Is MDPI a predatory publisher?
This, from 2021, is still interesting
Reviewer #3 is reviewer #2
Sometimes, reviewer 3 turns out to be reviewer 2. But at least it’s unintentionally funny.
The IndieWeb for Everyone | Max Böck
This is an interesting article on everyone’s favourite topic, written from a very specific perspective
Is there a future for the academic social capital held on twitter? | Impact of Social Sciences
This, by Mark Carrigan, makes many good points re The Developments at Twitter and what they mean for academics, academics institutions, and the wider society
Working paper: the east-west divide in support for Alternative for Germany & the Left in 2021
Here is a new working paper about the disproportionate success of the AfD and the Left in Germany’s eastern states
Fall of Civilizations Podcast 6. Easter Island
I discovered this podcast during lockdown and found the combination of cultivated speech patterns & inevitable societal breakdown oddly soothing. This episode, however, is utterly depressing.
Educated trolls
Is it proper trolling when the troll in question calls me Professor Dr and does not even threaten my physical safety? You be the judge
The singularity is not what I expected it to be
Opening an article on the site of a Springer journal, I was presented with this. Enough already, AI. Bloody machines, stop reading my mind.
I’m no longer a urologist
I’m happy to report that my sojourn in pay-to-play urology is over. I’m reverting to my old ways and will publish more dodgy stuff in archaeology and anthropology. Why do they have an IF? Must be all self-cites
Stabilität der Mainzer Ampelkoalition – Gespräch mit der dpa
Mit der dpa habe ich darüber gesprochen, was der Rücktritt von Innenminister Lewentz für die Mainzer Ampelkoalition bedeutet. Der Text wurde unter anderem von der Süddeutschen Zeitung übernommen – unter “Panorama”. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/katastrophen-mainz-politologe-haelt-ampel-regierung-fuer-stabil-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-221027-99-277612