Laura J. Wilkinson @ljw@qoto.org

@azedand2knots *taps the sign*

some people who make programming easier

(who am I missing?)

Help shape the future of #OABooks!

#PALOMERA: To better understand the needs, challenges & gaps in policy-making for #OpenAccess #books, the PALOMERA project has launched a survey to gather your feedback:

https://utfragen.uni-bielefeld.de/index.php/471452?lang=en

(deadline 15th of September)

#ScholComm

Had the best weekend at Greenbelt Festival. I drew my review, consisting of haphazard and quite possibly illegible observations, as a map. This festival continues to be the highlight of my year. #GB50

Who’s afraid of open infrastructures?
Over time, the scholarly communications community has organised itself to develop a foundational layer of collaborative, cross-sector, community-led, not-for-profit infrastructure and standards bodies.
#OpenSource #DOAJ #COUNTER #OASwitchboard
#ScholComm

https://www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opinion/who-s-afraid-open-infrastructures

It’s cool that you can just pick up and read a book from 100 years ago with no special tools or procedures or conversion software

Dear @SuellaBraverman,
I want to report the theft of my #EuropeanCitizenship in January 2019. I have evidence that @BorisJohnson was involved.
Will you instruct the Police to investigate, please?

#Job vacancy: If you are really into #OpenAccess, check out this vacancy for an Open Science and Education Communication and Engagement Leader at SPARC Europe: https://sparceurope.org/vacancy-commsengagement-2023/

"As the SPARC Europe Communication and Engagement Leader, [...] you are responsible for effectively communicating and engaging on important #OpenScience and #OpenEducation to a range of stakeholders to support our change efforts."

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Looking for two prospective PhD students to join me at the University of Lucerne in exploring the role of microcomputing in the transformation period 1980-2000 in Western and Eastern Europe. Application deadline is 30 September, please share far and wide! (Job advert in this link is both in English and German): https://www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/id/job-138226
#histodon #academicjobs

Great column from
@ShiraOvide, looking at differences between private messengers. Note Telegram isn't listed, because Telegram is not a private messenger.

And note that Signal is the gold standard, providing the foundation for the rest.❤️

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/22/encryption-imessage-whatsapp-google/

Probably shouldn't have called my cat Napoleon. #gaming #boardgames

This is Elisabeth Wollman (1888-1943). Her life was extraordinary & her legacy is phenomenal.

In collaboration with her husband, Eugène, she was a pioneer of what became molecular genetics. This pic is her Pasteur Institute portrait from the early 1920s.

Their groundbreaking work was carried on by a colleague & their son, leading to a Nobel prize & more.

CW: The Wollmans' lives were ended in Auschwitz.

I've just created her Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Wollman

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#WomenInSTEM

The last few weeks our weekly threads have been about OpenStreetMap, but this week we get back to #geoweirdness

Join us as we consider the geographic oddities of the Republic of Poland 🇵🇱

1/n

4 years ago today since I added Run DMC ft. Aerosmith to a video of the shadow of a millipede walking.
[sound on]

I don't give many talks these days as my health with kidney failure isn't up to it and I find it extremely tiring, but I am giving a number online in Sept for those interested.

6th: Digital Preservation Coalition
7th: Sheffield OpenFest 2023
8th: Lower Decks Janeway Conference

Here's a reminder about Pasteur's Quadrant, which is referenced in the article (and I had to google)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteur%27s_quadrant