Two notes today — one regarding Sci-Hub’s suit in India, and another a thought-provoking framework comparing dandelions to elephants. Elbakyan’s Effort to Withdraw Copyright Admission Denied In what may be a sign that the suit against Sci-Hub by Wiley, Elsevier, and ACS isn’t going her way, Alexandra Elbakyan

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A 1972 classic, written by an artists whose potential was cut short far too soon.

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