Dorothy Bishop
@deevybee.bsky.social
Retired professor of psychology at University of Oxford. Interests in developmental neuropsychology and improving science. Blogs at deevybee.blogspot.com
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Ludicrously inadequate response from the publishers @wolterskluwer.com A paper such as this should a) never get close to being published and b) when its problems are pointed out it should be retracted immediately.
Last August, a reader alerted the editor of a medical journal to a recent case report “riddled with irreconcilable contradictions, medically impossible claims, fictional terminology, and ethical lapses.”
Journal tags ‘impossible’ case report with short erratum
Last August, a reader alerted the editor of a medical journal to a recent case report “riddled with irreconcilable contradictions, medically impossible claims, fictional terminology, and ethical la…
retractionwatch.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Ludicrously inadequate response from the publishers @wolterskluwer.com A paper such as this should a) never get close to being published and b) when its problems are pointed out it should be retracted immediately.
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(1/x) This paper was retracted recently: Liu et al. 2018 (DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.02.006). I flagged issues in June '25, and it took ~8 months to get this clearly made up article retracted. But there is more to this paper. pubpeer.com/publications...
February 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
(1/x) This paper was retracted recently: Liu et al. 2018 (DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.02.006). I flagged issues in June '25, and it took ~8 months to get this clearly made up article retracted. But there is more to this paper. pubpeer.com/publications...
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Yesterday we found juvenile female #kakapo Ongaonga on a nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. At just under 4 years old (her hatch day is 12th Feb), she's the youngest female ever recorded nesting. Today we also found Matilda nesting - she's just 2 days older. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Yesterday we found juvenile female #kakapo Ongaonga on a nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. At just under 4 years old (her hatch day is 12th Feb), she's the youngest female ever recorded nesting. Today we also found Matilda nesting - she's just 2 days older. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
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Happy #SuperbOwl 🦉 Sunday to all who celebrate.
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Happy #SuperbOwl 🦉 Sunday to all who celebrate.
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Love this! Feels so modern and yet it is 15thC BC.
Three-handled Palace Style amphora with three large octopuses within a marinescape of rocks and seaweed. A Mycenaean imitation of the Minoan Marine Style. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Three-handled Palace Style amphora with three large octopuses within a marinescape of rocks and seaweed. A Mycenaean imitation of the Minoan Marine Style. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
February 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Love this! Feels so modern and yet it is 15thC BC.
Three-handled Palace Style amphora with three large octopuses within a marinescape of rocks and seaweed. A Mycenaean imitation of the Minoan Marine Style. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Three-handled Palace Style amphora with three large octopuses within a marinescape of rocks and seaweed. A Mycenaean imitation of the Minoan Marine Style. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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This idiot isn't the president of the united states.....
he's president of ONLY THE REPUBLICAN states.
Blue states need to stop paying federal taxes if we're not going to be represented.
he's president of ONLY THE REPUBLICAN states.
Blue states need to stop paying federal taxes if we're not going to be represented.
February 8, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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Good morning . Your #FoxOfTheDay today from @ceidil.bsky.social !
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Good morning . Your #FoxOfTheDay today from @ceidil.bsky.social !
Elon Musk FRS just doing his best for science
the most impactful thing Elon Musk has ever done or will ever do regarding science and innovation in this country is illegally cut billions of dollars of research funds for literally no reason
February 8, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Elon Musk FRS just doing his best for science
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Need a mood boost?
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Need a mood boost?
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
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I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
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I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that Mandelson was a key figure lobbying for Labour NOT to hold a proper inquiry into Russian interference in our elections. His closeness to Deripaska and others would have come out
February 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that Mandelson was a key figure lobbying for Labour NOT to hold a proper inquiry into Russian interference in our elections. His closeness to Deripaska and others would have come out
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"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."
– George Monbiot
– George Monbiot
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."
– George Monbiot
– George Monbiot
Renamed this blogpost on the basis of critical comments. My responses also added in a PS at the end of the post.
deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
#PubPeer #retraction
deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
#PubPeer #retraction
An analysis of PubPeer comments on highly-cited retracted articles
PubPeer is sometimes discussed as if it is some kind of cesspit where people smear honest scientists with specious allegations of fraud. ...
deevybee.blogspot.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Renamed this blogpost on the basis of critical comments. My responses also added in a PS at the end of the post.
deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
#PubPeer #retraction
deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
#PubPeer #retraction
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i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
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❤️🔥
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 3:08 AM
❤️🔥
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Oh my god, somebody actually listened to me.
February 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Oh my god, somebody actually listened to me.
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Simon Kuper: "Donald Trump. He has probably done more to unite Europe than any European ever did."
www.ft.com/content/dc9e...
www.ft.com/content/dc9e...
Trump is Europe’s best enemy yet
Lack of a common foe enfeebled Europe — but not any more
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Simon Kuper: "Donald Trump. He has probably done more to unite Europe than any European ever did."
www.ft.com/content/dc9e...
www.ft.com/content/dc9e...
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The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
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A great horned owl takes flight before dusk in Longmont, Colorado.
#FlyDay #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos
#FlyDay #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
A great horned owl takes flight before dusk in Longmont, Colorado.
#FlyDay #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos
#FlyDay #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos
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Lol
Hashtag Streisand Effect.
Hashtag Streisand Effect.
February 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Lol
Hashtag Streisand Effect.
Hashtag Streisand Effect.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...