Song: “Where the Streets Have No Name”
An iconic soundscape, a structurally complex song, and a classic, all rolled into one
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Is Cashless Cost-free?
Is cashless really the way forward, or does it drive inequality?
Storming Off — To What End?
Some editors resign, and the world keeps turning — again — while we get a peek into why
Review: “Crash Landing”
How large companies survived the Covid-19 economic whiplashes — interesting, tiresome, and some major gaps
The Spin in Preprint Abstracts
A new paper finds that abstracts of preprints are more biased and less complete — at all stages
Friday Song: “This = Love”
A great modern band suffers a death, but their music lives on to inspire others
Putting the AI in “Guardrails”
Information guardrails are being formulated by governments and enabled by AI, LLMs, and ML
The Rights Stuff
Two recent movies deal with securing rights — both are riveting, with lessons about why rights are important
“RadioLab” Tackles Sci-Hub
Journalists fail to recognize game, but an interviewer reveals Elbakyan to be a sad head case
Song: “What a Fool Believes”
When a temporary stand-in becomes a legend in a matter of months . . .