JAMES HEATHERS
@jamesheathers.bsky.social
please science correctly
if you do i will buy you a small cake and we can be friends
director: medicalevidenceproject.org
the book: forensicmetascience.com
if you do i will buy you a small cake and we can be friends
director: medicalevidenceproject.org
the book: forensicmetascience.com
We are all this sign.
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 AM
We are all this sign.
“The pool of science is in danger of filling up with PISS, warn the three researchers: Spanish engineer Pablo Gómez Barreiro, Italian economist Paolo Crosetto, and Canadian immunologist Mark Hanson.”
@hansonmark.bsky.social you child
@hansonmark.bsky.social you child
Thousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of dollars of public money
1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
@manuelansede.bsky.social
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
@manuelansede.bsky.social
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Thousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of dollars of public money
An analysis of 100,000 special issues of academic journals reveals that one in eight is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
english.elpais.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:43 PM
“The pool of science is in danger of filling up with PISS, warn the three researchers: Spanish engineer Pablo Gómez Barreiro, Italian economist Paolo Crosetto, and Canadian immunologist Mark Hanson.”
@hansonmark.bsky.social you child
@hansonmark.bsky.social you child
Why doesn’t this Winter Storm get a name congruent to the fact it’s going to ruin everything. It should be called Brayden or Greg. Kyle. Trevor. A bad neighbor name.
(FERN? Fern sounds pretty chill. You swap recipes with a Fern.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January...
(FERN? Fern sounds pretty chill. You swap recipes with a Fern.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January...
January 2026 North American winter storm - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Why doesn’t this Winter Storm get a name congruent to the fact it’s going to ruin everything. It should be called Brayden or Greg. Kyle. Trevor. A bad neighbor name.
(FERN? Fern sounds pretty chill. You swap recipes with a Fern.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January...
(FERN? Fern sounds pretty chill. You swap recipes with a Fern.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January...
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Comparing registrations to published papers is essential to research integrity - and almost no one does it routinely because it's slow, messy, and time-demanding.
RegCheck was built to help make this process easier.
Today, we launch RegCheck V2.
🧵
regcheck.app
RegCheck was built to help make this process easier.
Today, we launch RegCheck V2.
🧵
regcheck.app
RegCheck
RegCheck is an AI tool to compare preregistrations with papers instantly.
regcheck.app
January 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Comparing registrations to published papers is essential to research integrity - and almost no one does it routinely because it's slow, messy, and time-demanding.
RegCheck was built to help make this process easier.
Today, we launch RegCheck V2.
🧵
regcheck.app
RegCheck was built to help make this process easier.
Today, we launch RegCheck V2.
🧵
regcheck.app
This year in #harveymetule, maybe I'll try to post more esoteric stuff instead of just huge slabs of grim low-fi death metal.
This is unreleased ... jazz / funk / rock fusion, I guess, from 1978. It is beyond interesting, and lands somewhere in 'legit amazing'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMGc...
This is unreleased ... jazz / funk / rock fusion, I guess, from 1978. It is beyond interesting, and lands somewhere in 'legit amazing'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMGc...
Wicked Witch - Unreleased lp 1978
YouTube video by Trauma Team Media
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This year in #harveymetule, maybe I'll try to post more esoteric stuff instead of just huge slabs of grim low-fi death metal.
This is unreleased ... jazz / funk / rock fusion, I guess, from 1978. It is beyond interesting, and lands somewhere in 'legit amazing'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMGc...
This is unreleased ... jazz / funk / rock fusion, I guess, from 1978. It is beyond interesting, and lands somewhere in 'legit amazing'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMGc...
“The way they were lined up, I could take down the whole clan in a single shot of gun.”
Classic.
Classic.
"I reached for that old liquid courage—a dented flask full of industrial-strength Jeff Daniels. Then I lined up those deers, took a breath, and pushed the trigger. There was no kickback."
Poorly Researched Men’s Fiction
I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows. The way they were lined up, I could take down t...
buff.ly
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
“The way they were lined up, I could take down the whole clan in a single shot of gun.”
Classic.
Classic.
'How has AI affected your life?'
Well, I click about four thousand Cloudflare prompts a day, so that's great.
I mean, I PRESUME that's what's happening.
Well, I click about four thousand Cloudflare prompts a day, so that's great.
I mean, I PRESUME that's what's happening.
January 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
'How has AI affected your life?'
Well, I click about four thousand Cloudflare prompts a day, so that's great.
I mean, I PRESUME that's what's happening.
Well, I click about four thousand Cloudflare prompts a day, so that's great.
I mean, I PRESUME that's what's happening.
ISMO | Hello (Full Comedy Special)
YouTube video by 800 Pound Gorilla Media
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
Publisher: No notes.
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
Publisher: No notes.
First MEP report.
Medical research often uses non-parametric tests. We looked, and noticed that small-sample rank-based tests (i.e. M-W, Wilcoxon) have significant granularity... like p-values!
So, here's GRIM for U values -- GRIM-U.
Enjoy.
medicalevidenceproject.org/grim-u-obser...
Medical research often uses non-parametric tests. We looked, and noticed that small-sample rank-based tests (i.e. M-W, Wilcoxon) have significant granularity... like p-values!
So, here's GRIM for U values -- GRIM-U.
Enjoy.
medicalevidenceproject.org/grim-u-obser...
GRIM-U: A GRIM-like observation to establish impossible p values from ranked tests - Medical Evidence Project
The Medical Evidence Project uses forensic metascientific methods to examine medical research publications that have a disproportionately high impact on human health. Our aim is to determine where pro...
https://medicalevidenceproject.org/grim-u-observation-establish-impossible-p-values-ranked-tests/"
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
First MEP report.
Medical research often uses non-parametric tests. We looked, and noticed that small-sample rank-based tests (i.e. M-W, Wilcoxon) have significant granularity... like p-values!
So, here's GRIM for U values -- GRIM-U.
Enjoy.
medicalevidenceproject.org/grim-u-obser...
Medical research often uses non-parametric tests. We looked, and noticed that small-sample rank-based tests (i.e. M-W, Wilcoxon) have significant granularity... like p-values!
So, here's GRIM for U values -- GRIM-U.
Enjoy.
medicalevidenceproject.org/grim-u-obser...
I still play with LLMs to see if they've gotten better.
I just asked one for a summary of a condition I'm not familiar with. Went OK.
Then I asked for a DOI. It made up -- and I'm still impressed by this -- THREE studies. One after the other. And sent FIVE DOIs, all of them invented.
USELESS.
I just asked one for a summary of a condition I'm not familiar with. Went OK.
Then I asked for a DOI. It made up -- and I'm still impressed by this -- THREE studies. One after the other. And sent FIVE DOIs, all of them invented.
USELESS.
January 6, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I still play with LLMs to see if they've gotten better.
I just asked one for a summary of a condition I'm not familiar with. Went OK.
Then I asked for a DOI. It made up -- and I'm still impressed by this -- THREE studies. One after the other. And sent FIVE DOIs, all of them invented.
USELESS.
I just asked one for a summary of a condition I'm not familiar with. Went OK.
Then I asked for a DOI. It made up -- and I'm still impressed by this -- THREE studies. One after the other. And sent FIVE DOIs, all of them invented.
USELESS.
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Report: No One Currently Thinking About You https://theonion.com/report-no-one-currently-thinking-about-you-1819579510/
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Report: No One Currently Thinking About You https://theonion.com/report-no-one-currently-thinking-about-you-1819579510/
IBRA News
Published in Bee World (Vol. 78, No. 2, 1997)
www.tandfonline.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by JAMES HEATHERS
AND WOULD THAT BE IN ANY PARTICULAR ANIMAL MODEL BY ANY CHANCE
IS THERE SOME IMPORTANT CONTEXT MISSING FROM YOUR HEADLINE PERHAPS
SAY IT WITH ME FOLKS
IS THERE SOME IMPORTANT CONTEXT MISSING FROM YOUR HEADLINE PERHAPS
SAY IT WITH ME FOLKS
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
AND WOULD THAT BE IN ANY PARTICULAR ANIMAL MODEL BY ANY CHANCE
IS THERE SOME IMPORTANT CONTEXT MISSING FROM YOUR HEADLINE PERHAPS
SAY IT WITH ME FOLKS
IS THERE SOME IMPORTANT CONTEXT MISSING FROM YOUR HEADLINE PERHAPS
SAY IT WITH ME FOLKS
WHOAH
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $15 million NIH grant fraud settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Center. This resolves a False Claims Act qui tam complaint that I filed on behalf of @sholtodavid.bsky.social in April 2024, with Gregg Shapiro as my co-counsel.
News & Publications
Eugenie Reich & Gregg Shapiro Announce $15 Million NIH Grant Fraud Settlement (December 2025) Complaint Settlement Agreement Scientific Fraud in the 21st Century (Video Lecture) Sandia Nationa…
eugeniereichlaw.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
WHOAH
My Name is Jeff - Batman Version
YouTube video by Walter White
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"If there's a Canadian artist we don't have to feel embarrassed about offering to the world, it's Stan Rogers."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h9A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h9A...
One Warm Line: The Legacy of Stan Rogers - Full Length Documentary (1988)
YouTube video by Kensington TV
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"If there's a Canadian artist we don't have to feel embarrassed about offering to the world, it's Stan Rogers."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h9A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h9A...
Minor problem here: we DON’T have anything like this. Most of the mechanisms we have for ‘researchers and R&D spending’ are massively oversubscribed as funding levels have lagged behind inflation and/or %age gdp.
We simply don’t *have* this largesse sufficient that it might fail to produce results.
We simply don’t *have* this largesse sufficient that it might fail to produce results.
I mean, the column mentions how many sectors from semiconductors to agriculture "now need vastly more researchers and R&D spending just to keep productivity and growth on the same old trend line."
Here's an idea: How about a society where stability instead of constant growth is the goal? 2/
Here's an idea: How about a society where stability instead of constant growth is the goal? 2/
December 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Minor problem here: we DON’T have anything like this. Most of the mechanisms we have for ‘researchers and R&D spending’ are massively oversubscribed as funding levels have lagged behind inflation and/or %age gdp.
We simply don’t *have* this largesse sufficient that it might fail to produce results.
We simply don’t *have* this largesse sufficient that it might fail to produce results.
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Congratulations to @bethclarke.bsky.social on her PhD graduation!! It’s been amazing watching you become the incredible scholar that you are, thanks for letting me come along for the ride!
You’re the best! 🎉🥂🌟
You’re the best! 🎉🥂🌟
December 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Congratulations to @bethclarke.bsky.social on her PhD graduation!! It’s been amazing watching you become the incredible scholar that you are, thanks for letting me come along for the ride!
You’re the best! 🎉🥂🌟
You’re the best! 🎉🥂🌟
For those who celebrate, todays Connections is an absolute pig. Hardest in living memory.
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For those who celebrate, todays Connections is an absolute pig. Hardest in living memory.
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Critique argues post-publication peer review "often focuses on minor details" and "risks damaging trust in both the research itself and the peer review process" found to contain:
- Hallucinated references
- Undisclosed COIs (EiC is author)
- 8/9 authors have retractions or related scandals
- Hallucinated references
- Undisclosed COIs (EiC is author)
- 8/9 authors have retractions or related scandals
An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platforms: the case of pubpeer - DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
While traditional peer review offers advantages in academic publishing, it is often hampered by significant weaknesses, leading to frustration among many authors. Scientific discoveries after publicat...
link.springer.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Critique argues post-publication peer review "often focuses on minor details" and "risks damaging trust in both the research itself and the peer review process" found to contain:
- Hallucinated references
- Undisclosed COIs (EiC is author)
- 8/9 authors have retractions or related scandals
- Hallucinated references
- Undisclosed COIs (EiC is author)
- 8/9 authors have retractions or related scandals