Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Napier Unison branch has sent a donation to the fighting fund ✊ 110
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Informa want to sell Taylor & Francis because there is even more money to be made supporting the arms industry instead www.theguardian.com/business/202... 011
Reposted by StuartUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Day 1 of our strike at the University of Edinburgh while senior management shrugs and says 'crisis, what crisis?' at the complaints about the inevitable falling educational standards and job losses. 03522
Reposted by StuartE z r a @bruit.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026Solidarity with all edinburgh union members fighting to make universities and teaching be treated as the public good they are instead of yet another space for corporate debasement 046
Reposted by StuartSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 02/08/2026"Alperin alleges he learned insider details about APC pricing as a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association, including “outright unlawful conduct” and “conspiratorial discussions” among the publishers, the complaint states." Go get 'em @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca !retractionwatch.comFederal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing chargesiStock A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four major publishers of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges… 12813
Reposted by StuartKirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Earlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...ukri.orgUKRI launches two AI research labs to stay ahead in global raceTwo new labs will back British researchers to develop next generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, helping secure the UK’s position as a global leader. 10433250
Reposted by StuartGav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 27/06/2026The richest university in Scotland, hoarder of hundreds of millions of HE money, an institution at no risk at all has now joined the sector's race to self immolation.scotsman.comGlasgow University cuts: Social sciences to see biggest drop in overseas studentsVoluntary redundancy scheme to open in August 512559
Reposted by Stuartelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions 71019572
Reposted by StuartProfessor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026We’ve designed a new way for libraries to support the @ojcollective.bsky.social! Please do share with your networks & feel free to get in touch. 275
Reposted by StuartLucy Burke @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026It’s wild that politicians don’t seem to grasp the degree to which universities contribute to the economy- local, regional, national. The failure to intervene is a stain on this govt - a shocking dereliction of duty to every worker, every local business, every student, every area that is suffering 9335141
Reposted by Stuartmindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I don't know what everyone's complaining about. Just go to settings > features > worms, then change the "worms pouring out of my phone" toggle from "yes" to "maybe later" 3475212541
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 03/06/2026after a couple of years of barely reading any books due to children-induced lack of time and energy, i've slowly got back in the habit by reading ones written by people i know - @samuelmoore.org, @patrickgleeson.com, and @thatdocphoenix.com. on to @eve.gd's Warez next! 060
Reposted by StuartUNISON @unison.org.uk · 28/05/2026🚨 Opposing the EHRC guidance – we need your voice MPs will decide on the guidance in the next 30 days — and we need to show them the reality We need you to tell us why it is unworkable and the real life impact it will have on you in your workplace 📩 Email us: out@unison.co.uk 22510281
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 28/05/2026@octavosaurus.bsky.social have you signed this? Wikimedia's union-busting nonsense bsky.app/profile/phir... 140
Reposted by StuartDominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I suspect that within a year or two MPs will increasingly hear from A level students and parents finding that degree courses they want to take have vanished. Those who banked on being able to stay home for cost reasons, especially those living in areas with only one local uni, will be badly hit. 411041
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 10/05/2026yep. this is what frustrates me so much about university leaders wanting to embed AI all through the institution - humans doing thinking, to understand things themselves, is the entire point of universities 020
Reposted by Stuartlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It's just... it's unbelievable. They did the thing! The Morgan McSweeney strategy was what they adopted, and then lost to Reform anyway!! They're then taking that as vindication of their approach when it literally brought about the precise exact result it was supposed to prevent!! 1536485
Reposted by StuartMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026University of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us. 19389202
Reposted by StuartSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 16/04/2026This bumper special issue was an absolute joy to co-edit. Get stuck in! 02713
Reposted by StuartSimon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 31/03/2026"AI is here, we can't put the toothpaste back in the tube." When I accidentally squeeze out too much toothpaste, I don't then shove it all in my mouth. I wash it down the plughole. #UKSG2026 39931
Reposted by StuartSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 25/03/2026Regular reminder that RELX -- owner of academic publisher Elsevier -- is one of those brokers providing data to ICE. 11715
Reposted by StuartUCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Staff at Aberdeen, Dundee, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde universities strike to save jobs and possible compulsory redundancies #StopTheCuts #SaveHE news.stv.tv/west-central...news.stv.tvLecturers at four Scottish universities to go on strike in job cuts disputeThe industrial action will affect Aberdeen, Dundee, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde universities. 01713
Reposted by StuartOpen Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · 29/01/2026We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf... 07447
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 15/01/2026-30% more instances of patrons reporting a vague sense of unease at the shadowy presence, sensed but unseen - savings of~£20,000 in consultancy fees because i already know the damn answer and can do that for you 120
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 15/01/2026i'm going to replace all the objectives in my annual review with this 120
Reposted by StuartKevin Sanders @kjsanders.eurosky.social · 13/01/2026A reminder to register for the Copim conference that is next month. The bestest of folks, it is zero pounds, and it will be pure gas for a couple of days. Why wouldn't you‽ 021
Reposted by StuartRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 22/12/2025I think this is a really important point. When folks say "no AI" they often don’t mean "I can conceive of no possible use for AI"—they mean "the use cases I’ve been shown do not begin to justify the harms"—that’s not something you respond to by offering another narrow use case 3468156
Reposted by StuartJulia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 11/12/2025When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe! 4242161
Reposted by StuartChristian Algar @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment. We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out! It’s a mess and a disgrace. Lift it up!! 014276
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 28/11/2025I've not done the age verification so it won't let me DM - I'll email you! 110
Reposted by StuartSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 24/11/2025This Wednesday I'm giving an online talk about my new book. It's at 4pm UK time and you can register here: opendivide.hypotheses.org/625opendivide.hypotheses.orgPublishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the CommonsIn the seventh lecture of the Open Divide Series, Samuel Moore will present “Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons”. In his talk on November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM CET, Samuel... 12114
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 18/11/2025ACM flipping to 100% open access www.acm.org/publications... (financed via a combination of institutional agreements & APCs)acm.orgOpen Access Publication & ACMOpen Access Publication & ACM 000
Reposted by StuartTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/10/2025In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing. 4448331051
Reposted by StuartOpen Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 30/10/2025It’s spooky season… 🧟♂️ Don’t feed the zombies. Support diamond open access! The zombie poster is back! #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #Halloween 02013
Reposted by StuartKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all. 6253660711254
Reposted by StuartChristian Algar @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 26/10/2025The risible wages are well-known in the wider field of the library, museum, gallery and archive world. I’d like to think public opinion is with the people who make the place click day-in-day-out; they deserve better. Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers! 39465
Reposted by StuartMartin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 17/10/2025Out today! One of the best things I have done this year is to edit, with @laurajwilkinson.bsky.social, a book-length festschrift for @gbilder.com. The book is available to buy at Blurb (www.blurb.co.uk/b/12575812) but also, of course, OA at zenodo.org/records/1737... Let me tell you about it...blurb.co.ukBowdoin, Brown, Browsers, Back-ends, Boards, Beards, and a Bibliography, Volume I by Wilkinson and Eve | Blurb Books UKFind Bowdoin, Brown, Browsers, Back-ends, Boards, Beards, and a Bibliography, Volume I by Wilkinson and Eve at Blurb Books. This book celebrates the life and wor... 153
Reposted by StuartSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 01/09/2025You can now download the book on the publisher's website: press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... (open access of course)press.umich.eduPublishing Beyond the MarketPublishing Beyond the Market argues that the move to open access should focus less on the free accessibility of research outputs and more on who controls the publications and infrastructures for scholarly ... 612854
Reposted by StuartJohn Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 21/08/2025When the dust settles, and if universities have meaningfully survived, it will be worth asking how institutions usually so resistant to thoroughgoing change chose to leap with both feet into an untested technology they didn't understand and didn't know how to use. 181093298
Reposted by StuartOpen Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Our colleagues @simonxix.com and @kjsanders.bsky.social express some of Copim's concerns around the UK's Online Safety Act 2023, with particular consideration of how the Act creates barriers to scholar-led open access publishing (and for their readers): doi.org/10.21428/785... @copim.bsky.socialcopim.pubpub.org 0612
Reposted by StuartKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 22/07/2025We should have listened when the modems screamed at us. 125118952740
Reposted by StuartClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 02/07/2025A timely reminder and there's a handy webpage to find your nearest UK blood and plasma donation centres: my.blood.co.uk/where-to-don...my.blood.co.ukGive Blood 042
Reposted by StuartSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 10/06/2025Our pamphlet 'Publishing Activism within/without a Toxic University' is now live on the @openhumanities.bsky.social site: www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles... 12312
Reposted by StuartMartin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 08/06/2025What is a University Press? On the acquisition of AUP by T&F (and my anger at it), the governance link between universities and university presses, and putting one's labour where one's values are. eve.gd/2025/06/08/w...eve.gdWhat is a University Press?I was having a pretty good week last week, until we got to the closing minutes of play. At that point, I learned that Amsterdam University Press (AUP) had been acquired by the for-profit corporate pub... 511352
Stuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 29/05/2025🙌 nice. i still owe pretty much the same as when i graduated. 19 years ago. 020
