Dead Neanderthals
@deadneanderthals.bsky.social
Dead Neanderthals set out for the solar system. Their ultimate goal is currently unknown, but it probably lies far beyond the borders of this galaxy.
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Pinned
New album out RIGHT NOW!
Stream/buy here:
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/other-...
Pay-what-you-can-spare download and 10 bucks or more LP.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Marlon at White Noise Studio
Exquisite artwork by @lukeoram.bsky.social
Layout by @machinefabriek.bsky.social
Stream/buy here:
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/other-...
Pay-what-you-can-spare download and 10 bucks or more LP.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Marlon at White Noise Studio
Exquisite artwork by @lukeoram.bsky.social
Layout by @machinefabriek.bsky.social
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Listen up, Dorks, we need to talk.
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Listen up, Dorks, we need to talk.
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
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The results of the RCT didn't support our hypothesis ➡️ The RCT "failed".🤦♂️
This is not how science works! #ResearchIntegrity
👍Kudos to Charlotte Strøm for the review
www.linkedin.com/pulse/review...
This is not how science works! #ResearchIntegrity
👍Kudos to Charlotte Strøm for the review
www.linkedin.com/pulse/review...
Review of the preprint that reports on the DTP-trial (NCT00244673)
Nonspecific Vaccine Effects Journal Club no. 23 The preprinted publication (1) which is the focus of this issue of the Nonspecific Vaccine Effects Journal Club (NSEvacc) JC is reporting the results fr...
www.linkedin.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The results of the RCT didn't support our hypothesis ➡️ The RCT "failed".🤦♂️
This is not how science works! #ResearchIntegrity
👍Kudos to Charlotte Strøm for the review
www.linkedin.com/pulse/review...
This is not how science works! #ResearchIntegrity
👍Kudos to Charlotte Strøm for the review
www.linkedin.com/pulse/review...
Read Dorothy's blogposts! Difficult concepts explained in a clear, easy-to-read way. Plus you get insights from an academic veteran!
New blogpost. Some reflections on a @clarivate.com webinar that I attended yesterday.
deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
#evaluation #papermills #fraud
deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
#evaluation #papermills #fraud
The dangers of using bibliometrics with polluted data
This week I attended a Webinar organised by Clarivate on the topic of “ Eugene Garfield Centenary Celebration: Past, Present and Future ...
deevybee.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Read Dorothy's blogposts! Difficult concepts explained in a clear, easy-to-read way. Plus you get insights from an academic veteran!
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this is the peace plan we should be pushing
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
this is the peace plan we should be pushing
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
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Done!
Okay, this is one that should be enjoyed in a dark room, eyes closed and with headphones on - which of course I didn't do...
I still found it to be once more an almost meditative experience with the heavy drums and the constant drone.
Excellent work again, @deadneanderthals.bsky.social!
Okay, this is one that should be enjoyed in a dark room, eyes closed and with headphones on - which of course I didn't do...
I still found it to be once more an almost meditative experience with the heavy drums and the constant drone.
Excellent work again, @deadneanderthals.bsky.social!
#NowPlaying
Here's one I completely missed: @deadneanderthals.bsky.social have a new album out!
I'm never sure what to expect from them. It could be atmospheric and gentle or it could pummel your brains in. 🤷
Let's find out!
Going in!
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
Here's one I completely missed: @deadneanderthals.bsky.social have a new album out!
I'm never sure what to expect from them. It could be atmospheric and gentle or it could pummel your brains in. 🤷
Let's find out!
Going in!
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
Incantations, by Dead Neanderthals
4 track album
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Done!
Okay, this is one that should be enjoyed in a dark room, eyes closed and with headphones on - which of course I didn't do...
I still found it to be once more an almost meditative experience with the heavy drums and the constant drone.
Excellent work again, @deadneanderthals.bsky.social!
Okay, this is one that should be enjoyed in a dark room, eyes closed and with headphones on - which of course I didn't do...
I still found it to be once more an almost meditative experience with the heavy drums and the constant drone.
Excellent work again, @deadneanderthals.bsky.social!
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Papermillers complain about PubPeer.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Papermillers complain about PubPeer.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Disgruntled authors,with at least 1 retraction, attacking pubpeer👇 Their statements are also wrong. How did @springernature.com let this pass as it is? Does the terminology ring a bell? @elisabethbik.bsky.social @smutclyde.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Disgruntled authors,with at least 1 retraction, attacking pubpeer👇 Their statements are also wrong. How did @springernature.com let this pass as it is? Does the terminology ring a bell? @elisabethbik.bsky.social @smutclyde.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I was waiting for this paper by @deevybee.bsky.social @statsepi.bsky.social #kevinjmitchell!
Looking forward to read the whole thing.
Looking forward to read the whole thing.
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I was waiting for this paper by @deevybee.bsky.social @statsepi.bsky.social #kevinjmitchell!
Looking forward to read the whole thing.
Looking forward to read the whole thing.
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Erroneous articles can undermine scientific progress & mislead future research. Rene Aquarius &co show that 40% of articles on early #BrainInjury in animal studies have #ImageDuplication & #ImageManipulation problems, but correction by #journals remains limited @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4p59QzN
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Erroneous articles can undermine scientific progress & mislead future research. Rene Aquarius &co show that 40% of articles on early #BrainInjury in animal studies have #ImageDuplication & #ImageManipulation problems, but correction by #journals remains limited @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4p59QzN
Tiles Whisper Dreams EP, by Car Bomb
3 track album
carbomb.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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Another troubling exposé of fraud in science publishing: organised groups of reviewers (here, in the medical sciences) conspiring to push authors to cite the reviewers' own work.
Hats off to sleuths Oviedo-García, Aquarius, and @deevybee.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hats off to sleuths Oviedo-García, Aquarius, and @deevybee.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Gaming the peer review system: a sophisticated review mill in medicine highlights the need to ensure reviewer integrity
Background A review mill is a network of researchers who game the peer review system to apparently boost their citations. Members write generic review reports containing suggestions for citations to t...
www.medrxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Another troubling exposé of fraud in science publishing: organised groups of reviewers (here, in the medical sciences) conspiring to push authors to cite the reviewers' own work.
Hats off to sleuths Oviedo-García, Aquarius, and @deevybee.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hats off to sleuths Oviedo-García, Aquarius, and @deevybee.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
New pre-print out on peer-review milling! Together with @deevybee.bsky.social and M. Angeles Oviedo Garcia.
Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Gaming the peer review system: a sophisticated review mill in medicine highlights the need to ensure reviewer integrity
Background A review mill is a network of researchers who game the peer review system to apparently boost their citations. Members write generic review reports containing suggestions for citations to t...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New pre-print out on peer-review milling! Together with @deevybee.bsky.social and M. Angeles Oviedo Garcia.
Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our new album Incantations is OUT NOW.
Order through Utecht records or us.
Harsh, droning metal!
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
utechrecords.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
Order through Utecht records or us.
Harsh, droning metal!
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
utechrecords.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Our new album Incantations is OUT NOW.
Order through Utecht records or us.
Harsh, droning metal!
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
utechrecords.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
Order through Utecht records or us.
Harsh, droning metal!
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
utechrecords.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
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"40% of papers about subarachnoid haemorrhage in animals contained manipulated images."
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
40% dierstudies naar hersenbloedingen bevat afbeeldingen die niet kloppen, ontdekten René Aquarius en Kim Wever @radboudumc.bsky.social. Sommige artikelen zijn mogelijk geheel of deels verzonnen. Zorgwekkend, zegt ook @elisabethbik.bsky.social.
Voor @voxweb.bsky.social.
www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/honde...
Voor @voxweb.bsky.social.
www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/honde...
Nijmeegse wetenschappers ontdekken honderden mogelijk frauduleuze publicaties over hersenbloedingen bij dieren - Vox magazine
40 procent van de dierexperimentele studies naar hersenbloedingen bevat afbeeldingen die niet kloppen, ontdekten onderzoekers van het Radboudumc. Een deel van deze publicaties is mogelijk geheel of de...
www.voxweb.nl
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"40% of papers about subarachnoid haemorrhage in animals contained manipulated images."
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
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Nadja & MoE, together again, 2 shows in Germany, 1 in Poland:
19.11 - Arkaoda, Berlin
20.11 - Hühnermanhattan, Halle
21.11 - LAS, Poznan
19.11 - Arkaoda, Berlin
20.11 - Hühnermanhattan, Halle
21.11 - LAS, Poznan
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Nadja & MoE, together again, 2 shows in Germany, 1 in Poland:
19.11 - Arkaoda, Berlin
20.11 - Hühnermanhattan, Halle
21.11 - LAS, Poznan
19.11 - Arkaoda, Berlin
20.11 - Hühnermanhattan, Halle
21.11 - LAS, Poznan
Will Death Breath ever release that album that they recorded in 2009 or so? What a band!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzg...
Death Breath - Live On Swedish Radio Show ( FULL ) 2008
YouTube video by SWEDEN .PUNK
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Will Death Breath ever release that album that they recorded in 2009 or so? What a band!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzg...
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A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific record and patient safety,” a team of researchers including @deevybee.bsky.social report.
Review mill in Italy targeting ob-gyn journals, researchers allege
Examples of “boilerplate” text used in the suspect reviews.M.A. Oviedo-Garcia et al/medRxiv 2025 A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific…
retractionwatch.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific record and patient safety,” a team of researchers including @deevybee.bsky.social report.
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Last year we released the amazing Cast Down and Hunted by Aidan Baker & Dead Neanderthals.
Check out the last few copies in our shop (also with an option to get as bundle with DNMF Smelter).
movingfurniturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/cast-d...
@nadjaluv.bsky.social @deadneanderthals.bsky.social
Check out the last few copies in our shop (also with an option to get as bundle with DNMF Smelter).
movingfurniturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/cast-d...
@nadjaluv.bsky.social @deadneanderthals.bsky.social
Cast Down And Hunted, by Aidan Baker & Dead Neanderthals
2 track album
movingfurniturerecords.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Last year we released the amazing Cast Down and Hunted by Aidan Baker & Dead Neanderthals.
Check out the last few copies in our shop (also with an option to get as bundle with DNMF Smelter).
movingfurniturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/cast-d...
@nadjaluv.bsky.social @deadneanderthals.bsky.social
Check out the last few copies in our shop (also with an option to get as bundle with DNMF Smelter).
movingfurniturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/cast-d...
@nadjaluv.bsky.social @deadneanderthals.bsky.social
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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"We included 608 articles, of which 243 articles were identified as problematic (40.0%)." (bit.ly/3X4PtGF) This finding of so many image-related problems by a team that wanted to do a systemic review, is deeply concerning.
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"We included 608 articles, of which 243 articles were identified as problematic (40.0%)." (bit.ly/3X4PtGF) This finding of so many image-related problems by a team that wanted to do a systemic review, is deeply concerning.
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Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology! I'm very conflicted about the project: proud because it feels like the most important project I've ever been a part of, but also very sad that we found so many problems in our field.
Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Erroneous articles can undermine scientific progress & mislead future research. Rene Aquarius &co show that 40% of articles on early #BrainInjury in animal studies have #ImageDuplication & #ImageManipulation problems, but correction by #journals remains limited @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4p59QzN
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology! I'm very conflicted about the project: proud because it feels like the most important project I've ever been a part of, but also very sad that we found so many problems in our field.
Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...