"Joseph Esposito" nails it: "If someone is going to create “Joe Esposito” based on the life and work of Joe Esposito, and may in fact derive some economic benefit in so doing, shouldn’t Joe Esposito have a say in this? Shouldn’t I own a piece?" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/07/12/who…

One of the most insightful articles written on the latest AI bloom from my colleague Joseph Esposito "...we are observing not AI but ourselves observing AI. This is not surprising, since the neural networks were trained on human culture to begin with. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/07/12/who…

Opinion ridiculou | Threads, like Twitter, promises connection but drives us apart - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Paramount Agrees to Sell Simon & Schuster to KKR, a Private Equity Firm nytimes.com/2023/08/07/boo…

JIF (Journal #ImpactFactor) still matters... and Clarivate's 2023 #JournalCitationsReport (JCR) is different from past years. Dive into those differences and what they will likely mean for journals and their publishers in this recent story from The Brief. linkedin.com/pulse/meet-new…

When the University of Michigan was forced to disconnect from the internet last week, it disrupted several key services it provides to the broader research community. What can we learn? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/09/07/sha… via Roger C. Schonfeld

I am looking into filing a class action siyt against Sonos for vioilation of the American with Disabilities Act. They do not support visuially impaired people in their customer service. Please let me know if you wish to participate.

Sorry for the typo. That should have been class action suit against Sonos.

This is the great Democratic tradition: kill each other because, you know, the rest of the world doesn't count.

Interesting: in 2023, non-OA publishing grew faster than OA publishing. H/t to Delta Think, Inc. @deltathink.bsky.social deltathink.com/news-views-ope…

Did not see this coming. Elon Musk backs down from $45 million a month pledge to Trump, says he doesn’t ‘subscribe to cult of personality’ fortune.com/2024/07/23/elo…

Schrodinger's Immigrant: A person who is simultaneously too lazy to work, but is also stealing your job.

There is not much Donald Trump can do to boost fossil fuels—or rein in clean energy. It is Wall Street, not America’s government, that shapes how Big Oil adjusts its investments according to supply and demand econ.st/3WFrT3O 👇

Omg, I kid you not! Someone is reading Waiting for Godot in the DMV lobby!

one fun thing about democrats is that we can play good music without getting cease and desist orders

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Is there any way to congtact the NY Times to address an interface problem with their digital editions? The Times's Web site is not at all helpful, and they no longer show a phone number to call.

That Joseph Esposito post mentioned by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe can be found here: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/01/27/whe… #STMFrankfurt

The ACLU you remember is gone.