PeerJ Takes a Different Path
Is the end of PeerJ's journey emblematic? And what lessons can we draw?
Kent Anderson
Friday Song: “Rock This Town”
An artist revives rockabilly, then Big Band swing, with a great song connecting them.
Preprints, Puppets, and Press Releases
More "science by press release," with news outlets playing right along
Three for Thursday
A bad peer-reviewed study, OSTP has three months, and why the real world is more fun.
That “Influencers” Preprint
“Influencers” and their lucky socks — why correlation is not causation
Publishers and Social Insecurity
Another public access policy seeks to violate Constitutional and legal protections, while LLMs present existential threats of their own
Friday Song: “Freeze Frame”
A week with a romantic interest told through film metaphors — and another massive hit for a Boston-based band
OA Advocates and “Pure Drivel”
When a comedian's parody makes more sense than the parody OA advocates have created.
Society Publishing’s Weakness
How non-profits talk vs. how they walk remains a weakness in the space.
Friday Song: “Big Balls”
A retracted paper with a racy AI illustration takes us down a musical alley, where we meet Chuck Berry, AC/DC, the Foo Fighters, and Jack Black