PhD candidate on the politics of open research and publishing environments at [redacted]. OBC Board of Stewards. Copim. Synths. Tapes. Perennial pain. Skullduggery. Ⓐ 🍉 ORCID: 0000-0003-1217-0149. https://hairdryerexcommunication.bandcamp.com/ (he/him).https://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3musdvp5hms26For some reason or other, I'm listening to documentaries where theists reject the capacity for humour in death. I've got decades of it built you all laugh at when I croak it. That's my 'life's work'!05 Sep 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3musdvp5hms26https://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3muscaezu2k26Given my given name, I assume my handsome birth was handsome. It was, after (specifically quite Jim O'Rourke) all downhill from here. At the bottom of the hill, I regret frightfully little. (And think less of the rest.)05 Sep 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muscaezu2k26https://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3mus7t353ls26I've been going over some texts with an eye Palestine and Palestinian statehood. I don't *think* Palestinians need to go through the trauma of "achieving" statehood. (And I also don't think it would be useful, obviously.) We are surely capable of recognising people.05 Sep 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus7t353ls26https://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3mus6q7wlt22yThe end is nigh.05 Sep 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus6q7wlt22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3mus6bz3yqs2yThe problems with "open research" as a discourse start with the failure to recognise theoretical breadth (which is indicated by the absence of a core.) I actually see all of that as strength; it is not only many many things, it can be many others. But that pluralism *is* a rejection or "principle".05 Sep 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus6bz3yqs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3mus44ra7wc2yI'm about three months premature in listening to Music for 18 musicians, but it has been a day. And that's before I think about tomorrow. Section II.05 Sep 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus44ra7wc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3mus3irb6t22yThe young lasses at the village shop were jazzing at my hair. I pointed out the hilarity of a middle aged punk (wearing a black metal band t-shirt,) receiving this & explained that a) I hate getting a haircut b) it is time for a haircut c) It isn't "style", I'm just lazy (but sure, good products.)05 Sep 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus3irb6t22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3muroyksakk2yPolitics should be entertaining. However, it shouldn't be this absurd spectacle through which one is represented. Direct participation is politics. Watching plummy accented folks from the south east bicker is inert and inane.05 Sep 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muroyksakk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3murcgovmdc2yBig shout out to Livy (of @punctumbooks.bsky.social fame) for sending me the best heavy music listens of the season. Full crumbling speaker vibes.05 Sep 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3murcgovmdc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3mup6wenw4k2iWe all know that research ethics is increasingly more to do with mitigating institutional risk. That said, given Orr is a walking liability...04 Sep 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup6wenw4k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3muovo6gsvk2iFunny how far-right reactionaries disparage "the elite", while being comprised of bankers, lifelong conservative politicians, and with "prestigious" Oxbridge academics pulling the strings and recruiting from these "prestigious" institutions. Sure, guys. Sure.04 Sep 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muovo6gsvk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3muoulf5rwc2iPrestige and supremacy aren't synonyms, but I propose that there is a relationship.04 Sep 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoulf5rwc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3muoujixp5s2iIs anyone earnestly surprised by the Cambridge shenanigans? Having read too many hagiographies of various parts of it, I'd be shocked if such "issues" aren't just the absolute tip of the iceberg.04 Sep 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoujixp5s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3muotlybrqc2iThe yoof are discussing their age and I'm dying ov old age.04 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muotlybrqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3munzqywe722vI had a dream that involved hanging out with Lemmy after he got thrown out of a Mötorhead gig. Top dream. Would dream again.04 Sep 2026 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3munzqywe722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3munmedeqpk2vI've climbed into bed. And I've just clocked that I've managed to lock a mosquito in with me. See you with some swollen face/arm/leg additions tomorrow!03 Sep 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3munmedeqpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3munkwbofdc2v"It makes me proud to be a citizen of the British Empire. Jesus was British." [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3munkwbofdc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3munkhmqdxs2vIf I was a copywriter at a red top, I would have found an excuse to invoke 'Barmed conflict' regarding the "new" PM within about five seconds.03 Sep 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3munkhmqdxs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kjsanders.eurosky.social/post/3munjy2ec3c2vIn a lagged reading a book with @kirahopkins.bsky.social, I found an excuse to take a picture of a copy of a different book I bought in Sheffield 25 years ago.03 Sep 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:zijbjmkitpgqwxa6rxarnjmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3munjy2ec3c2v