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Two black decorative canisters with silver lids from "Hoxton Street Monster Supplies ESTD 1818" with the tagline "Purveyor of Quality Goods for Monsters of Every Kind". Left canister labeled "TINNED FEAR: A VAGUE SENSE OF UNEASE" with description "Effectively destroys all feelings of ease, creating a rising yet uncertain sense of disquiet. Invaluable for general uses in the home. Guaranteed perfectly pure and genuine." Right canister labeled "TINNED FEAR: ESCALATING PANIC" with description "Suitable for all instances where one needs to instill a steadily increasing sensation of pure panic. Particularly effective in crowds. Not to be confounded with Mortal Terror."

1000 days since Crossref updated its POSI self-assesment

As of today (2024-12-02), it has been 1000 days since Crossref updated its POSI self-assessment. That translates to almost 2 years and 9 months.

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The Principles of Fauxpen Scholarly Infrastructure

Force11 has posted a video of the presentation I gave at Force24. I discuss POSI’s limitations and the risks associated with the self-auditing culture that has developed around them. I also talk about recent developments in the community that threaten to slow or even roll back the adoption of open scholarly infrastructure. The Principles of Fauxpen Scholarly Infrastrcuture

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On AI

An adaptation of a paper on “AI” that I wrote for the Crossref board for our meeting in November 2023.

Is this thing on?

Principles for Open Scholarly Infrastructures

Jennifer Lin, Cameron Neylon and I wrote a thing.