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mszell / elsevierreview.txt
Created December 23, 2022 09:32
Elsevier review request reply
Dear Editor,
Thank you for asking me to referee this paper.
As much as I would like to accept your invitation, I am part of a large number of scientists that have decided not to referee any article that is published by Elsevier (see http://thecostofknowledge.com).
I strongly believe that publicly funded scientific research should be freely available to everyone. Elsevier is the antithesis to that statement. The company is known for making exorbitant profits without adding much value to the peer review process, for forcing universities to buy overpriced bundles of journals, and for aggressively lobbying lawmakers against the move to open access.
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mszell / mastodonlogo.tex
Created December 19, 2022 09:06
Mastodon logo in LaTeX
\usepackage{scalerel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{svg.path}
\definecolor{logocol}{HTML}{000000}
\tikzset{
mastodonlogo/.pic={
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