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@ElenLeFoll @janalasser also, nice to see the article is published #openaccess 😍 https://hcommons.social/@ElenLeFoll@fediscience.org/113868096037630844 (2025-01-24 ↗)

👏🏽 Brilliant summary & analysis of the recent discourse around #IchbinHanna (mostly on that platform formerly known as Twitter), a hashtag used to highlight the systemic and highly-precarious employment situation in German academia, penned by Ahmadou Wagne, Florentine Frantz, @ElenLeFoll and @janalasser "We conclude that the #IchBinHanna & #IchBinReyhan movement has succeeded in foregrounding systemic problems that have long existed in German academia. While debates are still ongoing, we are hopeful that the issues and potential solutions highlighted by the movement will precipitate into changes to academic working conditions in Germany." Highly recommended for anyone considering a position at a German HEI … Wagne, A., Le Foll, E., Frantz, F., & Lasser, J. (2025). Giving the outrage a name – how researchers are challenging employment conditions under the hashtags #IchBinHanna and #IchBinReyhan. Information, Communication & Society, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2452273 (2025-01-24 ↗)

📢 Just out before the winter break: Save the Date for the third instalment of the @RadicalOA conference, scheduled for April 10-11, 2024 in Cambridge and online! Theme: 'Radical Open Access III: From Openness to Social Justice Activism' https://hcommons.social/@RadicalOA/113680204423546613 (2024-12-20 ↗)

By the by, did you know that the EU has passed legislation earlier this year to come a step closer to fuller adoption of #RightToRepair within the union? https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240419IPR20590/right-to-repair-making-repair-easier-and-more-appealing-to-consumers (2024-12-13 ↗)

Today's installment of #TheGuardian 's First Dog on the Moon reminded me of the great work done by @pluralistic and many others on advocating for #RightToRepair across the globe. Also, as FDOTM puts it towards the end: "Remember! Reducing your carbon footprint by buying a few less toasters over your lifetime won't repair the planet or solve climate change. The only way to do that is fighting the class war and smashing the dictatorship of capital." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/dec/13/why-not-fix-it-yourself-it-behooves-us-to-repair-our-own-busted-machines-wherever-possible (2024-12-13 ↗)