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Science journalism by Leonid Schneider 🇺🇦
Read at your own risk, people got sacked for much less. Posts may contain #antifa and #russophobia
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Read at your own risk, people got sacked for much less. Posts may contain #antifa and #russophobia
https://forbetterscience.com/
Luck in Sight
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Luck in Sight
“It seems hard to accept any explanation that doesn’t somehow incriminate most of the people involved” – Sholto David
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November 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Luck in Sight
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Science meets art, an Exhibition at @springernature.com head office. For Stakeholders only.
Reverse Image Forensics Challenge: Try to find a unique area in Figure 9 of this recent Scientific Reports paper: 10.1038/s41598-025-17456-6 [Aug 2025] - Annotated by ImageTwin.ai
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Science meets art, an Exhibition at @springernature.com head office. For Stakeholders only.
russia just making sure their money in Belgium remains safe.
❗️Five drones were spotted flying over Belgium's Doel nuclear power plant on the evening of November 9, Politico reported.
Energy company Engie told the newspaper that initially, three drones were detected, "but then we saw five drones," which were up in the air for about an hour.
Energy company Engie told the newspaper that initially, three drones were detected, "but then we saw five drones," which were up in the air for about an hour.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
russia just making sure their money in Belgium remains safe.
@oupress.bsky.social does Wiley's Hindawi thing, because scholarly publishing cannot function without papermills.
"Acquiring the Karger journals will provide OUP with many more downstream transfer destinations, helping OUP to publish more of the articles that get rejected by their higher impact journals."
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
OUP acquires Karger's long tail
Hello fellow journalologists,
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November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
@oupress.bsky.social does Wiley's Hindawi thing, because scholarly publishing cannot function without papermills.
A geneticist who against all evidence endorses Murray's Bell Curve and insists that white men are intellectually superior to women and especially Blacks..
is a shitty pseudoscientist.
Who stole his Nobel discovery, then burned money and people to deliver absolutely nothing of value ever since.
is a shitty pseudoscientist.
Who stole his Nobel discovery, then burned money and people to deliver absolutely nothing of value ever since.
I miss the incredible science writer Sharon Begley every day. She‘s gifted us with this remembrance (written before her untimely passing) of Jim Watson + his “public and unrepentant racism and sexism that made him a pariah in life and poisoned his legacy in death.”
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A geneticist who against all evidence endorses Murray's Bell Curve and insists that white men are intellectually superior to women and especially Blacks..
is a shitty pseudoscientist.
Who stole his Nobel discovery, then burned money and people to deliver absolutely nothing of value ever since.
is a shitty pseudoscientist.
Who stole his Nobel discovery, then burned money and people to deliver absolutely nothing of value ever since.
Historians: join me in admiring this white master race male and his land conquests!
Historians of science: join me in admiring this white master race male and his award conquests!
#JamesWatson
Historians of science: join me in admiring this white master race male and his award conquests!
#JamesWatson
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Historians: join me in admiring this white master race male and his land conquests!
Historians of science: join me in admiring this white master race male and his award conquests!
#JamesWatson
Historians of science: join me in admiring this white master race male and his award conquests!
#JamesWatson
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White male Anglo-Saxon academics fall arse over tit to assert Jim Watson was a science genius despite some mean things he said.
Watson however was a shit scientist not just because he stole the Nobel discovery, but because his genetics was that of racism, misogyny and antisemitism.
Watson however was a shit scientist not just because he stole the Nobel discovery, but because his genetics was that of racism, misogyny and antisemitism.
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
White male Anglo-Saxon academics fall arse over tit to assert Jim Watson was a science genius despite some mean things he said.
Watson however was a shit scientist not just because he stole the Nobel discovery, but because his genetics was that of racism, misogyny and antisemitism.
Watson however was a shit scientist not just because he stole the Nobel discovery, but because his genetics was that of racism, misogyny and antisemitism.
White male Anglo-Saxon academics fall arse over tit to assert Jim Watson was a science genius despite some mean things he said.
Watson however was a shit scientist not just because he stole the Nobel discovery, but because his genetics was that of racism, misogyny and antisemitism.
Watson however was a shit scientist not just because he stole the Nobel discovery, but because his genetics was that of racism, misogyny and antisemitism.
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
White male Anglo-Saxon academics fall arse over tit to assert Jim Watson was a science genius despite some mean things he said.
Watson however was a shit scientist not just because he stole the Nobel discovery, but because his genetics was that of racism, misogyny and antisemitism.
Watson however was a shit scientist not just because he stole the Nobel discovery, but because his genetics was that of racism, misogyny and antisemitism.
Stealing is not a tremendous contribution. But sure, pushing scientific racism, misogyny and antisemitism is.
Watch Rutherford block me now.
Watch Rutherford block me now.
James Watson made some tremendous contributions to science, and expressed many grotesque views, which were racist, sexist and ignorant. These are all well documented.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Stealing is not a tremendous contribution. But sure, pushing scientific racism, misogyny and antisemitism is.
Watch Rutherford block me now.
Watch Rutherford block me now.
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New guest post on my blog: Csaba Szabo plays cat and mouse with a paper mill
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#fraud #publishing
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#fraud #publishing
The inner workings of a paper mill:
My Wuxi sting operation Guest post by Csaba Szabo Chair of Pharmacology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland After the limited success of...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New guest post on my blog: Csaba Szabo plays cat and mouse with a paper mill
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#fraud #publishing
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#fraud #publishing
2714 citations!
Well, best I can describe the issue in shorthand. Was explained some time ago at forbetterscience.com/2023/07/31/t...
The Vickers Curse: secret revealed!
How did an editorial about insect pheromone communication get to receive 1200 irrelevant citations, almost all from papermills? Alexander Magazinov reveals The Secret of The Vickers Curse!
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November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
2714 citations!
Lol, and we wondered why @dfg.de trolls us with stupid, patronising and dismissive replies.
This dude is their Vice President
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This dude is their Vice President
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Buy Professor Seeberger’s Artemi-Tea to survive COVID-19!
Science communication by press release. No paper is published, no data available, but a Max Planck Institute director is eager to announce a possible cure for COVID-19: artemisia extracts, by his o…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Lol, and we wondered why @dfg.de trolls us with stupid, patronising and dismissive replies.
This dude is their Vice President
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This dude is their Vice President
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Watch white Anglo-Saxon men gather to bear the coffin of their hero. #JamesWatson
This is going to be the perfect companion to @matthewcobb.bsky.social's Crick biog.
James D. Watson is dead. Stay tuned for some thoughts, based on my research on his biography, to be published soon.
While I write that up, y'all can throw tomatoes at this if you like. But I will offer a more nuanced take.
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While I write that up, y'all can throw tomatoes at this if you like. But I will offer a more nuanced take.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Watch white Anglo-Saxon men gather to bear the coffin of their hero. #JamesWatson
Worse, the bastard died happy in knowledge that his vile views are again US policy. #JamesWatson
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Worse, the bastard died happy in knowledge that his vile views are again US policy. #JamesWatson
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🤬 Russia attacks Ukraine with 45 missiles and 458 drones, nearly 80 of which hit their targets
Russia attacks Ukraine with 45 missiles and 458 drones, nearly 80 of which hit their targets
The Russians launched 503 aerial assets — 45 missiles and 458 UAVs — against Ukraine on the night of 7-8 November. A total of 26 missiles and 52 drones hit their targets.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🤬 Russia attacks Ukraine with 45 missiles and 458 drones, nearly 80 of which hit their targets
Matthew Cobb blocked me now. Hey, I am a fellow white male, I am entitled to his respect!
Oh right, I'm not Aryan.
Oh right, I'm not Aryan.
Ah here they come, the Jim Watson defenders. Brandishing Nature as their Bible.
RIP. thieving misogynous homophobe racist twat.
RIP. thieving misogynous homophobe racist twat.
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Matthew Cobb blocked me now. Hey, I am a fellow white male, I am entitled to his respect!
Oh right, I'm not Aryan.
Oh right, I'm not Aryan.
Ah here they come, the Jim Watson defenders. Brandishing Nature as their Bible.
RIP. thieving misogynous homophobe racist twat.
RIP. thieving misogynous homophobe racist twat.
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Ah here they come, the Jim Watson defenders. Brandishing Nature as their Bible.
RIP. thieving misogynous homophobe racist twat.
RIP. thieving misogynous homophobe racist twat.
Great news, Jim Watson is finally dead!
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Great news, Jim Watson is finally dead!
Steve Kirsch and Pierre Kory wanted to debate me on YouTube. No bleach on offer then...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Steve Kirsch and Pierre Kory wanted to debate me on YouTube. No bleach on offer then...
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Any bet Magyar Toad asked Orange Turd for Transcarpathia once "peace" is restored.
President Trump: So you would say that Ukraine cannot win that war?
PM Orbán: You know, a miracle can happen.
President Trump: Yeah, that's right.
PM Orbán:The Westerners are not unified because Brussels and the Europeans have a different approach to the war.
PM Orbán: You know, a miracle can happen.
President Trump: Yeah, that's right.
PM Orbán:The Westerners are not unified because Brussels and the Europeans have a different approach to the war.
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Any bet Magyar Toad asked Orange Turd for Transcarpathia once "peace" is restored.
We shall always remember Prof Michael Manns for his 1500 papers, and for raising such academic offspring like K Lenhard Rudolph and Christian Trautwein.
Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – No data were falsified or fabricated in any way
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Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – No data were falsified or fabricated in any way
Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – an obituary for a rector who published too much, another German professor pestered by sleuths, Canada’s superstar and his mentees, Wiley’s haphazard a…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We shall always remember Prof Michael Manns for his 1500 papers, and for raising such academic offspring like K Lenhard Rudolph and Christian Trautwein.
Where @sholtodavid.bsky.social is made to feel guilty about what he failed to do 11 years ago
Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – No data were falsified or fabricated in any way
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Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – No data were falsified or fabricated in any way
Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – an obituary for a rector who published too much, another German professor pestered by sleuths, Canada’s superstar and his mentees, Wiley’s haphazard a…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Where @sholtodavid.bsky.social is made to feel guilty about what he failed to do 11 years ago
English humour?
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
English humour?
Can someone ask Jana Christopher to help her boss Michael Brunner with understanding the problem with his papers? @febsletters.bsky.social
Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – No data were falsified or fabricated in any way
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Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – No data were falsified or fabricated in any way
Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – an obituary for a rector who published too much, another German professor pestered by sleuths, Canada’s superstar and his mentees, Wiley’s haphazard a…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Can someone ask Jana Christopher to help her boss Michael Brunner with understanding the problem with his papers? @febsletters.bsky.social
You'll be surprised what "falls within the acceptable" for @wiley.com
Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – No data were falsified or fabricated in any way
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Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – No data were falsified or fabricated in any way
Schneider Shorts 7.11.2025 – an obituary for a rector who published too much, another German professor pestered by sleuths, Canada’s superstar and his mentees, Wiley’s haphazard a…
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November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
You'll be surprised what "falls within the acceptable" for @wiley.com