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Matthias Sprenger
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Hydrologist working on catchment hydrology, ecohydrology, stable isotopes, and Critical Zone research, https://matthiassprenger.weebly.com/
That's really cool! I'm so happy for you that this all worked out!
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A lot of this sexist stuff still happens as put together in the cartoons at
didthisreallyhappen.net
Did this really happen
didthisreallyhappen.net
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Reposted by Matthias Sprenger
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

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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