EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.
Kevin Sanders
@kjsanders.eurosky.social
PhD candidate on the politics of open research and publishing environments at [redacted]. OBC Board of Stewards. Copim. Synths. Tapes. Perennial pain. Skullduggery. Ⓐ 🍉 ORCID: 0000-0003-1217-0149. https://hairdryerexcommunication.bandcamp.com/ (he/him).
Why won't I just die? I'm tired, and I'm done. 40-odd years is more than too much.
truly do not understand why so much open advocacy centers around state policy when basically the two primary lessons of the last decade have been that laws aren't real and that all we have is each other...please stay tuned for my future "scholarly output" on this topic
Kevin Sanders@kjsanders.eurosky.social · yesterdayFor the record: I *strongly* disagree with trying to weaponise the power of the/a State 'for' open access. (That's actually the last thing open access scholarly publishing needs.)
For the record: I *strongly* disagree with trying to weaponise the power of the/a State 'for' open access. (That's actually the last thing open access scholarly publishing needs.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIa_... We can argue over many aspects, but the explicit rejection of arche is worthy of historical consideration.
Crass - There is No Authority But Yourself
YouTube video by bostoncrew82
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Feel like crap again. Waah. This am having a Wolves of Greece trip-down-memory-lane lunch break.
Palestinian trade unionists have long called on workers worldwide to refuse arms shipments to Israel. Dockworkers answered—from Belgium and Sweden to Italy. Now unions in six countries are organizing for October 30.
Dockworkers Unions in Six Countries Announce Day of Strikes and Protests Against War and Genocide
Unions representing workers at 40 ports in Europe and the Mediterranean are calling for an international day of action on October 30.
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Absolutely shocked the Oxbridge academics being backing the worst people. Absolutely shocked, I tells ye.
Everything about everyone is dull. And I think this is wonderful.
If you don't think that neoliberal late capitalism didn't fold the ~markets~ and the state into one another, I encourage you to consider e.g. Ring, Nest, policing, and other such weavings.
Dared to go for a slice of bread (first carbs since last week.)
I like all the worst people but don’t judge me on liking all the worst people.
I assess the corpus; the texts Liddle published, interviews, his overarching context as a public figure. Notwithstanding his many uncritical writings on topics such as CSA, women, racism, I continue to hate him even more in death than before he deigned to stop wasting resources as a mortal being.
Libby@captainlibatron.bsky.social · 2d agoShe's a moral and cognitive vacuum
Taking this and shoving it under the nose of anybody who says that the problem with GCs is that they're misandrists or otherwise just too feminist.
tubular bellend@crungler.online · 2d agowhere there's one,
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Legal challenges aren't a method that I have an interest in using, but a diversity of tactics is something I revel in. Especially given that we shouldn't delude ourselves into a fantasy of a universal: it is actually cool to share ideas, and have different ideas *Rahzel voice* AT THE SAME TIME.
I have had two different discussions with separate people about the bleakness of finding out about the ever growing scale of people being axed from their jobs in universities through automatic emails responses. Our productive resistance needs to go to the next level. Stay safe in the meantime.
(Your country would effectively cease to exist. If "digital sovereignty" means anything, it means doing something about *this* urgent fact): pluralistic.net/2026/06/18/t... 7/
Pluralistic: AI digital sovereignty risk doesn’t exist (18 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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This is England now, where if parents don’t fight back, schools can bully their own students with full government approval.
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d agoHow parents and pupils took on 'cruel', 'authoritarian' schools - and won
This conditioner is rubbish. I need to take myself to the proper shop.
A rare nighttime shower to theoretically afford me the chance of doing an eight mile round-trip before I melt. I need fresh vegetables.
"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 !
Federal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing charges
iStock 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…
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It is somewhat frustrating how the historic "socialist" rejection of anarchist thought has influenced the shapes of socialism and the continued disavowal of political anarchism. Ah well. I'm sure nothing bad will come from this...
Maybe getting sick now is better than getting sick before I go away for a few days. (I would have much preferred to simply not get sick.)