Reposted by David Crotty Siobhan @siobhanh.bsky.social · 12hI should probably turn this into a LinkedIn post when I have a little more brainpower, but here we go. Some quick thoughts/speculation on the announced Taylor & Francis-Informa split alongside the £2.24bn Clarion Events deal, after a quick browse of the numbers and reports 🧵 166
Reposted by David CrottyButlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 20hHarvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf 8955922207
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 20h“This guy’s cursing me up. I better reconsider my decision”, said no editor ever… 2226
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 19hOther strategies not recommended: citing work by Galileo, Prusiner or Watson & Crick as comparable scenarios. 371
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 19hAnd finally any version of “Do you know who I am?”. Really no answer to that benefits you in the face of a rejection, and worst-case scenario the retort will be “yeah and you’re lucky we didn’t factor that in to the decision”. 🤣 2162
Reposted by David CrottyMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 572214184173
Reposted by David CrottySharesify @sharesifysocial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Informa in strategic shift with Clarion deal and review of academic business: Group doubles down on the live events market with the £2.2 billion purchase of Clarion and the separation of Taylor & Francis. #INF #B2B #liveevents #UKstocks #investing sharesify.com/informa-in-s...sharesify.comInforma in strategic shift with Clarion deal and review of academic businessInforma announces a strategic shift with the Clarion deal, focusing on B2B growth and reviewing its academic business. 012
Reposted by David Crottysouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A nonfiction book written in, let’s say, the year 1795, is most likely still around in a library somewhere and every other work it referred to is probably accessible in some archive as well. A nonfiction book written in 2007 probably cites a bunch of urls that are dead or rotted beyond recognition. 14677101
David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Informa buys Clarion; spins off Taylor & Francis www.investing.com/news/stock-m...investing.comInforma to buy Clarion for £2.24 bln, plans to separate Taylor & Francis business By Investing.comInforma to buy Clarion for £2.24 bln, plans to separate Taylor & Francis business 001
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 02/10/2026arXiv rate limiting submissions in face of AI deluge blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/u...blog.arxiv.orgFair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated Rate Limit PolicyarXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a… 22616
Reposted by David CrottyJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you. 251527409
Reposted by David CrottyAlejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A new issue of CSH Protocols is out! @cshlpress.bsky.social The cover image highlights the work by Zimina et al., who summarize various approaches for examining meiosis & meiotic recombination in maize, & introduce a set of accompanying protocols to study meiosis in this species🌽 ⬇️Links below 196
Reposted by David CrottyJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest. Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contestDr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest. 164
Reposted by David CrottyDamon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I thought this weirdness about copyright needed to be pointed out dadadrummer.substack.com/p/rough-musicdadadrummer.substack.comRough MusicChalking the line between music that uses machine learning, and GenAI 0105
Reposted by David CrottyLisa Janicke Hinchliffe @lisalibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They do. But they also say authors should submit their own work, declare funding and COIs, etc. So, you know. 🤷🏼♀️ As long as we look to journals to catch bad behavior rather than the field to deal with it (shame, censure, expulsion, etc), well, 🤷🏼♀️. 022
Reposted by David CrottyCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882123874
Reposted by David CrottyJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026These sound like non-trivial problems. 61940224
Reposted by David CrottyChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On similar lines, if we’re not careful: A. Scientific journals will only accept submissions from established researchers working within institutions. B. Data we’ve spent ages making open will be hidden to avoid the expense of continued download by bots. 1018039
Reposted by David CrottyMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/09/2026"I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. That shit is going to look so seasonal." buff.ly/pykYN6fbuff.lyIt’s Decorative Gourd Season, MotherfuckersFor the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads. 012136
David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On craft, AI, and what gets lost when we skip the slow part (gift link) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | A.I. Shortcuts Are Ruining How We Think (Gift Article)Anything worth remembering came from a person who did not know where she or he was going until arriving. 010
Reposted by David CrottyAlejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm shocked, SHOCKED! www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging feesA study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models — especially over the past few years. 194
David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And Michael Clarke's classic 2010 piece on why scholarly publishing hasn't been disrupted (at least yet, which still seems to be holding) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2010/01/04/w...scholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgWhy Hasn't Scientific Publishing Been Disrupted Already? - The Scholarly KitchenDespite predictions and analyses to the contrary, STM publishing hasn't been disrupted yet. Perhaps there's more here than meets the eye . . . 001
David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Speculations on the forthcoming AI deluge of true but inconsequential articles here: giorgio.gilest.ro/the-weimar-o...giorgio.gilest.roThe Weimar of knowledge – la bottega 100
David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For those who attended Silverchair's #strategies26, the articles I mentioned during the panel I was on are as follows: AI and reading and Foxes and Hedgehogs here: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/09/23/a...scholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgAI and Scholarly Reading: Foxes versus Hedgehogs - The Scholarly KitchenSome readers are foxes, and some are hedgehogs. What kind of reader is AI, and how will that impact both the practice of science and the business of journal publishing? 131
Reposted by David CrottyLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970182260
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"one can’t help but think there’s perhaps an unsubtle critique of the academic career and funding system inherent in a prolific researcher publicly stating that their own publications are both too abundant and not worth reading even for their own students" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/09/23/a...scholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgAI and Scholarly Reading: Foxes versus Hedgehogs - The Scholarly KitchenSome readers are foxes, and some are hedgehogs. What kind of reader is AI, and how will that impact both the practice of science and the business of journal publishing? 0146
Reposted by David Crottyaj-boston.neocities.org @aj-boston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"The author would like it to be made clear that this is not an AI-generated image, rather it is a poorly photoshopped collage of separate stock photos." Hell yeah, brother. 142
David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026No need for slop. I can make crappy images all on my own, thank you. 020
Reposted by David CrottySociety for Scholarly Publishing @scholarlypub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026AI and Scholarly Reading: Foxes versus Hedgehogs - The Scholarly Kitchenscholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgAI and Scholarly Reading: Foxes versus Hedgehogs - The Scholarly KitchenSome readers are foxes, and some are hedgehogs. What kind of reader is AI, and how will that impact both the practice of science and the business of journal publishing? 022
Reposted by David CrottySabina Pagotto @spagotto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A little bit about reading, a lot about how in scholarship the process should be as important as the output. Unfortunately, we were already in a world where output was king way before the AI wave came along and exacerbated all these problems. (500 papers not worth reading!!) 022
David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New from me today @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social -- some thoughts on scholarly reading, and what happens if we outsource our information gathering and learning to AI. Also, foxes and hedgehogs. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/09/23/a...scholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgAI and Scholarly Reading: Foxes versus Hedgehogs - The Scholarly KitchenSome readers are foxes, and some are hedgehogs. What kind of reader is AI, and how will that impact both the practice of science and the business of journal publishing? 121
Reposted by David CrottyDrew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Like everything else online, cooking-recipe searches have been rendered unreliable thanks to SEO-gaming, AI fuckery, and all other manner of digital nonsense.” defector.com/i-fought-a-p...defector.comI Fought A Pie And I Won | DefectorSometimes a recipe leads you astray. It happens to the best of us, myself included. Sometimes a bad recipe will leave you with no recourse. You simply have to accept that you wasted all of your time a... 0555
Reposted by David Crotty@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Another assault on science. It is relentless... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 043
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"All corners of academia will soon be flooded with AI-generated research....Maths and CS go first because their entire output is symbol manipulation...Biology comes later not because biologists are cleverer but because the rate-limiting step is physical" giorgio.gilest.ro/the-weimar-o...giorgio.gilest.roThe Weimar of knowledge – la bottega 56641
Reposted by David CrottyHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026AI is screwing up journal papers: Journal editor asks authors of 10 submitted papers to meet and discuss their paper. Of the 7 that showed up, 3 were unable to answer basic questions about the paper and 3 had difficulty when asked further questions on technical details… medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...medium.comAsking Authors About Their Own PapersBy Nihar B. Shah 1315785
Reposted by David CrottyGenes & Development @genesdev.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We are saddened by the loss of G&D's long-time Editor, Terri Grodzicker. When Terri stepped down as Editor in 2022, friends and colleagues wrote about her contributions to the research community. We are re-visiting these pieces, and thinking of her. ➡️ genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/1-2.t… 066
Reposted by David Crotty#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 17/09/2026*Before we get all purist about it, how much of "human" DNA is viralized junk-DNA that isn't even people. Quite a lot of, eight percent, maybe even 40 percent *What if I haul out my 40 percent and replace it with USDA-grade rat or fruit-fly, would I be better off www.cshl.edu/the-non-huma...cshl.eduThe non-human living inside of you | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory« Previous Story Next Story » Half of your genome started out as an infection; if left unchecked, some parts of it can turn deadly all over again. The human genome contains billions of pieces of infor... 116919
Reposted by David CrottyJennifer Regala @jenniferaregala.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The #sspND2026 meeting never disappoints 💕✨ 021
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 17/09/2026fascinating. Seems premised on the idea that all papers have code and usable data though. That may come to pass but certainly isn't true now. most do not have code, and outside genomics, etc. the data landscape is highly fragmented, many wet labs still wedded to paper notebooks, etc. 1203
Reposted by David CrottyLeah @leah.myatproto.social · 17/09/2026nope, nope, no, no and absolutely not 48025
Reposted by David Crottyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/09/2026"I wrote the piece and Claude found the links relevant to my claims" is, even without the AI, such an admission of poor thinking and argumentation. your claims should emerge from the evidence! 793122379
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 15/09/2026After Terri stepped down as G&D Editor, friends and former colleagues contributed a series of wonderful essays about her for a special issue. I encourage anyone who'd like to know more about her to read them 3/n genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/1...genesdev.cshlp.orgTable of Contents — January 1, 2023, 37 (1-2) A biweekly scientific journal publishing high-quality research in molecular biology and genetics, cancer biology, biochemistry, and related fields 061
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Deeply saddened to learn of the death of my colleague Terri Grodzicker. She was an amazing molecular biologist who did fundamental work on adenovirus. Many will know her as the charismatic long-time editor of Genes & Development and organizer of CSHL meetings 1/2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_G...en.wikipedia.orgTerri Grodzicker - Wikipedia 54415
Reposted by David CrottyKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The whole thread, but especially this 👇. Teaching is not simply content delivery, and almost none of the "let's put AI in education" discourse acknowledges that fundamental reality. Probably because it's emanating from everyone except actual teachers. 48921
Reposted by David Crotty@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Some Rare good news: Judge postpones the DHS rule . restricting international students to 4 years the day before it would have taken effect. International students add so much to our scholarship and economy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.comMemorandum & Order – #50 in Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration v. United States Department of Homeland Security (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-13799) – CourtListener.comDistrict Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. Plaintiffs' motion for APA § 705 relief, a preliminary injunction, or, in the alternative, summary judgm... 052
Reposted by David CrottyLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026FOIAed records show the DOJ accused prominent journals of being “partisans in various scientific debates” & demanded explanations of their editorial processes. www.aip.org/fyi/doj-offi... by @danvergano.bsky.socialaip.orgDOJ Official Queried a Dozen Journals on 'Partisan' Views in 2025The Justice Department fulfilled the public records request for the letters just as their author departed the agency. 73824
David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026From 2017: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/05/24/r...scholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgReproducible Research, Just Not Reproducible By You - The Scholarly KitchenWhat happens when an experiment is correct, but it's really hard to replicate? Are there research results that are accurate but not reproducible? 100
Reposted by David CrottyAlejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 27/08/2026And not only "magic hands": this also highlights the importance of proper documentation and carefully prepared protocols. We are glad to contribute to this via CSH Protocols. 1102
Reposted by David CrottyRichard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Everyone's talking about Pangram and other AI-detection software like GPTZero. They promise impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text. Science journals are starting to use them. How good are they? @miryamnaddaf.bsky.social and I take a look for @nature.com 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comAI-detection tools have made huge leaps forward — how good are they?Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text. 12615