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We're getting extremely close to the day when America spends more money to build data centers than office buildings
Only 5 years ago, office construction spending was 7x data center spending
Only 5 years ago, office construction spending was 7x data center spending
August 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We're getting extremely close to the day when America spends more money to build data centers than office buildings
Only 5 years ago, office construction spending was 7x data center spending
Only 5 years ago, office construction spending was 7x data center spending
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Guest Post — How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/08/g...
Guest Post - How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point - The Scholarly Kitchen
Christos Petrou examines the rapid growth in publication volume coming from China, and how that is impacting the publishing industry.
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July 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Guest Post — How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/08/g...
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Ermächtigungsgesetz
July 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ermächtigungsgesetz
The title gives it away. I wrote about the rollercoaster turnaround time performance of three publishers:
• Hindawi: going fast, then going bust
• Frontiers in Oncology: pulling the brakes in favor of integrity
• PLOS One: battling with never-ending queues
Read it in The Scholarly Kitchen!
• Hindawi: going fast, then going bust
• Frontiers in Oncology: pulling the brakes in favor of integrity
• PLOS One: battling with never-ending queues
Read it in The Scholarly Kitchen!
Guest Post — Reading the Leaves of Publishing Speed: The Cases of Hindawi, Frontiers, and PLOS scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/05/29/g...
Guest Post - Reading the Leaves of Publishing Speed: The Cases of Hindawi, Frontiers, and PLOS - The Scholarly Kitchen
The analysis of operational data is complex, dull, and unrewarding. It is also necessary. Three case studies of major journals and portfolios explain why.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The title gives it away. I wrote about the rollercoaster turnaround time performance of three publishers:
• Hindawi: going fast, then going bust
• Frontiers in Oncology: pulling the brakes in favor of integrity
• PLOS One: battling with never-ending queues
Read it in The Scholarly Kitchen!
• Hindawi: going fast, then going bust
• Frontiers in Oncology: pulling the brakes in favor of integrity
• PLOS One: battling with never-ending queues
Read it in The Scholarly Kitchen!
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David Geier has apparently been commissioned by HHS secretary RFK, Jr. to study potential links between vaccination and autism.
He and his father have 2 papers in 2017/2016 claiming to show Hep-B vaccination greatly increases risk of autism/obesity.
However, their studies have FATAL FLAW...
He and his father have 2 papers in 2017/2016 claiming to show Hep-B vaccination greatly increases risk of autism/obesity.
However, their studies have FATAL FLAW...
March 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
David Geier has apparently been commissioned by HHS secretary RFK, Jr. to study potential links between vaccination and autism.
He and his father have 2 papers in 2017/2016 claiming to show Hep-B vaccination greatly increases risk of autism/obesity.
However, their studies have FATAL FLAW...
He and his father have 2 papers in 2017/2016 claiming to show Hep-B vaccination greatly increases risk of autism/obesity.
However, their studies have FATAL FLAW...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
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Thread on Meta discussions about taking pirated scientific papers, via LibGen, to train their LLMs. (From unsealed documents in lawsuit). x.com/jason_kint/s... .
Also covered in this @theverge.com story www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24...
Also covered in this @theverge.com story www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24...
January 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Thread on Meta discussions about taking pirated scientific papers, via LibGen, to train their LLMs. (From unsealed documents in lawsuit). x.com/jason_kint/s... .
Also covered in this @theverge.com story www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24...
Also covered in this @theverge.com story www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24...