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Despite my exhaustion at the state of things, I still believe it's better to be labeled or hated now for speaking up than it is to live your life in a way where future generations will ask why you never did.

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Another ParkRun completed! Almost close to the 100 ParkRuns milestone (currently on 81 of 100) #parkrun #running . This was a nice run, I do feel the urge to step it up a little next time 👟

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"Among 217,097 top-cited scientists in career-long impact and 223,152 in single recent year (2023) impact, 7,083 (3.3%) and 8,747 (4.0%), respectively, had at least 1 retraction" - THIS IS SHOCKING. The abstract of this paper has got me hooked! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... #research

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Among world’s top researchers 10% publish at unrealistic levels, analysis finds www.chemistryworld.com/news/among-w...

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research fraudsters have infiltrated the academic publishing industry Frederik Joelving, Cyril Labbé, Guillaume Cabanac theconversation.com/fake-papers-...

submitted 24 days ago • 73 comments

Another Parkrun done. Getting close to the 100 ParkRuns milestone (#79) #parkrun #running

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Hugging Face researchers are trying to build a more open version of DeepSeek’s AI ‘reasoning’ model

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

This is so amazing. A public list of potentially predatory journals / publications! Love this! Thanks to @predatoryjournals.org for maintaining and updating this list. This topic has fascinated me for the last few months! #research predatoryjournals.org/news/f/preda...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Incredibly useful source of information who and what to avoid in academic research. Bookmark it now! 👇👇 🚫👹🚫 👇👇

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

You fuckers are sleeping on Jupiter’s moons. I don’t want to ever hear one more person whine about Pluto if they can’t tell me a single fact about the in-every-way-superior Ganymede.

submitted 31 days ago • 837 comments

I have been in Johannesburg for 3 days and I am proud to say I’ve eaten at Nando’s 4 times. I will not be taking questions at this time.

submitted 34 days ago • 28 comments

Another good Parkrun done. #parkrun #running

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

h/t @karaswisher.bsky.social

submitted 40 days ago • 455 comments

"The most likely career path for anyone who has committed misconduct is a long and fruitful career. Because most people, if they’re caught at all, they skate." Our Ivan Oransky on Freakonomics, in an updated episode re-airing this weekend.

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Keep your eye on Poilievre. He's their boy on the inside.

submitted 45 days ago • 113 comments

Today, I read an interesting aRXIV paper which explores the effects of “ghost jobs”. Using AI approaches and Glassdoor reviews data, the author finds that up to 21% of job listings could be ghost jobs. Interesting read #ghostJobs #research arxiv.org/abs/2410.217...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Another ParkRun done! Not bad! #parkrun #running

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Started 2025 off with a ParkRun. Was a tough one. #parkrun #running

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

submitted 59 days ago • 60 comments

A duplication was noted by @elisabethbik.bsky.social in 2019. Others chimed in with more. Here's our animation of 4 panels overlapping. youtu.be/vtnj2jjR6BA pubpeer.com/publications...

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Updated my blog to .NET 8 and added "Share to BlueSky" links. Merry Christmas! hanselman.com/blog

submitted 62 days ago • 7 comments