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fredtsui.bsky.social
www.chronofhorse.com/article/opin...

I agree. If you need a whip during competition then you are not ready.

#equestrian #horsewelfare #sporthorses #sociallicense
Opinion: It’s Time To Let Go Of The Whip - The Chronicle of the Horse
www.chronofhorse.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
fredtsui.bsky.social
chronofhorse.com/en/article/O...

"This isn't a few bad apples operating outside the norms of the sport, this is our culture."

#equestrian #sporthorses #eqsky #sociallicense
Opinion: What the Public Sees, And Why They're Not Wrong
chronofhorse.com
February 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
fredtsui.bsky.social
www.chronofhorse.com/article/the-...

"Those bad moments are just extremely commonplace, so they are very easy to catch."

#equestrian #sporthorses #dressage #showjumping #hunters #eventing #sociallicense #horsewelfare
The Emperor Has No Clothes - The Chronicle of the Horse
www.chronofhorse.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
fredtsui.bsky.social
www.chronofhorse.com/article/opin...

Again the failure of our governing bodies to protect the only entity that has no voice.

@usequestrian.bsky.social @ushja.bsky.social #equestrian #sporthorses #sociallicense
Opinion: We Can Remedy The Scourge Of Overuse In Horse Showing - The Chronicle of the Horse
www.chronofhorse.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
amcell.bsky.social
Given the lack of trustworthy & robust peer review by #MDPI (& to a certain extent #FrontiersIn 🔽), a lot of researchers are paying (& wasting) a lot of money to essentially publish a #preprint! #ResearchEthics #SocialLicense
hansonmark.bsky.social Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Nov 11
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

a 🧵 1/n

Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
fredtsui.bsky.social
www.chronofhorse.com/article/opin...

Each new rule is because someone decided to do something that endangers a horse's welfare. #SeeSomethingSaySomething

#equestrian #sporthorses #usef #sociallicense
Opinion: New Horse Welfare Rules Are A Sad Wake-Up Call - The Chronicle of the Horse
www.chronofhorse.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
andrealearned.bsky.social
The mention of Reuters hosting oil and gas events regularly and WaPo putting out "more than 100 newsletters for Exxon" this year, alone, will make your blood boil. Thank you for this Lever Time episode, @davidsirota.com and @amywestervelt.bsky.social FossilFuels COP28 Greenwash SocialLicense
davidsirota.com David Sirota @davidsirota.com · Dec 14
🚨NEW: How Big Oil pays big media outlets to greenwash the fossil fuel industry & depict it as part of the climate solution, rather than the source of the climate crisis.

Great reporting by Amy Westervelt.

Subscribe & share: LeverTimePod.com
LEVER TIME: How Big Oil Buys The News
David Sirota speaks with climate journalist Amy Westervelt about how the fossil fuel industry launders their image through the use of sponsored ‘advertorials.’
www.levernews.com
December 14, 2023 at 9:18 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
Because the world needs more AI undressing women and children, rewriting our social media posts, and planning our travel itineraries...

#sociallicense ?
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
noticingclimate.bsky.social
"Social license" = Woodside receiving millions in govt funding for Carbon Capture & Storage, $593 million invested by the Australian Government in Woodside as part of their Futurefund.
#AusPol #Woodside #sociallicense
November 21, 2024 at 11:19 AM
fredtsui.bsky.social
www.britishequestrian.org.uk/news/british...

Now the ball is your court @usequira.bsky.social .

#equestrian #sporthorses #bloodrule #sociallicense
British Equestrian and British Showjumping respond to  FEI rule change on rider-induced blood - News - British Equestrian
www.britishequestrian.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
20/23 Scaling faces social obstacles: CO₂ pipeline siting often triggers local opposition.

Community concerns about safety, environmental justice, and disproportionate impacts on marginalised communities could become ultimate deployment bottleneck.
#SocialLicense #EnvironmentalJustice
July 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
noticingclimate.bsky.social
Fun fact: you can do this with every single opposition piece in Australia: find the "concerned farmer/real estate agent/photographer/x", in this case "John Conroy from the Meadow Creek Agricultural Community Action Group" and check yr search results 1/2 ⬇️
#auspol #sociallicense #renewables
Farmers and froglets become unlikely allies in fight against Victorian solar farm
A tiny endangered froglet gets in the way of a big solar farm proposal in Victoria's King Valley, with farmers heading to Canberra to campaign against the project.
www.abc.net.au
September 26, 2024 at 10:05 AM
fredtsui.bsky.social
www.chronofhorse.com/article/usef...

"...veterinarians agreed that rest is the most critical factor for promoting recovery...the arbitrary use of fluids with vitamins and minerals added is not acceptable.”

#equestrian #sporthorses #sociallicense #horsewelfare
USEF Veterinary Summit Outlines Best Practices For Sport Horse Care - The Chronicle of the Horse
www.chronofhorse.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
fredtsui.bsky.social
www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/06/04/h...

#equestrian #sporthorses #horsewelfare #sociallicense
Humanity Over Vanity: Rethinking Horse Welfare in Clipping and Grooming - The Plaid Horse Magazine
BY NICHOLE BINKOSKI Horse welfare has become one of the most important conversations in our industry, and rightfully so. While discussions often center around training methods, competition schedules, ...
www.theplaidhorse.com
June 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM
barbaraschnell.bsky.social
Oh, that _has_ to be helpful. Not.
#dressage #sociallicense #AnimalAbuse
https://www.eurodressage.com/2024/03/05/fei-whips-storm-new-social-media-guidelines-restricting-video-rights
FEI Whips Up Storm with New "Social Media Guidelines" Res...
The FEI has whipped up a storm with its updated "Non-righ...
www.eurodressage.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:17 PM
noticingclimate.bsky.social
So from now on Tom + @roycerk2.bsky.social , whenever I see anything related to gas or #woodside, I'll be tagging it to keep a running tally of Woodside's wonderful social license to kill, including the most recent from @txsharon.bsky.social.
Do better.
#climate #auspol #sociallicense #renewables
September 23, 2024 at 2:18 AM
barbaraschnell.bsky.social
(Not just) Danish Equestrian World in Turmoil as Ethics of National Federation Are Questioned
#SocialLicense
https://www.eurodressage.com/2023/09/29/danish-equestrian-world-turmoil-ethics-national-federation-are-questioned
Danish Equestrian World in Turmoil as Ethics of National ...
The Danish equestrian world is in a turmoil and in the la...
www.eurodressage.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:07 PM
fredtsui.bsky.social
www.chronofhorse.com/article/fei-...

#feishowjumping now #Dressage is showing you up.

@usequestrian.bsky.social now what is your response? @britishequestrian.bsky.social has come out against the show jumping changes.

#equestrian #showjumping #dressage #bloodrule #sociallicense
FEI Approves Stricter Dressage Blood Rule, Other Sport Updates - The Chronicle of the Horse
www.chronofhorse.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
fredtsui.bsky.social
We need to remove horses from law enforcement. The videos and pictures of police using horses to attack non-violent protesters is horrendous.

#equestrian #police #horsewelfare #sociallicense
June 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
fredtsui.bsky.social
www.chronofhorse.com/article/opin...

#equestrian #sporthorse #safesport #sociallicense
Opinion: Why We Need An Equine SafeSport Program - The Chronicle of the Horse
www.chronofhorse.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
fredtsui.bsky.social
horsenetwork.com/2024/12/asse...

#equinebehavior #sociallicense #equestrian
Assessing Trauma in Horses
Anyone paying a modicum of attention to horse sport the past two years knows that the equestrian industry is on the hot seat—with good reason. We have reached a level of knowledge and understanding of...
horsenetwork.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:51 PM
noticingclimate.bsky.social
How can renewables afford the social license that fossil fuels have gained via corruption?
#SocialLicense #renewables #woodside
noticingclimate.bsky.social Jane Doe @noticingclimate.bsky.social · May 5
Is this the Woodside social license of billions in damage that renewables don't have Royce?
7 months ago:
#woodside #energysky
September 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
noticingclimate.bsky.social
As much as I might disagree with @roycerk2.bsky.social eg:
renewables + socialicense, particularly in relation to woodside + vestas:
bsky.app/profile/noti...
This time? He has the koalafications 🐨
I'll see myself out...
#renewables #sociallicense #auspol #woodside #vestas
noticingclimate.bsky.social Jane Doe @noticingclimate.bsky.social · Sep 7
SOCIAL LICENSE: 🧵
How Woodside's "Art Of Collaboration" & social license is working out - “I can tell you that ... the level of tension within MAC about some developments on the Burrup has been hot,” Wood said. “No one is happy with what is happening to Country on the Burrup..."
#auspol 🔌💡
November 25, 2024 at 3:19 AM
noticingclimate.bsky.social
"Fighting alongside my friends for the best possible pathway to climate justice and fossil fuel elimination. Anti-greenwashing."
How is supporting corrupt #engie, 5th largest gas portfolio in the world, doesn't pay taxes in Australia = fighting @ketanjoshi.co ? #sociallicense #auspol #climatesky
September 24, 2024 at 11:05 PM
noticingclimate.bsky.social
Thankyou @frcorruption.bsky.social:
"Engie invited Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, Secretary of State for Urban Affairs (at the time a Renaissance MP) and three other elected officials from the Bouches-du-Rhône region to a front-row seat at Beyoncé's show in Marseille."
#sociallicense #engie
September 23, 2024 at 4:50 AM