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Fran Callaghan

@francallaghan.bsky.social
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Librarian. Open Access bore. He/Him. Thinks about the Roman empire exactly 0 times a day. No idea where John Rogers is.

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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Thompson Triplets
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/08/2026
The death of the Cambridge professor Jason Arday demands something he was not afforded in life: a reckoning with the systemic, ritualized dishonesty that undid him, Tyler Austin Harper argues.
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The Truths That Failed Jason Arday
Systemic, ritualized dishonesty undid the Cambridge professor.
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Homer Simpson's Classic D'oh Moment
ALT: Homer Simpson's Classic D'oh Moment
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The song is 34 years old. The ones buying the shoes for the kids weren't even born in many cases.
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Yikes! It takes someone special to get a near unanimous decision from over 10K people
Poll results from Times reader poll showing 99% of over 10K respondents agreeing Infantino should resign.
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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Delighted to see the next of the @irishrepronetwork.bsky.social Summer Series of talks on the importance of open source software for open science, with the excellent Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social and Henrik Goodmann. Online - Tuesday August 18th, 1300-1400! www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-repr...
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Irish Reproducibility Network - Summer Talk Series
Join Dr. Rebecca Hirst (Open Science Tools) and Henrik Godmann (JASP / University of Amsterdam)
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Why is Open-Source software important for Open Science? @hirstrj.bsky.social & Henrik Goodmann @irishrepronetwork.bsky.social - IRN Summer Talk Series Online August 18, 1-2 PM GMT+1 Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-repr...
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Irish Reproducibility Network - Summer Talk Series
Join Dr. Rebecca Hirst (Open Science Tools) and Henrik Godmann (JASP / University of Amsterdam)
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Well done @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 02/07/2026
"Several respondents positioned payment for OA publication as an expected fact about the world, although about 71% of the journals in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) do not charge article processing fees" journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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“The system is obviously bonkers”: The APC Trap and the bind of scholarly publishing across four research intensive institutions in the U.S.
This study analyzes the cognitive dissonance displayed by authors at research intensive institutions in the United States (U.S.) regarding the scholarly publishing of Open Access (OA) publications. A ...
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Libraries! As good now as they ever were.
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@Tupp_ed
I exist as the person that I am because of my local library.
I would go there whenever I wanted to read books.
Books don't just go away when you're finished them, their words sit on your mind, to sink deeper and deeper into you, until they are a part of who you are.
Sometimes a very important part.
The possibility for change is anathema to people who insist they have had the whole truth already revealed to them.
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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
What’s that? You’re in Dublin this week? And you’re into open research? Well then get yourself registered for the @irishrepronetwork.bsky.social talk with @statsepi.bsky.social and @wiringthebrain.bsky.social taking place in TCD this Thursday! Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-repr...
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Irish Reproducibility Network - Summer Talk Series
Join Dr. Kevin Mitchell (TCU) & Dr. Darren Dahly (UCC)— Trinity College Dublin (The atrium, Smurfit Institute of Genetics).
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Oh so true!
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CoARA @coarassessment.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
As we look to the year ahead, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to former Vice Chair @lizziegadd.bsky.social for her dedication, vision, and leadership over the past 3 years! Learn more about Dr. Lizzie Gadd's contributions to CoARA and next steps for reform here: www.coara.org/news/project...
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From Principles to Practice: An Interview with former Vice-Chair, Dr. Elizabeth Gadd, on the evolution of CoARA and next steps for reform – CoARA
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cOAlition S @coalitions-oa.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
1/ cOAlition S announces its 2026–2030 strategy, guided by a refreshed, shared vision: a scholarly communication system that enables rapid, open, transparent & equitable sharing of trustworthy scientific knowledge. www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-... #OpenScience #ScholarlyComm #Plan_S #OpenAccess
cOAlition S Strategy 2026-2030
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SPARC Europe @sparc-eu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Librarians, let's talk rights retention and open licences this week. 📣 #RightsRetention is a key policy tool for achieving 100% open access immediately. Just knowledge, shared. See the card 👇
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Google, you're really not helping here!
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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Not if you publish in a genuinely open-access journal like @ojastro.bsky.social...
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 23/06/2025
We are delighted to share that @iqda-mu.bsky.social have ingested the MACMORRIS collection into the Repository - Mapping Actors and Communities: Modelling Research into Renaissance Ireland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century. Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...
Digital map of the Ireland displaying countries, and major geographical features in vibrant colors.
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Martin Lewis @martinnhw.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Just noting the crucial role that school and university libraries have in teaching critical information skills.
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Ireland: Pub grub lasagne and chips
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Neither club is "historically Catholic and the other Protestant ".
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
"Sure the gardens could do with it"
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Were they hospitalised for faceplanting off the bus or drinking a full bottle of creme de menthe?
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Alex Caccamo @accaccamo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Interested in historical pamphlets? Have a 👀 at this blog post on some of the fascinating collection at the Russell Library #Maynooth mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/e... @maynoothuniversity.ie @mulibrary.bsky.social
Pamphlet on Napoleon Bonapart’s carriage Pamphlet on the Irish FamineDisplay of historical pamphlets
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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
As a PhD student in the 1920s, Cecilia Payne realised that the Sun and stars are primarily made up of hydrogen and helium - only for a man to take credit for her discovery. This is her story: #WomenInSTEM
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The greatest astronomy PhD ever written
Cecilia Payne realised that the Sun and stars are primarily hydrogen and helium - only for a man to take credit for the discovery
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Title:
SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING

ACTIVE VOICE
e.g.
Our team collected samples and then we tested them.

CLICKBAIT VOICE
e.g.
We collected some samples...
You won't believe what happened next!

PASSIVE VOICE
e.g.
Samples were collected and tested.

HAIKU VOICE
e.g.
Quiet science lab.
Workers arrive with samples.
The testing begins.

PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE
e.g. We did all the collecting and testing.
No need to thank us.
Just doing our job.

CONSPIRACY VOICE
e.g.
Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
It's a Fibonacci sequence... 1+1=2 1+2=3 2+3=5 etc
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
High profile journalists are very bad for this, but also academics who think they should have been invited to give whatever talk it was
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Lisa Griffith @lisagriffith.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
@dri.ie peeps presenting this morning at #BDCAM25 and talking about the Asylum Archive. You can browse the collection here: Vukašin Nedeljković. Asylum Archive: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
Speakers at a PowerPoint screen PowerPoint with DRI and title of paper
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Big population spike around 1600. Either trinners had a romantic side effect, or kissing in the bullring did. Yes yes Correlation is not causation (I'm aware of the company here 😁)
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
*Near* Dublin! How feckin small was Dublin in 1592?
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 24/02/2025
Nature already invented this machine 500 million years ago. It's called a plant. scitechdaily.com/scientists-j...
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Scientists Just Built a CO2-Eating Machine That Runs on Sunlight
Scientists have developed a sunlight-powered reactor that directly captures CO2 from the air and transforms it into sustainable fuel. Unlike traditional carbon capture methods, this device requires no...
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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
IReL is pleased to share the details of a new #OpenAccess agreement with @plos.org, and to welcome our Technological Universities on board with this new deal: @atu-ie.bsky.social, DKIT, @myiadt.bsky.social, @mtu.ie, SETU, and TUS: Midlands Midwest. irel.ie/open-access/...
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PLOS – IReL
IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries, providing access to licensed e-resources, OA publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Good morning. Matters are proceeding well for Ireland on this official EU citizens’ petition to ban conversion therapy in the EU. We were bestilled at 52% last Wednesday. 7days later and we’re about to become one of the 7 countries the petition needs to hit threshold. Good work to you all.
Ireland
Below threshold
Threshold 9,165
Statements of support 9,078
Percentage 99.05%
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MU Library Makerspace @mulibrarymaker.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Welcome to the MU Library #Makerspace BlueSky page. We look forward to sharing our #3D and #VR journey with you. We would love to hear from you and get some inspiration from all the #makers out there.
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I'm pleased to say that the MDPI paper in Logistics about tomatoes roaming the fields has been retracted. I've added a PS to the blogpost deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/01/toma... No indication whether anything done re the editors or peer reviewers. I have asked for information about that.
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Tomatoes roaming the fields and canaries in the coalmine: another embarrassing paper for MDPI
Many publishers are getting nervous about infiltration by paper mills, who can torpedo a journal's reputation when they succeed in publis...
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes. There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU. Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Maybe they should try putting an actual shopping centre in it?
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The deadline to claim your vote for the National legislature (as absurd as that sentence is) is the 25th January 2025. Even if you are currently registered to vote NUI or TCD, they’re throwing you off the register. You have to apply to get back your franchise. You go here to do it seanadvoter.ie.
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SeanadVoter.ie
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 03/01/2025
Welcome to the public domain, THE OPRY HOUSE (1929), where #MickeyMouse dons his iconic gloves onscreen for the first time & performs a one-🐭 vaudeville show! 🎞️ 🎭🧤 Learn more. ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome… #PublicDomain #InternetArchive
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Mish Dalton @mishdalton.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
5 Common data-sharing myths in humanities and social sciences #RDM open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/blog/5-commo...
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Nothing wrong with wendsleydale and cranberry, but why never *just* wendsleydale?
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Does anybody know what wendsleydale has done to deserve being stuffed with all kinds of rubbish by supermarkets? Cranberry, apricot, and now lidl are offering it with fudge! What darkness lies in wendsleydale's past? Is it something to do with Wallace and Gromit?
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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
A reminder that the 1st session in the National OA Monitor: A Year in Review series with @openaire.bsky.social takes place this Thursday 12th December at 12pm GMT/ 1pm CET. Entitled “A Year in Review & OpenOrg Sprint”, you can register for this event HERE: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Open Insight Sessions: One Year with the Irish Monitor - A Year in Review & OpenOrgs Sprint. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about ...
The Open Insight Sessions series is designed to deepen community engagement with the Irish Monitor, strengthen institutional adoption, and gather valuable user feedback. Across five monthly sessions, ...
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The calibre of the interns I've had the pleasure of working with in Maynooth University is second to none. They do not have to be a drain on your institution and can be (and indeed have been) a great asset.
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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Have you wanted to submit a preprint to PsyArXiv but weren't sure what to do? @matti.vuorre.com walks you through the process and links to relevant support articles in this new blog post blog.psyarxiv.com/2024/12/02/p... #openResearch #preprints #openScience #psychology #psychSciSky
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PsyArXiv has a new streamlined preprint submission workflow – PsyArXiv Blog
We’re excited to announce a new workflow for submitting preprints to PsyArXiv. This revision brings a unified submission workflow across the OSF preprint services and hopefully makes it easier for use...
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Times have a remarkably low bar for "Good news"
Good news to start the day: Swimmers will be able to view a national map of real-time sewage spills in rivers and seas for the first time.
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
At the DCU fresher's ball in 1993 we had "The Pale" (I am the butterfly, shed my father's clothes etc). They also were not very good, though there was an interesting spitting match between them and the front row. "The Sack" and "id" supported iirc. Heady days!
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cullenmarieg @cullenmarieg.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
go.bsky.app/PtBKueJ
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Fran Callaghan @francallaghan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
It's all a bit "new" isn't it?
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