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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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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

At the same time, this was one of the most thoughtful and intellectually productive review processes I’ve experienced, and the paper is substantially better because of it. Thank you, @estsjournal.bsky.social 4/

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I’m deeply grateful to the editors and reviewers at @estsjournal.bsky.social. This paper’s long journey from preprint to journal publication is a reminder of why preprints matter—they let ideas circulate while peer review unfolds. 3/

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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Many of you may have read our 2024 preprint, “Does It Feel Like a Scientific Paper?” The version published in ESTS builds on that work by placing moderators’ judgments within broader questions of valuation, legitimacy, and boundary-making in scholarly communication. 2/

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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]

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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 · 26/09/2025

@katiecorker.bsky.social thanks for highlighting our work! We're now running a series of follow-up studies—looking at how moderation shapes trust among editors/authors, how preprint certification is developing and how funder mandates intersect with preprint integrity/transparency. More coming soon 🚀

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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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Metascience Manquè

Five Years of Never Met a Science

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

It really can be a game-changer. I use a powerchair and scooter intermittently too, and they’ve made such a big difference in my independence and overall ease. I hope yours brings the same kind of freedom!

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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

10/10 Do better, @nytimes.com. Journalism should scrutinize power, not launder its talking points through bootlicking.

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

9/10 What’s needed from journalism right now isn’t performative neutrality. It’s the spine to call things what they are. These cuts restrict scientific inquiry, silence marginalized communities, and weaken the foundation of public-interest research.

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

8/10 And it gets worse: Toward the end, Kitroeff asks whether the Trump administration might actually be right about the cuts. That is NOT journalistic curiosity and it isn't balance. It's legitimizing a political narrative that dismisses entire fields of research as “woke” or wasteful.

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

7/10 Researchers aren’t political operatives—they ask hard questions, often in uncomfortable places. To survive by appeasement is to lose the point of inquiry entirely.

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

6/10 At one point, Kitroeff even asks whether scientists could “change the way they pitch their research” to better align with the administration’s priorities. This is a dangerous suggestion: that scientific research should adapt itself to authoritarian preferences to survive.

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

5/10 Bisexual people face some of the highest rates of sexual violence—61% of bisexual women have experienced intimate partner rape, stalking, or abuse. That’s not a "niche" topic. It's a public health issue, no qualifiers needed.

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

4/10 Kitroeff also questions whether taxpayer dollars should fund research on sexual violence against bisexual individuals. That framing is deeply troubling.

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

3/10 You don’t get breakthroughs in public health, behavioral science, or pharmacology by studying “people in general.” You study specifics. Margins. Edge cases. Subpopulations.

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

2/10 Kitroeff refers to several terminated NIH grants as “niche,” implying their specificity undermines their value. But research is niche by design. That’s how progress happens.

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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

Imagine getting out-reported by the Daily Mail.

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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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Natascha Chtena @nataschachtena.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

So richly deserved. The Gaza We Leave Behind hurt in the way only necessary art does.

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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

4/5 Being able to read or reuse research isn’t the same as being able to contribute to it—or shape the systems that govern it. As governments question the value of inclusion, it’s urgent we ask who Open Science is for—and who gets to shape it.

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

3/5 That is, inclusion is often treated as secondary—something that might follow from openness, rather than something requiring its own commitments and actions. Publics are named, but rarely centered. Our findings suggest that without more intentional policy, this won’t change.

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

2/5 We analyzed 52 policy documents from Europe and the Americas. We found that most make broad claims about democratizing knowledge, but offer little in the way of concrete measures to support inclusion or public engagement.

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

Infrastructure is often treated as peripheral to the politics of knowledge production—something technical, backgrounded, assumed. But when systems falter or access disappears, those assumptions start to show. We’re seeing that play out in real time.

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

We don’t talk about this enough. Openness doesn’t guarantee permanence. Repositories go dark, policies change, governments shift. Sometimes, access is quietly rolled back, as we saw with coronavirus-related research. Other times, the rollback is loud and deliberate, as we are seeing in the U.S. now.

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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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