Earlier this week I posted an example of a fake western blot provided by ThermoFisher to demonstrate the validity of a p53 antibody. I considered it an amusing curiosity. In fact Thermo Fisher Scientific has systematically manipulated antibody validation data!

@reeserichardson.bsky.social and @johanduchene.bsky.social identified more examples. Check out Reese's thread. Also summarised on For Better Science today: forbetterscience.com/2026/05/22/s...

russians torture Ukrainian POWs to death. I am old enough to remember how @amnesty.org falsely accused Ukraine of POW abuse.

Updated with Thermo Fisher findings by @johanduchene.bsky.social and @reeserichardson.bsky.social !

More of Thermo Fisher being unscientific! forbetterscience.com/2026/05/22/s...

Our reporting here: forbetterscience.com/2026/05/22/s...

Schneider Shorts 22.05.2026 – See them all moving around in their artificial eggs forbetterscience.com/2026/05/22/s...

Record week-long heat wave arrives to Germany. While we invest into fossil fuels as "future technology" and blame Greens for everything.

"a dictator that systematically harassed [...] young researchers, created inhumane work conditions, forced them into scientific misconduct, systematically committed financial fraud with research money, and threatened [...] anyone that did not play by his rules." forbetterscience.com/2026/05/19/t...

" It is long known that Rui is a feared alcoholic. The alcohol-fuelled episodes are epic, to the point that no one can speak with him after lunch. " forbetterscience.com/2026/05/19/t...

Like Truth Social, but from russia

Rui Reis expects students to work for him unpaid: “At the beginning of your career, would you prefer to play for free for Real Madrid, or get paid to play for a third-division team?” forbetterscience.com/2026/05/19/t...

This paper can't be retracted because it doesn't have Giannopoulos to blame (former student Pratico unsuccessfully sued)

"Social media users are claiming (Gates) bred and released ticks with alpha-gal syndrome, which causes life-threatening allergic reactions to red meat. (...)The ticks theory alleges that Gates wants to turn consumers toward the plant-based meat products he has invested in"

Expression of Concern for AJ Halayko: "while the material supplied was consistent with the reported results and conclusions, it did not correspond to the images as published" Huh? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... forbetterscience.com/2025/06/13/s...

Fact: Europeans give magnitudes more money to russia than to Ukraine. And no, nobody in Europe plans to quit fossil fuels.

They are already planning where to release those moas... While even @thisiscolossal.com themselves admit their artificial egg shell is neither novel nor impactful. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

I wonder why he pivoted from "I'm proud we fed Ukraine to putin" to "Trump is Ukraine's best friend". Must be the lost war in Iran? Hence sudden interest in Ukrainian tech?

A 68-year-old man stepped outside at dawn in Kherson on 19 May. A Russian drone tracked him and dropped its charge. He survived with one leg gone. This is the "human safari" the UN has ruled a crime against humanity. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/19/r...

If russia indeed intentionally re-directs Ukrainian drones to attack Nato counties, how is that different as if russia sent their own drones? Does NATO mind being bombed by russia?

None of the big important Portuguese super-scientists replied.

The Kingdom of Rui Reis forbetterscience.com/2026/05/19/t...

Another Govindasamy Ilavazhagan retraction. pubpeer.com/publications... Background: science.thewire.in/the-sciences...

Twenty six, incl a toddler girl & a 10yo boy, were injured in a brutal overnight bombing of Dnipro. For 6h, russians shook the city w drones, ballistics & cruise missiles. Isn't it terrifying that this daily violence stopped being newsworthy? Silence kills. Photo Hromadske.

82 years ago,on May 18, 1944, Russian special forces deported Crimean Tatars from their homes by force, without warning. Families were given just minutes to pack.At least 200,000 people (most of them women,children and the elderly) were taken by cattle trains to Central Asia and Siberia.

#Ebola "At least six Americans have been exposed to the Ebola virus during the outbreak in the DR Congo [...] The group could be taken to a US military base in Germany, though this has not been confirmed." There no cure or vaccine for the Bundibugyo virus in Germany either.

Surprised to discover that Thermo Fisher appears to show a fake western blot for the validation of one of their p53 antibodies. I've added a diagram to show the very similar bands. This does not appear to be one of the "published figures" but their own internal data.

Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow yet, targeting more than a dozen facilities across the city and Moscow Oblast. 🧵 📷 Exilenova+, Astra

Bangaranga!!!!

That's great, but maybe let's wait till North Korea, Iran and Belarus join this constructive club of Ukraine mediators?

Only one solution: Germany must invade Ukraine from the west to bring peace. Don't bother about Schlesien and Generalgouvernement Polen being in the way. Don't laugh, AfD will rule Sachsen Anhalt soon.

Michael Stehling sued @investigativ.bsky.social . Their article is now back though. Big court trial starts soon.

Tony Turner will now be King's College Professor! forbetterscience.com/2019/09/20/n...

Publication Ethics Hero Roland Seifert asks @springernature.com to investigate his own correction in his own journal, and find out which secret reference manager software he used. pubpeer.com/publications...

This is Vira. She was only 17. On the night of May 14, russia killed her in her own home🕯💔 Vira died together with her 12-year-old sister Liubava. Overall 24 people died in the attack, including 3 children.

Actually, why isn't Fleming FDA advisor, or even director? forbetterscience.com/2024/07/30/c...

Gosh, why? Either there's no need for experiments and AI is indeed more intelligent and creative than a whole team of scientists... Or science papers evolved into bullshit fantasy template crap which AI can easily emulate?

Read about Alireza Heidari here, somehow a dead German Nobelist is involved. forbetterscience.com/2021/08/09/n...

🙏 Emergency search and rescue operations in Kyiv have been completed... The death toll from the strike on a residential high-rise in the Darnytskyi district has risen to 24 people, including three children. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/kyiv-rescue-...

Welcome back, Warriors! Many of the Defenders returning today have serious injuries, health issues and psychological traumas. Some of them were evacuated from Azovstal (almost four years ago to the day) and they were injured then. It's unlikely they had proper medical care in captivity...

Switzerland learns what Sweden learned before: taking sides with an Italian psychopath surgeon against whistleblowers and patients is wrong. #Maisano

Painful footage shows the recovery of a child’s body from under the rubble of a residential building in Kyiv At least 16 people are confirmed dead as a result of the Russian strike on the capital during the night of 14 May, including 2 children 📹 Emergency Service

Schneider Shorts 15.05.2026 – Read the statement on the duties of journalists and take it seriously! forbetterscience.com/2026/05/15/s...

The death toll from the russian strike on Kyiv has risen to 12, including 2 children‼️ Search and rescue operations remain underway.

That is absolute genius. Wow. James Heathers again discovers things nobody ever noticed before. Genius. Watch and learn, @smutclyde.bsky.social

The death toll has risen to 8 after a russian strike on Kyiv, among the victims a 12‑year‑old child‼️Search and rescue operations are still underway.

It’s very rare to have anticorruption institutions strong enough to hit so close to political power so decisively. In Mani Pulite, Italy’s legendary anticorruption campaign, the biggest fish—Giulio Andreotti and Bettino Craxi— never saw the inside of a jail cell!

#bioethics #scientificintegrity Didier Raoult went from most cited French scientist in the world to most retracted French scientist in the world in six years.

Over 1,400 Russian drones hit Ukraine in 24 hours. 731 weapons in the overnight window alone. A 9-story Kyiv apartment block lost a section. 2 dead, 32 wounded, water cut on the city's left bank. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/14/r...

Ukraine was promised by Trump a POW exchange of 1000 people if it lets putler have his parade. This came instead. While Trump is surrendering Taiwan to China.