There's still time to register for this Wednesday's #DefendResearch webinar with @georgecoops.bsky.social: "Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing: A China case study" us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Conditions of Censorship Com

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As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conv...

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Speaking of great events, the next #DefendResearch webinar on 4/8 with @georgecoops.bsky.social will look at #censorship from an international perspective: "Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing: A China case study" us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing: A China case study. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ...

As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conv...

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Join us for the next #DefendResearch webinar on April 8th with @georgecoops.bsky.social discussing his research on the "Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing in China" and what we can learn about government #censorship in the U.S. right now. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing: A China case study. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ...

As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conv...

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Looking forward to learning more at this 4/8 #DefendResearch webinar where @georgecoops.bsky.social will discuss #censorship in China and the role publishers have played, and what we can learn about the current U.S. experience. Registration info here: www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

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Since releasing the "Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship" in mid-February, the #DefendResearch team has engaged with scholars and experts around the world who view the cu...

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#DefendResearch@defendresearch.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us for the next #DefendResearch webinar on April 8th with @georgecoops.bsky.social discussing his research on the "Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing in China" and what we can learn about government #censorship in the U.S. right now. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I’m excited to share that I’m starting a new role as Lecturer (Publishing Practice) at UCL! Alongside ongoing research on censorship, I’ll be exploring practice-oriented projects, so if you work in publishing and want to discuss ideas for a potential collaboration, get in touch!

Powerful Scholarly Kitchen piece re centrality of diversity to research & the importance of collaboration to protect scholarship. @tteleen.bsky.social, @rouhiroo.bsky.social, @georgecoops.bsky.social et al #DEI #DefendResearch scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/22/g...

Guest Post — DEI Under Threat: Collaborative Strategies to #DefendResearch - The Scholarly Kitchen

Today's guest post reflects on the recent panel discussion, "Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch and ensure academic freedom," by speakers and organizers of the event.

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What drives #censorship complicity in scholarly #publishing? New preprint from my recent PhD shows how structural, commercial & organizational pressures pushed Western publishers to acquiesce to censorship demands in China—and the obstacles facing collective action: bit.ly/3lfraqt #PublishingEthics

Why not be like the goddess Veritas (Truth) today? Wear a fancy reading hat with flames, read a physical book, and maybe also ride a horse meanwhile. #booksky #bookhistory

There are people among us who fill out event registration forms entirely in lower case. Who are you? Explain yourselves.

Is #openscience being co-opted by the US govt? To what ends? Enormouse privilege to share a platform with such incredible pannelists (Michael-Anne Kyle, Dan Rudmann, Christopher Marcum) at #OSfair25, expertly moderated by Sara Rouhi (rouhiroo.bsky.social) + blessed with a very engaged audience!

Are you a Gates-funded researcher? Want to learn more about preprints? Join us for our webinar 'The Gates Foundation's 2025 Open Access Policy Refresh: Introducing VeriXiv'. 📆 24th September 🕒 09:00 BST Sign up today: spr.ly/63325ABpvc @georgecoops.bsky.social

a rare and precious thing

At The British Book Awards on Monday, I made the point from the stage of how human this sector is [...] books train us, not computers, and they make us into the better humans we need to be, says @philipdsjones.bsky.social in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky

Philip Jones | 'The British Book Awards 2025 was a time to accentuate the human'

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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh. This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

something weirdly cleansing about passing through airport security esp. now I’ve cleared all the dry baby wipes out of my big coat

The collective resolve of the medical publishing industry is being put to the test, says George Cooper 👇 #BookSky

Will medical publishers fight Trump’s war on 'woke'?

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#censorship in health research affects us all. We share a responsibility to stand firm and decry Trump’s war on "gender ideology" as a full-scale assault on the scientific method. A comment in @the-bookseller.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/comment/will...

Will medical publishers fight Trump’s war on 'woke'?

The collective resolve of the medical publishing industry is being put to the test.

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Alleged #DeepSeek censorship part of a broader trend towards the export of China’s censorship controls to global forms of online communication and media, involving the coercion of private firms acting as agents of the state - a comment in @dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

China's ChatGPT rival, DeepSeek, changes its answers in REAL-TIME

China's controversial ChatGPT rival, DeepSeek, censors politically sensitive responses in real-time and refuses to even name President Xi Jinping.

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I predict more and more of these abusers will be exposed. We'll look back this time when it's considered normal to film your kids 24/7 and think "WTF" www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘The nice version of her was manufactured for YouTube’: my mum, the family vlogger who became a child abuser

Ruby Franke was a social media star who made viral videos about her six children and perfect-seeming life – until she was jailed for child abuse. Now her eldest daughter Shari is telling her side of t...

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it’s cold up north

getting into Lemsip in a big way

If you’re working on a topic related to academic publishing and might be interested in writing a short-from monograph like Matt’s, I’d be very happy to discuss a proposal with you (as editor of the academic strand in the CUP Publishing and Book Culture series). In the meantime do read Matt’s book!

Matt Shaw@matthewshaw.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hurrah! It's made it through the cyberattack and out into the (digital world)! Libraries and the Academic Book - bit.ly/3Zj9OZA

reading about this Louise Haigh thing and wondering how long a PR storm of this magnitude can survive in such a small teacup

A terrific theory that pairs well with the Economist's terrific and terrifying chart of Musk's tweeting.

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2y ago

not seen it mentioned elsewhere so: my theory is that Elon has become obsessed with Britain because he's essentially stopped sleeping due to drugs and/or madness but for like six hours of his nights Americans are sleeping so Brits are the one English-speaking timezone awake and posting

A visual alternative to the usual academic publisher "proposal guidelines" form here. Ask me about submitting a book proposal!

Grammarly is more likely to add errors than to detect them. See the analysis in my latest addition to the Editor Vs AI series: scieditor.ca/2024/11/edit...

A List of Things People Blamed on Radio 🧵

wearing shredded pair of old trainers until it’s winter official but now worried I have trench foot

wondering if people will take me more seriously now I’ve upgraded to the big trolley in Lidl

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