Laura J. Wilkinson @ljw@qoto.org

Alison Bechdel: ‘The Bechdel test was a joke... I didn’t intend for it to become a real gauge’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/02/alison-bechdel-test-dykes-to-watch-out-for-cartoonist-interview?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#Introduction

I am a blogger in England. My earnest stuff tends to be about law and policy - and about how laws and policies work in practice, as opposed to how they are supposed or intended to work.

I comment on cases and matters in the news - and I try to explain how such things have come about.

I once had too many followers on Twitter, but now I prefer being among the geeks and nerds of Mastodon.

I am also a fantasy, comics and folklore fan and sometimes write about these too.

🚨Digital Preservation People!🚨

I want to make @CrossrefOrg DOIs "self-repairing" with digital preservation baked in. This would massively increase the persistence of the scholarly record.

But I need feedback on the design. Please read, RT, & comment!

https://www.crossref.org/blog/a-request-for-comment-automatic-digital-preservation-and-self-healing-dois/

1️⃣ #ILL request for a book chapter created at 17:25
2️⃣ Automatic workflow: Alma ➡️ #RapidILL ➡️ Provider ➡️ Alma
3️⃣ #Alma Document Delivery letter with download link received at 17:31. Full text provided by @internetarchive #InterlibraryLoan Fulfillment 💪👍🙏
#ResourceSharing

Thanks to the #DOAJ and #OASPA for their new #OpenAccess #Journals Toolkit.
https://www.oajournals-toolkit.org/

It should help launch new #OA journals and fine-tune old ones. It covers topics "such as journal creation, costs, staffing, policy development, through to indexing and key technical aspects."

COKI now uses @OpenAlex for their Open Access Dashboard, AND created an interactive dashboard to show the differences compared to previously used Microsoft Academic #opendata #openinformation

https://openknowledge.community/tracking-global-access-the-move-to-openalex-and-inclusion-of-2022-data/

👍@cameronneylon @LucyMontgomery_@toot.co and team!

ME: Make the paragraph go here
MICROSOFT WORD: No
ME:
MICROSOFT WORD:
ME: I'd like to speak with the paperclip

Why am I standing in the #UxbridgeAndSouthRuislip by-election? And why should the wonderful people of that constituency vote for me? I present the 2023 Count Binface Charter. #VoteBinface #BinItToWinIt

"Never laugh at someone for being interested in something you find weird or boring. That just means you don't know enough about it yet."

Something my (now sadly deceased) mum said to me when I was a teen.

Always stuck with me.

Truer now, in the era of social media, than ever.

SiliconGraphics ONYX users know the answer to this..