Senior Research Data Steward at UCL's Advanced Research Computing department @ucl-arc.bsky.social, sometime clinical trial conduct methodologist, palaeopathologist, archaeologist, & food historian | #DataSharing #OpenScience #HealthcareSystemsData
Why are UCL paying money to #Nous, who clearly have absolutely no expertise to sell and are involved in some appalling decisions across the sector? @seanawallis.bsky.social
Thomas PennyI'm looking at universities with my younger daughter at the moment and Nous' list of members could be a useful ready reckoner of ones to avoid... (which is a shame because we loved Newcastle...)
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: An Open Letter In Support of Scientific American. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
An Open Letter In Support of Scientific AmericanWe are looking for your support by signing the letter below. It calls on Springer Nature to ensure that as part of the sale, LabX Media will rehire laid off union workers, restore staff salaries to pr...actionnetwork.org"I could no longer stop the system from auto-inviting "reviewers" with zero relevant expertise. Even worse - the AI began actively revoking the invitations I manually sent out to actual, qualified experts." More reasons not to publish in Frontiers journals 🧪 #AcademicSky
Michael OkunI’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
This explains so much
Michael SavageNEW: Freed from office, ex-Ofcom chair & Tory peer Michael Grade gives view on GB News. Other broadcasters “embarrassed” because it covers “the agenda of the majority”. Big intervention in debate over UK’s impartiality rules. He spoke to Politics Home. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...