Experimenting with colors for the Absolutely Maybe logo feels like another lifetime. It was 2013, and this blog was launching on the…
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Science Communication Farewell PostRead more
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Science Communication Values and Conflicts at JournalsRead more
What makes an argument ‘correct,’ or, at least, reasonable? We can debate about each other’s claims endlessly, and there’s an interdisciplinary field…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Journal Peer Review in 2025Read more
Back in 2019 I wrote a couple of posts summarizing what we had learned from research about peer review at journals. Since…
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Science Communication A Mastodon Migration From Bluesky Would Be DifferentRead more
The Mastodon migration from Twitter in 2022 was massive for the non-commercial community network: The number of accounts swelled with more than…
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Science Communication Wikipedia Is Vital: Channeling Energy Into Micro-Edits Is a Win-Win-WinRead more
Wikipedia is, “without exaggeration, the digital world’s factual foundation,” wrote Josh Dzieza recently. It’s a target because of that, squarely in the…
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Science Communication Six Months Later: What Their Response on ME/CFS Tells Us About the Cochrane CollaborationRead more
Six months ago, I wrote a post called “When journal, scientific society, and community values clash.” I recounted the tale of the…
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Science Communication Germany’s Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety NetRead more
A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2024Read more
Back in 2019 I wrote a couple of posts summarizing what we had learned from research about peer review at journals. Since…
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Evidence Paths to Full Open Access for Cochrane ReviewsRead more
The question keeps coming up when I discuss the challenges facing the Cochrane Collaboration: What’s happening with open access for Cochrane reviews?…
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Science Communication What if We Can’t Rely on PubMed?Read more
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
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Science Communication When Journal, Scientific Society, and Community Values ClashRead more
A process I’ve been involved with at a journal recently exploded. It was meant to resolve a controversy about a publication, not…
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Covid-19 Getting Ready for More mRNA Vaccine Fear-Mongering: A CompendiumRead more
Recently, I wrote about a depressingly successful campaign against the introduction of a next generation Covid vaccine in Japan. It is a…