Laura J. Wilkinson @ljw@qoto.org

The number of #OpenAccess #books in DOAB has now reached 75,000.

Stop using #Mailchimp.

Mailchimp (a proprietary mailing list and customer CMS platform) has updated its terms of service.

Mailchimp is planning to feed your email content and customer contacts into its AI models.

Mailchimp's email generating AI might spit out content that infringements on another person's copyright. And the new Mailchimp terms of service say you are legally liable for that copyright infringement, not them.

See section 30. Generative AI Features: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/preview/

@IIVQ who is working on fixing this? and how can we help?

@opencage 7 of Belgium's🇧🇪 10 provinces (Both Flandres, Limbourg, both Brabants, Luxembourg, Hainaut) share a name with a Dutch🇳🇱 Province, French🇫🇷 Département, Luxembourg🇱🇺 country or, in the case of Flandres or Hainaut, "just" a region (Flandres in both 🇳🇱🇫🇷)

I got a do-it-yourself tube map!
#transitmap #embroidery

#frankfurt #airport #deutschebahn #bahn #train

In case folks aren't aware, the Internet Archive now has a scholar version with a huge collection of academic work available.

https://scholar.archive.org/

#academicchatter #academicmastodon #academic #education #open

Want to help develop open scholarly infrastructure infrastructure?

We're hiring a senior developer. All remote- preferably within +/- 3-hour overlap with UTC. https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2023-10-12-senior-developer/

University of Illinois has THE BEST business cards - trading card style . 😍

#excel spreadsheet disaster in NHS recruitment fiasco.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/12/excel_anesthetist_recruitment_blunder/
words fail me

https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/12/excel_anesthetist_recruitment_blunder/

Brill and De Gruyter jointly announce agreement is reached to form De Gruyter Brill https://brill.com/display/post/news/brill-and-de-gruyter-jointly-announce-agreement-is-reached-to-form-de-gruyter-brill..xml

21st Century Warning signs, from Anders Sandberg https://www.flickr.com/photos/arenamontanus/sets/72157594323393196/with/264113001

...including

"Cognitive Hazard"

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Legend has it the Quick Draw Kid could pet a kitty ten times before she even knew he'd crossed the county line. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d04a700-12cf-0133-1b48-58d385a7bbd0

Bread week in The Great British Bake Off? Time to share a refresh of this baking chemistry graphic, then! https://wp.me/s4aPLT-bread

I'm looking forward to 1993