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Jorge Saturno

💛 Please consider donating to the Open Science Network: opencollective.com/bonfire-n...

Your contribution will really be of help to the project.

#OpenScience #OpenAccess #Fediverse

Jorge Saturno

"It’s never been more evident that for-profit publishing simply does not align with the aims of scholarly inquiry."

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#OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess

#DiamondOpenAccess #OpenAccess

Open Science Network

The http://openscience.network project is more than a #federated digital space. It's a network to collectively discover, produce and participate to the most relevant #openscience discussions on the fediverse and beyond.

In the public homepage, the editorial team pins posts for anyone to read - as an alternative to the most recent activities (often meaningless to the general audience )

Imagine every university, collective and lab owning their federated digital space and radically transforming their usual social networking presence in powerful ways:

- Curate and organize discussions in topics, moving beyond feeds and toward structured journals composed of federated discussions and links

- Discover and read papers directly from the scientist social profile

- Collaborate on new ideas in the open, instead of being siloed inside centralized platforms, publish papers from the fediverse

And this is only the beginning! Support us building the next infrastructure for open science!

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Leibniz Open Science

Webinar announcing the Global Diamond Open Access Alliance https://www.coalition-s.org/webinar-announcing-the-global-diamond-open-access-alliance/

Open Science Network

Hello, Fediverse friends! 👋

We're excited to announce that from now on, we'll be sharing updates about the Open Science Network development from our own federated Bonfire instance.

The Open Science Network initiative, led by @bonfire@indieweb.social in collaboration with open science advocates and scientific communities, aims to address the challenges in modern scientific collaboration. We're developing a federated digital space that embodies and fosters open science and FAIR principles, governed by the scholarly community itself.

Our solution is an open-source, self-governed, and federated digital space that scientific organizations can autonomously set up and confidently use to streamline and empower their workflow. By leveraging ActivityPub, we connect with other scientific organizations in the wider network. Unlike existing centralized and siloed platforms, our solution provides a modular, open-source, and federated framework that allows organizations to cultivate collaboration while maintaining control over scientific data, relationships, governance, and work.

Open Code and Modular

Open-source code is the backbone of transparent and collaborative science. Combined with a modular architecture, it empowers community-driven improvements and adaptations, fosters trust through transparency, and reduces barriers to entry for new contributors. Open and Modular code fosters a vibrant ecosystem where ideas can flourish and scientific progress accelerates.

Open Protocol

ActivityPub, our chosen open protocol, is vital for true decentralization and for preventing Enshittification (as defined by @pluralistic@mamot.fr ), vendor lock-in, and data silos. It empowers users to choose their preferred instance or set up a new one and facilitates a global, interconnected scientific community.

Open Governance

Open governance ensures that our digital space evolves with its community, by giving voice to all stakeholders in decision-making and aligning platform development with user needs, cultivating accountability and transparency.

Our vision is to create a digital commons for science, where researchers can collaborate freely, share knowledge effectively, and advance scientific discovery in an open and transparent manner.

Follow us to stay updated on our progress. We welcome partnerships and collaborations – reach out to us here or at team@openscience.network to join our network and help shape the future of open science.

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@pangolin · yesterday

How has Cannabidiol (CBD) research developed in the last few decades?

Our new review in the Journal of Cellular Biotechnology gives some quantitiave insight into the evolving landscape of CBD. Albeit we cover som molecular mechanisms and interaction with the endocannabinoid system, drug delivery systems designed to overcome its low bioavailability, we aggregaeted some numbers to summarize the state.

Our findings are here: doi.org/10.1177/235236892614... #Cannabinoids #CBD #MedicalResearch #ScienceCommunication #Biotechnology

journal-article SAGE Publications

Cannabidiol in biomedical research: Potential and challenges

Lana Taha, Sarah Kammerer, Nick Zschoche, Tim Leon Brauckhoff, Peter Schierack, Stefan Rödiger

doi:10.1177/23523689261464452

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Jennifer Miller

@Jennifer_Miller · 2 weeks ago

Hi, I'm checking out the Open Science Network on behalf of the Ronin Institute 2.0's Intfrastructure Working Group.

While I'm here, let me invite you to our next office hours on Wednesday June 24. These online sessions are chance for people curious about the Ronin Institute (also called RIIS 2.0) to learn more: ronininstitute.org/events/ If you consider yourself an independent scholar, please check it out!

Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship 2.0

Events

RIIS 2.0 Public Events calendar, note all events shown below in US Pacific Time

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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · last month

The UK needs to break the cycle of dependency on Big Tech ⛓️‍💥

Proprietary systems, secret code and punishing exit fees mean we're out of pocket and out of control.

The legacy is one of failure over strategic investment. That's why we need Digital Sovereignty now.

ORG's @jim explains.

Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/mSyuUv2AtZvx3ieFLLgvAE

#digitalsovereignty #opensource #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol

openrightsgroup

@openrightsgroup@peertube.openrightsgroup.org · 4 weeks ago

Breaking the Cycle of Digital Dependency

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Michael Foster

@michael@backend.newsmast.org · 4 weeks ago

Here's the call to action @newsmast
is taking to @publicspaces:

Make connected community spaces our mission for the year ahead.

Community building is hard. Connected community building is harder. But it's worth it.

For technologists: add this alongside your building. For policy people: let's talk. For marketers and content makers: let's band together. For community builders: we need your help.

Heading to PublicSpaces? Come find us.

https://www.blog-pat.ch/connected-community-spaces/

#Fediverse #PublicSpaces

Paths & Patches

Connected community spaces

This week the Newsmast team is heading to Amsterdam for Public Spaces, where the theme is Technology for Democracy. Here are three talking points - and one call to action - for the conference, the Open Social Awards, and all the conversations in between. We're stuck. Let's change the rules

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Mastodon

@Mastodon@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty.

We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society.

Here’s our full statement: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #DigitalSovereignty

Mastodon Blog

Europe's New Tech Strategy Puts Open Source Front and Centre

Mastodon's thoughts on the EU's newly released tech and open source strategy

Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org · 4 weeks ago

Happy Pride Month!

With a number of LGBTQ+ people on the team here at the Newsmast Foundation, #Pride is very close to our hearts.

But, we know that for many people Pride doesn't look like a parade or a party. For some, it's a quiet moment at home, a chance to reflect, to hold loved ones closer, to think of those who threw the first rocks.

Pride is a celebration. Pride is a protest. Pride is hope for all the #LGBTQ+ people across the world who aren't yet able to live freely.

#PrideMonth

A grid of images covered with rainbow filters. The images show a variety of LGBTQ+ moments to represent Pride. These include two women cooking together, people smiling before a Pride flag, two men laughing in close proximity, a gender non-conforming person, a woman sitting alone in nature, a Pride parade, and other moments of queer joy. There is an empty square, greyed out with a Progressive Pride flag heart over it, to represent those who are not able to celebrate Pride outwardly.

Over the images, text reads: However you celebrate, happy Pride month. — A grid of images covered with rainbow filters. The images show a variety of LGBTQ+ moments to represent Pride. These include two women cooking together, people smiling before a Pride flag, two men laughing in close proximity, a gender non-conforming person, a woman sitting alone in nature, a Pride parade, and other moments of queer joy. There is an empty square, greyed out with a Progressive Pride flag heart over it, to represent those who are not able to celebrate Pride outwardly. Over the images, text reads: However you celebrate, happy Pride month.

🔞 cam, your sleepy ram

@camipresto@teamrose.social · 4 weeks ago

@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org hey, can y'all exclude me from your auto-repost feeds? really not fun getting involuntarily opted into bot activity like that

Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org · 4 weeks ago

@camipresto

Done! Have good day 🙂