eLife and Sad, Aging Techno-Utopians

Trying to seem relevant by recycling old, disproven approaches seems a bit pitiful

Remounting the Pendulum

Anti-trust, unmasked techno-utopians, and user-pays suggest a reset is underway

“More Like a Business . . .”

Conflating functions of other entities with those of businesses can be a mistake

Will Big Publishers Have to Divest?

A new US anti-trust movement focuses on Big Tech, but may go further

Friday Song: "You Don't Mess Around With Jim"

Jim Croce's classic story song is cinematic and difficult to play well

Independent Intermediaries

The need for financial independence is core to trust and credibility for publishers

Whiplash — and Data in Medicine

PLOS' new journal needs to pull back on the hype, but early indications are it won't

Platforms of Distortion and Amplification

The death of Trump's blog shows that without algorithms, his ideas and voice fail

Friday Song: "Saved By Zero"

Sometimes, having nothing of something can mean everything . . .

{FIRSTNAME}, Is This You?

Disentangling from scholarly social sites is hard because there are so many tendrils