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Reese Richardson
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A newly-minted PhD studying metascience and computational biology.
My blog: https://reeserichardson.blog
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · Aug 4
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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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”
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mhmdhsini.bsky.social
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
reeserichardson.bsky.social
The Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier) has retracted a 2019 article *cited 500 times* about materials for wastewater remediation.

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on article withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withd…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
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rmcelreath.bsky.social
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
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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cosig.net
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-...
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
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pixelatedboat.bsky.social
X is hiring a “great lothario” at $40 an hour to teach Grok “the pleasures of the flesh”
January 30, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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dalmeet.bsky.social
The journal @nature.com has corrected a highly-cited study about a robot chemist producing new materials from scratch — but some questions remain unanswered.

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/research-int...

@robertpalgrave.bsky.social

#ChemSky
‘Nature’ robot chemist paper corrected, but some questions remain unanswered
The original study claimed the robot had discovered 43 new materials in 17 days
cen.acs.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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mkarhulahti.bsky.social
First post of the year, new paper out today: we present possibly the biggest case of systematic Measurement Schmeasurement in tech use. It seems that most studies on gaming (videogame) addiction/disorder haven't measured gaming after all. This research took years, so long 🧵 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Confusion in gaming disorder measurement
Abstract. Measurement is important for the scientific programmes of addictive behaviours. In the present study, we investigated the measurement of gaming d
doi.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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elisabethbik.bsky.social
Excited to be participating in the virtual Research Integrity Week events, by the Researchers Society/Pakistan Economics Frontier, organized by Abbas Aziz, hosted by Dr. Saba Saeed, with @sholtodavid.bsky.social , @abalkina.bsky.social, Najma Memon, and @reeserichardson.bsky.social
Starting in 2h
Flyer: Research Integrity Week, with photos of the speakers and organizers, with a QR code to register (but it leads to a message saying the registration is full). Schedule (in Pakistan times): Date and TIme Speaker Topic 28 JAN, 10:00AM- th Prof. Dr. Najma 10:35AM Memon th 28 JAN, 10:45AM- 11:25AM th 28 JAN, 12:00PM- 12:35PM th 29 JAN, 9:00AM- 9:35AM Abbas Aziz Dr. Anna Abalkina Dr. Elisabeth Bik Fundamentals of Research Integrity Scientific Misconduct in Material Science Hijacked Journals: Definition and Key Challenges Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research Images th 29 JAN, 9:45AM- 10:25AM Dr. Reese Richardson Exploitation of intellectual property systems for the manipulation of academic reputations th 29 JAN, 10:30AM- 11:10AM Dr. Sholto David Identifying Errors and Manipulations in scientific paper with the focus on Images
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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gutenberg.org
The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

"The Alfred Jewel: An Historical Essay" at PG:

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59372

#art #history
The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'
This gold-encrusted jewel has an inscription revealing who made it.
www.livescience.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
"I saved all of my work in one place for two years and then lost it" FTFY!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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kateconger.com
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
Soulja Boy forever youtu.be/gWqnz-7iQbY?...
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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gifs-bot.bsky.social
CARTOON/FOUL.GIF
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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bdelloid.bsky.social
This shiny app is pretty cool. Just cruising around, I found one special issue where it appears one editor jammed his name onto all five papers. LOL. It looks like this was the price of admission into this issue.

www.mdpi.com/journal/gene...

paolocrosetto.shinyapps.io/Editors_as_a...
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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elisabethbik.bsky.social
‘Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters.
A small team of volunteers is tracking thousands of falsified studies, including cases of bribery, fraud and plagiarism’

Ivan Oransky @retractionwatch.com, @alicedreger.bsky.social @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters
A small team of volunteers is tracking thousands of falsified studies, including cases of bribery, fraud and plagiarism
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:35 PM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
"The time for passive consumption has expired. Every scholar should begin contributing their expertise to Wikipedia — not as charity, but as a core duty."

doi.org/10.1038/d415...
The academic community failed Wikipedia for 25 years — now it might fail us
Artificial-intelligence systems are feeding on Wikipedia without giving back, and academic indifference is threatening the survival of what is arguably the most widely used reference work on the plane...
doi.org
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Noem’s Razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/19/n...
Noem’s Razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
Finally got around to reporting a big batch of dodgy biomaterials articles today. This is probably the worst image of the bunch. Can you spot anything off here?

#ImageForensics
A scientific figure containing seven scanning electron microscope images of nanoparticles on nanofibers (they look kinda like brussels sprouts on stalks).
January 17, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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jeffreybrainard.bsky.social
#SpecialIssues have fueled the growth of some of the largest #OpenAccess publishers. Does a journal that allows a #GuestEditor to both plan a special issue and write many articles in it have a conflict of interest? #scicomm #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Some guest editors pack special issues with their own articles
Thousands have penned more than one-third of a journal issue, raising conflict-of-interest concerns
www.science.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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pittriversmuseum.bsky.social
Dating from around 1865, this hooded parka from the Aleutian Islands in southern Alaska is made from seal intestines, a naturally waterproof & windproof material. Both robust & decorative, these seal gut parkas would have been used daily to keep warm & dry in this harsh environment.

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A hooded garment with long sleeves, made of strips of material stitched in horizontal rows with decorative embroidery around the hem and cuffs.
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
I think about "You should invent a hammer with a camera inside!!!" at least once a month. What was he getting at
Elon Musk tweet from 2022: You might notice small. sometimes major, improvements in speed of Twitter. Wil be especially significant in countries far away from USA. A reply from a guy named "Jay odoyle": You should invent a hammer with a camera inside!!!
January 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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smutclyde.bsky.social
The publishers of Frontiers are very proud of their fraud-detection software and have appointed themselves as "Guardians of Research Integrity". Also, they publish stuff like this.
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
Fish vessel, 18th Dynasty Egypt (roughly 1340 BCE).

www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Polychrome glass vessel in the form of a 'bulti'-fish: this is the most spectacular of a small group offish-form vessels, all representing the 'bulti'-fish common in the Nile and a standard feature of Egyptian decorative art. The body is core-built in blue glass, matt finish, and is decorated with simple festoons in groups of three or four white lines followed by a yellow line. The tail decorations are in the same colours. The dorsal fin is composed of a series of heavy threads in the body blue, white, yellow, and turquoise-blue. The front fins are each composed of one light and one darker blue thread. The front ventral fins are made from one white and one yellow thread each while the rear ventral fin is of turquoise-blue glass. A yellow thread outlines the mouth. The eyes are white opaque circles with the pupils represented by black thread loops. The fish is assembled from several fragments.
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
We've got ISSUES. Literally.

We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?

arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

A 🧵 1/n
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
Check out this feature on sleuthing by @jgro-the.bsky.social !
timeshighered.bsky.social Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 22d
Long read: Is scientific sleuthing a better evening in than watching Netflix? @jgro-the.bsky.social investigates #academicsky
https://ow.ly/74VW50XU4qK
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM