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Samuel Moore
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Researcher at Cambridge University Library / Cambridge Digital Humanities

PI: @morphss.bsky.social

New book: Publishing Beyond the Market https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publishing-Beyond-the-Market

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Shabana Mahmood is looking for the Shabana Mahmood that did this.
Two stories side by side: The first: Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister The second: Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Lol best of luck
Kathy Jennings, the attorney-general of Delaware, told the Financial Times she consented to the deal after securing multiple binding legal commitments from Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive. They require the $500bn start-up to prioritise AI safety over its shareholders’ commercial gain.
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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You know you've hit the jackpot when you land on a webpage that looks like this.
An old-school webpage for LAjazz.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Nice illustration of how truly horrible the Labour party is.

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These are all real policies and pledges. Migrant NHS doctors for example, labouring for long work days beyond what they are paid for will now have to prove that they “contribute to society” to earn permanent settlement in the UK. The benchmark for that contribution is volunteer work (sorry, more volunteer work) in the community. The five-year route to settlement is now being extended to 10, to make absolutely sure that in addition to being in work, paying taxes, making national insurance contributions and paying a hefty charge to use the NHS, you’re not taking the piss. The latest demand is that some migrants must be able to speak English to A-level standard because, according to home secretary Shabana Mahmood, “it is unacceptable for migrants to come here without learning our language, unable to contribute to our national life”.
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Good work, humans!
Pavement chalk writing with "lost keys" and "thank you" written
October 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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"This issue of PARSE Journal starts from the tangled and mesmerising fabric of collective artistic practice, particularly from the frictions that keep coming up when sharing work that was collectively produced or while reusing works made by others."

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Cover of ecologies of dissemination
October 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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This headline makes it sound like being found naked and on drugs was the thing that kept him out of jail
Headline reads: flight attendant avoids jail after being found naked and on drugs
September 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Got my author copies and have promptly given them to my ten most influential friends and colleagues. (They're all just out of frame, laughing too.)
A picture of my ten copies of my book stacked on top of our another
September 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Woke up early to have a cup of tea outside but forgot that the spiders had taken over and it's their garden now.
A picture of a spider in a web with a garden in the background
September 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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"in the name of Scopus!" sounds like something a frustrated scientist would say to avoid swearing in front of their kids.
Heading reads "Guest post: In the name of Scopus, one hijacked journal easily tricks authors"
September 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Golden age of local news
Headline reads "I had an extra large scone with jam and cream at a beloved Cambs café"
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Cambridge University plumbing update (not sure what I'm supposed to do though)
A pot of water next to a sign saying use me to flush
August 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Received the print copy of my book (out next week!). Obligatory shot with @theul.bsky.social in the background.
A copy of a book in front of Cambridge university library.
August 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Don't know about you, but I'm certainly ready for AI tools that are reshaping scholarly publishing and investor confidence
AI-Driven social media tools: reshaping scholarly publishing and investor confidence in tech-enabled media platforms
August 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Gotta love economists. This is from a paper about researcher views on open peer review:
If the journal is myopic about b(r, t), it treats s as follows: s = q + ε′, with ε′ ∼ N (0, σ2 s ) and σ2 s = σ2 ε (e) + σ2 b(r,t) The journal’s posterior belief about q is therefore: E[q | s] = λs + (1 − λ)¯q, where λ = σ2 q σ2 q + σ
July 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Really hoping there's air conditioning at the Metascience meeting
A picture of the London weather forecast for Monday saying 34 degrees
June 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Still funny that this was PLOS's response when Nature copied its APC-based megajournal model back in 2011.
Welcome, Nature. Seriously. Welcome to Open Access, the most exciting and important development in science communication since journals were invented. And congratulations on your new journal Scientific Reports—an important step towards comprehensive Open Access to research.To realize the full power of Open Access, we urge you to permit your content to be re-used without restriction and to extend the Open Access model to all your journals. Putting real knowledge into the hands of everyone will change the way people work, think, learn, and communicate. Openly sharing research encourages faster progress in solving some of the world’s toughest problems—from protecting the biodiversity of our planet to finding more effective treatments for diseases such as AIDS and cancer. As a result, Open Access is fast becoming the publishing model of choice for the scientific and medical community. We’re delighted that Nature and other publishers have recently announced journals modeled on PLoS ONE—a peer-reviewed journal that judges articles on scientific rigor rather than potential impact. Last year, PLoS ONE published 6,749 articles, making it the world’s largest peer- reviewed journal. We look forward to responsible partnerships in the massive effort to increase Open Access research throughout the world. Because what we are doing is bringing about social change and accelerating progress. Welcome to the challenge
June 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Quite good this. There's a real emphasis on supporting ethical alternatives to commercial publishing.
Exploring shared infrastructure and supporting enhanced green open access proactively through institutional repositories’ Investing in non-profit tools and platforms that support open research and transparent publishing Engaging researchers in conversations about the impact of their publishing choices Sharing best practices with the wider library and research sector Championing a positive research culture through open access, responsible metrics, and inclusive infrastructure
June 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Our pamphlet 'Publishing Activism within/without a Toxic University' is now live on the @openhumanities.bsky.social site:

www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles...
The cover of the pamphlet which reads "publishing activism within/without a toxic university"
June 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Actual local news
Headline reads 'American goes punting in Cambridge for the first time and discovers buildings ‘older than the US’
May 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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The nice people at University of Michigan Press have sent over a code you can use to pre-order my new book with 30% off. Out in September.

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Book cover for Publishing beyond the market: open access, care, and the commons
April 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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At least Springer Nature is doing well while higher education is collapsing all over the place.

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The company said it expects further growth in 2025, with revenue of €1.89bn to €1.94bn and an adjusted operating profit margin at least at the level it reached in 2024, which was 28 per cent. Its results come as the academic sector in many parts of the world is struggling financially and expressing concern about the growing costs of scholarly publishing.
March 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Huh?
Highlighted text reads: Libraries continue to prioritize solutions that offer affordability in a sustainable way. At the same time, AI-powered chatbots are becoming ubiquitous as a method of discovery for students and researchers
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Nice to see that Retraction Watch is keeping an eye on the football manager retractions now too.
Highlighted text reads "“Leyton Orient Head Coach Richie Wellens wishes to retract a comment made in a post-match interview.”
February 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Thanks also to everyone pointing out our main inspiration for the project.
A picture of morph
January 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM