Song: “Go Rest High On That Mountain”
Three living legends sing a song about loss that soars and sets us free.
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Three for “Thirsty Thursday”
Fascists, grifters, and slippery eels are all around us — but what are we doing about it?
Reality Remains Stubborn
Money remains a concern for arXiv, while ACS finds a way to make some green from Green
Einstein, Preprints, & the Press
Einstein cut off a collaborator for releasing information early to the press
Friday Song: “It’s My Life”
Bon Jovi delivers joy and rebellion in a minor key, with talk box and references aplenty.
A Pseudoscience Pseudo-Preprint
PsyRxiv fails to screen out the most basic qualification for a preprint.
“Fair” Pricing Is a Euphemism
cOAlition S spends more to get a lousy Excel spreadsheet and euphemisms concealing an elitist program of top-down uniformity
Octopus Is Ridiculous
Spending £650,000 of taxpayer funds to generate 3 research results? Misleading users about authorship? Disabling scraping and copy/paste? Yes, Octopus is ridiculous.
Friday Song: “Dear Insecurity”
A haunting song first heard live in one of the greatest concert venues on Earth? Yes, please!
cOAlition S Keeps Spending
With rampant spending increases, cOAlition S still believes it can lecture the world on what publishing costs