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rwg

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Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University.

Currently writing a book, "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Ethical Social Media" for Oxford University Press.

Been on the fediverse since 2017. I'm now helping set up AoIR.social

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Trans rights are human rights. I boost #BlackMastodon and #MutualAid posts. I also call for alt text for accessibility.

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for "Symposium on Black Methods in Science, Technology, and Innovation Research in Canada and Beyond" closing today -- there's still time to submit!

https://www.dal.ca/faculty/jrj-chair/black-studies-research-institute-in-stemm.html

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Can explain these spammy emails from publication agencies who want to feature my academic articles? I've been told this this a scam, but I'm not sure how -- do they charge money to do this? Is this related to the dreaded ?

As far as I'm concerned, if some publication wants to write a feature based on one of my publications... go for it. You don't need to contact me about it.

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@Sawherry
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Thanks!

I have a couple follow ups, if I may:

Do they go through a whole process of 'collaborating' on a feature, and then ask for money?

And why are all these companies in the UK?

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@Sawherry @academicchatter

Good point. They've consistently presented themselves as UK companies, but who knows?

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@Sawherry @academicchatter

probably wise!

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@gedankenstuecke @Sawherry @academicchatter

makes sense, thanks!

And while they're spamming a bunch of folks across the EU, they may as well spam people around the world, as well...

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