Another Sign of OA Failure?

PLOS wants more grants to get out of the bind it finds itself in — OA isn't working

Boy, Did We Get Digital Wrong

By not paying attention to our role from the beginning, and buying the techno-determinism of the 1990s, we have problems to fix

Covid-19 Opportunism

Two studies suggest Covid-19 publishing was opportunistic, with journalists catching themselves first

Song: “Straight Into Darkness”

A re-release of a classic album posthumously fulfills an artist's wish, and brings fresh music to life

Open Science Is Exasperating

An explanation, and then what a retraction demonstrated

OA Advocates Define “Equity”

Defining "equity" with a scoring system while completely unable to make it happen

Consumers: More Regulation

A new survey finds that Americans generally want more regulation — flying in the face of Silicon Valley tech-bro libertarianism

Friday Song: “Radioactive”

Where are all the bands? Imagine Dragons arrived at an inflection point . . .

Nobody’s Listening — S2O and APCs

The beginning of the end of S2O, and the government doesn't track APCs

A Lawsuit, an IPO, and a Useful Idiot

A new lawsuit, an IPO, and SPARC lobbying in ways that only help its nemesis