August 2014

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So the "paradise" arc in this #DoctorWho series is the place where those who sacrificed themselves for the Doctor end up, right?

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"The idea of the 'slow' humanities is vital to good thinking" / "Revisions to this article are due in 2 weeks"

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I find the CrossRef DOI submission queue fascinating. The sheer scale of some scientific publishers is phenomenal.

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Furthermore, doesn't seem to understand that her position as faculty is grossly compromised through the drive towards casualisation.

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Author truly believes that she has made it through pure hard graft and that it's nothing to do with situation or luck.

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That Chronicle article about adjuncts "whining" b/c they can't get jobs is the most blinkered, self-centred thing I've read in months.

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The Ice Bucket challenge and the "waste of water" critique

WaterAid is a very good charity to which I would heartily suggest that people donate. I also agree that it would be good if more people gave regularly to charity. However, I don't think it holds up to criticise the Ice Bucket Challenge as a one-off either because it wastes water or because it's a…

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Good hard day of OLH work with more library sign ups. Now getting down to Ben Marcus's The Flame Alphabet to unwind

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. @cogentoa soliciting hard w/ no initial APC. Can't see what APC will be eventually on site. If @ other T&F levels, unaffordable for hums.

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One uni scored 100% in the National Student Survey, which sounds like a dodgy election: "Eve begins his 14th term with 100% of the vote".

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Also: Wikipedia del debate didn't claim that the monkey held copyright. It asked whether post-processing was a copyrightable transformation.

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A monkey does not own copyright to the selfie. Non-humans do not trigger copyright protections. It's public domain, if anything.

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Correction to article: SAGE Open /does/ have a waiver policy. I did not know this. Thanks @DrossUK2011

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Am I right in thinking that Germany has no overarching governmental open access policy? #justchecking

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A German court has agreed to end the bribery trial of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone in exchange for a $100m (£60m) payment from him.

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Evening Standard bellows indignantly about "putting price" on protecting the Queen. Was this free before then? #facepalm