Charles River on MIT campus_Photo by Gretchen Ertl, usage courtesy of the photographer. Original album "Fall around MIT (November 2024)" from MIT Media Library on Flickr. Copyright Gretchen Ertl. Below the photograph is the maroon 2026 OEGlobal conference Logo for OEGlobal Conference 2026 with the text Cambridge, MA, & Online, Oct 7-9, 2026, and the conference website: https://conference.oeglobal.org against an artistic rendering of a map in salmon and cyan, created by Mario Badilla at OEGlobal.

🎓 Theme: Innovating open practices to uphold and uplift knowledge as a public good.
📍 MIT Samberg Conference Center, Cambridge MA + Online
📅 Oct 7–9, 2026

Deadline: April 7
🔗 https://twp.ai/SAHp2Z
#OEGlobal26 #OpenEducation #PublicGood #Countdown #Hybrid #OER #OpenAccess

Education is free.

Knowledge is widely accessible from libraries & the internet.

It is the piece of paper validating your comprehension that costs $.

As well as access to applications (the physical doing.)

#Edusky
#FreeEducation
#PublicEducation
#PublicGood

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⛵️ Not sure you can travel?

OEGlobal 2026 is:
✔ In-person
✔ Hybrid
✔ Fully online
✔ 5-minute asynchronous lightning talks

There are many ways to participate.

Submission deadline: April 7 –> https://twp.ai/SAHoz8

#OEGlobal26 #OpenEducation #PublicGood #HowTo

I got two tickets to paradise 🥰 #support #usps #publicservices #publicgood

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By directing a triad of investigations specifically at #MedicalSchools in a single day, the #Trump admin is widening its targets & transforming a decades-long financial partnership into a tool of #cultural leverage.

That partnership dates back to a postwar consensus in the country that […]

Kendall Square_Photo by Bob O'Connor, usage courtesy of the photographer, sourced from MIT Media Library on Flickr. Copyright Bob O'Connor. Below the photograph is the maroon 2026 OEGlobal conference Logo for OEGlobal Conference 2026 with the text Cambridge, MA, & Online, Oct 7-9, 2026, and the conference website: https://conference.oeglobal.org against an artistic rendering of a map in salmon and cyan, created by Mario Badilla at OEGlobal.

⛵️ Not sure you can travel?

OEGlobal 2026 is:
✔ In-person
✔ #Hybrid
✔ Fully online
✔ 5-minute asynchronous lightning talks

There are many ways to participate.

Submission deadline: April 7 –> https://twp.ai/SAHrP6

#OEGlobal26 #OpenEducation #PublicGood #HowTo #OER #OpenAccess

Maternity care: why moving to a fully public model is a good thing Sara Burke, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Health Policy and Management at Trinity College Dublin.

Well said Sara Burke - we should be focusing on improving standards of maternity care, for all!

The 'but you're denying women choice' argument is illogical... it's only a 'choice' for those who can 'afford' it in the first place!

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

#MaternityCare #PublicGood

Dr. Maryam Zaringhalam stands by a concrete balcony, with trees in the background. She looks at the camera with a casual, gentle expression. She wears a navy blue outfit.

We are delighted to announce our first keynote speaker for #BOSC2026: Maryam Zaringhalam, Ph.D. @webmz.bsky.social, the Senior Director of Policy at the Center for Open Science @cos.io.

#OpenScience #ISMB2026 #AIready #data as a #publicgood
More information at www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...

Healthcare isn’t a normal market.

Patients lack price info, emergencies remove choice, insurers profit by denial.

Private insurance adds profit & admin $ & fragments risk pools.

#M4A pools risk nationally, cuts admin & treats healthcare as #PublicGood for universal access while lowering prices.

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If we step back and say:

I don't need a stochastic parrot.

I don't want to fool anybody with good enough looking slop.

I don't want to steal anybody's work any more that I want them to steal mine.

I simply want better #opensource #publicgood tools to process (and even cope) with the […]

Come invent with us! Innovating open practices to uphold and uplift knowledge as a public good.

The website is live with everything you need to start planning your experience.
Get started ➡️ https://twp.ai/4ivjQM

#OEGlobal26 #OpenEducation #PublicGood #OpenLearning MIT OpenCourseWare

Proposed legislation would prohibit book banning in New Mexico public libraries • Source New Mexico A New Mexico lawmaker is reintroducing a bill to ban book banning at public libraries, backed by librarians and authors

sourcenm.com/2026/01/07/p...

Proposed legislation would prohibit book banning in New Mexico public libraries
Bill backed by local librarians and authors

#libraries #publicgood #newmexico #bookbans

A maroon logo for the OEGlobal Conference 2026 with the text Oct 7-9, 2026, Cambridge, MA, and Online, against the background of an illustrated map of Cambridge, Massachusetts. in pink and cyan colors, created by Mario Badilla at OEGlobal. https://conference.oeglobal.org/

Want a sneak peek of the OEGlobal 2026 website?

It’s now live at https://twp.ai/4ivZ7l along with the Call for Proposals.

Look for more next week about the conference!

#OEGlobal2026 #OpenEducation #OpenScience #PublicGood #HigherEducation OEGlobal

Davidson College Secures $47 Million to Launch the D.G. and Harriet Wall Martin Institute for Public Good Davidson College establishes the D.G. and Harriet Wall Martin Institute for Public Good with a landmark $47 million in support. The ambitious initiative will cultivate ethical leaders and bridge-build...

Huge congrats to our client @davidsoncollege.bsky.social on this exciting news. “The Martin Institute for Public Good is a signature initiative that propels Davidson’s strengths into public life,” -- Pres. Doug Hicks. #highered #philanthropy #publicgood
www.davidson.edu/news/2026/02...

Lasting progress isn’t rushed. It’s built through partnership, patience, and shared responsibility.

#LastingProgress #PartnershipsThatWork #SharedResponsibility #PublicGood #VergardeStrategies

I seem to have a misconsception of California as being a car culture.
This bus route of public transit is better than middle America by a longshot.
For ten dollars, and four hours, I can cross the state to a remote nowheresville on a government bus route.

#transit […]

[Original post on c.im]

Repurposing Management for the Public Good: From Rhetoric to Action  - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the Repurposing Management for the Public Good: From Rhetoric to Action  . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, thoughtful research, and practic...

📕 New JMS Insights Blog: Repurposing Management for the Public Good argues purpose must be embedded in systems, incentives & governance - not just stated. Managing for the public good requires accountability & recalibration.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4qIg9t9

#JMS #PublicGood

American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian, William H. Prescott wrote, "Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good." #WilliamHPrescott #publicgood

Shhh… No More: How Libraries Quietly Became the Last Great Public Space From Dusty Tomes to 3D Printers and Trauma Dumping: A Love Letter to the Unlikely Community Hub Surviving It All

substack.com/home/post/p-...
#Libraries
#PublicLibraries
#LibraryLife
#ThirdPlace
#LibraryOfThings
#Librarian
#CommunitySpace
#FreePublicSpaces
#ModernLibrary
#LibraryLove
#PublicGood
#BeyondBooks
#LibraryStories
#SocialInfrastructure
#WeirdnessWelcome
#LibraryRevolution
#SacredSpaces

How do we bring more people into AI decision-making?

Read more from @austenangell.bsky.social's article here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

#AI #Ethics #Diversity #PublicGood

It wasn’t about real estate.

It was about what actually holds communities together when things get hard: people who notice, show up, and help—without being asked.
#community #PublicGood #belonging

Minivans etc use ultrasonic or microwave radar to detect children (or pets) in the back seats and alert parent drivers when they leave their children behind after parking. That smart system is said to detect a sleeping child breathing under blanket.

#Publicgood of mass transit is so underrated

Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.

#government #religion #mercy #publicgood

You cannot regulate away the damage caused by private ownership.

When profit is prioritised, customers and the environment inevitably lose out — no matter how tight the regulatory grip is meant to be.

#CleanWater #PublicGood

In the "Difficult environments" panel, EFCSN members shared how they resist state pressure. @factchecknet.bsky.social Director Angie D. Holan stressed that #factchecking is a #publicgood that needs audience support and a clear mission to defend the public's right to truth.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@emilylowan/115959504834441195

Dear all politicians.
More of this.
#publicGood #taxBillionaires #affordability #publicGroceryStores #bcpoli

Our 2026 PACS-SCANCOR Seminar Series opens on Monday, January 26 with an examination of epidemic politics in China.

Join us at Stanford or online to hear from @yanlong-soc.bsky.social of the University of California, Berkeley.

Learn more and RSVP ⤵️
stanford.io/3N8YFbz

#PublicGood #CivilSociety

When we ask what kind of government we want to create, Václav Havel invites us to begin with conscience and responsibility.
#SacredCivicPause #MoralLeadership #DemocracyAndValues #CivicPause #GovernanceWithCare #TruthAndTrust #PublicGood #CreateTheFuture

We’re grateful for the opportunity to work in tandem with this team of achievers! #femalefounder #femalefilmmakerfriday #socialenterprise #thewiesuite #thesuitesheet #publicgood #swimupstream

Peak Pharma - Is it time to rethink our pharmaceutical innovation system? Prof Susi Geiger to discuss the spiralling price of new drug therapies in 2026 Laurence Crowley Lecture

"How do we keep some of the value in public hands so pharma products are a common good or #PublicGood rather than something that can be financialised and profited from by shareholders."

#COI #CDoH #Pharma

www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/20...