At the OAD, we have launched a brand‑new list of "Major initiatives for diamond OA":
oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Majo...
Many thanks to @petersuber.bsky.social for collecting the initiatives, and to @sufyanism.com for putting the list together.

#oa #openaccess #diamond #initiatives #list

Iowa went all-in on school choice. It's hurting this city's public schools With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.

With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

"Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

Ready to bet this tactic is more common on the right than the left, from studies like these:
* 2025
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
* 2024
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#AI #Disinformation #USPol #USPolitics

Thanks, Jeroen. I feel the same and look forward to sharing the virtual podium with you.

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Opinion | Tyranny at Texas Tech

Academic freedom and the First Amendment must protect the right of anyone to disagree with the government. By John K. Wilson: https://bit.ly/4mJGqXW

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Trump's lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president's $10B lawsuit The Trump administration says it’s in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax information. Tax and ethics experts say the lawsuit...

A lawsuit settlement by the Trump regime to pay money directly to Trump would be a looting of the U.S. Treasury.

Climate Defenders Warn GOP Immunity Bill Puts 'Big Oil Above the Law' “Such corporate impunity would twist the knife of the climate crisis that is already directly harming people across the country," said one campaigner.

“Such corporate impunity would twist the knife of the climate crisis that is already directly harming people across the country," says one campaigner.

3/ See the longer version of this thread on Mastodon.
fediscience.org/@petersuber/...

Taking over OATP and TT Peter Suber Taking over the Open Access Tracking Project and TagTeam What I’d like Background What would this entail? If you take over OATP... If you take over TT... If you take over either project ...

2/ I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit orgs to take over the OATP and the open-source software on which it runs.

Details in this Google doc:
bit.ly/TransferOATP

Contact me <peter.suber@gmail.com> if you have any questions or any level of interest.

1/ Today is the 17th birthday of the Open Access Tracking Project ( #OATP, @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy ).
bit.ly/o-a-t-p

#OpenAccess

Harvard Weathers a Year of Turmoil | Harvard Magazine The federal government has launched unprecedented actions against the University. Here’s a guide.

One year of strife between #Harvard and the #Trump admin, March 2025 - March 2026.
www.harvardmagazine.com/harvard-in-t...

#AcademicFreedom #AcadSky #AcademicSky #DefendResearch #EduSky #Funding #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
@academic-chatter.bsky.social

Looking forward to the new season of #RepublicanSchism.
newrepublic.com/article/2089...

#USPol #USPolitics

Photos from Hungary's election, as voters end Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule Hungarian voters ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Sunday's parliamentary election after 16 years in power.

Joy in #Hungary.
apnews.com/photo-galler...

Joy around the world for Hungary.

#Democracy

Good thinking, #Meta.

Reduce the discomfort of working at a huge, malignant corporation by letting employees talk with an #AI simulation of the boss.
archive.is/mtVXJ

#MarkZuckerberg

Kaine: "You don't sucker punch somebody in a bar and then blame your buddies when they don't join the fight with you. If the president wanted the support of allies, he should've respected them instead of putting tariffs on their economies and trash talking them."

JD Vance is on a historic roll:

He campaigns for AfD in Germany - they lose.

Invited the Pope to come to US for Trump’s big event - Pope refuses.

Leads peace negotiations with Iran - fails miserably.

Campaigns in Hungary for Orbán - who gets smoked.

"A Redditor Criticized #ICE. #Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury."
archive.is/ckM2Z

If the admin can do this to #Reddit, it can do it to any social-media, blogging, newsletter, or publishing platform.

#Censorship #FirstAmendment #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

"OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters."
www.wired.com/story/openai...

PS: Right. Why give AI companies an incentive to do no harm? Why give victims compensation?

#AI #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

"John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement. [It] will also make digital diagnostic, maintenance, and repair tools available to third parties for 10 years."
www.thedrive.com/news/john-de...

#RightToRepair

Chevron's CEO made $104 million while America bombed Iran America's oil executives have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, a new investigation shows.

America's oil execs have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, the WSJ reports

This cash windfall won’t go primarily toward yachts and private jets, but toward political campaigns and lobbying orgs dedicated to blocking climate policy and fueling authoritarianism

The OAD list “Declarations in Support of OA” has now been updated, with additional content and more up‑to‑date entries

👉oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Declarations_in_... Many thanks to @sufyanism.com for his work on this list

#Netflix just raised my monthly fee. But instead of calling it a "price increase", it called it a "price update".

#Newspeak

The World's collective disaster memory must be preserved

Update. I just signed the open letter to save EM-DAT and hope you will too.
openletter.earth/the-worlds-c...

#Climate #Data #DefendResearch #EMDAT #Funding #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

EM-DAT, the world's disaster memory, is at risk EM-DAT, the global disaster database hosted by UCLouvain, faces a critical funding crisis. Learn why it matters and how to help.

The #Trump defunding of #USAID could lead to the shutdown EM-DAT, the world's largest database of natural and technological disasters, maintained by the #UCLouvain.
statsandr.com/blog/em-dat-...

#Data #DefendResearch #EMDAT #Funding #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation. Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what an Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters,
@megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials.

(Published Dec. 2025)

Secret Election Funders (via NYT) U.S. politics has seen a stunning increase in dark money donations, undermining promises from the Supreme Court.

i’m so old i remember when obama called out SCOTUS for citizens united during a SOTU, predicting this would happen, and alito shook his head and said “that’s not true”

Could This Actually End Citizens United? Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti

An upcoming Montana ballot referendum would deny corporations the power to spend in state and federal elections.

If it passes in deep red Montana, it could pass anywhere. State by state, this could effectively nullify Citizens United. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fPbGHe3xE

Excellent on AI in any field, not just astrophysics. Thank you.

LAWFARE INSTITUTE •HABEAS NON-COMPLIANCE TRACKER Government Contempt & Non-Compliance 300 documented instances of government noncompliance with federal court orders in immigration habeas cases, with links to the specific filings and orders. 199 DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA 57 DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY 10 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 5 DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS +15 more 300 TOTAL

“Three Hundred Habeas Cases in Which the Government Has Defied Court Orders”

An extraordinary database of non-compliance, from @katherinepomps.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org for @lawfaremedia.org.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thre...