A Microplastics Preprint Grift
The journey from an OA “joke” paper to a bioRxiv preprint to a medical grift
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A Slow Writing Week
Activities preparing for book launch means a midsummer slowdown
Song: “Dream Police”
An enduring rock classic about Big Brother with some hat tips to movie horror
This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Is arXiv Becoming aiXiv?
The AI-powered degradation and enshittification of arXiv is well underway
Sloppy With Cyberlibertarianism
The rhetorical tricks of the ideology jump out when you know what to look for
Friday Song: “Big Love”
Fifteen years in the making, we see a singer-songwriter-guitarist in his prime
This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Eugenics — Our Interview with Anita Chan Revisited
Revisiting eugenics and our interview with the author of “Predatory Data”
Anti-Vax Grifts Amid Tragedy
The depths to which some anti-vax people will sink are simply godawful