I was looking through the Open Textbook Library (as one does) to see if there was anything new of interest and saw that there is a work in progress plus-size garment development open.umn.edu/opentextbook... #oer
Oh, and there's a published work already on adaptive apparel design iastate.pressbooks.pub/adaptiveappa...
"The key point is that summary-and-cite AI tools are performative. Since visibility begets visibility, they help enact the world they purport to merely describe"
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This instructional text and designer resources have been prepared to support those learning about adaptive apparel design. The text is easy for students, scholars, and designers to use, and is organi...
I'd missed this Jefferson Pooley LSE blog piece, "The Matthew effect in AI summary."
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Really interesting to see him using Merton in it like I did in my "KULA" piece (doi.org/10.18357/kul...).
Brainwave!
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AI research tools are trained on a literature that is structured by an unequal distribution of attention. Does their use simply recreate these biases ?
We're excited to launch J·ROR, the Journal of Research on Research.
A new open-access home for research on how research is funded, organised, conducted, communicated, and evaluated.
Our first editorial: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#ResearchOnResearch #MetaScience #OpenScience #STS
Published in Journal of Research on Research (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026)
Spooky data stories at #IASSIST2026! "Research Data Scarytales" turns stories about RDM mistakes into a community game. Everyone makes mistakes, and such initiatives help improve our error culture imo. Very cool! Check it out here: forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/rdm-scarytal...
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Gov. JB Pritzker put a pause on data center incentives, bringing cheers from environmental and consumer advocates but harsh words from labor leaders. @maggiedough.bsky.social reports buff.ly/VyYuAg7
