A non-existent paper attributed to ‪Ben Williamson‬ has already been cited 42 times. It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it. @benpatrickwill.bsky.social

Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

Ursa julkaisee harvakseltaan alakouluikäisille tarkoitettuja videoita avaruusaiheista. Vastikään valmistui aurinkokunnasta kertova vartin mittainen video, joka soveltunee suunnilleen 10-12-vuotiaille. Videot löytyvät Youtuben lisäksi myös Ursan sivuilta: www.ursa.fi/opetusvideoita #tähtitaivas

I feel sorry for comedians because nowadays it's impossible to differentiate satire from reality. I would prefer boring politics instead of this circus 😬

Joulu tuli lumi suli meikäläinen sanoi "Ei helvetti miten surkea talvi taas" 😠

It looks like 2025 will end up at about 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it likely the third hottest year in the last 120,000+ years. Meanwhile, the 3-year running average is going to end the year above 1.50°C for the first time.

"We list these “carbon bombs” by name, show in which countries they are located and calculate their potential emissions which combined exceed the global 1.5 °C carbon budget by a factor of two... 40% of carbon bombs have not yet started extraction"

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Walking into 2026

In a new article over at Carbon Brief, I explore why the past three years – 2023, 2024, and 2025 – have been exceptionally warm. The main culprits turn out to be a combination of El Nino and internal variability, declining aerosols, and a strong solar cycle: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Hyvä ja silmiä avaava teksti! "Vain hieman kärjistäen Suomen Kulttuurirahasto välittää UPM-Kymmenen osingoista saamiaan rahoja metsäkadon tutkimukseen. Koneen Säätiö puolustaa suomalaisia kansalaisaktivisteja Kiinan-liiketoiminnasta ansaitulla rahalla. Se on pelin henki."

Ohhoh! Meidän liikenneympyrän uudet liikennevalot ei olekaan vain koristeena vaan ne myös toimivat! 😮 Kaikenlaista sitä näkee, kun vanhaksi elää 😄 #Kuopio

Onpa se kaunis! Nyt näen vain spiraaleja 😵‍💫 KVAAK Kirja olisi halunnut tämän upean kirjan suomentaa, mutta siitä ei tullut mitään. Onneksi Ivrea tuli ja teki sen puolestamme. Ei tarvinnut itse raataa ja nyt voi keskittyä vain nautiskelemaan 😊😄 #Kirjataivas

Huomio, alakoulut! Ursa tarjoaa jälleen tukea avaruusasioiden opettamiseen alkuvuodesta 2026. Alakoululuokat voivat tilata maksutta Ursan asiantuntijan virtuaalivierailulle luokkaan 19.1.–27.3.2026. Vierailun aikana koululaiset voivat kysyä avaruudesta ja tähtitaivaasta mitä vain! Lue lisää:

Climate injustice: “…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”

Global building density map. Somewhat different from a population density map. Still very related. Source: buff.ly/PAuDqrF

Hey y'all! Looking for some original art for the holidays? I've put some of my personal posca art up on my shop, I mostly do digital art, so these are a little special :) Please check it out: www.giantkittenhead.com/original-art Every sale helps 💜💜

Olipa yllätys, kun Prisman hyllystä pilkisti @anneliljestrom.bsky.social:n tuore kirja 😮 En muista aiemmin nähneeni @ursa.fi:n kirjoja marketissa, joten tämä oli varsin iloinen käänne päivään 😃 Enää ei tarvitse pohtia mitä joulukuussa luetaan iltasaduksi 💪 #KirjaTaivas

A good family Christmas features all four main characters to maximize drama.

Mitä ovat digitaaliset kaksoset? Niistä kertova tekemäni #Tiedeykkönen pullahti salakavalasti ulos jo viime perjantaina. Areenassa tietysti edelleen. Kiitos CSC – Tieteen tietotekniikan keskus ja Jenni Kontkanen oikein iloisesta juttutuokiosta! areena.yle.fi/1-76204080

Silloin ollut onnistunut käynti Helsingissä, kun saa puutelistaa lyhennettyä muutamalla sarjiksella 😄🤓📚 #sarjakuvasunnuntai

When travelling, it's nice to have a relaxing morning without the need to rush anywhere. Me, two hours later: Oh, look at the time. I need to run, so I don't miss the train 😅

You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.

I hadn't realized but a PhD defence can be as exciting for the opponent as it is for the applicant 😅 But we both did good 💪 Now to the karonkka 🥂

Mahtavaa nähdä, että Kuopion rautatieasemalla on satsattu opasteisiin 🤩🚄

You've been kidnapped! The characters from the last TV show you watched are your only hope for rescue. Who's coming to save you? Yeah. I think I'm fine being kidnapped

Now for some sports news... (this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)

Sean Phillips has provided us with signed bookplates for pretty much everything he and #EdBrubaker have done together. But now he's gone even further. One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...

I just realized that I have "work mug" also at home. I bought it years ago from a flea market in Lappeenranta, but for some reason I only use it when I'm working. Don't know why. Maybe it is just the motivational message that I need to get through the day 😅 Am I the only one with dedicated mugs?

📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊 We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe. doi.org/10.5194/hess...

Lo and behold, the Mr Satan keychains are now available! I have to say these turned out super nice, so I’m seriously hoping they’ll get funded (aiming for 666 copies, of course). 🤞😄 All income will go into our music video budget, so thanks again for the support! 🔥🙌🔥 www.makeship.com/products/mr-...

The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson

“Emissions of greenhouse gas methane from lakes & reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate change. This in turn could raise Earth's temperature more than suggested by IPCC's current worst-case scenario.” Solutions still have time - we reduce CO2! phys.org/news/2025-11...

The second day of the esteemed Finnish Climate Modelling Seminar 2025 is on the way. Great science in nice surroundings at Luoto in #Kuopio. Recommended experience 😊

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

Acceleration “In 2015 our projected deadline for reaching 1.5°C was 27 years away. Now that threshold is only 4 years away – 23 years closer. This striking change suggests that global warming has accelerated quickly in recent years.” Source: climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa... #ClimateCrisis

I used to cycle on Voorstraat a lot when I was linving in Utrecht. It was fun also 13 years ago, but I have to say that the street looks much nicer now 😎🚲

What's a movie you never tire of?

Keräilen ilmasto- ja ympäristöaiheisia meemejä / sarjakuvastrippejä / jne. opetuksessa käytettäväksi. Aiheena siis ohjaus kestävään tulevaisuuteen. Laitahan sun parhaat kommentteihin ja jaa tätä laajemmalle, kiitos! 🙏

Tutustu mutuaaleihisi! Listaa 10 asiaa, joista tykkäät. -lukeminen -sarjakuvat -kirjat -elokuvat -perhe-elämä -pyöräily -pelaaminen -inkivääri -suklaa -tutkiminen ja yleinen asioiden pähkäily Eivät ole tärkeysjärjestyksessä.

Ursan tiedottaja, tiedeviestijä @anneliljestrom.bsky.social kertoo ESERO Finlandin videossa työnkuvastaan. Miksi nuorten kannattaisi lähteä avaruusalalle?