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

There’s Eugenics In Them Preprints

Seeking legitimacy, racists and eugenicists turn to preprint platforms

Pump-and-Dump Preprinting

Another bad comparison of preprints and papers also seeks crypto profits?