This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
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Martina Linnenluecke & Carl Rhodes
The authors talk about junkification of scientific research and its incentives
OpenEvidence Takes Colostrum
AI slop can start with OA slop, and OpenEvidence is willing to spew out both
ARMRA’s “Science” Is OA Ads
83% of articles cited in their main “research” areas were published pay-to-play
Friday Song: “Unwell”
Dealing with evolving personal social discomfort, this song lets others connect
The PMC MDPI-fed Pep Rally
The US government is hosting peptide ads as RFK, Jr.-adjacent grifts blossom
Interview: Maxwell K. Riggsbee, Jr.
A technologist who has become a quick-take cartoonist explains his approach
Can’t Retract = Can’t Govern
We forgot to check whether LLMs actually fit with our norms and requirements
Number Go Down (NSFW)
As economic alarms blare, scientific publishing is an AI-fixated sitting duck
Song: “Dirty Little Secret”
A 2005 hit from the All-American Rejects was written to inject some spice