Disrupted Science
@disruptedscience.bsky.social
Follow before the book “How the Internet Disrupted Science” is published in early 2026. We have a lot to say. https://www.disruptedscience.com/
More evidence that academics aren’t generally up to assessing the gambits of LLCs disguised as non-profits. He gets so much wrong and swallows so much hook, line, and sinker. Haven’t we wised up to Silicon Valley grifters yet?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI reviewers are here — we are not ready
Artificial intelligence promises rapid and polite feedback on papers — but we must first review the reviewer.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
More evidence that academics aren’t generally up to assessing the gambits of LLCs disguised as non-profits. He gets so much wrong and swallows so much hook, line, and sinker. Haven’t we wised up to Silicon Valley grifters yet?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Another week with more interesting things from our text exchanges.
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This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
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December 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Another week with more interesting things from our text exchanges.
www.the-geyser.com/this-weeks-t...
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LET'S TALK METRICS, especially the @bsky.app account of @altmetric.com — and why it might be so “thirsty” lately. Also, book updates and Discoveries of the Week.
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Pod: Altmetric — Are You OK?
An increasingly, in their words, “unhinged” Bluesky account has us wondering
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December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
LET'S TALK METRICS, especially the @bsky.app account of @altmetric.com — and why it might be so “thirsty” lately. Also, book updates and Discoveries of the Week.
www.the-geyser.com/pod-altmetri...
www.the-geyser.com/pod-altmetri...
While @derekberes.bsky.social and team got a lot right about Wakefield and his persistence, they will find out more when our book comes out — about how the Internet factored in, especially the early days.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
While @derekberes.bsky.social and team got a lot right about Wakefield and his persistence, they will find out more when our book comes out — about how the Internet factored in, especially the early days.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
PERFECTION!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDHp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDHp...
RFK! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
PERFECTION!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDHp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDHp...
@karaswisher.bsky.social and I accidentally ended up on the same page with her FAIL and my post: “. . . the grifters of tech who pretend that they are doing this for all of us when they’re just doing it for them. . . . They’re such greedy little pigs.”
www.the-geyser.com/open-philant...
www.the-geyser.com/open-philant...
Open Philanthropy Is Neither
Effective altruism means you can avoid taxes and make more money
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December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@karaswisher.bsky.social and I accidentally ended up on the same page with her FAIL and my post: “. . . the grifters of tech who pretend that they are doing this for all of us when they’re just doing it for them. . . . They’re such greedy little pigs.”
www.the-geyser.com/open-philant...
www.the-geyser.com/open-philant...
The perverse incentives of open access (OA) publishing on full display here. english.elpais.com/science-tech...
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
english.elpais.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The perverse incentives of open access (OA) publishing on full display here. english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Tech billionaires faking philanthropy to extract more billions. And it’s just two couples behind a lot of it.
www.the-geyser.com/open-philant...
www.the-geyser.com/open-philant...
Open Philanthropy Is Neither
Effective altruism means you can avoid taxes and make more money
www.the-geyser.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Tech billionaires faking philanthropy to extract more billions. And it’s just two couples behind a lot of it.
www.the-geyser.com/open-philant...
www.the-geyser.com/open-philant...
Hey, @altmetric.com, are you sure your metric is up to the task? This article facing imminent retraction is a top performer! 🤔😂😜
www.the-geyser.com/more-ai-slop...
www.the-geyser.com/more-ai-slop...
More AI Slop Science for Money
Springer Nature's “ratatestes” contender shows this is all a financial game now
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December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hey, @altmetric.com, are you sure your metric is up to the task? This article facing imminent retraction is a top performer! 🤔😂😜
www.the-geyser.com/more-ai-slop...
www.the-geyser.com/more-ai-slop...
AI slop, financing brags, and promises of “we’ll do better.” @springernature.com is more aligned with Silicon Valley than with science.
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www.the-geyser.com/more-ai-slop...
More AI Slop Science for Money
Springer Nature's “ratatestes” contender shows this is all a financial game now
www.the-geyser.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
AI slop, financing brags, and promises of “we’ll do better.” @springernature.com is more aligned with Silicon Valley than with science.
www.the-geyser.com/more-ai-slop...
www.the-geyser.com/more-ai-slop...
Fake news has a home, and it’s the White House. We knew that, but thanks for proving you’re pea-brains.
www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Fake news has a home, and it’s the White House. We knew that, but thanks for proving you’re pea-brains.
www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
It seems they are literally getting away with murder.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It seems they are literally getting away with murder.
While you're enjoying Black Friday and Cyber Monday, pre-order our book to ensure some great summer reading.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
While you're enjoying Black Friday and Cyber Monday, pre-order our book to ensure some great summer reading.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
Another book signing is on the docket. Looks like a busy summer/fall for us.
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Another book signing is on the docket. Looks like a busy summer/fall for us.
Song: “Devil You Know”
With ties to ZZ Top, the Boston Red Sox, and Nashville, this artist rocks
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November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This week’s fetch from our text exchanges.
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This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
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November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This week’s fetch from our text exchanges.
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Translation: We got hooked on OApioids, but then we put some people who know how to make Narcan on staff, so now we can take more OApioids!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwcB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwcB...
2025 11 25 EASE Webinar How technology and data can help editors uphold research integrity
YouTube video by European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Translation: We got hooked on OApioids, but then we put some people who know how to make Narcan on staff, so now we can take more OApioids!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwcB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwcB...
Somebody is not connecting the dots . . .
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Somebody is not connecting the dots . . .
We're starting to schedule book signings already! Very exciting! @northshirebooks.bsky.social is our first stop.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We're starting to schedule book signings already! Very exciting! @northshirebooks.bsky.social is our first stop.
This is such an important point.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is such an important point.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Our interview with @dereklowe.bsky.social covers science writing, AI, and pie!
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www.the-geyser.com/interview-de...
Interview — Derek Lowe
A medicinal chemist and renowned science blogger talks science, stars, and pies
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November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our interview with @dereklowe.bsky.social covers science writing, AI, and pie!
www.the-geyser.com/interview-de...
www.the-geyser.com/interview-de...
"The Genesis Mission" continues the sci-fi narrative of sci-AI, and the inclusion of “synthetic data” is particularly worrisome.
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www.the-geyser.com/beware-the-g...
Beware the Genesis Mission
Government, AI slop, religious overtones, and pseudoscience walk into a bar . . .
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November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"The Genesis Mission" continues the sci-fi narrative of sci-AI, and the inclusion of “synthetic data” is particularly worrisome.
www.the-geyser.com/beware-the-g...
www.the-geyser.com/beware-the-g...
Yes, @olivia.science, @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, @anitachan.bsky.social, and @jeremymberg.bsky.social we are covering this particular load of garbage — "The Genesis Mission."
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www.the-geyser.com/beware-the-g...
Beware the Genesis Mission
Government, AI slop, religious overtones, and pseudoscience walk into a bar . . .
www.the-geyser.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Yes, @olivia.science, @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, @anitachan.bsky.social, and @jeremymberg.bsky.social we are covering this particular load of garbage — "The Genesis Mission."
www.the-geyser.com/beware-the-g...
www.the-geyser.com/beware-the-g...
Hey, look at how vaccinations made us all safer and healthier!
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hey, look at how vaccinations made us all safer and healthier!