a Better Bubble™

Aggregator

Gates Foundation Shows That ‘Gold Open Access’ Was A Mistake, And ‘Diamond Open Access’ Is The Future

1 year 6 months ago
The Gates Foundation is one of the most influential funding bodies in the world. According to one ranking, it is the second largest charitable foundation, and as of 31 December 2023 had an endowment of around $75.2 billion. That makes a shift in its publishing policy hugely important. An article in Chemical & Engineering News explains that hitherto the Gates […]
Mike Masnick

Foster care death leads police to alleged filthy provider home

1 year 6 months ago
Two-year-old Jozi Woodall died Aug. 13 after being air-evacuated out of a foster home. It was a home that police alleged in a probable cause statement had “human feces on the floor, walls, stained on mattresses,” and “molded food on the floors and in the children's bed.”
Chris Hayes

Harris pitches an ‘opportunity economy’ in debut one-on-one TV interview 

1 year 6 months ago
The Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, laid out more of her economic vision Wednesday during her first one-on-one cable TV interview. Harris and former President Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, are laying out dueling economic agendas this week as the two vie for the Oval Office in an extremely close race. “I […]
Shauneen Miranda

U.S. House panel on Trump assassination attempt points to multiple failures by Secret Service

1 year 6 months ago
Members of the U.S. House task force investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed the U.S. Secret Service for poor planning and breakdowns in communication and coordination with local law enforcement. Republicans and Democrats on the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump at their first […]
Jacob Fischler

Zelenskyy in Washington meets with U.S. leaders to beef up support for Ukraine

1 year 6 months ago
WASHINGTON — Standing alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris rejected any suggestion that Ukraine should end its war by relinquishing territory to Russia. Zelenskyy and Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, met for the seventh time during Harris’ tenure as vice president as the Ukrainian leader visited the White House and U.S. […]
Ashley Murray