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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Don't think I could have survived the PhD without Zotero. Happy 20th anniversary!

Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The tool itself is cheap, for now, but what isn't fully accounted for in these ongoing rollouts is the additional staff cost for implementation and guidance, training, and licensing of other content and tools to make the chatbots more suitable for educational use.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

For those yet to get to know Count Binface, enjoy. Also, bring back Ceefax.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Will look forward to following Crick's implementation, hopefully it will nudge others to look more closely at what we are supposedly getting from TAs.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I haven't looked at the data recently, but there's a strong narrative of more societies moving into the major publishers because it's just easier, what with all the bundling of admin and invoices and so on. Which is the opposite of the intended goal.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I had a similar conversation with a society that publishes a single journal. They can't understand how the subsidies from the publisher for the editor and other services will be covered (and what these really cost), so stalled.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Best computing era. Pirated games with handdrawn cheat codes used to make their way home for us kids to play now and then. As if black text on red paper stopped anyone - the theory was to prevent photocopying. 1980s security. This thing ran for well over a decade.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This is not the tone of podcast I usually listen to, but this one is worth a listen for the commentary on how people are getting way too caught up in pride and identity in their AI hot takes. A big reason why LinkedIn has become absolutely nauseating IMO.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I could be wrong, but at some point I had the understanding that CORE in the UK made copies of many of the files from repositories that it aggregates.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I don't think the old paradigm is completely gone. There are still remnants, spaces that operate somewhat differently, but creator-centered, parasocial spaces that ride the waves of algorithmic recommendation seem to be dominating our attention, and (re)shaping the flows of information & influence.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

And yet, here we are: www.dfat.gov.au/internationa...

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

There is no doubt there has been an uptick in inaccurate citations since the LLM era, but let's be fair, it's not an entirely new problem. My concern is that we are rushing headlong into using AI to detect problems with AI that we haven't fully unpacked outside of very fast-moving disciplines.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

If you are in your late thirties to mid-forties right now, there is a good chance that you have spent most of your life in a cycle of making some sort of home on the internet only to have it crumble beneath you like chalk and having to start over.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Jay Chou has made a habit of some very elaborate music videos in recent years, this one is different in a good way

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I met with CAS last month in Beijing and spoke with groups there about the drive for quality journals. There is real potential for change that will also influence what other research systems do about publishing models and pricing.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I always say you have to separate the goal and norm of OA - which almost everyone now agrees with - from the business model. Former has to be rescued from being tied to APC. Latter needs a variety of approaches to address equity and affordability which we are still a very long way from resolving.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I happened to mention the resurgence of analogue and libraries in a meeting just now. It's true. We see it on campus everyday. It's great.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

the attempts to rewrite open research as all about reproducibility and integrity are great for those with new products to sell but not so good for everyone else

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

At the Rangoon Tea House reflecting on things. For starters, I’m at the Bangkok branch, not back at their original home in Yangon. How much has changed.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

hey! I tell you the thing I didn't see much of - eReaders. Only the occasional BOOX on the subway. I was a bit disappointed tbh. I guess most people are just reading on phone. To be fair I can only get apps like QQ Reader on phone, not Kobo.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I also really want one of those smart watches all the kids have with camera built in. Penny’s watch from Inspector Gadget brought to life!

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a cell phone with a picture of a cartoon rabbit on the screen

ALT: a cell phone with a picture of a cartoon rabbit on the screen

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I just got back from another trip and another obvious change is the rise of Chinese fashion brands.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Yes, that's right! Open is vital for so many reasons that have a global context.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The author seems to be projecting something that isn't there. There are a handful of 'revolutionaries' in European science, but as for open access? We've all been too polite.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

We’ve all heard this one. Before. We need to find new language for commercial publishing fees. The term open access has been captured and rendered meaningless. I’m midway through reading your book btw - fantastic work!

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I used this as a framing example in a recent talk I gave about the "librarian's dividend" which is my probably-far-too-positive spin on this absolute garbage fire -- that at least maybe we're forced into more appreciation and value for the people and institutions who help us evaluate information.

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The Economist @economist.com · 07/09/2025

“Before the Taliban we were so happy”. On “The Weekend Intelligence”, Neggeen Sadid talks to three young women from Afghanistan who used to dream of building a life in their own country. Now they only dream of leaving

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Studying in the shadows

How the Taliban transformed women’s education from a path forward into a path out

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 07/08/2025

Authors Deserve to Keep Their Rights! Too many researchers unknowingly sign away their rights. KR21 calls for stronger Author #RightsRetention. 📄 KR21 Position: www.knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u... 🗃️ More resources to #RetainYourRights: www.knowledgerights21.org/retainyourri... #Science4EU

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I was at a meeting in a coffee shop last week that played the whole soundtrack start to finish. So good.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Come on now, Economist. You can't post this and then not give the names of the 7 cha chaan teng places in Burwood! Kowloon Cafe is good and conveniently located in Burwood Chinatown. What are the others?!

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I... Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…

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From the OpenAI community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/06/2025

The second, on June 25th, will be a talk about the sequel, of sorts, to my book Calling Bullshit. "Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?" is the new, free online course that Jevin West and I developed about how to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world.

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Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Teaching students to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world

Join Carl Bergstrom in a talk that helps teach students to think, learn and thrive in a ChatGPT world.In this session, Carl will provide an overview of the course Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machin...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/06/2025

Australian friends! I'm going to be visiting Sydney in just over a week. I'll be at UNSW on June 23-25th and Macquarie on June 26-27th. I'd love to catch up with people in person, and also will be giving (at least) two talks at UNSW. The first is science-of-science modeling talk, on June 23:

UNSW School of BABS Special Seminar

Peer review meltdown
Carl T. Bergstrom, University of Washington

Host/Chair Prof Mark Tanaka

Monday 23 June 2025

1pm-2pm

Mathews Theatre C

You’ve seen it yourself. Peer review is coming apart at the seams. Editors face a mighty struggle to recruit reviewers. Researchers are overwhelmed with review requests. Authors wait months or longer for low-quality reviews of their work. In this talk, I present a series of simple mathematical models to illustrate what is happening and why. (1) An elite journal relies on peer review to identify the top papers; knowing the quality of the peer review process, authors self-screen and send only their best work to this journal. But when the reward from publishing in the elite journal increases, submission volume increases. (2) When submission volume increases, review quality drops as the most qualified reviews are no longer available — but we prove that when review quality drops, submission volume necessarily increases as more authors try to sneak in undeservedly. This feedback process swamps the journals with submissions and erodes the quality of review. (3) We next consider what happens as elite journals proliferate and show that, paradoxically, as the number of elite journals increases, researchers self-screen more assiduously, but the review load continues to increase. To illustrate the consequences, we consider welfare measures for authors, reviewers, and readers. (4) Finally, we explore the way in which aggressive desk rejection policies can partially check this peer review meltdown.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Awesome - will confer with colleagues and get in touch with you in good time before you are here.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Just saw an event pop up at my campus - (in Sydney) - my Library has just launched an event space with one of the earlier Tactical Tech 'Misinformation Room' installations and we are expanding into events and readings - your Bullshit Machines course is of course a superb go to, looking forward.

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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The drama, the memes, the characters were beyond parody, yet somehow real. This dissertation analyzes the early afternoon of 5 June 2025.

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pentathlos.bsky.social @pentathlos.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Ts&Cs of these sites are traditionally exceedingly complicated and one-sided (in favour of the platform). Traditional publishers also don't tend to look kindly on the inclusion of VoRs on these sites (which don't have CC BY licences). Please read what you sign! #academicsky #skybrarians #oa

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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

And if you don't have an institutional repository to share your work, try the Knowledge Commons hcommons.org

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Knowledge Commons – Open access, open source, open to all

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We don't talk often enough about the problems of academic 'social networking' sites like Academia and ResearchGate for researchers and knowledge dissemination. Put your work in an institutional or disciplinary repository instead. They won't AI your work.

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

As someone currently in the rewrite, craft, polish final stages of thesis writing, this. Also - Bender and Hanna's book 'The AI Con' is excellent and a great argument for the enduring value of longform writing. It's starting to feel like reading is becoming an act of resistance against AI.

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Te Rau Herenga O Aotearoa LIANZA @lianza.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Congratulations Te Paea Paringatai (Waikato, Ngāti Porou) who will become the first IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) President from Aotearoa New Zealand in 2027. Te Paea's role as President-elect begins in August 2025.Te Paea's election result was a landslide and is a

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IFLA Elections 2025 Results: Governing Board

President-elect (one place) To serve August 2025-August 2027 as President-electTo serve August 2027-August 2029 as President The President-elect is an elected position to the Gove...

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Yes it took some time to adjust, but not as long as I thought. There are many different ideas about how to learn and remember characters out there on reddit and blogs, so it's also a matter of finding what works well for you with however much time you have. 加油！

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Fiona Bradley @fionabradley.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I started with LingoDeer and SuperChinese and also finished Duolingo but all are similar - I focused on associating sound with hanzi and only checking pinyin where absolutely necessary.

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