Kevin Sanders
@kjsanders.bsky.social
PhD candidate on the politics of open research and publishing environments at [redacted]. OBC. Copim. Synths. Tapes. Perennial pain. Skullduggery. Ⓐ 🍉 ORCID: 0000-0003-1217-0149. https://hairdryerexcommunication.bandcamp.com/ (he/him).
"One chips without chips, and one chips with chips, please." [Hands over £4.30.]
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"One chips without chips, and one chips with chips, please." [Hands over £4.30.]
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Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
Public transport is not an appropriate place to have lengthy phone conversations on loud speaker. Daggers...
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Public transport is not an appropriate place to have lengthy phone conversations on loud speaker. Daggers...
Keeping 1997 alive by writing scholarly work on a Psion 5 on the coach.
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Keeping 1997 alive by writing scholarly work on a Psion 5 on the coach.
Distant Field Contact
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Distant Field Contact
That it costs me more to get from Roydon to Victoria than from Victoria to Derby is frustrating.
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
That it costs me more to get from Roydon to Victoria than from Victoria to Derby is frustrating.
Did anyone put a bet on a draw? It isn't looking likely.
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Did anyone put a bet on a draw? It isn't looking likely.
Just edited the artwork for December's first 5" solo lathe cut. It will be free/PWYW digitally, and openly licensed. I'll post the orders for the collaboration with Carrie Wade next week.
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Just edited the artwork for December's first 5" solo lathe cut. It will be free/PWYW digitally, and openly licensed. I'll post the orders for the collaboration with Carrie Wade next week.
I had forgotten how cosy winter boat is.
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I had forgotten how cosy winter boat is.
Excellent filter coffee made from leaving the kettle on the stove and brewing in an enamel cup. Good start to a travel/work day.
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Excellent filter coffee made from leaving the kettle on the stove and brewing in an enamel cup. Good start to a travel/work day.
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Back in stock! These awesome zines from Earth Liberation Studio justseeds.org/product/maki...
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Back in stock! These awesome zines from Earth Liberation Studio justseeds.org/product/maki...
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if you missed it earlier -- nb now on bandcamp, ampwall and mirlo -- links in der thread!
very pleased to announce The Vallum Mixes! contributions from Fritz Welch, tom dissonance, David Moré, M. John Henry, T. Vostok, LADYfingers, SPRING and RTFCL person. all proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestinians x https://robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com/album/the-vallum-mixes
The Vallum Mixes, by Robert Dallas Gray
9 track album
robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
if you missed it earlier -- nb now on bandcamp, ampwall and mirlo -- links in der thread!
My journey from my 30s to my 40s was agreeing with myself to carefully not 'sell-out', and to own the consequences. Others may vary. But I tell you what, I'm not in any debt, I know a bunch of ace people, and I do my best to contribute to the hyperpolitic of our time(s). In solidarity and autonomy.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My journey from my 30s to my 40s was agreeing with myself to carefully not 'sell-out', and to own the consequences. Others may vary. But I tell you what, I'm not in any debt, I know a bunch of ace people, and I do my best to contribute to the hyperpolitic of our time(s). In solidarity and autonomy.
Curious about the tax implications of contemporary R&P/""transitional agreements"" in the UK. I'm sure the state and corporate interests wouldn't find a way to brvtally neoliberalism such arrangements through taxation... 🏴
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Curious about the tax implications of contemporary R&P/""transitional agreements"" in the UK. I'm sure the state and corporate interests wouldn't find a way to brvtally neoliberalism such arrangements through taxation... 🏴
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Digital content is never neutral with respect to different bodies & modes of reading, & attending to its form is essential to making scholarship genuinely open.
READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:
tinyurl.com/yapbh9ej
READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:
tinyurl.com/yapbh9ej
Advancing Accessibility in Open Access Publishing
When it [accessibility] is embedded in the culture, it reinforces the mission of serving all readers. It’s not a checkbox; it’s a strategic, forward-looking commitment and means knowledge can be equal...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Digital content is never neutral with respect to different bodies & modes of reading, & attending to its form is essential to making scholarship genuinely open.
READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:
tinyurl.com/yapbh9ej
READ more about punctum's new Accessibility Roadmap for making our books & website more accessible for all readers:
tinyurl.com/yapbh9ej
Night time productivity with the sketch of a plan for my crit of some key texts. The reading is showing its value.
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Night time productivity with the sketch of a plan for my crit of some key texts. The reading is showing its value.
The new grate that I got for my stove at the end of last season is a total game changer. Absolutely cherishing that bargain!
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The new grate that I got for my stove at the end of last season is a total game changer. Absolutely cherishing that bargain!
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Disappointed, yet again, by a UK wide UKRI initiative who say things like “Representation matters to us” and pledge “A 50-50 gender balance within the gender binary” for activities, then give out PhD studentships to a cohort of 6 men, and 1 woman. #everydaySexism
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Disappointed, yet again, by a UK wide UKRI initiative who say things like “Representation matters to us” and pledge “A 50-50 gender balance within the gender binary” for activities, then give out PhD studentships to a cohort of 6 men, and 1 woman. #everydaySexism
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great time to be chucking overboard your historical & social studies of science, medicine, & technology research, USA
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
great time to be chucking overboard your historical & social studies of science, medicine, & technology research, USA
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A stack of rats - Eris, Ceres and Sedna. :-)
September 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A stack of rats - Eris, Ceres and Sedna. :-)
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Democracy's Library : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/democracys-library
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Democracy's Library : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/democracys-library
Tomorrow I will actually get around to some of the writing I need (and want!) to do.
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Tomorrow I will actually get around to some of the writing I need (and want!) to do.
We're a month away from the winter solstice and it already dark for too long.
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We're a month away from the winter solstice and it already dark for too long.
Finally replaced my Trangia 27 kettle.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Finally replaced my Trangia 27 kettle.
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Wow, they analysed 2 centuries of scholarly work based on a test not suitable and produced an article of 5 paragraphs. What could possibly be wrong?
No author so this could have been written by a bot, but…
judging the "readability" of 347K PhD abstracts written btw 1812 and 2023 based on Flesch test which measures word and sentence length & targets 4th grade is ridiculous and a collosal waste of time.
Free link: archive.ph/2024.12.21-0...
judging the "readability" of 347K PhD abstracts written btw 1812 and 2023 based on Flesch test which measures word and sentence length & targets 4th grade is ridiculous and a collosal waste of time.
Free link: archive.ph/2024.12.21-0...
Academic writing is getting harder to read—the humanities most of all
We analyse two centuries of scholarly work
www.economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Wow, they analysed 2 centuries of scholarly work based on a test not suitable and produced an article of 5 paragraphs. What could possibly be wrong?