Song: “Tie Your Mother Down”

Science, music, and a wicked sense of humor leads to a Queen classic

This Week’s Texted Discoveries

We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch

Humanities Majors and LLMs

Why are we not impressed? Because we were taught how to fool people, too

Double Standards and Portfolios

Flagship brands with cascades make authors and reviewers feel exploited

Even Real Citations Can Stink

A preprint on bogus citations has at least one highly questionable real citation

“I Was Made for Lovin’ You”

A 1979 disco hit from KISS sparked one of the greatest songwriting careers ever

This Week’s Texted Discoveries

We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch

The Pivot of the Pod

We’re moving to the next phase, and we’re not quite sure what that means yet

Substack Continues to Fade

Moral and financial problems are bolstering alternatives that play a simpler game