The Top Articles of June
A quick rundown of the most-read articles on "The Geyser" last month
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The Extremes of Publication Speed
Maybe the average time to publication doesn't tell us as much as the extremes
Gatehouse Hoodwinks Its Subscribers
A news publisher under financial pressure resorts to a scam to get its subscribers to pay more
Updates: Plan S and Facebook Libra
A release of emails delivers a dram, and the US government pumps the brakes on crypto
Friday Song: “Pennies from Heaven”
A song from the Depression still sounds great, and still gets covered
"We Need to Change Academic Culture . . ."
A bailout statement conceals a set of related forces and some larger questions
Of Profits and Long-term Governance
A new stock exchange devoted to long-term investing seeks to improve capitalism
5 Ways Preprint Servers Could Improve
Let's explore how a better preprint server might be built, and why that matters
Smile! You Are in Biometric Data!
An academic exercise exposes some risks of sharing data about human subjects
Friday Song: "What About Us" by Pink
A political song that defied convention on its way to becoming a modern classic