iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Richard Littauer

CURIOSS @curiossorg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌍 How can academic OSPOs help deliver the #SDGs? We asked the room at #UNOpenSourceWeek 2026. The answers: open source literacy, real-world projects, sustaining what we build... and having fun! 📖 curioss.org/news/curioss-at-un-open-source-week-2026/ #AcademicOSPOs #AcademicSky

curioss.org

CURIOSS at UN Open Source Week 2026

Learning from UN Open Source Week 2026

031

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If you get a sudden and overwhelming urge to write and read papers on taxonomic nomenclature, your brain has unfortunately probably learned that this is an acceptable procrastination technique. Do the other thing instead.

140

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Life Saving Tip for Young Academics When searching for a job position, do not judge potential senior collaborator by the way he presents himself publicly among his peers. Ask how he treats people below him, behind the closed doors, especially women and minorities.

012326

Reposted by Richard Littauer

SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Daniel (@danielroe.dev) and Matias (@patak.cat) of npmx (npmx.dev) join host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) explores community, governance, inclusion, burnout, and sustainability beyond nonstop productivity. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/293

13612

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I was told in a meeting of seabird luminaries in 2016 to "work on something that actually mattered" and that "plastic doesn't affect populations; stop wasting your time". Well guess what. Open access paper in PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #ornithology #PlasticPollution

pnas.org

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

16818

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

316092

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

11187843445

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.

11287942731

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Betsy Sneller @betsysneller.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Okay, buckle up bsky, it's time for the Tale of the Bunny Paper. Here's the imported thread from twitter where the search all started: bsky.app/profile/bets... (1/n)

10266125

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It is wild to me that my most recent paper on open practices in Nature Human Behaviour has infinite more engagement than my previously published paper, "The Oregon Dark-Eyed Junco Should Be Called *Junco Hyemalis Oregana*" in Western Birds. Dark-eyed Juncos deserve more. #birds #research

1162

Reposted by Richard Littauer

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

7350482755

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Bad Guitar Player @nzstever.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Erica Stamford, one of the main contenders for Luxon's job yesterday, and re-writer of school curriculums without the input from actual educators, has presided over the removal of climate change altogether from the new syllabus. Get these clowns out of here! #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/14/c...

newsroom.co.nz

Climate change omitted from new science and social science curriculums

The Ministry of Education drops all mentions of climate change and fossil fuels from new school curriculums, sparking alarm from an academic and educator

14728

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Open Technology Research @opentechresearch.org · 05/08/2026

We're pleased to announce that the preliminary agenda for the first Open Technology Research Symposium is now live! We want to thank everyone who submitted. (more info ⬇️) Explore the agenda and register now: symposium.opentechresearch.org

477

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Brooke @curly.kiwi · 13/08/2026

Just a reminder that the FSU's attempted takeover of InternetNZ has been motivated entirely by anti-Māori racism InternetNZ has been moving in a more progressive direction in that respect lately, and the Racism and Transphobia Council simply won't stand for it

14513

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Kate Pearce @secvalve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Let this remind you that what matters in democracy is. - enrolling to become eligible to vote - turning up to vote - casting a valid and effective vote

29635

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Brooke @curly.kiwi · 13/08/2026

Sure enough, as expected we have one FSU person (Douglas Brown) and one non-FSU person (Bianca Grizhar) elected to the InternetNZ board The institutional takeover crept further along tonight. Dispiriting, yes, but let it be galvanising. We'll all be here next year, won't we ❤️

16422

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Next year, we need to organize more regular posts and messaging to our communities about the work that #InternetNZ does. Anyone want to start a timeline for this work with me?

280

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/08/2026

You live any universe and on a planet where 4 billion years of adaptive evolution lead up to this happening today.

16633115

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today I got an email that I have formally been suspended from my university for three months. Damn. I guess I am going to have to take this teaching fellowship job in Xiamen in Nov. and Dec. seriously now.

040

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today, our paper on open - how open source, open knowledge, open science etc. are related and what best practices are - came out in Nature Human Behaviour. The paywall is unfortunate and ironic. Happy to email it to anyone. Preprint: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.com

Open practices across science, software, education and other domains - Nature Human Behaviour

Open practices have grown in popularity across domains, such as open science and open-source software. However, these domains have remained siloed. Meluso et al. develop a common definition and implem...

291

Reposted by Richard Littauer

SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Join us for the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab (stewardshiplab.org)! @vlad.website is on the podcast with hosts @richlitt.bsky.social, @abbycabs.dev & @erioldoesdesign.bsky.social to talk about promoting research for OSS maintainers and sustainers. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/292.

bsky.app

0127

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Miranda Heath @mirandaheath.website · 07/08/2026

New OSS sustainability research lab just dropped! 👀 Come see what we're all about!

0192

Reposted by Richard Littauer

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've mentioned in the past that I sponsored a local female race car driver and put pro-library messages on the car. They did a "pit party" where kids could come through, see the cars, etc. Andrea got book stickers made so all the kids could sign her car. Truly some of my best library outreach work.

Hood of a white stock car. It has a woman in a purple superhero outfit with a cape flapping. The car reads NO BOUNDARIES. NO LIMITS. KNOW YOUR LIBRARY. There are many small stickers that look like open books on it which are signed by kids.

Back of a white stock car used for racing. It says BURN RUBBER NOT BOOKS. There are some small stickers that look like open books on it which are signed by kids.

016128

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Next week I am doing my AI workshop, What is AI and Why Is It Happening To Me? for colleagues again, before I start opening it up to campus in the autumn Feel free to borrow/adopt; CC-BY hfroehli.ch/2026/03/24/w...

hfroehli.ch

What is AI and why is it happening to me? a training

I continue to watch the rise of artificial intelligence in every corner of our lives with great interest … and realized very quickly that for lots of people, “AI” is one big scary…

0146

Reposted by Richard Littauer

SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Chelsea (www.linkedin.com/in/chelseafi...) joins host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to dive in on her journey from volunteer to leader of a regional Python group, Python NZ’s (python.nz) financial crisis, and saving Kiwi PyCon (kiwipycon.nz). Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/291

011

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

125140274032

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/07/2026

13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.

251005309

Reposted by Richard Littauer

danielroe @danielroe.dev · 21/07/2026

this is an awesome milestone. ❤️ we should be doing more to sponsor each other 🫂 ... and on that note ... 👉 if you can guess† to two significant digits how much I've sponsored (via GH) over the last 6½ years, I'll sponsor a developer of your choice a non-negligible amount †one guess allowed

17353

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Sometimes I look at Episcopalian and it reminds me of pescetarian. Maybe this wouldn't happen so much if the early church had chosen a different symbol for their religion than a fish.

010

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If you ever use the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social /#BHL please take this survey to ensure at keep meeting your needs! 🧪

042

Reposted by Richard Littauer

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/07/2026

well, I never expected to be published in a Stanford journal, but the McKnight Foundation asked me write my thesis to the philanthropic world after the MN ICE surge: when there is an emergency, just... give money to people on the ground doing the actual work. as fast as possible. radical, I know.

ssir.org

Giving Can Be Simple (And During a Crisis, It Must Be) (SSIR)

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

20977319

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Chinese and Japanese buildings often don't have a 4th floor, because of the negative associations with the number 4. Can we make it so that all peer-reviewed responses only have reviewers 1, 3, and 4? Everyone would be happier.

151

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

US Weekly COVID update: July 20, 2026 🔸1 in 243 Actively Infectious 🔸202,000 Daily Infections 🔸1,340,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸87,000,000 Infections in 2026 🔸67,000 to 270,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸300 to 600 Weekly Excess Deaths Source: pmc19.com

An infographic showing a U.S. COVID-19 Heat Map dated July 20, 2026, based on the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model utilizing CDC wastewater data.
The image features a colour-coded map of the United States displaying regional infectious prevalence estimates across various counties.
The colour scale legend indicates five tiers of CDC Relative Levels and PMC Prevalence Estimates:
• Very Low (Light Green): <0.9% actively infectious
• Low (Muted Green): 1.2% (range 0.9–1.5%)
• Moderate (Orange): 2.0% (range 1.5–2.4%)
• High (Red): 2.9% (range 2.4–3.5%)
• Very High (Purple): >3.5% actively infectious
Most of the U.S. map is shaded in shades of green. Prominent cluster hotspots marked in red and purple are located heavily across Texas and extending into western Louisiana, as well as distinct localized clusters in Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada.
Text below the map explicitly outlines 8 major hotspots, highlighting severe outbreaks across Texas and transmission metrics in Hardin county.

An infographic titled "National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)" dated July 20, 2026, from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) model website, pmc19.com. The data is structured into three main categories with alternating light blue row highlights:
Infections
• Proportion Actively Infectious: 1 in 243 (0.4%)
• New Daily Infections: 202,000
• Infections the Past Week: 1,340,000
• Infections in 2026: 87,000,000
• Cumulative Infections per Person: 5.34
Long COVID
• Long COVID Cases Resulting from New Daily Infections: 10,000 to 40,000
• Long COVID Cases Resulting from New Weekly Infections: 67,000 to 270,000
Excess Deaths
• Excess Deaths Resulting from New Daily Infections: 50 to 90
• Excess Deaths Resulting from New Weekly Infections: 300 to 600

An infographic titled "COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates" dated July 20, 2026, from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) model at pmc19.com. It displays data for U.S. states and territories from Alabama to Mississippi alphabetically.
The table features columns tracking state name, CDC level, PMC estimate of active infections, and statistical transmission probabilities ("Chances anyone is infectious") inside rooms containing 10, 25, 50, or 100 people.
Most rows list a "Very Low" or "Low" CDC Level with active infection ranges from 0.1% to 1.2%. Notably, Guam stands out highlighted in bright red with a High CDC level, reporting an active infection rate of 1 in 36 (2.8%). In a room of 100 people in Guam, the chart indicates a 94% chance that someone is actively infectious. Asterisks next to Arkansas and Mississippi indicate limited data reporting, and the footer notes that the source data was last updated on July 11.

38346

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 25/06/2026

It’s the kind of foolish thinking that led in the 80s to DSIR botany staff making greeting cards for sale in a futile attempt to reach imposed commercial funding targets.

23112

Reposted by Richard Littauer

SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Courtney(courtney-e-miller.github.io) joins host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to explore software abandonment, maintainer burnout, AI tooling, and open source sustainability. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/289

151

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Today I dreamed of burrowing owls, which was my #150th lifer for my dream list. Today is also the 10 year anniversary of my first list and spark bird, Atlantic Puffin. Preparing for another day of writing for my PhD on birds: I've come a long way since then... #birding #birds

0280

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Will Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I've gotten some really lovely stories about encounters folks have had with other people as a result of displaying merch they got from me, but this immediately jumped to the top of the list of my favorite ones.

A Facebook comment that says "Will Burrows My Friend of Garak tank was how came out to my grampy and he totally got it. Thank you for that. I grew up watching DS9 with him, my 'babysitter' was really Odo lol"

415219

Reposted by Richard Littauer

SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Jeff (jyoung3131.github.io) and Daniel (www.linkedin.com/in/danielsho...) join Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) and Eriol (@erioldoesdesign.bsky.social) to discuss academic OSPOs, students learning OSS, and mentorship. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/288

041

Reposted by Richard Littauer

Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

'BHL operates as a worldwide consortium of natural history, botanical, research, and national libraries working together to digitize the natural history literature held in their collections and make it freely available for #openaccess as part of a global " #biodiversity community."'

162

Reposted by Richard Littauer

SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We're hosting a forum on AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability. If you're interested in exploring how AI is impacting FLOSS software and all those who work on it: join us for the next SustainOSS Virtual Forum on Thursday 11 June 2026. sustainoss.org/events/ai-fl...

sustainoss.org

AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum

A Space for Open Source Sustainers

084

Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

@buttercupfestival.bsky.social I was literally uploading photos of a beetle to iNat when I got today's email. 37 is hitting me a bit hard, too. Glad you made it.

120