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

The UK Is Coming for Your IP

Another OA proposal wants your IP without just compensation — this time in the UK. Resistance is quick and strong.

The Government Funding Lie

The lie at the heart of the OA movement remains a lie — but it has been so oft-repeated, some think it's true

As Predicted, Laughingstock

The wider AI world is catching on to how bad things have become in scientific publishing, with AI the key card into the mess.

Song: “Life During Wartime”

A dystopian decade perhaps made the problems with technology more apparent

More OA Nonsense Down Under

A short-timer's plan is illogical, and seems to play into the very hands she seeks to slap