The Expense of Data Arises Again
Museum data proves expensive to create and maintain, but some want magic
Kent Anderson
Review: “Cheap Speech“
A book about political misinformation contains lessons for science and scholarship
Friday Song: “Crazy Train“
A classic riff that Pat Boone couldn't ruin — or could he?
Russia Burns Scholarly Bridges
An effort at collaboration collapses, and sanctions pose existential threats
ORCID May Have Cleaned Up
Exploitative entries are locked, and scrubbing seems ongoing
The JISC-Elsevier Deal
Published agreement has main element redacted, contains errors
Information “Lemons”
Uncertainty cripples markets, while quality builds them
Integrity, a Move, and a Hiatus
Substack's lack of information ethics made me lose faith, so I'm changing platforms
Dysfunction, Meet Social Contract
What happens when adolescents face war and their implicit social contract?
Preprints May Steal Media Coverage
By exhausting novelty, media uptake suffers — but the effect is harder to study