Friday Song: “Walkin’ Blues”
A classic blues piece from 1930, a superstar in the corner of a BBQ restaurant in Massachusetts — and magic!
Kent Anderson
cOAlition S Admits Defeat
cOAlition S raises the white flag, acknowledging the APC model doesn't work — but it's too late thanks to the dilettantes
LLMs’ Risks Begin to Manifest
James Vincent on the Verge has been documenting the amount of change LLMs are driving on the existing public Internet, providing a host of useful links in the process:
Google is trying to kill the 10 blue links. Twitter is being abandoned to bots and blue ticks. There’s the
OA’s Growing Blindspot
Usage data don't show utilization, and OA cares not about the anesthetic effect of endless, confusing content
Friday Song: “Pumped Up Kicks”
A jingles writer pens a viral hit, and starts an enduring band — while also igniting controversies
cOAlition S: Who Really Failed?
cOAlition S contends journals failed to pass its transformative thresholds, but did this paper tiger oversimplify and expose its own ineptitude?
Wiley’s Struggles Continue
Another quarter, and more bad news for Wiley, as the damage from Hindawi lingers and options in the OA model dry up
CZI and Our Corrupt Times
"Science washing" is something CZI is doing to cleanse itself of its reputation for driving depression and suicide rates up, among other horrors
Friday Song: “Thanksgiving”
George Winston revitalized solo piano recordings with his prodigious talents
Review: “Generations”
A new book analyzing the generations brings tons of data to the game, and a great academic translator