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Elsevier Shuts Down Its Finance Journal Citation Cartel
https://www.chrisbrunet.com/p/elsevier-shuts-down-its-finance-journal
#HackerNews #Elsevier #Finance #Journal #Citation #Cartel #ShutDown #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #ScholarlyCommunication
Elsevier Shuts Down Its Finance Journal Citation Cartel
https://www.chrisbrunet.com/p/elsevier-shuts-down-its-finance-journal
#HackerNews #Elsevier #Finance #Journal #Citation #Cartel #ShutDown #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #ScholarlyCommunication
This morning I promoted nolto.social, a platform that was made - at least I thought so, to be a Fediverse based alternative to LinkedIn. As I'm getting more and more annoyed by LinkedIn and all the useless posts over there, I was happy to find an independent alternative.
nolto.social still worked this morning, but when I came back later; i found the project deleted and at least when you are viewing the website from your smartphone, you see a message from the developer of nolto.social where he states that this project was never meant to grow. Obviously this was just a one person project who became overwhelmed by the success of the platform and by the fact, that companies started creating profiles and nearly 1000 people joined within a short time period. But now it seems that this project ran out of control and the maintainer decided to pull the emergency break. He is also talking about negative feedback he received for the platform and even personal harrassment.
It is sad that a promising project like this had been terminated, but I can understand what made the maintainer doing so. Managing a business platform can become a fulltime job quite fast and it also requires technical ressources and money to run these resources.
I firmly believe that we need an alternative to LinkedIn. I believe that people don't want all this bullshit posts just created to please the algorithm and to generate likes and feedback. And I believe that people would like a business network which is nothing else than a business network - no space for bursting egos and self promotion, but a space for connection and serious discussion.
Fediverse would be the ideal space for this. But as we know, if business networks are successful, they require more and more attention, more ressources, more money. And at this is the problem. When you need money to run your social network, it's tempting to ask yourself how you could generate money by using the ressources you already have, which are user data...
I don't see a solution for this now, just sharing some thoughts.
This morning I promoted nolto.social, a platform that was made - at least I thought so, to be a Fediverse based alternative to LinkedIn. As I'm getting more and more annoyed by LinkedIn and all the useless posts over there, I was happy to find an independent alternative.
nolto.social still worked this morning, but when I came back later; i found the project deleted and at least when you are viewing the website from your smartphone, you see a message from the developer of nolto.social where he states that this project was never meant to grow. Obviously this was just a one person project who became overwhelmed by the success of the platform and by the fact, that companies started creating profiles and nearly 1000 people joined within a short time period. But now it seems that this project ran out of control and the maintainer decided to pull the emergency break. He is also talking about negative feedback he received for the platform and even personal harrassment.
It is sad that a promising project like this had been terminated, but I can understand what made the maintainer doing so. Managing a business platform can become a fulltime job quite fast and it also requires technical ressources and money to run these resources.
I firmly believe that we need an alternative to LinkedIn. I believe that people don't want all this bullshit posts just created to please the algorithm and to generate likes and feedback. And I believe that people would like a business network which is nothing else than a business network - no space for bursting egos and self promotion, but a space for connection and serious discussion.
Fediverse would be the ideal space for this. But as we know, if business networks are successful, they require more and more attention, more ressources, more money. And at this is the problem. When you need money to run your social network, it's tempting to ask yourself how you could generate money by using the ressources you already have, which are user data...
I don't see a solution for this now, just sharing some thoughts.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s office says a bipartisan #funding deal has been reached to avoid a government #shutdown as #Senate #Republicans try to set up a Thursday vote.
The deal, according to the minority leader, includes the separation of the 5 bipartisan appropriation bills that #Democrats had asked for & a 2-week stopgap funding extension for #DHS.
Senate #GOP leadership is now taking steps to schedule a vote for Thursday night.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-news-01-29-26?post-id=cmkzuzwml000f3b6p8b0rkied
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s office says a bipartisan #funding deal has been reached to avoid a government #shutdown as #Senate #Republicans try to set up a Thursday vote.
The deal, according to the minority leader, includes the separation of the 5 bipartisan appropriation bills that #Democrats had asked for & a 2-week stopgap funding extension for #DHS.
Senate #GOP leadership is now taking steps to schedule a vote for Thursday night.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-news-01-29-26?post-id=cmkzuzwml000f3b6p8b0rkied
“This #ICE situation is a nightmare for the Senate.🚨Cannot see a scenario in which Senate Dems can vote for this 6-bill pkg which incls #DHS funding. Govt shuts down Fri. First Senate procedural vote likely not until Wed, giving them limited room to maneuver. House on recess. Any changes to the bill would require the HSE. #Shutdown a real poss at this pt.”
-J Sherman
GOP Senators must be rebuked for their allegiance to Trump & his ICE killing machine. Shut it down!
#Nightmare⬇️ #Murder #USPol
“This #ICE situation is a nightmare for the Senate.🚨Cannot see a scenario in which Senate Dems can vote for this 6-bill pkg which incls #DHS funding. Govt shuts down Fri. First Senate procedural vote likely not until Wed, giving them limited room to maneuver. House on recess. Any changes to the bill would require the HSE. #Shutdown a real poss at this pt.”
-J Sherman
GOP Senators must be rebuked for their allegiance to Trump & his ICE killing machine. Shut it down!
#Nightmare⬇️ #Murder #USPol
Iran has now been offline for 96 hours
https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/2010750871274160361
#HackerNews #Iran #Offline #Internet #Shutdown #Censorship #Cybersecurity
Demonstrators have continued to take to the streets of #Iran,
defying an escalating crackdown by authorities against the growing #protest movement.
An #internet #shutdown imposed by the authorities on Thursday has largely cut the protesters off from the rest of the world,
but videos that trickled out of the country showed thousands of people demonstrating in Tehran overnight into Saturday morning.
They chanted:
💥“Death to Khamenei,”
in reference to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and:
💥“Long live the shah.”
New protests broke out late on Saturday
with people rallying in a northern district of Tehran, according to a video verified by AFP.
Authorities warned people to not take part in protests on Saturday.
The country’s attorney general,
Mohammad Mahvadi Azad,
said anyone who did so would be considered an
“enemy of god”,
a charge which carries the death penalty.
State TV later clarified that anyone who even assisted protesters could face the charge.
Despite the crackdown,
more protests were planned for the weekend.
Reza Pahlavi,
the exiled son of the former shah of Iran,
called for protesters to take to the streets on Saturday and Sunday
and seize control of their towns.
Pahlavi, who has emerged as an increasingly popular figure in the current round of protests,
asked people to hoist the pre-1979
“lion and sun” flag
that was used during his father’s rule.
“Our goal is no longer merely to come into the streets.
The goal is to prepare to seize city centres and hold them,”
he said,
promising he would return to Iran soon.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/10/iran-protesters-tell-of-brutal-police-response-deaths-and-forced-confessions?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Iran's internet shutdown is chillingly precise and may last some time
#HackerNews #Iran #Internet #Shutdown #Precision #Internet #Freedom #Digital #Rights #Censorship
Iran's complete Internet shutdown reaches 24 hours
https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/115866066884567356
#HackerNews #Iran #Internet #Shutdown #HumanRights #Censorship #FreedomOfSpeech #DigitalRights
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/115479889892772849
Periodic reminder:
If you use less gas for transportation, you help drop the value of a barrel of oil, which makes the people looking to profit off of stealing from Venezuelans, lose money.
🇻🇪♥️
Take the bus/train/bike/scooter, buy an EV, don't use gas.
@mekkaokereke The stupid is strong in this #Trump. Gas prices are already falling thanks to an economic collapse we don't fully acknowledge yet. Now we are signed on to feeding Venezuelans while #maga voters go hungry later in January as a new #Shutdown happens. That is going to play really about as well as importing #Argentine beef, but to control #Venezuela all you really need to do is offload food from ships:-) And that is on Chavez/Maduro dumb. May you live in stupid times, said nobody ever!
Found this in my cartoon archive, made during the previous shutdown of the US government in 2019.
#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
…The threat of Mei’s dismissal has sparked concerns & outrage among other USDA workers & members of the Federal Unionists Network, who argue that the move is part of a concerted effort by the #Trump admin to chill #speech among federal employees.
At the time Mei spoke to MSNBC, the information she shared was publicly available through a variety of news articles & guidance from anti-hunger advocates, think tanks & organizations.
#USDA itself, in a memo dated Sept30, explained that #SNAP funding would lapse because of the #shutdown & that the #OMB would use contingency reserves to pay for benefits past Oct. That memo, however, was scrubbed from the agency’s website later in Oct, once the #Trump admin began arguing against tapping contingency funds to pay for benefits.
In the MSNBC interview, host Chris Jansing also explained that Mei was speaking as herself & a #union leader, not a USDA employee.
#law #labor #FreeSpeech
