Meet the Robin Hood of Science.

Alexandra Elbakyan, my fucking hero. Been meaning to write about her for a while now. Because of her work I’ve been able to access and read things I would’ve had no easy way to — and so have hundreds of researchers with funding too poor to pay extortionate fees. I do have a friend or two in academia with access to most things, but I don’t like to bother them all the time when I want something.

Not everyone has that advantage, though.

People like her should win the Nobel Peace Prize. Elsevier and other scam companies should be burned to the ground.

Alexandra E. rules.