Reposted by Margaret GoldAmanda Cossham @afcossham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Excellent writing, shivers down the spine stuff. Go Canada! 0315
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I'm looking forward to an interesting debate tonight - I'll be making the case for the role of the University in an #OpenScience world :) 023
Reposted by Margaret GoldGodwyns Onwuchekwa @godwyns.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Had the privilege of sitting down with the legend, John Willinsky at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, in Oxford to interview him for this.👇🏾 It was inspiring to hear the story of the enigma behind the man and the founding of @pkp.sfu.ca. Listen here 👂🏽🔉 #Community #ScholarlyCommunication 076
Reposted by Margaret GoldDr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Two massive influencers in the menopause space, Dr. Haver, MD, and Dr. Sims, PhD, market turmeric supplements. I looked at their supporting science. Holy shit it’s bad. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...open.substack.comOf Mice and Men...and Turmeric and MenopauseHow rodent studies and weak science are driving the menopause supplement boom 34415122
Reposted by Margaret GoldCWTS | Leiden University @cwts.nl · 10/07/2025🎉 Congratulations to our Citizen Science Lab colleagues (@mobilemaggie.bsky.social, @anoukspelt.bsky.social, Jordy Janssen) at @unileiden.bsky.social for being part of 1 of 5 #CitizenScience hubs funded by @opensciencenl.bsky.social! More info about the Hub for Impactful & Engaged Research (HIER).👇 072
Reposted by Margaret GoldKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/07/2025"while it is one thing to disagree with the political views of a business leader, it is another to be mortally afraid of his products. In the Tesla Files, we found thousands of examples of why such fear may be justified" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashingElon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops o... 18239
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 04/06/2025For everyone at the #CS4Water conference asking me about the #OECD #CitizenScience Position Paper, there's a nice blog summary here: www.oecd.org/en/blogs/202... and the full report here: www.oecd.org/content/dam/...oecd.orgWhat is citizen science and why should policymakers care?Citizen science empowers people from all walks of life to contribute meaningfully to scientific research—from tracking biodiversity to supporting public health. As it gains momentum globally, this blo... 022
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Shout out to the founders of the #CitizenScience Lab at @unileiden.bsky.social on the occasion of our 450 Jubileum: top450.universiteitleiden.nl/en/items/cit... Do send some love their way!!top450.universiteitleiden.nlCitizen Science LabScience & Society Together - the founding of the Citizen Science Lab in 2018 is a classic Leiden story of academic grassroots… 010
Reposted by Margaret GoldHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 05/05/2025A new David Attenborough documentary is always an event, but I think that Ocean really is something innovative and different. I've seen some clips, and it tells a critical & unseen story (plus spectacular photography, of course). It'll be in cinemas from May 8th. Do go! www.oceanfilm.net/ 013636
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Wij zijn goed up gang met #ExpeditieStadsNatuurLeiden als je in #Leiden bent tel maar mee!! waarneming.nl/bioblitz/174... 010
Reposted by Margaret GoldMenno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Ode aan de doe-het-zelvers van de wetenschap www.mareonline.nl/wetenschap/o... in @mareonline.nlmareonline.nlOde aan de doe-het-zelvers van de wetenschapAmateuronderzoekers en verzamelaars zijn van onschatbare waarde voor de wetenschap, betoogt hoogleraar biologie Menno Schilthuizen in zijn boek Darwin in de achtertuin. ‘Er zijn nog zoveel belangrijke... 0167
Reposted by Margaret GoldAuke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 11/04/2025So very hyped that @nature.com made a video about our study on microplastic in caddisfly casings! 😱🎥 Watch it preferably next to a creek... some of them might want to tune in too. 🍿🐛youtube.comMicroplastic pollution found in insect casing from 1971YouTube video by nature video 318753
Reposted by Margaret GoldAuke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 09/04/2025NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x 361576744
Reposted by Margaret GoldInternet Archive @archive.org · 07/04/2025This #NationalLibraryWeek, we're celebrating the power of libraries to endure—even in the face of unprecedented challenges. In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, @brewster.kahle.org shares why preserving the library system matters now more than ever: blog.archive.org/2025/04/07/v... 12967267
Reposted by Margaret GoldInternet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu · 07/04/2025Thank you to @juurd.bsky.social & @nrcnl.bsky.social for this interview about the @archive.org with @brewster.kahle.org "In history, libraries usually have not ended well. They are often destroyed by powerful institutions. It used to be the church and the state, now it's governments and companies."nrc.nlHet grootste web-archief ter wereld wordt bedreigd door procederende uitgevers, zegt oprichterInternetondernemer: Het Internet Archive bewaart sinds 1996 webpagina’s, onder leiding van de onvermoeibare oprichter Brewster Kahle. „In de geschiedenis is het met bibliotheken meestal niet goed afge... 061
Reposted by Margaret Goldpetersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2025"How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To" www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digit… "Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with #Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 156
Reposted by Margaret GoldInternet Archive @archive.org · 19/03/2025🚨 What happens if the Internet Archive goes dark? From KQED's new podcast, Close All Tabs, digital librarian Brewster Kahle talks about the challenges of preserving digital history, and why the Internet Archive’s mission matters more than ever. 🎧 Listen now ⤵️ www.kqed.org/news/1203198...kqed.orgWhat Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? | KQEDFor decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideolog... 14686261
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Woohoo! The Citizen Science Lab has two of the 60 innovative projects funded by NWO this round. www.nwo.nl/en/news/fund... #citizensciencenwo.nlFunding for sixty innovative projects linked to NWA routes | NWOSixty consortia will get to work on innovative inter- and transdisciplinary research projects that aim to increase the scientific and social impact of NWA routes. Civil society organisations (both pub... 130
Reposted by Margaret GoldPaul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight 3735489
Reposted by Margaret GoldAndrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025#StandUpForScience #ScienceForAll #ScienceNotSilence With @anoukspelt.bsky.social from the Netherlands. @standupforscience.bsky.social 082
Reposted by Margaret GoldPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 26/01/2025IMPORTANT: Read Brent Toderian NEVER listen to Trump 13510
Reposted by Margaret GoldTara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 01/03/2025This one, from Fellowship of the Ring: "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." 2438
Reposted by Margaret GoldAuke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 28/02/2025JUST OUT! 🚨 Time capsule birds' nests! 🪹 I'm proud to share our discovery of layers of vintage plastic in urban birds’ nests... going back decades in time! 👀 “You flip through these nests like through pages of a history book, uncovering the past.” 📚 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x #scicomm 🧪🪶 14398176
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 16/02/2025The work of the @archive.org is becoming increasingly vital (see: flowingdata.com/2025/02/05/d... for example). You can support their work here: archive.org/donateflowingdata.comDownload CDC data through Internet ArchiveThe data portal for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was taken down last Friday. For now, it seems data.cdc.gov is up in a modified form, but just in case, the Internet Archive h… 022
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 13/02/2025That point when you're yawning so loud you sound like a wookie .. 010
Reposted by Margaret GoldT6 Ecosystems @t6ecosystems.bsky.social · 11/02/2025🧐 Any questions about the final #IMPETUS4CS call for #CitizenScience? 👉 Join us the next explainer webinar and do not miss the opportunity to apply for the call! 021
Reposted by Margaret GoldEurocities @eurocities.eu · 08/02/2025🗳️ Europe's cities are giving people a direct say in policies that shape their lives. 🌍 The @citiobs.bsky.social project, involving Eurocities, empowers communities to monitor issues like air & noise pollution and urban heat - turning citizen data into action. Learn more 👉 citiobs.eu #100DaysEU 042
Reposted by Margaret GoldHelena Fitzgerald @helenafitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/02/2025As data on climate and public health disappears, a big thank you to those who are organising to preserve it. 042
Reposted by Margaret GoldORCID @orcid.org · 10/02/2025Here in Germany with 10 of our 29 Consortia Leads from all over the world, discussing national and regional progress with ORCID adoption and PID strategies, and sharing ideas for how to serve their member communities better. 1143
Reposted by Margaret GoldRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 22/01/2025If she can do it, we can all do it. 16699344513265
Reposted by Margaret GoldFree Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · 13/01/2025🌎 It’s time to reclaim social media. Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives. #FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative. Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.comfreeourfeeds.comFree Our FeedsLet's take social media away from billionaire capture. 381199525
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Yet another exit plan to execute. Dammit, this platform was a life-line to extended family and high school friends... www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #Woodslee #BelleRiver #EssexCounty find me over here! 000
Reposted by Margaret GoldJean-Claude @jcdrg.bsky.social · 19/12/2024The battle between eLife and Clarivate is crucial. If Clarivate wins, the impact factor will be vindicated once more. And the IF is the keystone of the commercial structure of scholarly journals. But if eLife demonstrates what a sham the IF is, then Clarivate will have lost a crucial battle. 031
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 31/12/2024for those of you in fireworks obsessed countries, it's the noise you'll be noticing more than than the increase in particulate matter in the air (i.e. #AirPollution) - the @rivm-nl.bsky.social is tracking both #CitizenScience samenmeten.rivm.nl/vuurwerk/fij... samenmeten.rivm.nl/vuurwerk/gel...samenmeten.rivm.nlSamen Meten - Vuurwerkportaal 010
Reposted by Margaret GoldMackenzie Weygandt Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social · 31/12/2024So many new #BluSci users 💙✨❄️, welcome! For science-minded folks, there are some very cool tricks 🚀… use 🧪 to post on the #Science feed use 🧠 for a #Neuroskyence feed If you use any of these emojis👩🔬|👩🏻🔬|👩🏼🔬|👩🏽🔬|👩🏾🔬|👩🏿🔬 your post will on a #WomenInSTEM feed Bonuses: 🕊️ 🌱 📌 Go get it 🚀🧪🧠👩🔬💙 714538
Reposted by Margaret GoldBart Penders @penders.bsky.social · 12/12/2024To those outside of the Netherlands: Yesterday and today, Dutch Christian religious parties sold their souls to the right-wing government in exchange for a few dimes and now support radical and destructive cuts to the Dutch educational system. This makes this, sadly and terribly, a done deal. 1/ 213668
Reposted by Margaret GoldCreative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social · 18/12/2024You didn't think we forgot about science did you? 🧬🧪 Our 2024 year in review reflections conclude with the Open Science program at CC. Read more about the work of Open Science and what's to come in 2025: loom.ly/LOfb8A8loom.lyCC Open Science: 2024 Year in Review - Creative CommonsScience by Steve Rotman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Access to science is a fundamental human right, and yet, much of that public good is inaccessible because of paywalls and limited in its reuse... 0149
Reposted by Margaret GoldDr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 15/12/2024 'Liever Turks dan Paaps' (Better Turkish than Papist); 'En DESPIT DE LA MES' (In spite of the mass). Medal worn in the hat of Dutch 'sea beggars' in the 16th-century, when the Turks were also fighting the Habsburgs. Wikimedia commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3_... 1175
Reposted by Margaret GoldChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 03/12/2024In person tickets are full, but online viewers still very welcome for tomorrow's Gresham lecture. 36410
Reposted by Margaret GoldWolf-Peter Schill @wpschill.bsky.social · 03/12/2024BlueSky is now tracked by @altmetric.com! For many people it may not matter, but for acadamics this is huge! Another step towards making BlueSky a relevant platform to share and discuss research. Also: beautiful dark blue color, see example of recently published paper below 😉 #academicsky nature.altmetric.comReport for: Power sector benefits of flexible heat pumps in 2030 scenariosIn the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric 27717
Reposted by Margaret GoldSharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 02/12/2024To be honest, if you have an online source that your research depends on, today is always the day to get your plan B in place. But there are moments when the situation can feel even more fragile than usual. 092
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 02/12/2024oooh, this is a very handy feature! Thanks for sharing :) 010
Reposted by Margaret GoldJeff Smith on Air Pollution @jksmith34.bsky.social · 30/11/2024450 times more health harmful black carbon #AirPollution is emitted from #Woodburning #woodstoves than from natural gas. The inhaled #soot reaches every organ of the body causing DNA damage to our cells & long-term disabilities & shorter lifespans. #Biomass #BuildBackBetter 166
Reposted by Margaret GoldBarbara K @kieslb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Back to social media with some #citsci content. Have you already read the @ecs.ngo impact stories? zenodo.org/records/1364... 0124
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024This article feels like a reminder that we humans are also nature - it's not about our absence on the landscape, but living in harmony....https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/28/great-abandonment-what-happens-natural-world-people-disappear-bulgaria 010
Reposted by Margaret GoldKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/11/2024Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology 129107282091
Reposted by Margaret GoldRohit Chakraborty @rcrohit7.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Had the pleasure to talk about Burn Alert project that started during my PhD and now being adopted as a trial study in Swansea. Hope to see reduced #airpollution due to this! 075
Reposted by Margaret GoldBluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 26/11/20241/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network. As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision. 1490680527878