I'm sorry but I refuse point blank to believe that Philip Faircloth-Mutton is a real person.

OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH

This is interesting - a forensic report that isn’t about science but about what they were originally designed for: money. Get ready for a whole lot of Benford analysis! taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/27/h... taxpolicy.org.uk/wp-content/u...

I’m looking at a specific paper mill in India. So far, I have detected 339 papers, 105 of which were published in 2025. Only the biggest publishers are being targeted. Only two papers have been retracted. This is the dashboard of a paper mill. lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/36... #papermills

Grey Sabbath My Life with the Thrill Kill Social Club Boyowar (Or Manoscuffle) Tin Maiden GCONFLICT Electric Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Simonsohn has now posted a blog response to our recent paper about the poor statistical properties of the P curve. @clintin.bsky.social and I are finishing up a less-technical paper that will serve as a response. But I wanted to address a meta-issue *around* this that may clarify some things. 1/x

Would p-curve work if you dropped a piano on it? datacolada.org/129

I fear somebody in the Australian government may have misunderstood the meaning of pull requests

About fifteen months ago, someone handed me a bad study. Today it was retracted. So far, so normal. But do I just want to yell at journals and publishers again? Hell no. What could they actually DO to be better at handling this sort of nonsense? open.substack.com/pub/jamescla...

People are making Rapture jokes like there's no tomorrow

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

Bloomberg Defends NYPD's Controversial Stop And Kiss Program

Part of a broader movement within trash papers -- fast analyses from available datasets. We've made it so easy to write a real-but-bad paper that they're outcompeting industrial fraud production. However, they still leave great big obvious clues...

The Candlemass cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Bc why not. youtu.be/DvPCYdk0Q8Y?...

International #ResearchIntegrity conference 16-18 November 2025 Come to hear @elisabethbik.bsky.social Ivan Oransky @jamesheathers.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com Lisa Bero @liammannix.bsky.social @jdwilko.bsky.social @jacksonwryan.com +many others, stay for Sydney in late Spring @sydney.edu.au 🧪

this has been acquired and it fuckin SLAPS

PubPeer: pretty clear duplicate publication going on here. Probably should do something. *lots of time passes* ACM: oh hi! you didn't submit the right form. Best recent example of the complete lack of proactivity you can see in research integrity. Just *chef's kiss*.

I didn’t know people made memes this good any more. I didn’t know this was allowed.

This is epic.

For Monday crowd. INSPECT-SR, a tool to help you identify problematic (inc. fraudulent) RCTs, now available.

An investigation has identified more than 1,500 research articles produced by a network of Ukrainian companies that could be one of Europe’s largest paper mills go.nature.com/3VxA1SD

Wrong answers only: * very powerful electromagnet * intimate tattoo of Susan B Anthony * collection of functional medieval siege weapons * starting a podcast with two other guys called Dex and Speg

Hello. The MEP is hiring an intern (a paid one, not an 'ooh ooh think of the experience' one) retractionwatch.com/job-opportun... Feel free to direct this to anyone interested. I think it will fill quickly so pitter patter.

Someone kick this man. (Not that hard, we need him.)

Turns out to be turgid, personal and complicated, and it's really hard to focus on whatever substance might be there. A podcast is a great format for a lot of things, but 'long and unedited expurgation of a legal process surrounding data issues' isn't one of them. Here's what won't be in it.

I don't always read papers with the dickkopf protein. But when I do, I *always* google it to see if it's even a real name.

Oh excellent another study asking "can we solve this highly prevalent chronic illness problem with classes and flyers?"

Public holiday means puzzle time. If you like Connections but usually find it too easy and/or you hate yourself, this is for you. connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-OZ4VWq...

‘Embattled’.

Haven't listened yet. Not sure what this will contain. Have enough morbid curiosity that I will at some point. Strong caveat emptor on this one, please. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

There's no reason not to share data from a systematic literature review, other than cowardice.

Laptops don't fit in economy class seat tables. (Unless you're 12 years old and can type with your hands in the little t-rex position.)

Long running Indian high court case about Sci-Hub ends the way it was always going to. in.mashable.com/tech/98949/s...

A new expression of concern was published on this randomized clinical trial of cinnamon for diabetes. The study itself has been cited, according to Google, 1,700 times. I first complained about it in 2023, so let me tell you the story of one of the most problematic papers I've come across 1/n

I still check in with new consumer products. Still the stupidest shit imaginable. get.agarikitchen.com?utm_campaign...

📣 Save the date for the 12th PCI webinar on September 18, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) will present "Editors matter: How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing ". For more details and registration, visit:

Just say ‘computers’ and see how that sounds.

Authors asked Elsevier to retract papers in 2012. They’re still waiting.

Bad enough Labour are attacking higher education in this country but now they have to wreck my plan B career too!?

"They gain their name from their tawny yellow coloring, and their habit of emerging from the sand every 28 days to swarm, sharp-toothed, over upcycled surf shacks and artisanal cafés staffed entirely by white men named Noah."

No matter how hard you try, you simply cannot guess the journal withe the highest “impact factor” in organic chemistry last year. Really. Nor will you guess many of the other “winners”:

laffs

METAL ONLY Godslap Cannibal Body Adequate The Hormone Job For A Cowpoke Tut Against The Machine Sadfist Four Finger Death Punch Faith Some More Dysphoric Tendencies Bloodtrickle System Of A Southeast Grey Sabbath

‘Look mother I am a panda bear’

If you’ve never given a cat gabapentin you’re missing out. Toaster gets severe travel anxiety so the vet said it was worth a try. The prescription should say: warning side effects may include absolute hilarity ensuing.

EVERY cat? There are some concerning candidates.

I’d give a limb to be this peaceful just once.