(?P<workshop>Regular Expressions) in (?P<place>Edinburgh).

Live slides here: https://meve.io/Regex2017

More seriously, I'm running a workshop on Regular Expressions for Humanists. Slides and material here: http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/18105/

Off to Edinburgh tomorrow to give a DH workshop. Now I am a nominated Inspiring Leader™ may do a video sitting on the train floor.

I'd vote Matt for position of Student Union President. "All lectures will be recorded. But only on vinyl." https://ccsu.co.uk/elections/manifesto/475/

Great track forthcoming on March 3rd! Rigopolar - Need You https://soundcloud.com/sinchicollective/premiere-rigopolar-need-you @ernestopriego @jon_fugler @qui_oui

Great event at @birkbeck_arts on video-game history! The Atari Landfill Excavation Three Years Later https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revisiting-the-dump-the-atari-landfill-excavation-three-years-later-tickets-32182439543

Don't forget this great post at the School of Advanced Study, Lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature: https://www.jobs.london.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=714&Source=JobtrainSocial

30 week maintenance support http://zpr.io/PyhRr

It’s time to heed the drive towards open books http://blog.hefce.ac.uk/2017/02/28/its-time-to-heed-the-drive-towards-open-books/

Talk: Whatever happened to the Polytechnics? (Newcastle, 6 April) http://zpr.io/PyMNP

One ‘not really disabled’ man has won against the system. I’m not celebrating - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/28/not-really-disabled-man-benefits-appeals-process?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Fenix

From Reproducible to Productive http://zpr.io/PyxpU

Yeah, thanks for that. :P https://x.com/pennyb/status/836296428096008197

TBH, they could have put the boat out for "Glorious Leader" or something. We all know academics love pompous titles. Ha!

I've been shortlisted for a Guardian University Award in the "Inspiring Leader" category. Thanks to the whoever did that; I'm flattered!

Private company stores important medical correspondence rather than delivering it and NHS gets the blame. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/26/nhs-accused-of-covering-up-huge-data-loss-that-put-thousands-at-risk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Fenix

The wonkers and the wonked http://zpr.io/PypV2

"[am I doing this right, Jo?]"

"And it's not like they're in trouble with Brexit or as though the government has just passed a bill that allows for them going bankrupt."

"Hey, I've got a great idea for a piece. Why don't we attack universities. They're only our core reader demographic."

That Observer attack on universities is real "cancel my subscription" material. So I think I will. @guardian

Which, in most cases of academic journal publishing, isn't a cost to the publisher, but to academic institutions or individuals.

Doing this rather than checking all *submissions* is a small cost efficiency for publishers. But at cost of many hours of reviewer time.

Another economic perversity of ScholComms. Publishers can save a few $ by only plagiarism checking papers accepted by academic referees.

Moral Rights and Fair Use http://zpr.io/PyPQm

A Scanner Darkly http://zpr.io/PyPQE

Everything You Need to Know About Cloudbleed, the Latest Internet Security Disaster http://zpr.io/PyPQX

Final Friday evening tweet: there is no greater endnote in Pynchon scholarship that #1 here: https://pynchonnotes.openlibhums.org/articles/abstract/10.16995/pn.118/

Also I'm going to some gigs for the first time since my stroke, including, LEFTFIELD! Was on front row for this. https://youtu.be/LpRX42j7kxQ?t=56

True story: I am on a mailing list where we are being asked whether the term "paywall" for scholarly knowledge is too inflammatory.

Excited about this event as it will be the first time trying out work from my new stylometric book project https://x.com/staenglish/status/835063462304890880

Path clears for HE Bill as government announces major changes http://zpr.io/PAQ45

Cloudflare Leaks Sensitive User Data Across the Web http://zpr.io/PAQ42

We should (still) send letters: the 2017 grant letter http://zpr.io/PAV5N

Cost of living crisis for FT study? http://zpr.io/PAcuh

Google Has Demonstrated a Successful Practical Attack Against SHA-1 http://zpr.io/PAcum

Clarkson University Professor Receives Grant to Produce & Direct Documentary on Open Access - http://www.clarkson.edu/news/2017/news-release_2017-02-22-3.html

My favourite of the RDF tags for NINES is <role:DUB> for Dubious author. #dubious

I hope event will be recorded. If not, I'll try to record my bit myself.

Speaking at SAS this afternoon on the tricky transition to OA books and the difficult economics. Slides here: https://meve.io/SAS2017

Fair Use for Authors http://zpr.io/PAwDb

Job: Digital Collections and Preservation Librarian at Boston College http://zpr.io/PAwDu

One of my favourite recurring reading moments is when someone has written: in order to make this clearer we can turn to Heidegger.

Free the Science: One Scholarly Society’s bold vision for open access and why it matters now more than ever - http://intheopen.net/2017/02/free-the-science-one-scholarly-societys-bold-vision-for-open-access-and-why-it-matters-now-more-than-ever/

Apparently school inspectors ask kids for a core British value. Assume "rejecting child refugees" & "killing the disabled through cuts"?

Just writing a section on risks in a grant application. Tempted by: "in the event of the PI's death, the Co-Is will have to do all the work"

Insurgent Marcos: The Political-Philosophical Formation of the Zapatista Subcommander (2017) http://zpr.io/PAadf

OA beyond APCs: a conference report http://zpr.io/PAadH

Embodied Vision in Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day - https://www.pynchon.net/articles/10.16995/orbit.200/

As though: 1. welfare is so terrible; 2. those who can't work (long-term disabled for example) don't deserve state pension.

Thing going round on FB: some image saying "[state] pension isn't welfare. It's a reward for 40 yrs of hard work & paying taxes". Sigh.

On Wednesday I'll be speaking at the School of Advanced study on "Open Access, Books, and the Tricky Transition" https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Research%20Centres/CCM/Digital%20Publishing%20for%20the%20Humanities_final%20(24-01-17).pdf

TEF 1, TEF 2 and a complex game of snakes and ladders http://zpr.io/PAjr6

Against boundaries: Dismantling the Curriculum in Higher Education http://zpr.io/PAjXj

Great permanent job here at Birkbeck: Lecturer in Transnational Literatures and Migration Cultures http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AXB504/lecturer-in-transnational-literatures-and-migration-cultures/

So, I'm thinking of buying a Roland AIRA TR-8. Is this a good idea? @timmaughan

Diversions from political grimness.

Ace cryptic clue for university types in today's Times jumbo: University officer is evil, taking risk with list of names put up (4, 10)

We are playing "copyright: the card game" here at Manchester. I'm threatening to play it with my family at Christmas.

Looking In After Stepping Out: A Global Perspective http://zpr.io/PhJEj

Today I am heading up to Manchester to talk OA and OLH.

Esoteric Egyptology, Seed Science and the Myth of Mummy Wheat at @openlibhums - https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.83/#n4

Actually, by sometimes I mean: always.

I sometimes think it is easier to write the book than the book proposal.

Our special DFW issue of Orbit went into production this morning. Excited!

Would anyone like to review this book: "Metahistorical Narratives & Scientific Metafictions"? Free copy... https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Metahistorical_Narratives_Scientific_Met.html?id=bMupoAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

A good chuckle here.
On the "Free Speech University Rankings" http://wonkhe.com/blogs/free-speech-university-rankings-a-case-of-grade-inflation/

Ethicists Advise Caution In Applying CRISPR Gene Editing To Humans http://zpr.io/PhEfE

JavaScript Attack Breaks ASLR On 22 CPU Architectures http://zpr.io/PhEfX

RFC 4810 http://zpr.io/PmkQs

Good Policy UK event this morning followed by terrible migraine this afternoon. I suppose you can't win them all.

Realised that showing how it's possible to survive without access not a good idea? https://x.com/Richvn/status/831495999944278017

That transfer window could do immense damage to institutions who have staff poached but still have to meet average at last minute. 4/x

Then say that you do NOT implement non-portability. So transfer window/market remains. 3/x

Say you go for output volume by average of UoA HESA research active staff over census period. Ie decoupling. 2/x

Here's an example of a problem of picking and choosing parts of the Stern Review. 1/x

Editoria Demo http://zpr.io/Pmudf

Oh god. Someone just suggested an Impact Excellence Framework.

Today I'll be talking at a Policy UK event on the next REF and the implementation of the Stern Review.

Gee, I dunno. The "International Journal of Research" sounds a little too specific for me.

This week I have been talking disability activism with @naomi_jacobs and Judith Butler http://blogs.bbk.ac.uk/english/2017/02/13/martin-paul-eve-on-talking-disability-activism-with-naomi-lawson-jacobs-and-judith-butler/

Those clichéd phrases that I keep using? They're wise. It's official.

Here's What TfL Learned From Tracking Your Phone On the Tube http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/02/heres-what-tfl-learned-from-tracking-your-phone-on-the-tube/

Job #3: 3-year Lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature at School of Advanced Study. Please spread the word! https://www.jobs.london.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=714

Job #2: Permanent Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at Birkbeck. Please spread the word! http://jobs.bbk.ac.uk/fe/tpl_birkbeckcollege01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&jobid=63098,7212576256&key=110158830&c=48592135895933&pagestamp=seonsiuqibiiwxlygd

Job #1: Permanent Lecturer in Transnational Literatures and Migration Cultures at Birkbeck. Please spread the word! http://jobs.bbk.ac.uk/fe/tpl_birkbeckcollege01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&jobid=63099,6015783699&key=110158830&c=48592135895933&pagestamp=seonsiuqibiiwxlygd

Mark Fisher's students created this mural in his memory at Goldsmiths. Photo credit: Repeater Books.

My post on parsing parenthetical citations (https://www.martineve.com/2017/02/10/on-automatically-detecting-parenthetical-citations/) got a response from @generalising & more here: https://github.com/MartinPaulEve/meTypeset/issues/108

A good week for @openlibhums signups! But I suppose I'd better go do some housework rather than celebrating.

First 3 Chapters of Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation for Comment http://zpr.io/PMmX5

It's a shame that the REF consultation didn't call its unlinking of researchers and outputs "conscious uncoupling".

Mountain of bureaucracy in the name of accountability itself discriminates if the support structures demand it.

For instance, helping with transport costs is great, but if every journey requires scanned receipts + a custom form there is huge overhead.

Something that came out really clearly yesterday: if support structures for disabled people require extra admin, it's a problem.

Please do pass around this job ad: Lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature at the School of Advanced Study https://www.jobs.london.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=714

Research and teaching – unite or divide? http://zpr.io/PMYbt

Apart from being starstruck, I was very impressed with her willingness to listen and desire to take practical action.

She didn't know that her talk would be inaccessible until the day itself. She then came and met with those affected.

So, we had a fantastic meeting with Judith Butler at Birkbeck today to discuss disability activism and practical measures to take.

Lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature - a really great 3 year post. https://www.jobs.london.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=714

Bogus Colleges (6): the freedom of information http://zpr.io/PM6Qx

Report: Eimear McBride in Conversation with Jacqueline Rose http://zpr.io/PM6QX

The disappearance of the male humanist, and other stories from the 2017 UCAS data http://zpr.io/PM6QN

Tesla Employee Calls For Unionization, Musk Says That's 'Morally Outrageous' http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/QpjiDoRWjco/tesla-employee-calls-for-unionization-musk-says-thats-morally-outrageous

(A co-project conspirator, @axfelix :P https://github.com/MartinPaulEve/meTypeset/issues/107)

"I failed to grasp that this software may have a difficult-to-resolve issue precisely because its author cares too much re the humanities"

The crux of that last blogpost: is there an abstracted parsing logic that can distinguish citations from asides? What about "bell hooks"?

The Limits of Estrangement at @birkbeck_arts. Thursday 2nd March 2017, 7:30-9pm. Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square. http://www.ccl.bbk.ac.uk/the-limits-of-estrangement/

The deadpan attack on the DM, via facts, in this Guardian article is the one to beat this week. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/09/gary-lineker-hits-back-at-daily-mail-over-tax-accusation

Resource: Teaching materials for visualization http://zpr.io/PECVs

Announcment: Introducing Open Access at The Met http://zpr.io/PECVZ

In fairness, it's not just pizza skiving. My rheumatoid arthritis does flare much more when reducing pred. dose. Also, pizza.

I fully intended to go do some exercise this evening. But then my joints are killing me today and there's pizza.

On the ridiculousness of a science vs humanities petty battle at this crucial time for universities by @drmcarley https://paraffinalia.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/what-is-to-be-done/

Off to give a guest lecture at KCL this morning. And launch of Journal of Embodied Research last night was fantastic!

Sambrook Fund Studentship for MA/MRes History of the Book programme  http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/study-training/masters-courses/sambrook-fund-studentship?utm_source=IES&utm_campaign=a403d5126b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1d4276761b-a403d5126b-514678409

Myths of academia - http://blog.edtechie.net/higher-ed/myths-of-academia/

CDs are not archival storage http://zpr.io/PER9s

On HESA data for HNCs & HNDs by @amcgettigan - https://andrewmcgettigan.org/2017/02/08/hesa-data-hncs-hnds/

72% of 'Anonymous' Browsing History Can Be Attached To the Real User - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/KGr9rRUzlXo/72-of-anonymous-browsing-history-can-be-attached-to-the-real-user

Announcement: Digital Humanities 2017 – Montreal, Canada http://zpr.io/Pxc4x

Some bots I have known http://zpr.io/PxcC5

Digital preservation and space weather events - http://blog.dshr.org/2017/02/coronal-mass-ejections-again.html

Sale of loans – media coverage a success for government http://zpr.io/PxdXA

Chair of Office for Students appointed http://zpr.io/Px5nu

Instructed to deliver: who is Michael Barber? http://zpr.io/Px5ny

What would happen if a UK university went bust? - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/07/what-if-uk-university-goes-bust-ucas-students?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Fenix

FOI today showing fuller Ward breakdown on Brexit. Local "will of the people" ignored by my MP, @joanryanEnfield, in her Article 50 vote.

Government is ‘starting the process to sell part of the English student loan book’ - https://andrewmcgettigan.org/2017/02/06/governmet-put-loan-sale-hopes-in-securitisation/

Can The Mayhem AI Automate Bug-Patching? http://zpr.io/Pxaep

Writing a workshop on regular expressions for humanists is basically a great excuse to jam KLF lyrics into a handout.

Next fortnight's worth of talks now planned: Manchester & KCL on OA and one at Policy-UK forum on implementing the Stern review.

A Faustian Special Relationship http://zpr.io/PxRnd

Crisis, What Crisis? Why OA Might Work for Historians http://zpr.io/PXDgQ

T cell type that promotes damaging immune response discovered http://zpr.io/PXK3S

On epochal theorising and its discontents - https://markcarrigan.net/2017/02/02/epochal-theorising-and-business-bullshit/

Four great new jobs in the Birkbeck School of Arts! https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/employer/10155/birkbeck-university-of-london/

Researchers Unveil First Ever Blueprint To Construct a Large Scale Quantum Computer http://zpr.io/PXxQy

International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (2017) http://zpr.io/PXs5V

Co-operative university ’roundtable’ at the Co-operative College - http://josswinn.org/2017/02/01/co-operative-university-roundtable-at-the-co-operative-college/

The Fiction of Tenured Unsackables http://zpr.io/PXjN3

Our article on the problems of "excellence" as a rhetoric in higher education is the featured article at @PalCommsOA https://doi.org/10.1057/palcomms.2016.105