Our Access To Science, Newly Freed: In Gratitude To Alexandra Elbakyan

Song of Sci-Hub.cc

or, a forward looking dirge occaisioned by the hopeful certain death of certain greedy mega corporations 

Knowledge comes from Power.  So they seek the other, hoard the one:

non solus for Truths new and old, for our own works submitted,

sed etiam for copyedit 'priveleges' (heretofore undone) 

Do such thugs as Reed Elsevier demand fat fees remitted.

Thus in battle charging every, all, they fain disguise and outright hide

what from each extracted, sums painful if retold

demanding from these what to those they promised to provide

They serve us best as proof That battle rages, yet, of old

Its all about power, yes -- defined by covert ways of knowing

to what extent, why, and how who does what, where and when

by use of tech most cutting edge their influence was growing --

until one woman noticed that what they do -- we can --

Lo! Public, swift and sure, was made our new disdain and noncompliance!

Let the People rejoice! Removéd are such barriers to Science!

in gratitude from a female Faust

worlds enough, & time (love one another) — a poem by a Faust

written for my belovéd on the eve of the Feast of St. Valentines, 2017.

Sometimes Lack Of Expletives In A Publshed Post Is Evidence Of Restraint

From the (redacted and removed) post herein replaced, sort of.

"For neither Man nor Angel can discern
Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks
Invisible, except to God alone,
By his permissive will, through Heaven and Earth:
And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps
At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity
Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill
Where no ill seems..."
                                                 John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book III,682-689





Having been fully and most painfully, willfully betrayed by a close friend is interesting. But for the solace found in the verse above, would I feel, still, an annoyingly immediate and profound sorrow at ever having wasted years being a loyal friend to any willfully mean and hypocritical, petty, lying, scheming individuals.

New Rep Clarifies Facebook Policy On Access To End-User Data

a faustian original meme

Be seeing you.

re-occurs hon