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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Looking forward to learning more at this 4/8 #DefendResearch webinar where @georgecoops.bsky.social will discuss #censorship in China and the role publishers have played, and what we can learn about the current U.S. experience. Registration info here: www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

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Since releasing the "Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship" in mid-February, the #DefendResearch team has engaged with scholars and experts around the world who view the cu...

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’m excited to share that I’m starting a new role as Lecturer (Publishing Practice) at UCL! Alongside ongoing research on censorship, I’ll be exploring practice-oriented projects, so if you work in publishing and want to discuss ideas for a potential collaboration, get in touch!

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

What drives #censorship complicity in scholarly #publishing? New preprint from my recent PhD shows how structural, commercial & organizational pressures pushed Western publishers to acquiesce to censorship demands in China—and the obstacles facing collective action: bit.ly/3lfraqt #PublishingEthics

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Why not be like the goddess Veritas (Truth) today? Wear a fancy reading hat with flames, read a physical book, and maybe also ride a horse meanwhile. #booksky #bookhistory

The allegorical figure Veritas (Truth) is depicted in a print from 1611 reading -because the act of reading symbolizes the act of interpretation. The goddess is sitting on a horse, and all this is a detail from a larger print that can be found as a digital copy over here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1923-1016-27-21

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

There are people among us who fill out event registration forms entirely in lower case. Who are you? Explain yourselves.

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Is #openscience being co-opted by the US govt? To what ends? Enormouse privilege to share a platform with such incredible pannelists (Michael-Anne Kyle, Dan Rudmann, Christopher Marcum) at #OSfair25, expertly moderated by Sara Rouhi (rouhiroo.bsky.social) + blessed with a very engaged audience!

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F1000Publishing @f1000.com · 04/09/2025

Are you a Gates-funded researcher? Want to learn more about preprints? Join us for our webinar 'The Gates Foundation's 2025 Open Access Policy Refresh: Introducing VeriXiv'. 📆 24th September 🕒 09:00 BST Sign up today: spr.ly/63325ABpvc @georgecoops.bsky.social

VeriXiv Webinar: "The Gates Foundation's 2025 Open Access Policy Refresh: Introducing VeriXiv", 24th September 2024. Speakers: Dr. George Cooper, Senior Associate Publisher, F1000; Dr. Augustino Hellar, CEO, Prime Health Initiative Tanzania (PHIT).

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 16/05/2025

At The British Book Awards on Monday, I made the point from the stage of how human this sector is [...] books train us, not computers, and they make us into the better humans we need to be, says @philipdsjones.bsky.social in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky

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Philip Jones | 'The British Book Awards 2025 was a time to accentuate the human'

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh. This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

"Developing a device that could treat severe bleeding. It seems to have caught the committee’s attention for using the words “victims” — as in gunshot victims — and “trauma.”
Creating biosensors to detect infectious diseases. The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of “POC,” an acronym often used for “people of color” but in this context meaning “point of care” — that is, the place where people receive medical treatment — and “barrier,” referring to a part of the biosensor itself.
Designing eye-tracking technology for diagnosing and treating concussions. It appears to have gotten flagged for referencing “traumatic” brain injuries and the “status,” meaning the condition, of patients."

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

something weirdly cleansing about passing through airport security esp. now I’ve cleared all the dry baby wipes out of my big coat

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 11/02/2025

The collective resolve of the medical publishing industry is being put to the test, says George Cooper 👇 #BookSky

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Will medical publishers fight Trump’s war on 'woke'?

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

#censorship in health research affects us all. We share a responsibility to stand firm and decry Trump’s war on "gender ideology" as a full-scale assault on the scientific method. A comment in @the-bookseller.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/comment/will...

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Will medical publishers fight Trump’s war on 'woke'?

The collective resolve of the medical publishing industry is being put to the test.

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Alleged #DeepSeek censorship part of a broader trend towards the export of China’s censorship controls to global forms of online communication and media, involving the coercion of private firms acting as agents of the state - a comment in @dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

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China's ChatGPT rival, DeepSeek, changes its answers in REAL-TIME

China's controversial ChatGPT rival, DeepSeek, censors politically sensitive responses in real-time and refuses to even name President Xi Jinping.

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

getting into Lemsip in a big way

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

If you’re working on a topic related to academic publishing and might be interested in writing a short-from monograph like Matt’s, I’d be very happy to discuss a proposal with you (as editor of the academic strand in the CUP Publishing and Book Culture series). In the meantime do read Matt’s book!

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

reading about this Louise Haigh thing and wondering how long a PR storm of this magnitude can survive in such a small teacup

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

A terrific theory that pairs well with the Economist's terrific and terrifying chart of Musk's tweeting.

A chart showing Elon Musk's near-24 hour tweeting.

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Very Terry 🔥 @bookseditorial.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A visual alternative to the usual academic publisher "proposal guidelines" form here. Ask me about submitting a book proposal!

Proposal Guidelines Visual, broken into eight sections - Working Title, Structure, Description & Aims, Chapter Synopses, Length & Schedule, Competition, Market & Audience, and What About You

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SciEditor—Adrienne Montgomerie @scieditor.ca · 25/11/2024

Grammarly is more likely to add errors than to detect them. See the analysis in my latest addition to the Editor Vs AI series: scieditor.ca/2024/11/edit...

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Editor Vs AI: Can Grammarly edit itself? – Right Angels and Polo Bears

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A List of Things People Blamed on Radio 🧵

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

wearing shredded pair of old trainers until it’s winter official but now worried I have trench foot

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

wondering if people will take me more seriously now I’ve upgraded to the big trolley in Lidl

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Afternoon, new followers. Twitter's sudden fall is worrying news for small publications like ours. If you like what we do, buy a magazine from the archive or even a subscription for the year. www.the-fence.com/shop/

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Made another highly specific apology card.

A red dog painting with the caption “Sorry I didn’t mention you on my Bluesky starter pack

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

the bizarre grandeur of the York council registry office - you don’t get local government interiors like this down south

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

A List of Things People Blamed on Jazz 🧵

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

We will not descend into pious liberal hand wringing about that man’s every action and statement for four years! Or even make bad jokes! Not again children! Lmao

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

day three on here and already getting pushed content I’m firmly in the market for

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George Cooper @georgecoops.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I was here before you read about Bluesky in the Guardian

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