MIT dropped its contract with Elsevier, the huge scientific journal company. Their library instead arranged alternate access to journals and tools for researchers to get them. They’re saving $2 million/year:

https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/

#academicpublishing #OpenAccess #science #scientificpublishing

I wrote about receiving an AI-written email from a friend:

https://mrgan.com/ai-email-from-a-friend/

Ever wanted to generate a next page link while keeping your filtering options in place? Now you can! 🤯

Try out {% query_string %} a new template tag in Django 5.1 that allows changing a QueryDict instance for use in links. 🔗

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/#std-templatetag-query_string

#TestDjango51 #Django

A single picture taken in the #Netherlands

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Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal. Photo made by @robhoeijmakers