The Geyser

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Extremism + Filters ≠ Censorship

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Is It Proper to Have a Lobbying Firm Employee on an NIH Search Committee?

The current search committee for the new NCBI Director includes an employee of a political lobbying organization

Friday Song: “Plastic”

P.M. Dawn was a melodic hip-hop and R&B act that broke big in the early 1990s and seemed destined for greatness. Their first two albums were critically and commercially successful, yet they faded into oblivion before the decade was out despite their music consistently receiving critical acclaim. A

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Three Midweek Notes

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The Years the Worm Turned

Friday Song: “Wildflowers”

A song that captures a basic human desire — with glorious music

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A Weak Opinion, Strongly Held

An Inflation Review

As the world deals with rising prices, a review of a few anticipatory posts

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Friday Song: “Walk Like an Egyptian”

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Politics Over People and Policy

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Is “Open” Anti-Democratic?

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Monday Contemplations

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Friday Song: “What’s Going On”

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Top Posts of 2022 — So Far

A quick review of the most important posts so far this year

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How “DYOR” Misleads

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Conspiracies Infiltrate PubMed

A right-wing journal pumps conspiracies into the NLM via PMC, apparently because OA validates it

Friday Song: “In a Big Country”

Hailing from Dunfermline, Scotland, and featuring a guitar tone redolent of bagpipes, Big Country burst on the scene in 1983 with a couple of hits, including “Fields of Fire” and the song today, “In a Big Country.” Fronted by Stuart Adamson — who sadly took his own life in 2001 — Big

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Preprint Servers as Brands

The Flaw in Substack’s Model

On the record as a bastion of truth, one flaw made it a hangout for fraudsters

Diversity, Meet Dogma

Can diversity initiatives pay dividends if options for innovation don't exist?

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Friday Song: “Stuck In a Moment”

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Are We Trapped In the Algorithms?

The Virtual Veil

Hiding behind our devices makes us ornery, while rejoining humanity makes us happy and kind

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Do Critics of Peer Review Even Understand It?

ASAPBio continues to push its agenda, but with laughable results — as usual

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A Few Monday Observations . . .