Dead Neanderthals
@deadneanderthals.bsky.social
Dead Neanderthals set out for the solar system. Their ultimate goal is currently unknown, but it probably lies far beyond the borders of this galaxy.
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New album out RIGHT NOW!
Stream/buy here:
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/other-...
Pay-what-you-can-spare download and 10 bucks or more LP.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Marlon at White Noise Studio
Exquisite artwork by @lukeoram.bsky.social
Layout by @machinefabriek.bsky.social
Stream/buy here:
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/other-...
Pay-what-you-can-spare download and 10 bucks or more LP.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Marlon at White Noise Studio
Exquisite artwork by @lukeoram.bsky.social
Layout by @machinefabriek.bsky.social
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Can the editor of Science Signaling explain why it took 11 months to retract a paper by the Lesné group after being requested to do so by the authors' institutional research integrity officer, who confirmed published figure did not represent research record. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Can the editor of Science Signaling explain why it took 11 months to retract a paper by the Lesné group after being requested to do so by the authors' institutional research integrity officer, who confirmed published figure did not represent research record. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
There's a serious risk for paper mill publications to be legitimized this way.
Once you start going down this route, it's difficult to go back.
Who is funding this?
Once you start going down this route, it's difficult to go back.
Who is funding this?
WHO to explore evidence for and regulation of alternative & traditional medicine.
Will they actually apply same standards of evidence?
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Will they actually apply same standards of evidence?
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcare
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
There's a serious risk for paper mill publications to be legitimized this way.
Once you start going down this route, it's difficult to go back.
Who is funding this?
Once you start going down this route, it's difficult to go back.
Who is funding this?
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De donkere dagen voor kerst worden luister bijgezet met de traditionele Kerstepisode van X-Rated #Concertzender, waar we het wat zwaarder aanzetten dan normaal. De lijst met moois wordt samengesteld, om vanavond vanaf 21:00 uur live en los te gaan! #XRated www.concertzender.nl/programma/xr...
X-Rated
Experimenteel, avant-garde, industrial, ambient en electronics.
www.concertzender.nl
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
De donkere dagen voor kerst worden luister bijgezet met de traditionele Kerstepisode van X-Rated #Concertzender, waar we het wat zwaarder aanzetten dan normaal. De lijst met moois wordt samengesteld, om vanavond vanaf 21:00 uur live en los te gaan! #XRated www.concertzender.nl/programma/xr...
Obituary - The End Complete - 1992 (full album)
YouTube video by Andrea Car
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Stealth Corrections are corrections that are not marked at all, not traceable, unless you compare an old copy of the paper to the current version.
See this paper by @deadneanderthals.bsky.social et al.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
See this paper by @deadneanderthals.bsky.social et al.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Existence of Stealth Corrections in Scientific Literature—A Threat to Scientific Integrity
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Stealth Corrections are corrections that are not marked at all, not traceable, unless you compare an old copy of the paper to the current version.
See this paper by @deadneanderthals.bsky.social et al.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
See this paper by @deadneanderthals.bsky.social et al.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Amazon’s Official ‘Fallout’ Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes gizmodo.com/fallout-ai-r...
Amazon's Official 'Fallout' Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes
Prime Video's latest needle-poke into generative AI's bubble comes on the heels of its anime dubbing debacle.
gizmodo.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Amazon’s Official ‘Fallout’ Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes gizmodo.com/fallout-ai-r...
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Achal Agrawal realised how ingrained research misconduct had become, and resolved to do something about the issue
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3Yk3d0T
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3Yk3d0T
This science sleuth revealed a retraction crisis at Indian universities
Achal Agrawal is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Achal Agrawal realised how ingrained research misconduct had become, and resolved to do something about the issue
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3Yk3d0T
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3Yk3d0T
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Achal Agrawal is on Nature’s list of 10 people who shaped science in 2025. His work helped change India’s university rankings system to include a penalty for large number of retractions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This science sleuth revealed a retraction crisis at Indian universities
Achal Agrawal is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Achal Agrawal is on Nature’s list of 10 people who shaped science in 2025. His work helped change India’s university rankings system to include a penalty for large number of retractions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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DNMF is a collab between Dead Neanderthals and Machinefabriek, a glorious chunk of drone.
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/smelter
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/smelter
Smelter, by DNMF
1 track album
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
DNMF is a collab between Dead Neanderthals and Machinefabriek, a glorious chunk of drone.
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/smelter
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/smelter
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
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Daily Tune #2925 - "Incantation for turning men into swine" by @deadneanderthals.bsky.social
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/track/incant...
Otto Kokke - synthesizer
Rene Aquarius - drums
...drone, rumble, rumble, drone... bliss.
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/track/incant...
Otto Kokke - synthesizer
Rene Aquarius - drums
...drone, rumble, rumble, drone... bliss.
Incantation for turning men into swine, by Dead Neanderthals
from the album Incantations
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Daily Tune #2925 - "Incantation for turning men into swine" by @deadneanderthals.bsky.social
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/track/incant...
Otto Kokke - synthesizer
Rene Aquarius - drums
...drone, rumble, rumble, drone... bliss.
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/track/incant...
Otto Kokke - synthesizer
Rene Aquarius - drums
...drone, rumble, rumble, drone... bliss.
Publishers will love this as it can further increase the number of articles published every year.
The question is: what are we going to train this AI on? My guess: all those free peer review reports that you and I wrote.
The question is: what are we going to train this AI on? My guess: all those free peer review reports that you and I wrote.
UKRI exploring use of AI in grant review - this will prompt debate but interested to know if people think it’d encourage novelty or the opposite? www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
UKRI opens up grant proposal data to explore using AI to smooth peer review
Surging applications has led the UK's main funder to look at ways to reduce the burden on reviewers
www.chemistryworld.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Publishers will love this as it can further increase the number of articles published every year.
The question is: what are we going to train this AI on? My guess: all those free peer review reports that you and I wrote.
The question is: what are we going to train this AI on? My guess: all those free peer review reports that you and I wrote.
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Happy Advent! !!!🎄✨
Welcome to a new edition of the Research Integrity Advent Calendar.
Each day brings a small challenge: spot the problem, detect inconsistencies, and sharpen your skills.
Enjoy the season and the daily puzzles!
Day 1. papermills.tilda.ws/advent2025
Welcome to a new edition of the Research Integrity Advent Calendar.
Each day brings a small challenge: spot the problem, detect inconsistencies, and sharpen your skills.
Enjoy the season and the daily puzzles!
Day 1. papermills.tilda.ws/advent2025
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Happy Advent! !!!🎄✨
Welcome to a new edition of the Research Integrity Advent Calendar.
Each day brings a small challenge: spot the problem, detect inconsistencies, and sharpen your skills.
Enjoy the season and the daily puzzles!
Day 1. papermills.tilda.ws/advent2025
Welcome to a new edition of the Research Integrity Advent Calendar.
Each day brings a small challenge: spot the problem, detect inconsistencies, and sharpen your skills.
Enjoy the season and the daily puzzles!
Day 1. papermills.tilda.ws/advent2025
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THREAD
One Year of tracking research communication on @bsky.app
This time last year we officially added the Bluesky social platform to the places where we track research communication and article sharing.
Here are some of the most viral articles that gained traction in the last 12 months.
1/14
One Year of tracking research communication on @bsky.app
This time last year we officially added the Bluesky social platform to the places where we track research communication and article sharing.
Here are some of the most viral articles that gained traction in the last 12 months.
1/14
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
THREAD
One Year of tracking research communication on @bsky.app
This time last year we officially added the Bluesky social platform to the places where we track research communication and article sharing.
Here are some of the most viral articles that gained traction in the last 12 months.
1/14
One Year of tracking research communication on @bsky.app
This time last year we officially added the Bluesky social platform to the places where we track research communication and article sharing.
Here are some of the most viral articles that gained traction in the last 12 months.
1/14
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Kijk, mijn eindlijst keurig in de @oormagazine.bsky.social 🎶
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Kijk, mijn eindlijst keurig in de @oormagazine.bsky.social 🎶
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Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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SGP Euro-parlementariër wordt slachtoffer van ironie
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
SGP Euro-parlementariër wordt slachtoffer van ironie
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Listen up, Dorks, we need to talk.
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
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Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Listen up, Dorks, we need to talk.
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
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The results of the RCT didn't support our hypothesis ➡️ The RCT "failed".🤦♂️
This is not how science works! #ResearchIntegrity
👍Kudos to Charlotte Strøm for the review
www.linkedin.com/pulse/review...
This is not how science works! #ResearchIntegrity
👍Kudos to Charlotte Strøm for the review
www.linkedin.com/pulse/review...
Review of the preprint that reports on the DTP-trial (NCT00244673)
Nonspecific Vaccine Effects Journal Club no. 23 The preprinted publication (1) which is the focus of this issue of the Nonspecific Vaccine Effects Journal Club (NSEvacc) JC is reporting the results fr...
www.linkedin.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The results of the RCT didn't support our hypothesis ➡️ The RCT "failed".🤦♂️
This is not how science works! #ResearchIntegrity
👍Kudos to Charlotte Strøm for the review
www.linkedin.com/pulse/review...
This is not how science works! #ResearchIntegrity
👍Kudos to Charlotte Strøm for the review
www.linkedin.com/pulse/review...
Read Dorothy's blogposts! Difficult concepts explained in a clear, easy-to-read way. Plus you get insights from an academic veteran!
New blogpost. Some reflections on a @clarivate.com webinar that I attended yesterday.
deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
#evaluation #papermills #fraud
deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
#evaluation #papermills #fraud
The dangers of using bibliometrics with polluted data
This week I attended a Webinar organised by Clarivate on the topic of “ Eugene Garfield Centenary Celebration: Past, Present and Future ...
deevybee.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Read Dorothy's blogposts! Difficult concepts explained in a clear, easy-to-read way. Plus you get insights from an academic veteran!
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this is the peace plan we should be pushing
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
this is the peace plan we should be pushing
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs