David Crotty

@dacrotty.bsky.social

1466 Followers 252 Following

Executive Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Head Chef at The Scholarly Kitchen. Ex-Publishing Consultant, Ex-Editor-in-Chief, Ex-Scientist, Ex-etc. All opinions my own.

STEM Career Dynamics book cover
Origami unicorn
STEM Career Dynamics book cover
Book cover, My Life, My Science
Woman reading in a well stocked library, captioned “it’s not hoarding if it’s books”
Young man wearing absurdly huge jnco jeans
Passage from a book reading: "What sort of work?" "Oh, P.I. stuff mostly," Hackworth said. Supposedly Finkle-McGraw still kept up with things and would recognize the abbreviation for pseudo-intelligence, and perhaps even appreciate that Hackworth had made this assumption. Finkle-McGraw brightened a bit. "You know, when I was a lad they called it A.I. Artificial intelligence." Hackworth allowed himself a tight, narrow, and brief smile. "Well, there's something to be said for cheekiness, I suppose."
Charlie Brown saying, "Good Brief!"
shaggy bernedoodle with very long hair
Banner ad for webinar showing speakers. The State of Risk in Scholarly Communications, April 23, 2025
Partridge Famuly album cover
Video of Luna Luna, Basquiat Ferris wheel, Scharf swing ride, cavorting figures
Complex flight map for Taylor Swift's private plane.
Banner ad for webinar on Trends Around AI and Scholarly Content Licensing with the Scholarly Kitchen logo, the SSP logo, and a background showing kitchen prep herbs and a cutting board
Table showing the largest publishers by market cap. Elsevier is far larger than anyone else, Wolters Kluwer also very large.
Line chart showing publication volume of the largest publishers from 2008 to 2024
video of X onstage performing "White Girl"
The Magnetic Fields taking a bow at the end of the show.
Me on the left with Charlie Chesterman (RIP) at the Rat in 1987
Album cover of Wild Gift by the band X
Yet another dude in a hot dog costume.
Shaggy dog
Charlie Brown, saying "Good Brief" instead of "Good Grief" because it's funny. Kind of, I guess.
Peter Capaldi, very young
small dog splooting
Two extremely goofy dogs.
Title card from "Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart", the Venture Bros. finale.
spaceship from the tv show UFO