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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

$3.7 billion spent on APCs in 2025. That's ~1000X more than it costs to run bioRxiv/medRxiv. Worth thinking about as we consider how to fund infrastructure... arxiv.org/pdf/2608.16322

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 04/05/2026

Nice to see this interest our work on preprint moderation (led by @nataschachtena.bsky.social): "Why preprint servers are increasing moderation — and what that means for researchers". www.nature.com/articles/d41... [archive without paywall here: archive.is/x98qF]

nature.com

Why preprint servers are increasing moderation — and what that means for researchers

Repositories are adapting in response to AI-generated content and junk science, leading some people to question how much moderation is too much.

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Alice Fleerackers (she/her) @fleerackers.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Big thanks to @jacksonwryan.com for writing this thoughtful, reflective piece on how #preprint servers are balancing principles of integrity and inclusion in moderation practices. Research led by @nataschachtena.bsky.social Story: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #openscience #scholcomm

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Excited and honored to be joining the ASAPbio Board of Directors! Preprints and the early circulation of research have been central to my research for some time, and I’m really looking forward to contributing to this work alongside such a thoughtful group of colleagues.

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

So good: "Metascience...has progressively developed ways to study studies – towards the fundamentally metaphysical assertion that SCIENCE == REPLICATION. This isn’t metascience, it’s metapositivism: taking the exact same self-confident methodology and unreflective ontology up [a] level."

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Five Years of Never Met a Science

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I've seen some talk about how we are witnessing the end of the professoriate as we know it and this may be true, but I think it's bigger: it's the decimation of the mission-oriented profession. Want to make a middle-class living serving the public good? Capitalism doesn't want that for you.

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Jon Treadway @jontreadway.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

One speaker referred to Metascience as ‘successful branding’ to engage policy makers; another spoke of it ‘strategically forgetting’ well-established disciplines like STS and Philosophy of Science.

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I’m wary of comparing illnesses, but sometimes it’s useful for showing just how severe and misunderstood some conditions are. Good to see post-viral illness & chronic fatigue getting more attention. Hoping this kind of research starts to shape clinical practice, too. www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...

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Long Covid can impact fatigue and quality of life worse than some cancers

Fatigue is the symptom that most significantly impacts the daily lives of long Covid patients, and can affect quality of life more than some cancers, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and th...

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🧵Solidarity with Francesca Albanese. She is facing a barrage of lies and smears + the Trump Admin is calling on the UN to fire her. Why? Because there is simply no arguing with her devastating new report on the companies profiting from genocide. Stay tuned for our interview on @zeteo.com.

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Putrino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

In honor of #PrideMonth2025, I just wanted to take a moment to discuss the crucial role of intersectionality, gender and inclusion in research, specifically as it relates to our research involving #LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme and other complex chronic illnesses. As we 1/

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

🧵 1/10 What the hell kind of interview was that today on The Daily @nytimes.com? Instead of showing how harmful the NIH grant cuts are to U.S. science and public health, Natalie Kitroeff spent the episode validating the logic behind them.

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

So many Long Covid patients suffer in silence, dismissed by doctors or left to navigate life-destroying symptoms alone. Odine refused to accept that abandonment as normal. She fought for answers, for dignity, for care. Her work made so many feel less alone, and her loss is deeply felt.

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Ondine Sherwood obituary

Other lives: Founder of a group campaigning for the recognition of Long Covid

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This may be a small act, but it matters. Proud that our lab has taken a stand against the genocide in Palestine and in support of the PACBI call.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 11/06/2025

"Our findings challenge the prevailing narrative that a few commercial publishers dominate global scholarly publishing. While prior analyses based on selective indexes reinforced the perception of an oligopoly [...], examining diverse national contexts reveals a more pluralistic reality."

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 05/06/2025

Today! Still open for registration. I'll be speaking on our panel, on the topic of "Open Research in the Age of Populism". I don't do so many talks these days as they really take a lot out of me, but I'm looking forward to this one. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I catch blocks if I talk about C19 but: There’s a new, more contagious strain spreading—“razor blade throat” is one symptom. But, most spread is SYMPTOMLESS. You DON’T KNOW you’re spreading it. More spread, more mutations & variants—>more disabled & dead. Put a mask on in public. We keep us safe.

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Interested in platforms, data integration, and scientific infrastructure? This Wednesday at RMZ, at 11:00 AM (Berlin time), Amelia Acker will present her research on the topic. It's hybrid! Details below 👇

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I've said it enough but I cannot recommend this any more highly. It's a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in preprints and metascience. I wish this was live when I was looking for postdocs.

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

"The struggle for Palestinian liberation is not a burden; it is a duty and an honor we carry with pride. So at every turning point in my life, you will find me choosing Palestine. Palestine over ease. Palestine over comfort. Palestine over self."

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Radish Press a.k.a Zoe Wake Hyde @radishpress.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Join me for a Publishing How-To Roundtable on May 16 at 1pm ET! We'll be talking about innovative ways to share your scholarly ideas and offer advice on building communities of practice around publishing. Attendance is capped at 100, so grab a spot asap: forms.gle/cHLd1yrMYpwt...

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

@petersuber.bsky.social makes a simple but important point: if we want research to remain open and uncensored, we need to host it in more than one place—and more than one country.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 29/04/2025

Side note: Many early career researchers are afraid someone will steal their ideas if they post a preprint. Time and time again, the idea stealer is in the lab or seminar room. Getting your ideas out of there with your name on them can provide protection.

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

“Water is also being used as a weapon of war. In early March, a week after stopping any food…from getting into Gaza, Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant. The situation now could not be more desperate. ‘Gaza is a killing field’.”

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Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? | Arwa Mahdawi

What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

All the good OS jobs require you to be in the US. This space needs a kick up the butt - especially now. So much talent being missed out on for roles that could be remote and global!

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Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

It’s a heist movie but just with a bunch of humanities scholars trying to get their grant money back.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Earlier this week, The Regime suddenly axed grants related to LongCOVID. Massive backlash from advocates ensued. And today, the NIH reversed course and reinstated at least some of this grant funding. Keep making noise. Keep taking up space. Keep shouting the truth. thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...

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UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored - The Sick Times

Long COVID research grants from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program will be restored following news stories about their abrupt cancellations and advocacy to restore the funding, accord...

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Woohoo! Excited to see this out in the world!

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 16/03/2025

Just under a week left to apply for this position on the MORPHSS project.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 27/02/2025

Hey if you have a couple minutes I'd love to know about your most recently concluded review experience (as an author), how long it took and the outcome. No personal info collected. Feel free to share. Tx! umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...

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Journal review time survey

Gathering data on the time it takes for academic articles to make it through the journal review process.

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🔥 Hot off the press! 🔥 Are preprints reshaping journal publishing—or being absorbed into it? Our new paper in JDoc examines the dynamics at play! 👀 With @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social, @fleerackers.bsky.social, & Irene Pasquetto 📖 doi.org/10.1108/JD-0... (1/🧵)

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Preprint servers and journals: rivals or allies? | Emerald Insight

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hi, no thanks @hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

haven't seen anyone report this yet: you can no longer search for the terms "diversity", "equity", "inclusion", or "dei" on the nih website - you get redirected back to the homepage

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This reminds me of James C. Scott: to govern is to simplify. States impose rigid categories to make societies ‘legible’ and easier to control—but legibility distorts reality. When reality resists, power rewrites the rules to force compliance. AI doesn’t escape this logic; it automates it.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 02/02/2025

'The group is buying up long-standing publications and converting them into fast-money machines by increasing the price they charge researchers for publishing, in addition to increasing the number of studies published with little regard to their quality.' english.elpais.com/science-tech...

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A shady business operated out of a British mansion is buying up scientific journals to earn millions by publishing mediocre studies

Study by two Spanish researchers exposes Oxbridge Publishing House’s ‘invasion’ of the editorial industry

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Tobias Wingen @wingentobias.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Great summary of recent research on public perceptions of preprints, featuring a cool new paper by @fleerackers.bsky.social et al. 📰 Goes beyond our earlier work by also using qualitative methods, revealing very interesting (and worrying) results. Insightful read! www.science.org/content/arti...

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Preprints often make news. Many people don’t know what they are

The public needs context about unreviewed manuscripts, survey suggests

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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

When folks ask what successful #DiamondOpenAccess can look like, I always point to Latin America and it's 25+ yr history of institutionally sponsored, scholar led #openaccess (which is increasingly threatened by the commercialization of academic publishing). Kudos to @scielo.org Redalyc AmeliCA

science.org

Latin American journals are open-access pioneers. Now, they need an audience

SciElo, other platforms work to help journals reach readers around the world

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

A pungent piece of writing about the limitations of the misinfo/disinfo paradigm. And as @amnadler.bsky.social said, "Amen!"

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