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There are a bunch of field-specific preprint services like arXiv: PsyArXiv, SocARXIV, engrXiV, AgriXiv, etc. The OSF also hosts preprints for various disciplines.

The important thing to remember is that preprints are not peer-reviewed and have not been vetted in any way. A paper may change a lot (or just a little) between preprint submission and final publication. A recent paper of mine had a few sections added for clarity, which wouldn’t appear in a preprint.

Some have, but even that depends on licensing options. Many universities have institutional repositories with folks working hard to get affiliate papers uploaded for open access, but they still have to follow the publisher’s license. Some publishers allow OA upload in an IR after an embargo period. Some do only if you pay for general OA publication (extra cost on top of the regular publishing costs, although subscribe to open or read & publish deals sometimes take care of the fees). Some allow it as a matter of course. Some allow it if the author requests it at some point. Some just don’t care and never allow it.

There are also university presses or nonprofit publishers, but their models often aren’t that different. It should be treated as a public service, especially for research given public monies to be completed, but it’s currently just business as usual.

It doesn’t really do anything other than (potentially) verify someone or an organization really is who they say they are. It probably matters most for well-known folks or orgs that you need to know are real. One example is how confused people are about Mark Hamill, who did move over to Bsky, because there are so many impersonators.

Another example is the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. I can verify they are who they say (and trust their posts, hilarious or not) because they’ve used their gov site to verify their account.

I had a cat named Rufus once!

They’ll have non-member options for sellers once it’s out of beta, too. Supporter members can also sell (lower buy-in cost), but the Coop commission is higher (not as high as non-member will be).

I’ve purchased several things there, and I’ve loved everything. (I’m not an artisan or crafter, just a buyer of art and craft.)

Oh no. Did you say ND? 👀

They really need to talk to Mary!

I’m looking for one that allows handwriting to text, if anyone knows of one.

I think you’re talking about “at-will” employment, which allows the employer or employee to terminate employment for no reason at any time. Only Montana doesn’t have that (unfortunately for the rest of us), and employers must show good cause for termination after a set probationary period. “Right-to-work” means that you can’t be required to join a union or pay fair share fees as a requirement of employment. 26 states have this on the books.

I live in a state with both laws, and it sucks as much as you’d imagine… (mainly because it’s fairly indicative of other issues throughout the state).

They mention that in the article, in passing. “WIRED, for context, lists 164 partners.”

I recommend Pati Jinich’s recipes for anything she makes. She has both a flour and a corn tortilla recipe.

https://patijinich.com/flour-tortillas/

It’s a bit of a confusing history. The AT Protocol for decentralization was a side project of Twitter that later spun off, grew, and became Bluesky.

Before starting my own personal one, I used ones run by @Stux, mstdn.social and masto.ai. He has another one that’s based around coffee lovers, too: mastodon.coffee. They’re pretty laid back servers!

We switched to Duo, too. Making that plan unlimited was the las barrier to my spouse jumping aboard the Kagi train. We’re in for the yearly Duo sub as of this evening!

I thought it was going okay: I got 6 hours of sleep (unheard of!), I woke up on time, and work was moving along smoothly. But then… my cat got sick and a not-beloved coworker decided to be annoying, so I hit a snag for a while there. I’m back at it again, having survived the issue with my cat AND the co-irker, and the day is starting to look up again. Here’s hoping that the trend continues up tomorrow…

I like Liftoff enough that I’ve stopped looking at every new thing that is coming out.

I’m currently preferring either the mobile web or Liftoff. Liftoff has really surprised me with how slick and easy it’s been to jump onto. I still have Jerboa on my phone to see how it progresses over time.

Beeple!

I’ve been using StoryGraph since it came around and really enjoy it. I’ve looked at BookWyrm, but I haven’t considered switching yet.

The article mentions the WaPo connection to Amazon and its board, as they should, but I’m surprised to see this particular topic there, too.

This particular paragraph is disingenuous in its characterization of what’s going on with Reddit, though:

There was also a concern that any major changes to the platform could scare people away. One former employee compared Goodreads to Reddit, an 18-year-old internet forum where users are revolting because of modifications to the site. “People feel like they can’t anger the community,” the former employee said.

Archeologist or astronaut! I ended up being a librarian 😁