UPDATE: Two Pals, an NSF Grant
More evidence that a Program Director with ties to an NSF grantee was involved in the grant submission process
Kent Anderson
Gates to Roll Out “Clippy OA”
Combining AI with OA via Clippy, open science can finally be fully realized
Supreme Retractions
Anti-abortion activists get two papers into Supreme Court arguments, despite obvious problems and them having been retracted
Friday Song: “We Are the World”
A night to remember, a song that sparked a new direction, and a documentary that brings them together
Crowdsourced Review — DOA
The early death of peer-review.io, and lessons learned
Gates Goes for the Jugular
Gates drops support for APCs, and opens the floodgates for preprints
The Unintended Consequences
Where do we go from here?
Fatal or Harmless? It Depends
100% fatal or 100% meaningless? Depends on which version of this preprint you read . . .
Friday Song: “Everlong”
Written quickly during a sad Christmas, this became the Foo Fighter's signature song.
Confused and Unprepared
REF29 backtracks on trade books, and TSK bumbles and fumbles a straightfoward issue