#Paywalls

SPARC

SPARC_NA

Major library vendors have built sophisticated, global surveillance systems and sell services based on these systems to governments. We must confront that dollars from library subscriptions, directly or indirectly, now

Jeremy Littau

JeremyLittau

For those who aren’t quite sure why these media layoffs keep happening, or think “it’s the internet!” or “people don’t pay to subscribe,” there’s a lot more going on. Though

Mario Gabriele 🦊

mariodgabriele

The Newsletter Stack...In the last few weeks, folks have reached out asking what tools I use to write The Generalist. I thought I'd share the full-list. A thread 1/

Farah Qaiser

this_is_farah

I've made the difficult decision to skip the Public Record session & instead attend "The Promise of Science" featuring @robannan, @IvanSemeniuk, Alice Cohen & Amy Lemay. It's apparently an open

Study Hall

studyhallxyz

Why Publications Are Doing Layoffs Right Now: A Thread 1. Over the past 10 years digital media was heavily funded by venture capital in the belief that scaling up to

Bea Caicoya

BeaCaicoya

Naomic Novik on fanfiction: "The magic of fanfiction is that you don't have to please anybody but yourself. It makes you value your own desires, and to figure out what

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

Let's take a moment to take a deeper look at the @CWGC's Non-Commemoration Report.Uncomfortable reading for many.It is also... just the faintest glimpse of a crushing problem. /1#FWW #WW1 #SWW

Irene Gentle

IreneGentle

Some advocate avoiding/limiting COVID-19 news as a possible health measure. I get it can be overwhelming & want everyone to be as healthy as possible. I also want to make

Joe's Big Idea

joesbigidea

Happy 3rd day of #BlackInSciComm Week!The NPR Scicommers community is dedicated to inclusivity and accessibility in science communication.@melliferocity will be live-tweeting the workshop on accessibility, inclusion, and representation star

Michael Eisen

mbeisen

I want to reboot the conversation about this patent, and, crucially about patents in general. Let me start by saying that it was not my intent to single out @anshulkundaje,

Unicorn Riot

UR_Ninja

Live from Minneapolis, Minnesota: mass protest after last night’s police murder of George Floydhttps://www.pscp.tv/w/cZxXJjFheVFWdmRWUmdWUXB8MXlwS2RRcE5Ca05HV7196k1K-niz9Inqh5irJTN6IHHRBmw3PO2jS8tX_Fo6 Protest march has ended up outside t

Ananya Chakravarti

achakrava

1/ Apologies in advance for a monster thread but I recently had a check-in with my doctoral students and I thought I'd share the gist of that conversation in the

Rich Hribar

LordReebs

Since it's now August, with new summer followers and people getting ready to play fantasy football in whatever capacity we'll get it this season...Going to throw out a thread throughout

Cyrille Frank

cyceron

1. Le Reuters Digital News Report 2020 est sorti. Toujours très riche ! 80.000 personnes interrogées dans 40 pays [thread] #usages #trends #medias #presse https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-06/DNR_2020_FIN

Albert Pinto

70sBachchan

NYC to adopt Wuhan model. It’s not just about physical distancing, it’s not just about locking down. http://archive.is/uAUyf#selection-2661.219-2668.0https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/1241691413353504768 How has WSJ put this import

Alice Gorman

drspacejunk

When France established the Centre Spatial Guyanais in the 1960s, they wanted the town layout to break down class and race divisions in this very diverse community, promote egalitarian social