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@tomstafford @brembs For example, a #Wiley bankruptcy would net us a juicy 6 million papers.
fatcat.wiki/coverage/search?q=

Wiley has 2500 M$ market cap and negative 1 G$ book value (?!).
finance.yahoo.com/quote/WLY?p=

Causing Wiley a loss of 500 $ per paper should be enough to return all of them to the public. How to achieve that? Maybe a mass #copyright fraud lawsuits from 300k authors, ask of 150 k$ statutory damages, payout 10 k$ each?

How to fund a 45 G$ copyright lawsuit/ #classaction against Wiley?

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When scholars without expertise in infrastructure reform encounter the goals of the reform movement, such as e.g., replacing academic journals,

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5526634

they sometimes reflexively defend the status quo that served them well, e.g.:

“You ‘open’ wackaloons are forcing your revolution on us, against our academic freedom!”

I was asked to write a *one-page* cheat sheet with the evidence to counter such a reflex:

docs.google.com/document/d/1vj

Can you/we improve on that?
#openscience

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Interesting: nitter.snopyta.org/ddr6easy/st I am trying it: my public key is npub1jnkwlyqpujdw0rtqdz50fww02aywr2g55jynvr80wzf3fsshey5qljv555

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Why should we insist on free software in education? "[B]ecause it is the only software that allows them to accomplish their essential missions: to disseminate human knowledge and to prepare students to be good members of their community." Read more: u.fsf.org/1dz

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Faccio esercizio di immedesimazione verso un #obiettoredicoscienza ucraino che avrebbe preferito vivere, ma si ritrova a subire:

- Il regionalismo filorusso nel Donbass che destabilizza una regione

- Il nazionalismo ucraino del suo governo che reagisce col pugno di ferro gettando benzina sul fuoco

- L'imperialismo russo che sciacalla su tutto questo per buttargli le bombe in testa

- L'occidente alantico che difende tanti diritti tranne i suoi

- La polizia militare che lo sbatte in galera

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L’Italia è l’unico Paese al mondo che non rende nota la lista delle armi fornite all’Ucraina, segreti di pulcinella che poi dall’Ucraina vengono svelato e arrivano in Italia 👇Trasparenza sarebbe doverosa verso il contribuente ma di sicuro mi sbaglio
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RT @UAWeapons
#Ukraine: Italy 🇮🇹 transferred PzH 2000 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine - these ex-Italian SPHs were spotted in use with the Ukrainian 43rd Artillery Brigade.

It …
twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1

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February 2nd in Milano webinar on the stuff I like, = sensitivity analysis, sensitivity auditing, sociology and ethics of quantification in relation to the use of mathematical models.

eiee.org/event/rff-cmcc-eiee-w

@SFuntowicz @mcp_ @Jeroen_van_der_Sluijs

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La colpa è di chi chiede pace non di chi schiuma rabbia immaginando di vincere una guerra senza fine.
La mia solidarietà alle vittime civili, il mio disprezzo per i signori della guerra contano poco. Se quei morti vogliamo rispettarli e non contarne altri: Chiediamo pace
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Suicide mention 

Ten years ago, #AaronSwartz died by suicide following a prolonged and relentless crusade by the U.S. judiciary to prosecute him for allegedly downloading academic articles.

After his death, @freedomofpress took over maintenance of the open source whistleblower submission platform he had been developing, now called SecureDrop, hoping to get news orgs to adopt it. It's now used by dozens of news outlets worldwide.

Thank you, Aaron. ❤️ We are honored to carry on your legacy.

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#12gennaio allarme Usa sull’incompatibilità tra armare Ucraina e le proprie truppe. Colpa dell’industria bellica che non investe per produrre di più nonostante il business garantito per i prossimi anni.
Che affare è la guerra!

defenseone.com/threats/2023/01

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🚨 BREAKING: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT REJECTS NEW OIL AND GAS

🧡 In a huge win for people that like affordable energy and a liveable climate, the Scottish Government has announced their energy strategy will focus on new renewables, rejecting dirty fuels.

buff.ly/3Zq23jV

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L'11 gennaio 2013 diventava insopportabile per Aaron Swartz il peso dell'oppressione e della persecuzione subita per aver immaginato e praticato con un decennio di anticipo quella che oggi chiamiamo #OpenScience.

L'amico @berny ha curato nel 2015 un volume open content al quale ho contribuito con la Postfazione.

E' una raccolta di traduzioni di testi di Aaron con contributi di autori italiani. Buona lettura!

aaronswartztributo.tumblr.com/

archive.org/details/aaron-swar

Dangerous precedents: nitter.snopyta.org/Snowden/sta Coloring revolutions might invite others to do the same.

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Microsoft ending support for #Proprietary Windows 7 and 8: it's about control! Who's in control of your company's, school's, government's -- *your* software? With #FreeSoftware, it's *you* who chooses when and how to "discontinue." #CloseWindows fsf.org/campaigns/windows

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