The Geyser

Friday Song: “Blue Bayou”

Originally a Roy Orbison hit, Linda Ronstadt took the song to new heights

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ARC Backs Off Preprints

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Book Review: "Ways and Means"

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Defending the Fundamentals

Friday Song: “Run Like Hell”

The 1979 Pink Floyd song “Run Like Hell” represented a number of lasts — it is the last original composition written by both David Gilmour and Roger Waters and the last song ever recorded by all four members of the classic ’70s-era band lineup together on the same song. It comes

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A Change In the Air

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A Second-Order Effect Emerges

Friday Song: “Revolution”

“Revolution” was the Beatles’ first overtly political song. There are three main versions of it — a slow version of what was called “Revolution 1” with slightly different lyrics on The White Album, a psychedelic version on the album called “Revolution 9,” and the faster version of “Revolution 1” released as

Leavening Effects

From pop culture to comics, it's important to not get too serious

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Is Open Science Dystopian?

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The Penny Almost Drops at BMJ

Friday Song: “I Will Always Love You”

A South Korean singer breathes new life into a classic

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PLOS Flips Out Over Preprints

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Who Is Really Steering SPARC?

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Why “Open” Isn’t Enough

SPARC Quietly Divulges Information, Adds a Risky Fib

Claiming now to be a non-profit organization, it divulges ties to NVF after that new whopper

Friday Song: “Iris”

Even with indirect measures due to data ingestion rules, this song was huge — and remains a classic

The Beauty of Flow State

A lesson learned decades ago continues to prove out

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Care Amidst Institutional Failures

Friday Song: “If I Can Dream”

Capping off Elvis’ 1968 comeback special, “If I Can Dream” was written at the last minute by the show’s musical director, W. Earl Brown, as a response to the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., which had occurred just months prior. Written in A minor with

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The Projekt DEAL Journal — the Mouse That Barely Squeaks

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More Transgressions From Plan BS

Friday Song: “On the Dark Side”

Given a second chance thanks to home video, the song became a stealth classic

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SPARC’s Thumb on the Scale

Friday Song: “Rockin’ in the Free World”

Protest music is scant these days, but that doesn't mean we don't need it