Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 18/06/2026I think he means they intend to slash programmes 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 27/03/2026Is it possible that there are some slightly more… I dunno… *positive* ways to frame some of these? 🙂 Is a cup of tea, taking your dog for a walk, talking (not oversharing!) with a friend… just “leaving” and “numbing out”, or can they (and other examples) be seen as different types of activities? 000
Reposted by Richard NorthoverChris Messina @chrismessina.me · 22/03/2026This is so anti-web. Soundcloud blocked me after trying to sign in with 1Password. Reasons "may include": - Rapid taps or clicks - JavaScript disabled or not working - Automated (bot) activity on your network (IP ---) - Use of developer or inspection tools USE OF DEVELOPER OR INSPECTION TOOLS?!?! 27599
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 12/03/2026Today I made friends with a jumping spider. So it’s not all bad. 020
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 12/02/2026Yes interconnected.org/home/2026/02...interconnected.orgmist: Share and edit Markdown together, quickly (new tool)Posted on Thursday 12 Feb 2026. 1,020 words, 10 links. By Matt Webb. 000
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 10/02/2026Hello world - does anyone know anyone who’d be interested in this? Looking for comments, ideas, criticism… thanks 🙂 #digitalhistory #buildinpublic 021
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 30/01/2026I’m making a thing and writing about it… what do you think? info.lifespan.dev 020
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 21/01/2026Or talking about talking about getting stuff done 000
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 26/09/2025You wanna see how conspiracy theories start? I watched the most recent Jimmy Kimmel intro on YouTube… the voice says “now… Jimmy Kimmel!” but the auto-generated captions translate this to… 010
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 14/09/2025There are these two young frogs in a pan on a stove, and they happen to meet an older frog paddling the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” 000
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 09/07/2025Route::get('/{subject}/{predicate}/{object}', [SpanController::class, 'showConnection'])->name('spans.connection'); 000
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 26/06/2025As a <subject> I want to <predicate> So that I can <predicate> <object> 🙌🏻 020
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 05/06/2025Story this morning about one part of the data bill being blocked, and this meaning that other parts are *also* blocked, chimes with this idea. Make small commits, not massive releases… 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025Well, I try not to “inhabit” it. I’m listening to you because I’m interested and open to learning. Don’t assume I agree with all the things you disagree with. As I say, thanks for the exchange, it’s been really interesting and powerful. 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025Good point. I like the idea of moving away from “papers” and towards “units of information” that can be examined and replicated. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It’s an evolutionary process. 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025Not *just* identity though… I’m not saying that you can trust something because of who said it… but it’s harder to trust something when you don’t have a way to connect the dots and filter out deliberate deception. 011
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025I get it, really. I think we’re talking about slightly different things here, hard to tease out in a thread. I think you should be judged on your ideas not your label… but I think there’s probably something about the *reputation over time* of your pseudonym. What if you had dozens of impersonators? 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025We agree. Nullius in verba. I’m *not* talking about believing someone’s claims because of their authority. I’m talking about honest signalling, and how to maintain trust in a world where people try to deliberately manipulate, which is a problem (and an even more serious one, arguably, with AI etc.) 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025I was thinking "institution", yes. But it's far from simple, I agree. Humans haven't worked this out yet, which is why I think it's interesting. Genuine question: what's your solution, if you have one? What should I read to understand your thinking? 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025They’re not ALL unreliable, no. Some of them could be. That’s a difficult thing to balance. I’m not arguing against properly blind peer review, or anything like that… I’m thinking about trustable signals where they’re helpful to everyone involved (and not where they’re not). Good to debate this… 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025I’m thinking more about “accountability to other things that themselves can be held accountable” - *not* “authority”. That would go against the whole idea of science… 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025Meanwhile, mandatory sign in if you want to watch or listen. Progress. 010
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 04/06/2025Trust and accountability feedback loops help make science more robust against fraud, and more practical. With unlimited time and resources, yes, it makes sense to judge *everything* on the content alone. Do you know anyone with unlimited time and resources? I see where you’re coming from, though. 120
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 03/06/2025OK: point taken. But what would happen if you randomised your pseudonym every time, and if everyone everywhere did the same? Not just at peer review but always? I agree it would be philosophically right to check *all* aspects of everything from first principles every time, but it has its drawbacks. 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 03/06/2025…how do we get “good” and “bad” stuff defined? Is this just that there are different “idealised end states”? I mean, is this less about leaders and more about… disagreement? (Speaking as someone who tends to agree with you…) 100
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 03/06/2025Had fun talking at an @orcid.org event today. This is my new favourite slide 🙂 171
Reposted by Richard NorthoverTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 28/04/2025My latest @newscientist.com cartoon 7250061894
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 01/04/2025Yep. The fact that you *have* to sign in to use it or Sounds reveals that it’s about user data collection, not information education or entertainment. 110
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 19/03/2025Him takes my taxi Him helps me with my English Him tells me it’s “he” #haiku #uber #procrastinating 020
Reposted by Richard NorthoverRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 14/03/2025"I was very angry about how easily people’s identities can be misused."retractionwatch.comFood scientist impersonated as an editor and reviewer in Frontiers articlesFrontiers has issued a retraction and multiple corrections for papers in several of its journals after the publisher discovered a reviewer had been impersonated. Alla El-Din Bekhit is listed as the… 1144
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 13/03/2025Next week is now! stm-assoc.org/document/tru...stm-assoc.orgTrusted Identity in Academic Publishing | Part 2: The Researcher Identity Verification Framework - STM AssociationBuilding on earlier work, this draft report proposes a Researcher Identity Trust Framework to strengthen trust in academic publishing. It outlines practical, proportionate ways to verify researcher id... 000
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 13/03/2025Something I've been working on 👨💻🙂 I'd love to hear your thoughts... 🤔 #researchintegrity #RIVER 020
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 08/03/2025I'd be interested to hear what you make of the next report, which has some recommendations... 010
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 08/03/2025Nothing that a cup of tea can’t slightly improve. 000
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 08/03/2025There might be better way to defend against academic fraud, and it doesn’t involve magic black boxes and fighting AI with AI… and I’m writing about it - first report here stm-assoc.org/document/tru... and second report (with ideas) coming next week 👍🏻stm-assoc.orgTrusted Identity in Academic Publishing - STM AssociationThe central role of digital identity in research integrity. For centuries, academic publishing has operated on a basis of trust, with an implicit assumption that individuals interacting with an academ... 210
Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 06/03/2025Doing well! (Does it make everything else go back a decade too?) 000
