Gemma Learmonth
@gemmalearmonth.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Stirling 🏴 www.gemmalearmonth.com
*saves tons of energy. Plus it plays a funny wee tune when your load is finished.
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
*saves tons of energy. Plus it plays a funny wee tune when your load is finished.
Samsung Heat Pump Series 5. £479 but worth every penny. Heat pumps tons of energy compared to the regular ones so you'll save in the long run. I use mine every day.
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Samsung Heat Pump Series 5. £479 but worth every penny. Heat pumps tons of energy compared to the regular ones so you'll save in the long run. I use mine every day.
Reposted by Gemma Learmonth
The logic of 'rising stars' programs is that science needs to retain top talent. But if anything, I've seen more brilliant minds leave science due to the culture of individualist careerism that these awards contribute to, and are a symptom of.
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The logic of 'rising stars' programs is that science needs to retain top talent. But if anything, I've seen more brilliant minds leave science due to the culture of individualist careerism that these awards contribute to, and are a symptom of.
Reposted by Gemma Learmonth
The Drain of Scientific Publishing details very clearly how for-profit publishers making >30% profit margins have corrupted any solution the research community has attempted.
Let's cut ourselves free.
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
12/12
Let's cut ourselves free.
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
12/12
The Drain of Scientific Publishing
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...
arxiv.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Drain of Scientific Publishing details very clearly how for-profit publishers making >30% profit margins have corrupted any solution the research community has attempted.
Let's cut ourselves free.
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
12/12
Let's cut ourselves free.
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub
12/12
Are you just wanting to register the protocol without it being reviewed (use OSF) or are you thinking about putting this through as a registered report? PCI-RR would be the place to go for an RR.
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Are you just wanting to register the protocol without it being reviewed (use OSF) or are you thinking about putting this through as a registered report? PCI-RR would be the place to go for an RR.
I would not, mainly out of solidarity with the editorial team who quit to form Imaging Neuroscience. That took courage and effort. The journal publishing landscape remains an absolute shitshow of the worst order, but at least they took direct action to try to change it, and I want to support that.
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I would not, mainly out of solidarity with the editorial team who quit to form Imaging Neuroscience. That took courage and effort. The journal publishing landscape remains an absolute shitshow of the worst order, but at least they took direct action to try to change it, and I want to support that.
Have you tried Microsoft Bookings via our Office 365? I think you can set a maximum number of attendees and multiple staff appointments.
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Have you tried Microsoft Bookings via our Office 365? I think you can set a maximum number of attendees and multiple staff appointments.