‘Publishers can’t be blamed for clinging to the golden goose’

May 24, 2024

I missed this Steven Harnad piece from last May. It is trademark Harnad: So, you should ask, with online publishing costs near zero, and quality control provided gratis by peer reviewers, what could possibly explain, let alone justify, levying a fee on S&S...

‘He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None’

May 9, 2024

I missed this great Markup piece when it was published last November. It tells the story of dorm-to-classroom surveillance through the lens of a California college student: By the time Natividad went to bed that night, Google and Facebook had data about which Mt. SAC...