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Integrity, a Move, and a Hiatus

Substack's lack of information ethics made me lose faith, so I'm changing platforms

Dysfunction, Meet Social Contract

What happens when adolescents face war and their implicit social contract?

Preprints May Steal Media Coverage

By exhausting novelty, media uptake suffers — but the effect is harder to study

Friday Song: "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

Events over the past couple of weeks bring this R.E.M. classic to mind — once again

Dear SPARC Steering Committee,

Have you been paying attention? How are you feeling about SPARC these days?

Is Free Speech Meaningful Now?

Speech at speed and scale is hard to distinguish from noise or an assault

Russia and Scholarly Publishing

Intrusions include Sci-Hub, ransomware, disinformation, and harassment

Friday Song: "Finding Out"

Sometimes, you just need to strap into a song and let it take you for a ride

SPARC, the Dark, and Oligarchs

Will sanctions move a UK soccer team from a Russian oligarch to a SPARC oligarch?

Externalizing Our Cognitive Work

Open data backfires, while scholarly publishing unilaterally breaks its social contract