Reese Richardson
@reeserichardson.bsky.social
A newly-minted PhD studying metascience and computational biology.
My blog: https://reeserichardson.blog
My blog: https://reeserichardson.blog
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A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
reeserichardson.blog
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
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I just went to PubPeer to comment on the restrictive data availability statement and found several people have already expressed concerns about other issues, including trial registration. pubpeer.com/publications...
February 14, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I just went to PubPeer to comment on the restrictive data availability statement and found several people have already expressed concerns about other issues, including trial registration. pubpeer.com/publications...
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Mithras mentioned 🗣️🗣️🗣️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ancient Roman altars to go on display in Edinburgh
Two Mithraic Roman altars are to be displayed as a part of an upcoming exhibition after being acquired for the nation.
www.bbc.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Mithras mentioned 🗣️🗣️🗣️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I’ve been sued for considerably less, and it’s an huge, time consuming hassle even when you win on anti-slapp grounds.
www.geekwire.com/2021/mainstr...
www.geekwire.com/2021/mainstr...
Mainstream media critic Project Veritas sues University of Washington and Stanford, alleging defamation by social media researchers
Project Veritas, a right-wing activist group with a history of trying to discredit mainstream media organizations, has filed a defamation lawsuit against
www.geekwire.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I’ve been sued for considerably less, and it’s an huge, time consuming hassle even when you win on anti-slapp grounds.
www.geekwire.com/2021/mainstr...
www.geekwire.com/2021/mainstr...
reading...
New paper, on a worrying trend in meta-science: the practice of anonymising datasets on, e.g., published articles. We argue that this is at odds with norms established in research synthesis, explore arguments for anonymisation, provide counterpoints, and demonstrate implications and epistemic costs.
Against Anonymising Meta-Scientific Data: https://osf.io/6eyjf
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
reading...
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UnEDXpected Peaks - New and fascinating data explorations from @elisabethbik.bsky.social scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/02/09/u...
UnEDXpected Peaks
Over the past couple of days, I have been reviewing a series of Materials Science papers, all co-authored by the same group of researchers from the Universities of Lahore, Chakwal, and Sargodha in …
scienceintegritydigest.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
UnEDXpected Peaks - New and fascinating data explorations from @elisabethbik.bsky.social scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/02/09/u...
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In 2018, Ilja Van Braeckel created a font based on Charles Darwin's handwriting for #DarwinDay. It was based on 12,000 pictures of Darwin's original manuscripts!
Link rot happened, and the original files are missing. I have put it up again here: drive.google.com/file/d/14Kcn...
Happy Darwin Day!
Link rot happened, and the original files are missing. I have put it up again here: drive.google.com/file/d/14Kcn...
Happy Darwin Day!
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
In 2018, Ilja Van Braeckel created a font based on Charles Darwin's handwriting for #DarwinDay. It was based on 12,000 pictures of Darwin's original manuscripts!
Link rot happened, and the original files are missing. I have put it up again here: drive.google.com/file/d/14Kcn...
Happy Darwin Day!
Link rot happened, and the original files are missing. I have put it up again here: drive.google.com/file/d/14Kcn...
Happy Darwin Day!
Great piece by @cathleenogrady.bsky.social ! Featuring words from a number of level heads, including @manuelansede.bsky.social @jbakcoleman.bsky.social @richvn.bsky.social @jacksonwryan.com and others.
Journalists can’t control the narratives others spin from their stories, but they can ensure their reporting provides an accurate picture of the issue at hand. A guide from @cathleenogrady.bsky.social, with @richvn.bsky.social, @manuelansede.bsky.social, @fleerackers.bsky.social and others. 🧪
Reporting on Flaws in Science in an Era of Mistrust - The Open Notebook
Science journalism that reports on flaws in the scientific process operates in a fraught environment, with attacks on science and scientists worldwide and increasing concern about public mistrust in s...
www.theopennotebook.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Great piece by @cathleenogrady.bsky.social ! Featuring words from a number of level heads, including @manuelansede.bsky.social @jbakcoleman.bsky.social @richvn.bsky.social @jacksonwryan.com and others.
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New blog post: UnEDXpected Peaks
Thanks to @reeserichardson.bsky.social, for teaching me to spot Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy problems. @cosig.net guide: osf.io/2kdez/files/...
30+ papers from a group from Pakistan with wonky EDX plots. Read more:
scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/02/09/u...
Thanks to @reeserichardson.bsky.social, for teaching me to spot Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy problems. @cosig.net guide: osf.io/2kdez/files/...
30+ papers from a group from Pakistan with wonky EDX plots. Read more:
scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/02/09/u...
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 AM
New blog post: UnEDXpected Peaks
Thanks to @reeserichardson.bsky.social, for teaching me to spot Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy problems. @cosig.net guide: osf.io/2kdez/files/...
30+ papers from a group from Pakistan with wonky EDX plots. Read more:
scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/02/09/u...
Thanks to @reeserichardson.bsky.social, for teaching me to spot Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy problems. @cosig.net guide: osf.io/2kdez/files/...
30+ papers from a group from Pakistan with wonky EDX plots. Read more:
scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/02/09/u...
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🇺🇦 Ministry of Ed.: universities shouldn't partner with companies that guarantee paper acceptance and other such dubious things
🏭 One such company: that's unfair and defamatory :(
🇺🇦 court: no no that's fair, get lost
Yay for good govt! h/t @abalkina.bsky.social
opendatabot.ua/court/133906...
🏭 One such company: that's unfair and defamatory :(
🇺🇦 court: no no that's fair, get lost
Yay for good govt! h/t @abalkina.bsky.social
opendatabot.ua/court/133906...
Рішення № 133906225 від 27.01.2026 по справі 910/9166/25
Рішення № 133906225 від 27.01.2026 по справі 910/9166/25 Розглянув - Господарський суд міста Києва про визнання недостовірною інформації та зобов`язання вчинити дії
opendatabot.ua
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
🇺🇦 Ministry of Ed.: universities shouldn't partner with companies that guarantee paper acceptance and other such dubious things
🏭 One such company: that's unfair and defamatory :(
🇺🇦 court: no no that's fair, get lost
Yay for good govt! h/t @abalkina.bsky.social
opendatabot.ua/court/133906...
🏭 One such company: that's unfair and defamatory :(
🇺🇦 court: no no that's fair, get lost
Yay for good govt! h/t @abalkina.bsky.social
opendatabot.ua/court/133906...
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Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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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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Please admire what 'Viola sheltonii' found in Discover Oncology, in "Engineering CAR T NK and NKT cell therapies to target cancer stem cells and overcome stem like resistance".
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
February 1, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Please admire what 'Viola sheltonii' found in Discover Oncology, in "Engineering CAR T NK and NKT cell therapies to target cancer stem cells and overcome stem like resistance".
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
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The fact that Epstein had ties to the scientific community is not news, but the enormous cache of documents released by the DOJ last week was still startling. It showed just how deeply Epstein was involved—how many were in his orbit, and how deeply involved he was with some research.
My reporting:
My reporting:
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known
Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The fact that Epstein had ties to the scientific community is not news, but the enormous cache of documents released by the DOJ last week was still startling. It showed just how deeply Epstein was involved—how many were in his orbit, and how deeply involved he was with some research.
My reporting:
My reporting:
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Shame on @nature.com for publishing this ableist trash, and shame on the authors for writing it:
Short 🧵>>
Short 🧵>>
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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An intracellular meteor shower. EB3 comets tracking growing microtubule plus-ends in a cultured cell.
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 AM
An intracellular meteor shower. EB3 comets tracking growing microtubule plus-ends in a cultured cell.
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Nitasha is among the best of us. What a fuckin’ scam to let all this talent go untapped! But ofc, just like Thiel
and Epstein tanking Gawker, Bezos and his ilk don’t want anyone snooping around Silicon Valley too closely
and Epstein tanking Gawker, Bezos and his ilk don’t want anyone snooping around Silicon Valley too closely
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Nitasha is among the best of us. What a fuckin’ scam to let all this talent go untapped! But ofc, just like Thiel
and Epstein tanking Gawker, Bezos and his ilk don’t want anyone snooping around Silicon Valley too closely
and Epstein tanking Gawker, Bezos and his ilk don’t want anyone snooping around Silicon Valley too closely
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for detailed critique see:
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
for detailed critique see:
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
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continue to think that if instead of "raw milk" we called it "doodoo milk" people would understand the risk proposition
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
people.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
continue to think that if instead of "raw milk" we called it "doodoo milk" people would understand the risk proposition
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If you're interested in data sleuthing but aren't sure where to start,
or if you're conducting a systematic review/meta-analysis and want to ensure you're not including junk studies,
check out this Cochrane training session on Trustworthiness Assessment by @jdwilko.bsky.social
or if you're conducting a systematic review/meta-analysis and want to ensure you're not including junk studies,
check out this Cochrane training session on Trustworthiness Assessment by @jdwilko.bsky.social
INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials | Cochrane
www.cochrane.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
If you're interested in data sleuthing but aren't sure where to start,
or if you're conducting a systematic review/meta-analysis and want to ensure you're not including junk studies,
check out this Cochrane training session on Trustworthiness Assessment by @jdwilko.bsky.social
or if you're conducting a systematic review/meta-analysis and want to ensure you're not including junk studies,
check out this Cochrane training session on Trustworthiness Assessment by @jdwilko.bsky.social
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Iranians are experiencing a collective trauma. Thousands have been killed/injured in recent events, the economy is crippled & the threat of a wider conflict is real. This is especially difficult for those living in Iran, as many have lost (or fear losing) loved ones. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Iranians are experiencing a collective trauma. Thousands have been killed/injured in recent events, the economy is crippled & the threat of a wider conflict is real. This is especially difficult for those living in Iran, as many have lost (or fear losing) loved ones. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier) has retracted a 2019 article *cited 500 times* about materials for wastewater remediation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
RETRACTED: Incorporation of UiO-66-NH2 MOF into the PAN/chitosan nanofibers for adsorption and membrane filtration of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solutions
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on article withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withd…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier) has retracted a 2019 article *cited 500 times* about materials for wastewater remediation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wow this scoring chaos seems to be an extreme case of what I say about many ad hoc analyses: no derivation of method from a clear scientific theory, no assessment of statistical properties, and decades pass before someone notices. This happens in biology too, so let’s not pick on psychology only
Read my latest post for reflections on reproducibility, research quality and a summary of a great new study which shows how NOT to do it
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/gambling-with-research-quality
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/gambling-with-research-quality
Gambling with research quality
How you get 244 different ways to measure performance on the same test of decision making. And what it means for the reliability of behavioural science
tomstafford.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Wow this scoring chaos seems to be an extreme case of what I say about many ad hoc analyses: no derivation of method from a clear scientific theory, no assessment of statistical properties, and decades pass before someone notices. This happens in biology too, so let’s not pick on psychology only
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To make COSIG more discoverable for educators looking to develop course material on publication integrity and peer review, COSIG now has an entry in OER Commons! @oercommons.bsky.social #OER
oercommons.org/courses/the-...
oercommons.org/courses/the-...
The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides (COSIG)
COSIG is an openly licensed, continuously expanding repository of practical guides for performing post-publication peer review (PPPR). The resource is freely available at https://cosig.net. At the tim...
oercommons.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
To make COSIG more discoverable for educators looking to develop course material on publication integrity and peer review, COSIG now has an entry in OER Commons! @oercommons.bsky.social #OER
oercommons.org/courses/the-...
oercommons.org/courses/the-...