An Appetite for Destruction
A new JISC initiative seeks to destroy value and incentives while calling it "disruption"
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Substack, Sick Time, and Digital Activists
A report in a newsletter leads to change, and a study of its effects in Health Affairs
Let's End the Brief Era of Scare -ing
Thoughtless injection of hype and emotionalism is a new and lazy writing style
PPP Loans and Vaccine Mandates
Are scholarly non-profits that took PPP loans mandating vaccination for their staff?
A Journalist and Two Preprints Mislead
Preprint authors, servers, and health journalists are dabbling in inflammatory angles
Avoiding Brand Blindness
Technologists seem to have a blind spot around branding and brand value
Elsevier's OA Win — and Florida's Fail
Predictable consequences arrive, and — as always — the question is, "Now what?"
Friday Song: "Cult of Personality"
The hearings on the Capitol Insurrection bring to mind a groundbreaking '80s song
Moving Southeast, Toward Lockdown
Giving up authority and rigor created room for confusion — and we all pay the price
Three Wishes for the Future
If I could change a few things about the scholarly Internet, these might be on the list