Peter Suber

Pentagon Refuses to Say If AI Was Used to Select Elementary School as Bombing Target Did the US military use Anthropic's Claude to select targets in its weekend operations in Iran, with devastating results?

I don't know whether #AI played a role in targeting the school. But it could have played a role even with guardrails against use in mass surveillance & autonomous lethal weapons. If we want to prevent the use of AI tools in atrocities, we need to go a lot further than #Anthropic did.

#IranWar #War

Here's another article that made it through peer review (at #Elsevier) with the false claim that all #OpenAccess journals charge #APCs.
www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S002...

#ScholComm

LibreOffice criticizes EU Commission over proprietary XLSX formats The Document Foundation criticizes the EU Commission for exclusively using Microsoft's XLSX format in the Cyber Resilience Act consultation.

"The #DocumentFoundation [maker of #LibreOffice] has called on the European Commission in an open letter not to rely solely on #Microsoft's proprietary #XLSX format in the ongoing consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)."
www.heise.de/en/news/Libr...

#FOSS #Interoperability #OpenSource

Thanks for upping this, John. #BurningtheBooks keeps being an authoritarian priority across the globe ...

Chart showing in many countries, people see their fellow citizens as morally good.

We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.

The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...

Publisher demands $500 from impersonated author to retract paper Last year, we wrote about a Walsh Medical Media journal that refused to withdraw an author’s paper unless he paid a fee — even though he didn’t write or submit the article. For one reader, some det…

"Publisher demands $500 from impersonated author to retract paper."
retractionwatch.com/2026/03/05/p...

PS: Here's hoping that publicity about this shakedown costs the publisher -- Walsh Medical Media -- more than $500.

#ScholComm

There's a special sting in being fired by #Trump right now when he's keeping so many other stupid and wicked people.

#KristiNoem will have to live with the fact that Trump fired her before firing #PeteHegseth, #PamBondi, #RFKJr....

#USPol #USPolitics

As we prepare to celebrate the 61st anniversary of Selma on Saturday, don't forget that it's also another anniversary date: the 60th of South Carolina v Katzenbach, in which SCOTUS unanimously and emphatically upheld the Voting Rights Act. It took the movement and it took the Court to make it real

Webinar Series Since releasing the "Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship" in mid-February, the #DefendResearch team has engaged with scholars and experts around the world who view the cu...

FYI, there is still time to register for the March 5th #DefendResearch webinar with Nina Jankowicz of the American Sunlight Project on " #Censorship, #Disinformation, and the Fight for Academic Freedom" and how we can resist censorship and its consequences. www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

#Trump projection squared:

"The US on Friday designated #Iran as a 'state sponsor of wrongful detention'."
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

#USPol #USPolitics

Formalizing our commitment to code sharing In support of open science, PLOS Biology routinely asks authors to openly share their research code before publication. We are now formalizing this practice with a mandatory code sharing policy and…

In support of #OpenScience, we routinely ask authors to openly share their #research #code before publication.

We are now formalizing this practice with a mandatory #CodeSharing policy and clarifying what we mean by code sharing.

Link to details?

Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor Department of Justice did not release FBI memos when it uploaded millions of pages of files beginning in December

It's no mystery why major US newspapers are not covering this story as forthrightly as #TheGuardian. Big part of the problem.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#Epstein #Journalism #Trump #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Betty Lachgar was unjustly imprisoned in her home country, Morocco, last August for uploading a photo of her wearing a t-shirt that read "Allah is lesbian" while on a trip in London. We are awarding the 2026 Avijit Roy Courage Award to Betty.

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Please read Hillary Clinton's opening statement in today's meeting of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
x.com/HillaryClint...

#Epstein #HillaryClinton #Republicans #SexTrafficking #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social ky.social

Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

This blind man - a refugee from Burma - was dropped off by Border Patrol at a Tim Horton's in Buffalo, NY.

In the middle of February.
A mile from a home where he no longer lived.
While his relatives were searching for him.

Cops found his body 5 days later

www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

Register for the March 5th #DefendResearch webinar with @ninajankowicz.com of American Sunlight Project and trumpcensorship.com to learn more about her work surfacing censorship and the impact on knowledge and democracy! www.defendresearch.org/events/webin... #ScholComm #HigherEd #Academia

VSU Terminates 6 Professors Without Due Process Campus security escorted the professors—five tenured and one tenure-track—to their cars and issued no-trespass warnings. They have received no written explanation for their dismissals.

Wow. "Virginia State terminates 6 professors without due process. Campus security escorted the professors —5 tenured and 1 tenure-track— to their cars and issued no-trespass warnings. They have received no written explanation for their dismissals."
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

#AcadSky

Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship — Harvard’s highest...

#LarrySummers resigns from #Harvard.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

"Across dozens of [email] threads, Summers sought Epstein’s advice on personal matters, including his pursuit of a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee."

#Epstein

Where should SocArXiv draw the AI line? A case that helps sort out the questions for an AI policy at SocArXiv.

It's one thing to ask authors to disclose how they used #AI. But it's another to have an articulate policy on what degrees and kinds of use make a work unacceptable, esp at a #preprint repository. Thoughtful take by @philipncohen.com, director of @socarxiv.bsky.social.
socopen.org/2026/02/22/w...

New Immigration Agents Are Being Trained to Violate the Constitution, Former ICE Lawyer Says The lack of training on limits to their authority “should scare everyone,” said the instructor who resigned.

Thousands of new immigration agents are taking fewer exams and getting nearly 250 fewer hours of training than past agents before being deployed to carry out President Donald Trump’s campaign of mass deportations, according to documents.

WATCH LIVE: Democratic lawmakers hold forum with whistleblower on ICE constitutional violations YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

An ICE whistleblower is testifying right now at a congressional forum. His claims are that the agency is "Lying to Congress and the American people" about its training of new recruits.

Ryan Schwank was an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned earlier this month.

Gender differences in submission behavior exacerbate publication disparities in elite journals Gender differences in submission behavior, driven by self-perceptions of novelty and peer discouragement, limit women’s representation in high-impact journals and, in turn, their scientific visibility...

Women submit significantly fewer articles to high-impact journals than men. (The percentages differ by field.) When asked why, the most common response was that "they were advised not to."
elifesciences.org/articles/90049

#Gender #GenderBias #ScholComm

New study: In #APC based #OpenAccess journals of orthopedic surgery, APCs "are not proportional to and do not strongly correlate with" journal impact factors.
dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAO...

#JIFs #ScholComm

University of Texas regents OK limits on controversial subjects Opponents warned the policy’s vagueness could push professors to self-censor and leave students less prepared for the workplace.

The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents unanimously approved a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying “unnecessary controversial subjects,” despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world.

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.

Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

Pg 4/6 Submit events to: ptactivism@proton.me FEB 17, Thur 6-9:00PM – Virtual Phone Bank Join from anywhere TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORS, CRACK ICE: Phone Bank with SURJ! Right now is the time to intervene. To step up. To move our people. As the Trump Administration continues to deploy violent ICE agents to our nation's cities, we remain clear and centered on the following truths: 4. White working class Americans have so much to gain by standing in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors. 5. Trump’s aggressive and violent deployment of ICE is causing many white working class communities to re-evaluate their views and beliefs on immigration. 6. Listening-forward conversations that support people to reflect on their values, feelings and experiences can shift their attitudes, perspective and behavior. That's why we're channeling these truths into a powerful action that you can take with us. Join SURJ to talk to key white working class voters about their feelings on Trump’s immigration policies and deployment of ICE in the key congressional districts that will determine control of the House in the 2026 elections. FMI: mobilize.us/surj/event/885303/ FEB 19, Thur 7-8:30PM EST WORKING FAMILIES PARTY Nationwide Welcome Gathering Whether you’re a new supporter or a longtime WFP member, we ask ALL members to join one Welcome Gathering! Welcome Gatherings are an energetic space where you can meet other working people with the same vision of building a world where we can thrive, and not just survive. We’ll share our desires and vision for a political party that truly is for us and by us. We’ll get concrete about how we are building the power we need to have an impact locally and nationally in this political moment. And we can help you sort out a meaningful next step with the party. All are welcome! The Working Families Party (WFP) is a grassroots political party building a multiracial movement of working people to transform America for the liberation of our people and the plane…

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#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved

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