Academic journals will have to provide immediate access to papers that are publicly funded, providing a big win for advocates of open research and ending a policy that had allowed publishers to keep publications behind a paywall for a year, according to a White House directive announced on Thursday.
Seems logical but also rather pointless considering the amount of wholly publicly funded research vs the vast majority. Thereâs always Sci-Hub where we can find publications, the full text of which can still be behind paywalls elsewhere after 60 years.
How about if research is published that could be used to influence any part of public policy or purchasing then itâs open access? Data too, freely available online and not by request.
I think itâs an important step. Lots of research funded by the government covers things that are important, that private institutions have no profit incentive to pursue.
If every piece of research that any public money touched in any way was completely open sourced then it would be an important first step. This will not be anywhere near that, but itâs still a step, albeit in a controlled direction.
They are just trying to address polls showing increased mistrust in science and authority after the lie festival of they took full part in over the last couple of years.
I still think that having immediate free access to results of billions of dollars of government funded research is important.
People already mostly have that through Sci-Hub, which covers privately funded research too and isnât limited to the US. I wouldnât get your hopes up with how much research is really up for discussion since PPPs are common and indirect funding via NGOs is a thing too. Itâs all very messy.
But it is a good PR move from President Blinken (sic).
That covers illegal reproduction of copyrighted material.
It shouldnât be necessary.
At least now the 5 billion a year the US government spends on cancer research, will result in information that other researchers can access immediately without having to come up with money, or waiting for a year.
I agree that it shouldnât be necessary, but it is and this announcement doesnât change that.
It does for the research that is conducted by government agencies.
And theyâve spent billions.
100% funded by government agencies. Thatâs probably one of the caveats, and a government agency gets for ÂŁ1bn what somebody else gets for ÂŁ100m, even when that somebody else adds the wages and expenses of everybody and cost of all infrastructure, including those for unrelated projects, lumping them together and then âinvestingâ at some start date in the distant past at some spiffing rate of return to get the aCtUaL cOsT.
I guess itâs a good idea.
But it does bring to mind a question I had from our conversation the other day. And I ask this to others here who donât live in the US as well.
Why does who the President of the US is matter to you?
Not trolling, just curious how our politics affect your lives. And not from the standpoint of all the shitty stuff weâve done around the globe, but from how it affects your daily lives.
Thanks.
War. War, destabilisation and seeding/funding of various intelligence and cultural influences around the globe. Admittedly there have been no angels, but some entourages are worse than others.
People here on this forum were saying a vote for the Blinken/Harris regime was a vote for war and we not only have a war in Ukraine that was pushed for by the newly empowered NATO apparatus, but a war which should have ended if Boris/Blinken hadnât intervened and told Ukraine that security guarantees would not be made if they conceded any ground there. Now we have US warships next to China in a previously stable situation. More military action in Syria, more meddling in Africa. As predicted!
Re daily lives, prices of stuff for one. Iâm in the UK so âweâ definitely share the blame, but think of all of the anti-Muslim/terrorist fervour there was which got replaced with the Next Fear Thing etc etc.
If anti-war diplomats like Jeremy Corbyn and Tulsi Gabbard got into office, things would be different.
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Yep, and the ANZUS treaty automatically commits Australia and NZ military to any direct war âpolice actionâ that the US has entered into.
But not only that, thereâs a cultural affinity thatâs not merely about politics. Generally US people feel comfortable in Australia because itâs not very different to what theyâre used to Stateside with services, infrastructure, law and order etc.
Havenât met any âAmericansâ in the recent era, seems they tend to identify as Canadians these days when abroad, thereâs no need to do that here though. At least not when not among the Uni student âwokeâ mob theyâre among the older and/or wiser.
And weâre sharing the same problems at corporate/executive level and need to have each otherâs backs, inc Canada, UK etc
Having said that, I also donât view China, Russia, or India as foes whatsoever. Those places donât have nearly the problems the âWestâ has at the moment, despite the population pressures in China and India.
Convince me otherwise.
âIf they werenât such a bunch of drunks, the Irish would rule the worldâ - Tim Allen
Yep, a pity that 
Note that Biden is a Zio neocon puppet trading on the hard earned reputation of the Irish whom Biden is shitting over at the behest of his masters, FJB
Heâs a pedo degenerate who has not only a total pass from ZOG but full encouragement so zio shills can point to some dumb old white cunt as a scapegoat.
Put Nadler, Shumer or Schff in place of Biden so the dumfuks can see whoâs really fucking things up running things.
Does it?
When hasnât it?
OK, maybe quoting the relevant sections would be useful.
Pretty much what I thought, at least so far. And pretty much in keeping with what I say about how weâre all really not that much different.
Outside of war, the bozo sitting in the Oval Office has had little to no affect on my daily life. Presidents get too much credit when things are good, and too much blame when things are bad. And the truth of the matter is that they have very little, if anything, to do with the good and bad times. Itâs always a result of many things, most of which are beyond their control, coming together at certain points in time, that account for the good as well as the bad times.
Makes me scratch my head and wonder why we get all twisty nickered over them to begin with.
It depends, depending on how the electorate has been groomed and how hawkish the current government is (in whatever country) we can see things like uber-lockdowns or whatever vs more reasoned steps being taken. Worst case scenario is a big majority for some globalist quisling.