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Brewster Kahle

"First, the Big 5 do not SELL ebooks to libraries. Not one.

Libraries do not own title one from the Big 5. We license them. And that makes all the difference in the world for cost, depth and breadth of collection, and preservation. Nobody should ever use the word 'sell' in a sentence combining 'Big 5' and 'library ebooks.' This is not nit-picking. It is the essence of the problem."

And they are suing to stop Controlled Digital Lending of the books we did buy.

readersfirst.org/news/2023/8/2

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Alan Ferrier

On the same day that Sunak blew 50 grand on a private jet to Aberdeen, it's reported that the FM spent £534 on a return flight between Edinburgh and London City.

Guess which one made the Scottish papers.
heraldscotland.com/news/236913

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Dave Fernig

@lkanies some but certainly not the majority. They are human cells. Much molecular cell biology uses other cells, then there is the vast non human side which has contributed far more. From enzymology to structural biology to biotech and so on, no HeLa cells.
This in no way negates the righteousness of her family’s case.
However it is important to keep the perspective right.

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@jeffcliff @smartbrain @Monolecte @steevmi1 @covid_stats @pthenq1 @MisterWanko @catsladder @Coolduck @oceansea @aisteach the Chinese post restriction spike I think - several million dead they came out too fast with insufficient mitigation measures like masks air filtration- familiar story sadly

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katejjeffery

Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find

theguardian.com/science/2023/j

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Ukraine War Bulletins and News

‼️🇬🇧BBC: Dismantled remnants of British WW2 fighters found buried in Ukrainian forest (more) kyivindependent.com/dismantled #Ukraine #UK #NATO #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive

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Dave Fernig

@HeliosRunner The issue with WordPress is one of visibility - that was the genius of Twitter of course. The same issue sort of applies here. One can of course simply 'push' wordpress or similar onto Twitter and here and people can then click and read the work press offering.

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Eric Topol

Two important editorials on "one of the most important public health victories of the 21st century"
by
@j_g_allen
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@washingtonpost
editorial board
washingtonpost.com/opinions/20
washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

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Sane Thinker

If you have $6 billion to buy a football team, and you do, you're an asshole.
theguardian.com/sport/2023/may

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Carl T. Bergstrom

Am I misunderstanding something?

This appears to be a stunningly irresponsible story in Science, claiming that up to 30% of the scientific literature is fake.

science.org/content/article/fa

Below, the first two paragraphs of the story.

h/t @Hoch

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Dave Fernig

@ct_bergstrom @Hoch clickbait as one would expect from a tabloid

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Andrew Millar

BBC on Edinb. Uni. industrial action

"#University of #Edinburgh staff condemn marking boycott response.
Staff at the University of Edinburgh say the response to a marking boycott by management poses a "serious threat" to the integrity of its degrees."

#ucuedinburgh #ucu

From bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edi

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Martijn BAARDA
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Chris Hallbeck

What year? #TimeTravel #comics #funny

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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Despite all its promises of equality and due process under law, America has always had its scapegoats.

I didn’t know it at the time, but when I was a child my entire community became scapegoats. The attack by Imperial Japan upon Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—a “day that will live in infamy”—made most Americans look upon anyone with a Japanese name or face as the enemy.

May is AANHPI Heritage Month, so I want to take a moment to zero in on the history that led Asian minorities in the U.S. to come together as a group and demand America fulfill its promise of justice and equality: thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p

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William Reymond

Énorme boulot de @arictoler pour retrouver les traces virtuelles du tireur d’Allen au Texas. Contrairement aux fake news de la fachosphère, il n’existe aucun doute sur son appartenance à la mouvance neo-nazi. Comme ce selfie par exemple :

bird.makeup/users/arictoler/st

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Pekka Kallioniemi

In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce a Swiss politician and journalist, Roger Köppel (@KoeppelRoger). He's best-known for his weekly magazine, die Weltwoche, and for his pro-Kremlin commentary on social and Russia-sponsored media, as well as on his magazine.

1/22

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David Olivier 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

Le tireur d'Allen, qui avait des tatouages nazis et SS, a écrit qu'il était inspiré par le même compte d'extrême droite avec lequel @elonmusk interagit fréquemment.
Musk a pris plusieurs fois les suggestions de ce compte ⤵️

bird.makeup/users/BFriedmanDC/

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back up for J. like JJ

""In the words of literature, the president
@ZelenskyyUa is a little big man. He knew exactly when and how to support his nation, even when it looked lost. I noticed that he laughs a lot less than before. He doesn't have many reasons to smile. I would most like him and all Ukrainians to be able to smile again"" - ::
Petr Pavel
@prezidentpavel

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tres beau thread de @NTenzer à lire
twitter.com/NTenzer/status/165

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