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Alison Mudditt

@amudditt.bsky.social
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CEO, PLOS. Open science. Scholarly communication. Hoping it's better here than at The Other One.

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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
And now it's Wikimedia's turn in the war to silence quality, independent information so that we genuinely don't know what's true. This is a fight we can't afford to lose. archive.org/details/mart...
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Letter by Edward R. Martin, Jr. to Wikimedia Foundation : Edward R. Martin, Jr. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Letter from Edward R. Martin, Jr., US Attorney, DOJ, to Wikimedia foundation on April 24, 2025, requesting information by May 15.
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
@briannosek.bsky.social reminded me that a very replicable finding is that the pressure to conform is greatly reduced by even a single dissenter. Great to hear the call from @holdenthorp.bsky.social this morning: Come together, right now. "www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science…
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Come together, right now
The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Not a fan of corporate virtue signaling but right now it feels important to stand up and be counted. We’re determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, & against censorship & any attempt to compromise the core principles of scientific inquiry. tinyurl.com/vndz2j5w
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PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Excellent piece from PLOS co-founder and Nobel laureate, Harold Varmus: "If the attacks on our scientists and their institutions are allowed to continue, our envisioned future of longer, healthier lives will happen more slowly, in other countries, or not at all." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
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Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article)
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"Even as the cold dark night bites, however, all who work for justice need to remember that we are not the dying day, we are the readying dawn. Let us commit not to scrolling doom but to writing hope. Don’t stop talking about tomorrow." speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/02/13/w...
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We are right to feel enraged at the current moment, but hope is how we’ll win
As we reel from the attack on humanity, rage is not wrong. We all feel the icy chill of the current moment. Even as the cold dark night bites, however, all who work for justice need to remember that w...
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I needed this today. As we all try to navigate the seemingly endless barrage of change, this is a reminder that we all have agency to make a positive difference whether we're leaders or not. Love all the practical tips! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...
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DEIA and Doing the Right Thing - The Scholarly Kitchen
Now is a time when we must continue to stand against censorship and to support the scholarly community in both our words and our actions, according to our ethics and beliefs.
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Big deals may have been good for the largest commercial publishers but "the result is a less diverse and more monopolistic publishing environment, where new models struggle to thrive". Glad to see UK universities taking concrete action to reposition. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Another UK university drops big Elsevier deal - Research Professional News
York becomes third institution known to have cancelled agreement with academic publishing giant
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A grim and heartbreaking morning here in Southern California. In spite of 70-90mph wind gusts, we're lucky to be safe but the devastation is unthinkable, and we're not done yet. Please keep SoCal in your thoughts. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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At Least 2 Dead as Winds Fuel California Wildfires: Live Updates (Gift Article)
At least two people were killed, and tens of thousands were under mandatory evacuation orders as multiple blazes raged out of control. Gusty winds hindered firefighting efforts, and officials warned o...
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Happy holidays from a very chill walk along the beach in Malibu - hope everyone here is enjoying some good R&R after a tumultuous year. (Just dropping by to post this - I'm offline for the holiday period, part of my regular social media breaks.)
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Honestly, I think we'd be naive to expect any platform to be able to avoid the dark stuff. It will be better here...until it isn't and we move on again. I was VERY torn about joining as I frankly haven't missed SM over the past 12 months but am much more disciplined about how I engage.
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Thanks to @madhupai.bsky.social for putting together this starter pack where you can also find all of our journals and editors: go.bsky.app/5nHQzbg
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John Prensner @johnprensner.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Congratulations to PLOS at @amudditt.bsky.social as this is a great gift for them. I have deeply admired PLOS's commitment to open access and fair distribution of research to the global public. I wish other publishers would follow suit. 🧪 🧬 💻
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Thrilled to share news of a generous $3.3M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support PLOS's commitment to pioneer a shift away from traditional publishing models and APCs - learn more about our plans below. theplosblog.plos.org/2024/12/plos...
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PLOS receives $3.3M grant to support Open Access publishing & business model transformation - The Official PLOS Blog
Note: PLOS issued the following press release on Tuesday, December 10. PLOS has been awarded a $3.3million grant from the Bill &amp…
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Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
After ditching Twitter and FaceBook in early 2023, I've been lured here by promises of an early-era Twitter vibe. Don't disappoint me!
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