The Alt-Right Is Exploiting Preprints

Preprints appear to systemically fuel conspiracies on the right, but not elsewhere

QAnon — A Game Playing People

Game dynamics are being leveraged to draw people into Q's alternate reality

Is China Already Broken?

Its economic rise has stalled, and the nation seems to be hurting itself

Being Patient About the Science

Better science may be worth the wait, as one scientist's careful monitoring reveals

November's Facebook Boycott Update

Facebook remains a problem, and most publishers still aren't advertising on it

In Praise of Civil Servants

They're not "The Deep State," but American citizens who choose to serve others

Pulling On a Competing Interest Thread

An analysis of Gold OA proves predictable — unlike the authors' disclosures

Friday Song: "Creep" by Radiohead

A jazz cover proves the song can "transcend boundaries," as one singer noted

Four Things for Thursday

Censoring attention, subsidizing OA, blocking scholars, and politicizing OSTP

When Preprint Servers Are Too Rigorous

viXra peddles conspiracies and pet theories in defiance of arXiv's stifling filters