Song: “Church & State”

A family civics lesson and a musical sketch combine into a great protest song

This Week’s Texted Discoveries

We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch

Flushing Out the Fabulists

Tech often brings out fantasies and grifts — we need to move beyond them

Submissions ≠ Good News

Publishers brag about their submission growth, not factoring in the yield

Let’s Talk About That Anthropic Preprint

Thanks to us, Big Tech uses “cloaked science” to play God and the stock market

Zig Zig

Fast-following has gone on for decades, and whose strategy are we following?

Song: “Don’t Dream It’s Over”

Crowded House’s signature song has some remarkable musical elements

This Week’s Texted Discoveries

We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch

Resisting Oligarchic Publishing

Scholarly publishing continues to tolerate influence from the rich and powerful