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Lo segnala l’Open science blog della Statale di Milano. Fra i motivi di questa scelta merita menzionare la partecipazione dell’ateneo svizzero a COARA, la mole di lavoro amministrativo, a carico dell’università, generata dalla necessità di preparare e consegnare dati a THE, la sottomissione delle istituzioni indicizzate a criteri quantitativi, […]

https://aisa.sp.unipi.it/luniversita-di-zurigo-abbandona-il-ranking-the/

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LA CRUI, associazione privata dei rettori italiani, offre alle università un servizio non gratuito, noto come CRUI-CARE, per la negoziazione di contratti consortili con gli editori scientifici commerciali.
Dal 2020 CRUI-CARE ha cominciato a stipulare una serie di contratti in virtù dei quali gli editori sono pagati non solo per leggere, cioè […]

https://aisa.sp.unipi.it/contratti-trasformativi-una-lettera-aperta-alla-crui/

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Kudos to the European Research Council (#ERC, @ERC_Research).

"To keep up with the times, the focus on journal publication #metrics should be dropped, in favour of achievements that give a more rounded picture…In line with @coarassessment's recommendations, the ERC’s new rules shifted away from the traditional listing of research posts held and papers published, to a four-page narrative curriculum vitae."
sciencebusiness.net/news/europ

#Assessment #ResearchAssessment

The usual EU style of legislation: proclaiming principles just in order to empty them piecemeal by doing the usual favours for the usual lobbies: accessnow.org/press-release/ai

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"Riduzione della biodiversità tecnica significa anche omologazione delle piattaforme e conseguente appiattimento delle capacità di interazione delle persone, legate a un certo modo di fare le cose che viene rapidamente promosso a modalità irrinunciabile", quella che io chiamo pigrizia mentale
Pedagogia hacker - Il Tascabile
iltascabile.com/societa/pedago

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theguardian.com/environment/20

"After being hunted to near extinction, wolves have returned to Europe. But when one killed Ursula von der Leyen’s family pony, it ignited a high-stakes battle. Are the animals’ days numbered?"

Not a story I expected to see, and it again makes it sound as if the European Commission has too much power.

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Call for #OpenPeerReview: commentbfp.sp.unipi.it/maria-c
We talk a lot about how research is evaluated. But we do not always ask who is entitled to evaluate research and what is the legitimacy (even from the perspective of #openscience) of a system in which evaluation is in the hands of bureaucrats, or government-appointed researchers acting with bureaucratic power. The origin of the question is Italian, but its scope is global.
To contribute see the gray box at the bottom of commentbfp.sp.unipi.it

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Heh, I missed this petition to ban advertising in public spaces in #Brussels. It is now being discussed by the regional parliament. Will be monitoring it.
democratie.brussels/initiative

#banadvertising

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"So, then, why is Penguin Random House trying to kill the Internet Archive?"

Mike Masnick @mmasnick points out the publishing giant's inconsistencies in believing in the importance of "equitable access to books" while suing a library, in Techdirt. techdirt.com/2023/12/18/intern

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In this issue of the Bulletin, you'll read and learn about: What #JShelter is, how it protects your online privacy, and how you can help improve it. FSF system administrator Michael McMahon shares details about the browser extension, including how users can become helpful contributors. u.fsf.org/41t #FSFBulletin #FreeSoftware #Privacy #Browsers #Firefox #Abrowser #Icecat #Mozilla

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Non è genocidio? Sicuramente un crimine.
Ed Eliminare la memoria...?.

I civili palestinesi condannati alla morte per fame...

Non c’è Natale in Palestina: «Siamo tutti sotto attacco»
Guterres: «Mai tanta fame come a Gaza». Cadaveri decomposti in strada... Palestinesi brutalizzati da vivi e da morti. Uccisi altri due giornalisti: sono 100 dal 7 ottobre.

Distrutti gli archivi civili vecchi di un secolo.

E l'Onu accusa: civili giustiziati davanti alle loro famiglie

ilmanifesto.it/guterres-mai-ta

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@smaurizi a #Pisa l'8 gennaio 2024 pomeriggio, su #Snowden. Renderò pubblico l'URL riservato della teleconferenza quando l'aula sarà piena, o se il covid renderà pericoloso fare una conferenza in presenza.

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Brave step! @sorbonne_univ_ unsubscribes from the Web of Science.

‘By resolutely abandoning the use of proprietary bibliometric products, it is opening the way for open, free and participative tools.’

sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news

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"To further boost online engagement, scientists may also be incentivized to review pre-prints. Recent reports suggest that scientists are more motivated to review if they are credited for it, especially if these efforts are recognized by their employers; monetary compensation ranked only sixth"

embopress.org/doi/full/10.1525

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Is centralized and governmental #evaluation of research compatible with the principles of #openscience? We do not think so. That is why we nominated Emanuele Conte for the #COARA Steering Board aisa.sp.unipi.it/aisa-nominate

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"t’s time to stop focusing merely on making #BigTech safer…
…rather than trying to make the intrinsically harmful environment of #monopoly platforms better, we should make our first area of focus evacuating the tech #platforms —that is, a managed retreat to smaller forums run by and for their communities, made possible through #interoperability."
@pluralistic
technologyreview.com/2023/11/0

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Paola Galimberti: CoalitionS fa una proposta radicale per emancipare la #scienza dai #monopoli dell'editoria commerciale: "gli autori sono responsabili della disseminazione delle proprie scoperte" roars.it/towards-responsible-p #openscience

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Ora a #Napoli: cerimonia di assegnazione della cittadinanza onoraria a Julian #Assange,da parte del sindaco Gaetano Manfredi la ritira per lui la moglie, #StellaAssange perché lui è carcerato dall'11/4/2019 nella prigione più dura del #RegnoUnito e non è più libero dal 7/12/2010

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"Software that controls your body should always respect your freedom. This article is a recap of scandals of medical devices, like hearing aids, insulin pumps, bionic eyes, and pacemakers, and what we can learn from them. It's astonishing: you wouldn't expect these devices to be run by software in such a way that they can leave you completely helpless." Read the article: fsf.org/blogs/community/softwa #FreeSoftware #Bionics #Hearing #Pacemakers #DigitalSovereignty

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