Samuel Moore
@samuelmoore.org
I research scholarly communication at Cambridge University Library / Cambridge Digital Humanities
PI: @morphss.bsky.social
New book: PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publishing-Beyond-the-Market
https://www.samuelmoore.org
PI: @morphss.bsky.social
New book: PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publishing-Beyond-the-Market
https://www.samuelmoore.org
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Samuel Moore
@samuelmoore.org
· Sep 1
You can now download the book on the publisher's website: press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... (open access of course)
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Short thread:
18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there.
Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position.
Kelton moved to Denmark.
18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there.
Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position.
Kelton moved to Denmark.
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
September 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Short thread:
18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there.
Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position.
Kelton moved to Denmark.
18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there.
Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position.
Kelton moved to Denmark.
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Humanistic AI conference at Duke (9/25-6), full schedule forthcoming but speaker/title list is up! We have an amazing line up - @tedunderwood.com @laurenfklein.bsky.social @mariaa.bsky.social @hoytlong.bsky.social @eduede.bsky.social + others; if in area, please come! sites.duke.edu/humanisticai...
Speakers – Humanistic AI Conference at Duke
sites.duke.edu
September 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Humanistic AI conference at Duke (9/25-6), full schedule forthcoming but speaker/title list is up! We have an amazing line up - @tedunderwood.com @laurenfklein.bsky.social @mariaa.bsky.social @hoytlong.bsky.social @eduede.bsky.social + others; if in area, please come! sites.duke.edu/humanisticai...
I know there's lots wrong with the tragedy of the commons, both the theory and the man behind it, but I'm coming to see that the real tragedy - at least for digital commons - is how free/unmanaged resources are captureable by commercial orgs precisely because of their openness. That's why they fail.
September 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I know there's lots wrong with the tragedy of the commons, both the theory and the man behind it, but I'm coming to see that the real tragedy - at least for digital commons - is how free/unmanaged resources are captureable by commercial orgs precisely because of their openness. That's why they fail.
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The @radhumslab.bsky.social are pleased to announce 'Against Automation: Resisting AI Futures in Teaching and Research,' November 20th, @ucc.ie. With Dan McQuillan, Patrick Brodie, Masoumeh Mansouri, and Jennie Stephens. Tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/against-au...
September 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The @radhumslab.bsky.social are pleased to announce 'Against Automation: Resisting AI Futures in Teaching and Research,' November 20th, @ucc.ie. With Dan McQuillan, Patrick Brodie, Masoumeh Mansouri, and Jennie Stephens. Tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/against-au...
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It's #PeerReviewWeek! #FeedingtheElephant kicks off our coverage with some thoughts on Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality: networks.h-net.org/group/discus... On Wed. @emily-elliott.bsky.social describes innovations in peer review. @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
networks.h-net.org
September 14, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It's #PeerReviewWeek! #FeedingtheElephant kicks off our coverage with some thoughts on Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality: networks.h-net.org/group/discus... On Wed. @emily-elliott.bsky.social describes innovations in peer review. @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
"Rearticulating open research through a qualitative lexicon, as we do here, does not dilute standards of quality [...] but simply relocates them within epistemic framing where interpretation, context, and collaborative meaning-making are central to knowledge production."
Quite enjoyed this piece.
Quite enjoyed this piece.
On my way to #OpenFest2026 to give a keynote on open research and intellectual lineage and I’ve seen that my paper with Sarahanne Field on open research language & qualitative methodologies was just published!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Can open science speak qualitative? Rearticulating open science vocabulary for qualitative research
‘Open research’ (or ‘open science’) has substantially reshaped conversations surrounding rigor, transparency, and accountability, yet its vocabulary remains largely rooted in quantitative, positivi...
www.tandfonline.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:16 AM
"Rearticulating open research through a qualitative lexicon, as we do here, does not dilute standards of quality [...] but simply relocates them within epistemic framing where interpretation, context, and collaborative meaning-making are central to knowledge production."
Quite enjoyed this piece.
Quite enjoyed this piece.
“If the ADA is willing to muzzle its members for fear of costing the field government funding, how far is it willing to go? And what might it do to get more money?”
Diabetes association turmoil roils journal as group tries to thwart boycott
A banner message on the Diabetes Care website tells visitors they “continue to actively accept and appropriately review all new and previously submitted manuscripts,” which contradicts …
retractionwatch.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM
“If the ADA is willing to muzzle its members for fear of costing the field government funding, how far is it willing to go? And what might it do to get more money?”
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Peer review is a gift researchers give to the field, worth >$1B globally in 2020. Imagine if more of that generosity flowed straight back into the scholar-led journals that make research free to read and free to publish. Help build that future, become a diamond reviewer forrt.org/diamond-reviewer
September 14, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Peer review is a gift researchers give to the field, worth >$1B globally in 2020. Imagine if more of that generosity flowed straight back into the scholar-led journals that make research free to read and free to publish. Help build that future, become a diamond reviewer forrt.org/diamond-reviewer
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New schol comm article by Christoph Schimmel: doi.org/10.12854/erd...
Caring for Scholarly Knowledge: Multiscalar Challenges for a ValuesBased Knowledge Commons
| DIE ERDE – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin
doi.org
September 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
New schol comm article by Christoph Schimmel: doi.org/10.12854/erd...
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Call for Abstracts — "Software Libraries: Following the Infrastructures of Code" — exploring software libraries as sociotechnical objects, the political economy and platformization of libraries, libraries as epistemic and normative infrastructures, and creative and critical (re)appropriation!
CFPs & Events – Computational Culture
computationalculture.net
September 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Call for Abstracts — "Software Libraries: Following the Infrastructures of Code" — exploring software libraries as sociotechnical objects, the political economy and platformization of libraries, libraries as epistemic and normative infrastructures, and creative and critical (re)appropriation!
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Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of one's political enemies like threatening upon taking back power to "assemble a clear framework for a public conversation" about a largely non-partisan issue
“.. Obama urged House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, to assemble a clear framework for a public conversation about A.I. policy, should Democrats win back the House ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...
September 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of one's political enemies like threatening upon taking back power to "assemble a clear framework for a public conversation" about a largely non-partisan issue
At this stage, predatory publishers are mostly propped up by all the researchers submitting articles to show that predatory publishers will publish any old nonsense.
The barrier is purely financial: analysis of the acceptance rate and peer review practice of predatory journals using AI generated papers - Research Integrity and Peer Review
Introduction Unsolicited emails from predatory journals offer a quick opportunity to produce a first author publication for a fee. With increasing emphasis on first author publications for application...
link.springer.com
September 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
At this stage, predatory publishers are mostly propped up by all the researchers submitting articles to show that predatory publishers will publish any old nonsense.
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Arts, humanities & social science researchers, are you aware of any journals in your field that make good use of plain language summaries to make publications more accessible to non-academic or practitioner audiences?
If so, we'd love to hear from you - do reply in-thread!
If so, we'd love to hear from you - do reply in-thread!
September 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Arts, humanities & social science researchers, are you aware of any journals in your field that make good use of plain language summaries to make publications more accessible to non-academic or practitioner audiences?
If so, we'd love to hear from you - do reply in-thread!
If so, we'd love to hear from you - do reply in-thread!
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NEW blogpost introducing the most recent MORPHSS outputs around qualitative data sharing in the social sciences ⬇️
morphss.hcommons.org/2026/09/11/n...
morphss.hcommons.org/2026/09/11/n...
New outputs from MORPHSS on qualitative data sharing in the social sciences – MORPHSS
morphss.hcommons.org
September 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
NEW blogpost introducing the most recent MORPHSS outputs around qualitative data sharing in the social sciences ⬇️
morphss.hcommons.org/2026/09/11/n...
morphss.hcommons.org/2026/09/11/n...
There is clearly a lot of crap being published because of AI but I can't see any value in disclosure statements. They're just a way for publishers to further absolve themselves of responsibility for the content they're putting out.
Three-quarters of researchers unsure what use of AI to disclose - Research Professional News
Oxford University Press finds disclosure gap, as it and Springer Nature update usage guidance
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 11, 2026 at 10:33 AM
There is clearly a lot of crap being published because of AI but I can't see any value in disclosure statements. They're just a way for publishers to further absolve themselves of responsibility for the content they're putting out.
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The interventionist, top-down, efficiency-driven approach to science policy depresses me even without that power being abused by an authoritarian government that is deeply scared of science and scientists but is aware of and needs to exploit its rhetorical power in society.
September 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The interventionist, top-down, efficiency-driven approach to science policy depresses me even without that power being abused by an authoritarian government that is deeply scared of science and scientists but is aware of and needs to exploit its rhetorical power in society.
Cambridge being named the best city *in the world* for cycling makes me wonder if any of the 24,000 people surveyed have actually been here.
The world’s best cities for cycling in 2026, according to locals
From Shanghai to Stockholm, these hubs are the most bike-friendly of the bunch
www.timeout.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Cambridge being named the best city *in the world* for cycling makes me wonder if any of the 24,000 people surveyed have actually been here.
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I'd argue the culture, arts, and academic sectors are holding up almost everything of financial value to the AI industry in a way we've rarely seen in other booming markets historically, yet almost none of that value is being funneled back.
Something's gotta give.
Something's gotta give.
September 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I'd argue the culture, arts, and academic sectors are holding up almost everything of financial value to the AI industry in a way we've rarely seen in other booming markets historically, yet almost none of that value is being funneled back.
Something's gotta give.
Something's gotta give.
"This whole project is misbegotten. It is a Maginot line facing 180 degrees away from the humanities’ actual practices and real problems, starting with its bad material conditions."
I was induced to critique that Vanderbilt slam of humanities scholarship, and had a strangely good time doing it. I explain why Appiah should like and help, not trash The Activist Humanist. Collaboration can cure ALL real epistemic ills in the humanities: do this! criticalnoise.org/the-struggle...
The Struggle to Face Forward – History of the Present
criticalnoise.org
September 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"This whole project is misbegotten. It is a Maginot line facing 180 degrees away from the humanities’ actual practices and real problems, starting with its bad material conditions."
"I came across Publishing Beyond the Market, and honestly, I have not stopped thinking about it." Love getting praise from the AI book spammers.
September 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"I came across Publishing Beyond the Market, and honestly, I have not stopped thinking about it." Love getting praise from the AI book spammers.
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Stoked to read about a forthcoming book on experimental colleges + radical education, then saw that it's published by (guess!?) Springer, and that it's $200 for print and $160 for the e-book. I wish academics were more attuned to these contradictions. Work with a small, radical press. Self-publish.
Just saw an intriguing new article about digital enclosure, planned obsolescence, and extractive big tech… in a Springer journal. Please, academics, stop publishing in journals controlled by commercial publishers that embody the worst of Silicon Valley! Think abt the means of knowledge production!
September 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Stoked to read about a forthcoming book on experimental colleges + radical education, then saw that it's published by (guess!?) Springer, and that it's $200 for print and $160 for the e-book. I wish academics were more attuned to these contradictions. Work with a small, radical press. Self-publish.
All the pieces about how AI helps with parenting read like they were written by dads who previously had no interest in looking after their kids until chatgpt showed up.
September 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
All the pieces about how AI helps with parenting read like they were written by dads who previously had no interest in looking after their kids until chatgpt showed up.
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"Good [these idiots have] Faith [in our] Agreement"
September 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"Good [these idiots have] Faith [in our] Agreement"