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Without mentioning any consideration of the damages the current #genAI tools are having on our societies and democracies? Sigh.

Also, this does not address the underlying issues of the way that the current #ResearchAssessment and funding is driven by neoliberal values. Something of which these blogposts also reek off..

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Esther Plomp Dec 27

I think that this should indeed be public knowledge as we already pay for this with public money via the universities. The same is not true for the creative industry, including many individual artists that need to make a living off these creative works. But instead of addressing this issue of copyright (the fact that people don't have access to knowledge that is generated with their money) the blogposts are instead complaining that #AI should be exempted?

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Esther Plomp Dec 27

Copypasta from LinkedIn:

Recent blogs by KnowledgeRights21 blaming copyright and the creative industry for knowledge hampering instead of, for example, the enormous bureaucracy in place in Horizon Europe / European Commission grants is really something.

Don't get me wrong, I think #copyright should be reformed and in its current form is indeed strange - why can we copyright research articles for example?

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Esther Plomp Dec 27

Matthew Collins Dec 27

18-month Postdoc in Biomolecular Archaeology at CNRS/CEPAM (Nice). Focus: Lipidomics & starch analysis of West African ceramics for the RainForStory project (Congo Basin agriculture). 📅 Deadline: 12 Jan 2026

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Esther Plomp Dec 26

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Elio Campitelli Dec 26

Pro tip for those getting into #crossstitch. Don't start with the white thread.

Esther Plomp Dec 25

Marleen Stikker Dec 25

We signed this statement in solidarity with European researchers sanctioned by the US government “All those who defend democracy and freedom need to stand together, and we the undersigned stand with those wrongfully sanctioned here.“ https://alliance4europe.eu/supporting-democracy-defenders

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Alliance4Europe connects communities for action and works to achieve its mission of a more democratic and powerful Europe through a selection of projects across the continent.

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Esther Plomp Dec 23

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Timnit Gebru (she/her).Dec 22

Good thing we didn't. I'd say that was a win for "open science." The hypocrisy. Maybe don't use your power to order researchers to retract papers you don't find to be sufficiently full of hype if you claim to care about "open research"?

Esther Plomp Dec 23

Timnit Gebru (she/her).Dec 22

I see that Fernando Pereira is donating to OpenReview (with a public announcement) because he apparently cares about "open science" or "open research" or some such. That's news to me.

He is the Google VP who wrote a condescending, bizarre, what was meant to be anonymous, "privileged and confidential" letter which was then sent to the HR department, instructing me and my coauthors to retract our Stochastic Parrots paper.

Esther Plomp Dec 4

Kristin Dec 2

It’s publication day! 🎉

“The Data Management Workbook” is now available. If you’ve ever wanted to improve your data management but don’t know how, this is the book for you. It contains 24 hands-on exercises to customize data management strategies to fit into your research workflows. I hope you find it useful!

https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/the-data-management-workbook

Esther Plomp Nov 29

Ainali Nov 29

WikiconNL 2025 – #334

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This is an episode recorded at WikiconNL 2025 in Leiden. The focus of the episode is the conference, what it and events like this mean to the community and organizational aspects.

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First we meet Kirsten Jansen, office manager of Wikimedia Nederlands who talks about the importance of a smoothly running back office and having fun while doing it.

Then we meet Thamara Groenleer, project lead for the conference, who talks about how themes can emerge and how to create environment that enables the participants.

Then we hear from Vera de Kok, official event photographer, who talks about what well documented events can mean.

After that we widen the perspective a bit with Julia Brungs, Lead Community Relations Specialist at the Wikimedia Foundation, and talk about communication in the community, in general and at events like this.

Staying with a Wikimedia Foundation connection, we talk with Jan-Bart de Vreede, former chair of the Foundation and current chair of Wikimedia Nederland, about the importance and value of meetings and what it means to the the chapter and the community.

We keep on that theme when talking to Sandra Rientjes, Executive Director of Wikimedia Nederland, and also talk about leadership in the movement as she is the longest serving ED for a few more weeks.

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The music and sound clips are from Surf Shimmy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Sound Logo Finalist VQ97, Thaddeus Osborne, CC BY-SA 4.0, and the audio from Wikidata’s 10th birthday video intro animation, Lea Lacroix (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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