports say they won’t air Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints

Travelers in Cleveland, L.A., Phoenix, Seattle and other cities will not see the footage, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight delays.

dlvr.it

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 15d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 15d

Your list doesn't include #BlueHill. But there will be an event in Blue Hill too. Please help publicize it.
www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comm...

From the Maine community on Reddit: Protest.

Explore this post and more from the Maine community

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Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 15d

I just signed the Open Heritage Statement and hope you will too.
openheritagestatement.org

#CulturalHeritage #GLAM #OpenAccess #PublicDomain #TAROCH

Open Heritage Statement

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Hilary Fawcett @hboomer.bsky.social · 15d

I will call out anyone who makes generalisations about ‘boomers’ and their affiliation to the Right. We were the generation at the vanguard of the fight against racism, sexism, protested against Vietnam. There are multitudes of us who still hold those views and are horrified by what is happening

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 15d

Hoping to give a "Lectures on Tap" talk (lecturesontap.com) in SF in December about #censorship to get more people helping to end it! We have so many resources for folks to use to #DefendResearch, research which is so critical to our shared welfare. defendresearch.org #SciSky #EduSky #ScholComm

Lectures On Tap

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