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US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/64074/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/64074/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Behind The IAB Tech Lab’s New Initiative To Deal With AI Scraping And Publisher Revenue Loss <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnthonyKatsur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyKatsur</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContentMonetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentMonetization</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataScraping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataScraping</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAB</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IABTechLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IABTechLab</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TonyKatsur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyKatsur</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:<p>Why on earth do publishers do this? It drives me nuts!</p><p>Why not just pick a book size and keep it consistent for the whole series?</p><p>*eye twitches*<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>All Rise News, by journalist Adam Klasfeld, is now available on Flipboard and in the fediverse via his federated Magazines. </p><p>Follow the profile, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@allrisenews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>allrisenews</span></a></span>, for all his stories on the law, your rights and your powers to effect change in the Trump era. He also has Magazines specifically about immigration, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@allrisenews/tonight-in-your-rights-immigration-vbusnnu3z" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tonight-in-your-rights-immigration-allrisenews</span></a></span>, and about significant developments in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@allrisenews/kilmar-abrego-garcia-a8ac0a64z" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kilmar-abrego-garcia-allrisenews</span></a></span>. </p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federation</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flipboard</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LegalNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalNews</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/KilmarAbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KilmarAbregoGarcia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> just announced that it will "cap how much <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their research findings publicly accessible."<br><a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-crack-down-excessive-publisher-fees-publicly-funded-research" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nih.gov/news-events/news-relea</span><span class="invisible">ses/nih-crack-down-excessive-publisher-fees-publicly-funded-research</span></a></p><p>We don't yet know the cap or how NIH will calculate or enforce it. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GoldOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldOA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>"Trust and Integrity: A Research Imperative." A joint statement from the Association of Research Libraries (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ARL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARL</span></a>), International Association of Scientific, Technical &amp; Medical Publishers (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/STM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STM</span></a>), Association of College and Research Libraries (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ACRL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACRL</span></a>), Society for Scholarly Publishing (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSP</span></a>), and Association of University Presses (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AUPresses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AUPresses</span></a>). <br><a href="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/09/trust-and-integrity-a-research-imperative/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/09/trust-and-integrity-a-research-imperative/</span></a></p><p>(Yes, it's rare to see <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> issue joint statements.)</p><p>"This year has brought unprecedented challenges to the U.S. research enterprise – sweeping federal funding cuts, capricious reductions in the federal workforce, and destabilizing attacks on universities, laboratories, and federal research agencies…In response to these challenges, we believe in and support: Public investment in basic science and the humanities…The need for broad access to validated, trusted information…Protecting and advancing freedom of speech…and ensuring research and scholarship remain free from political interference."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
infoDOCKET<p>Complete Statement: “NIH to Crack Down on Excessive Publisher Fees For Publicly Funded Research” <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/07/08/statement-nih-to-crack-down-on-excessive-publisher-fees-for-publicly-funded-research/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/07/08/stat</span><span class="invisible">ement-nih-to-crack-down-on-excessive-publisher-fees-for-publicly-funded-research/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scholcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scholcomm</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>We could applaud <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TaylorAndFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaylorAndFrancis</span></a> for pausing submissions at a journal that seems to be publishing a lot of fraudulent papers. Or we could ask why it waited until now. <br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/journal-plagued-problematic-papers-likely-paper-mills-pauses-submissions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/jo</span><span class="invisible">urnal-plagued-problematic-papers-likely-paper-mills-pauses-submissions</span></a><br>(<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a>) </p><p>"Out of a sample of nearly 900 papers _Bioengineered_ published from 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟬 through 2023, one-quarter showed signs of image manipulation or duplication." (Emphasis added.)</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misconduct</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PaperMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaperMills</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Similarly, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> cut back on <em>"non-essential spending"</em> as well, as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greedflation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a> bleeds them dry.</p><ul><li>Cuz even when they are <em>able and willing to pay</em>, they get <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwuXF1AyKak" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">treated like shit and shafted hard</a> to the point that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> is not just ramping up, but getting <em>socially accepted</em>.</li></ul><p>Or to put in the words of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GabeNewell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GabeNewell</span></a>: <em>"Piracy is always a service problem!"</em></p><ul><li>And given how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Valve</span></a> turned their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnlineDRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineDRM</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a> into something that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IndieDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDevs</span></a> get <em>bullied into publishing on</em>, there's certainly some weight to it, as even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EpicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicGames</span></a> struggles to get even a tiny market share from Valve's <em>de-facto <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></em> despite burning through millions <em>if not billions</em> of money to give away <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> (after all they still need to pay the licensees/publishers/creators of the games they give away)...<br></li></ul><p>Add to that the obnoxiousness of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AlwaysOnlineDRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlwaysOnlineDRM</span></a> that makes modern Games <em>literally unplayable</em> when the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> decide to kill the infrastructure needed for it. </p><ul><li>Steam at least does have contingencies in place to actually remove it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> and allow users to get a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRMfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRMfree</span></a> copy of their games <em>if they were to close shop</em> but that's not the norm in the industry. Otherwise <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopKillingGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopKillingGames</span></a> would not be necessary as a petition.</li></ul>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a>. Ouch. </p><p>&gt; Quirk Books Pauses Publishing Program, Implements Layoffs<br><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/98133-quirk-books-pauses-publishing-program-implements-layoffs.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top</span><span class="invisible">ic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/98133-quirk-books-pauses-publishing-program-implements-layoffs.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
petersuber<p>Springer Nature makes clear that federally-funded authors who want to publish in SN journals will have to pay <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">springernature.com/gp/open-sci</span><span class="invisible">ence/us-federal-agency-compliance</span></a> </p><p>If you're a fed-funded author, then submitting your manuscript to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an option for you. Those SN journals will desk-reject your submissions without regard to relevance or merit. </p><p>When you face a publisher demand for an APC, remember what the fee really buys. It buys entry to publish in that particular journal (assuming manuscript acceptance). It does not buy compliance with your funder policy. Compliance with your funder policy is free of charge and you can always take your submission to another journal or another publisher. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SpringerNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringerNature</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Many lawyers had dismissed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s lawsuit as baseless &amp; believed that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> would have ultimately prevailed in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>, in part because the network did not report anything factually inaccurate, &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> gives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> wide leeway to determine how to present information.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appeasement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
sannidhi<p>Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-blocks-ai-crawlers-default/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/cloudflare-blo</span><span class="invisible">cks-ai-crawlers-default/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEO</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>"Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations."<br><a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30</span><span class="invisible">/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/</span></a></p><p>PS: Will this kind of slipshod practice decline on its own? Or does it require public shaming? I don't know. But I'm grateful to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/retractionwatch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>retractionwatch</span></a></span> for turning on its spotlight.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Hallucinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hallucinations</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Proofreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proofreading</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SpringerNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringerNature</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SubtractedValue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SubtractedValue</span></a></p>
PLOS Biology<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> tools now exist to aid almost every aspect of the research process, from hypothesis generation and data analysis to manuscript drafting and publication. This <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PLOSBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PLOSBiology</span></a> Editorial examines what the future might hold for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> as AI use continues to increase. <br><a href="https://plos.io/4l7jgsG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/4l7jgsG</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"One of the big pain points has been how subscribers to <a href="https://mato.social/tags/longformtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longformtext</span></a> from platforms like WordPress, WriteFreely, Plume and Ghost.org see the text in their microblogging platforms like Mastodon or Threads. Often, the data is abbreviated or misformatted. <a href="https://mato.social/tags/FEPb2b8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEPb2b8</span></a> is, in part, a way to improve and standardize this problem.<br>The participants in the project are aiming to have better standards support from both <a href="https://mato.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> and consumers over the next few months."</p><p><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/05/01/steps-forward-in-long-form-text/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">socialwebfoundation.org/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">5/01/steps-forward-in-long-form-text/</span></a></p>
Barry Schwartz<p>Google Top Stories "Preferred Sources" labs feature can be a great way to drive more traffic to your news publication <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-top-stories-preferred-sources-39665.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">seroundtable.com/google-top-st</span><span class="invisible">ories-preferred-sources-39665.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googlenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>googlenews</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/seo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googleseo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>googleseo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/COAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COAR</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@coar_repositories" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>coar_repositories</span></a></span>) is exactly right about what's wrong with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ACS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACS</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IEEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IEEE</span></a> demands that their authors pay them a fee for the right to deposit their accepted author manuscripts (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAMs</span></a>) in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a>. <br><a href="https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/unfair-publisher-fees-for-deposit-into-repositories-highlight-the-need-for-authors-to-exercise-their-rights/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coar-repositories.org/news-upd</span><span class="invisible">ates/unfair-publisher-fees-for-deposit-into-repositories-highlight-the-need-for-authors-to-exercise-their-rights/</span></a> </p><p>&lt;blockquote&gt;<br>* The charges applied are completely arbitrary and not based on any real service provision (for example, IEEE applies a fee to authors who want to apply a CC-BY licence to their AAM; and ACM applies a fee for removing the embargo period). They are just another funding stream for publishers that are already making huge profits.<br>* Deposit fees disadvantage authors who do not have funding to pay<br>* These fees amount to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DoubleDipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleDipping</span></a> since the final published version of the AAM is made available behind a paywall with no discount<br>* This practice prevents universities and research organisations from creating an accessible record of their scholarly output.<br>&lt;/blockquote&gt; </p><p>And COAR is exactly right about the solution: author <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/RightsRetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsRetention</span></a>. When authors retain key rights, they don't need publisher permission to deposit their works in OA repositories -- or to use and reuse them in other important ways as well.</p><p>PS: See my similar argument on a related ACS move last year.<br><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/112688754504974477" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@petersuber/11</span><span class="invisible">2688754504974477</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Many thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AuthorsAlliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AuthorsAlliance</span></a></span> for launching this form to collect author experiences under the new federal <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policies, including the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> policy.<br><a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/fedpublicaccess/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">authorsalliance.org/fedpublica</span><span class="invisible">ccess/</span></a></p><p>"We are particularly interested in learning about:<br>* Challenges with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> whose policies may disallow their uploading of articles to agency-designated <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a>;<br>* Common questions or points of confusion expressed by grantees; <br>* Confusion or questions about agency guidance;<br>* Other technical, legal, or practical barriers to depositing articles."</p><p>Note to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a>: When you encounter authors facing any kind of problem with a fed OA policy (understanding, compliance, publishing), please refer them to this form. The more we document the problems, the more we can facilitate solutions.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monitoring</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a></p>
UniversityofGroningenLibrary<p>Event: <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> at the digital crossroads </p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Researchers</span></a>, <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> and policymakers discuss opportunities, risks, and academic freedom in the age of <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.rug.nl/library/calendar/250925-academia-at-the-digital-crossroads#programme" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rug.nl/library/calendar/250925</span><span class="invisible">-academia-at-the-digital-crossroads#programme</span></a><br>📍 Groningen, NL<br>🗓️ 25 September</p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Why is everyone either making or buying a zine? The small, often handmade, self-published books are nothing new, but the zeal with which they've been embraced is stronger than ever. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/21/books/japanese-zines/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/21/books/japanese-zines/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zinefest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zinefest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyoartbookfair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tokyoartbookfair</span></a></p>