Always In Pursuit of Attention
The article economy is damaging enough, but when combined with the attention economy, our priorities really change
Kent Anderson
Are We No Longer Serious?
Cureus' problems continue, and a Nature News article sells self-loathing
Selling Vices Using Cureus
The community of the new Springer Nature acquisition is being used by grifters
A Little Monday Mayhem
Politicized business, Clarivate's Preprint Citation Index, and eLife's first Reviewed Preprint = mayhem
ChatGPT — Conflicts of APCs
Even a new AI agent understands the conflicts of interest around APCs
Song: “I Can’t Make You Love Me”
Anyone who didn’t know about Bonnie Raitt before this past weekend has been missing out in a big way. The recipient of 13 Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Raitt has been a force in music for decades, as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Rolling Stone has
A Pricey Royal Pricing Edict
cOAlition S wastes $100K to get a pre-ordained result from its Executive Director
Inching Toward Irrelevancy
Focusing on authors is leaving practitioners out in the cold
Following Up on OSTP, Cureus
Nelson is leaving OSTP, and Cureus has some projections revised and questions answered/opened
Friday Song: “Dance Macabre”
A glam, satanic band from Sweden is making some of the most popular rock music today.