Opinions are entirely mine (sometimes I do not agree). Scholarly Publishing Technology | Open Infrastructure Advocate | Consultant | Dive Bar Enthusiast
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Got the @skytv Puck today for streaming. Thankfully it's on a monthly plan as this interface absolutely sucks. Setup was straightforward (but setting do not stick), PIN setup was easy but it is still required when disabled, a million button presses to watch TV. Just the worst.
Back to @Manhattan_TV @TiVo driven Freely box which has become more unstable with recent updates and doesn't have NowTV (or access to SkySportsMix for RedZone) but is farrrrrrr less annoying and farrrrrrr more connected than Sky's subscription priced Puck.
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"A nation whose scholarly record is owned, gatekept, and distributed by commercial corporations headquartered elsewhere, accountable to shareholders rather than to citizens, is a nation that has outsourced the stewardship of its own intellectual heritage" katinamagazine.org/content/a…
Trying to add AltText to a @LinkedIn post causes it to fail every time providing their version of the spinning wheel of idiocy: "Something went wrong. Try Again." LinkedIn Corp's contribution to #accessibility knows no boundaries.
"A nation whose scholarly record is owned, gatekept, and distributed by commercial corporations headquartered elsewhere, accountable to shareholders rather than to citizens, is a nation that has outsourced the stewardship of its own intellectual heritage" katinamagazine.org/content/a…
Making scientific knowledge free for all: "Making science more accessible does not simply mean disseminating more knowledge: It also helps strengthen transparency, critical thinking and the collective ability to debate and respond to current challenges." theconversation.com/making-s…
Making scientific knowledge free for all: "Making science more accessible does not simply mean disseminating more knowledge: It also helps strengthen transparency, critical thinking and the collective ability to debate and respond to current challenges."
theconversation.com/making-s…
The European Research Area (ERA) Act will create a European framework that will transform copyright, research assessment, and data-sharing. It will govern how research is published, accessed, and evaluated. If you're in scholarly communications, you need to give it your attention
Representations from:
@OPERASEU – operas.hypotheses.org/files/…...
@ScienceEurope – scienceeurope.org/our-resour…...
@LIBEReurope – libereurope.eu/article/libe...
@SPARC_EU – sparceurope.org/feedback-on-…
@ESFRI_eu – esfri.eu/latest-esfri...YERU… – yerun.eu/2026/01/yeru...
ERAAct: research-and-innovation.ec.e…
The politics of knowledge infrastructure is no longer an abstract concern; it is policy. Infrastructure dependency is a strategic vulnerability. Digital sovereignty is not met with 'just OA' if the infrastructure layer is dependent on commercial platforms. open.substack.com/pub/schola…
ALT A photopraph that I took from on high, looking down upon a snowy scene in the Canadian Rockies showing the Icefields Parkway road stretching into the distance between two icy mountains. The road picks its way through a wintry forest towards a distant ice melt lake.
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Morepress platform: Advancing Open Access Publishing at the University of Zadar – Open Access Books Network ift.tt/dhksf8n
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European reaction to the "economic output"
From @WSJopinion: What happens when Europeans find out how poor they are? The Continent trails far behind U.S. economic output. Politics is bound to catch up sooner or later, writes Joseph Sternberg.
on.wsj.com/4n5v2Wq
Just doing my monthly accounts using Sage Accounting Software and the @Copilot 'assistant' is an absolute nightmare. Oh, it's horrible. I don't know whether to blame Sage's poor implementation of Copilot or the fact that wherever I use Copilot it adds about 400% effort or failure
The complete lack of understanding about what it means to establish research, data, and scientific sovereignty amongst senior members of the UK's research community and government is shocking. Their belief is that they own that knowledge and are protecting it from AI and big tech
Enjoying the task of trying to plan a trip from Warsaw to Riga on the newly joined up Baltics lines as described by our man in @seatsixtyone. The route may now be joined up but it is made complicated by a lack of a joined up ticketing system. Probably due to journey's night break
Solution (for anyone interested) is to buy a ticket from Warsaw to Vilnius (7.5 hours at 08:57 or 14:57 for €24) where you will have to stay overnight (Man at @seatsixtyone provides a simple solution). Then get the daily Vilnius to Riga train at 07:01 (4.5 hours also for €24).
I'll be attending the Scholarly Social in London ahead of the COPIM Conference and to celebrate the end of the Researcher to Reader Conference. See you at Mable's if you're attending either event or just in the neighbourhood. @Copim_community @R2RConf tickettailor.com/events/scho…
