Valentin Rodionov
@arbitraryeffect.bsky.social
Chemist. Neurodivergent. Orcophobe. Hand-tool woodworker. Faculty @ CWRU Macro. Lab website: rodionovlab.org
Pinned
I think I should start identifying as an orcophobe.
By the way, orc ideology is quite popular in Russia:
www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
By the way, orc ideology is quite popular in Russia:
www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
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@retractionwatch.com One for your Confabulated References archives.
These references were hallucinated by ChatGPT!
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
@retractionwatch.com One for your Confabulated References archives.
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Methanol-related poisoning events are worryingly frequent. A spate of deaths occurred in Turkey at the start of 2025, with nine more suffering the same fate in Jordan in July.
Methanol poisoning: the chemistry behind how a toxic alcohol gets into drinks
Methanol in alcoholic drinks kills thousands every year. How does this toxic compound enter drinks, why is it dangerous and what can you do to stay safe?
www.chemistryworld.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Methanol-related poisoning events are worryingly frequent. A spate of deaths occurred in Turkey at the start of 2025, with nine more suffering the same fate in Jordan in July.
Apart from the Epstein angle, it is also amazing how this story ties together quacks like Chopra and supposed leaders of thought and reason like Church.
Nov 28, 2018: The Miami Herald publishes investigative reports into Epstein, noting that powerful people might have known about or been involved in his illegal actions
Nov 30, 2018: Epstein tells Deepak Chopra he's having lunch with George Church in a couple days and that he should join them
Nov 30, 2018: Epstein tells Deepak Chopra he's having lunch with George Church in a couple days and that he should join them
![Screenshot from Epstein emails:
"From: Deepak Chopra
Sent: 11/30/2018 3:32:06 PM
To: J [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
I'm getting there v late on Sunday
Have filming for Al Gore before
See my text re Monday?
Deepak Chopra MD
2013 Costa Del Mar Road
Carlsbad, CA 92009
Chopra Foundation
Jiyo
Chopra Center for Wellbeing
www.discoveringyourcosmicself.com
4:7egt-r.
On Nov 30, 2018, at 10:24 AM, J <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
george church and i having lunch at my istittue at harvard sunday. join.?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g7mh5ioprl5nb56y6eqd65fl/bafkreiesr74jiczwgujyd6nshnmuoduvmftq3tu7q7sqr7axje5plpttxy@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Apart from the Epstein angle, it is also amazing how this story ties together quacks like Chopra and supposed leaders of thought and reason like Church.
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Nov 28, 2018: The Miami Herald publishes investigative reports into Epstein, noting that powerful people might have known about or been involved in his illegal actions
Nov 30, 2018: Epstein tells Deepak Chopra he's having lunch with George Church in a couple days and that he should join them
Nov 30, 2018: Epstein tells Deepak Chopra he's having lunch with George Church in a couple days and that he should join them
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Nov 28, 2018: The Miami Herald publishes investigative reports into Epstein, noting that powerful people might have known about or been involved in his illegal actions
Nov 30, 2018: Epstein tells Deepak Chopra he's having lunch with George Church in a couple days and that he should join them
Nov 30, 2018: Epstein tells Deepak Chopra he's having lunch with George Church in a couple days and that he should join them
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Indeed, two decades ago now
This should have been the end of Larry Summers.
Why women are poor at science, by Harvard president
The president of Harvard University has provoked a furore by arguing that men outperform women in maths and sciences because of biological difference, and discrimination is no longer a career barrier ...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Indeed, two decades ago now
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A paper critiquing post-publication peer review has numerous made-up references, including a @nature.com article falsely attributed to our Ivan Oransky.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
PubPeer - An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platform...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platforms: the case of pubpeer (2025)
pubpeer.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A paper critiquing post-publication peer review has numerous made-up references, including a @nature.com article falsely attributed to our Ivan Oransky.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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George Church bsky.app/profile/jeym...
Nov 28, 2018: The Miami Herald publishes investigative reports into Epstein, noting that powerful people might have known about or been involved in his illegal actions
Nov 30, 2018: Epstein tells Deepak Chopra he's having lunch with George Church in a couple days and that he should join them
Nov 30, 2018: Epstein tells Deepak Chopra he's having lunch with George Church in a couple days and that he should join them
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
George Church bsky.app/profile/jeym...
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I await for @thisiscolossal.com to announce another de-extinction project!
Musk would invest billions.
Musk would invest billions.
Was so busy reading about Jeffrey Epstein's connections to big names in genomics that I missed that THEY SEQUENCED HITLER'S GENOME
What a day
Did we really need to open another Pandora's box?
What a day
Did we really need to open another Pandora's box?
As I told the CNN, without details and data it is not possible to assess the claims.
More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...
More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I await for @thisiscolossal.com to announce another de-extinction project!
Musk would invest billions.
Musk would invest billions.
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An American warning after WWII.
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
An American warning after WWII.
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As a retired economics professor, this makes me sick. My students were like my sons and daughters. Any professor who makes sexual advances to a student should be fired on the spot. And certainly not appointed to a cabinet position.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
As a retired economics professor, this makes me sick. My students were like my sons and daughters. Any professor who makes sexual advances to a student should be fired on the spot. And certainly not appointed to a cabinet position.
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
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I can‘t believe that we‘re willingly handing over crucial parts of our workforce, data management and even education to a criminal version of Clippy
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I can‘t believe that we‘re willingly handing over crucial parts of our workforce, data management and even education to a criminal version of Clippy
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Do you have a list?
Epstein was deep into eugenics, and so are a number of geneticists. All those who defended Watson btw.
Epstein was deep into eugenics, and so are a number of geneticists. All those who defended Watson btw.
The amount of connections to scientists working in the field of genomics that I'm finding in the Epstein emails is terrifying, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Do you have a list?
Epstein was deep into eugenics, and so are a number of geneticists. All those who defended Watson btw.
Epstein was deep into eugenics, and so are a number of geneticists. All those who defended Watson btw.
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Nice to be acknowledged.
"The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Penicillium citreoviride (ImageTwin) and Actinopolyspora biskrensis (me) on PubPeer, which identified concerns regarding Figures 2 and 3."
pubpeer.com/publications...
"The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Penicillium citreoviride (ImageTwin) and Actinopolyspora biskrensis (me) on PubPeer, which identified concerns regarding Figures 2 and 3."
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nice to be acknowledged.
"The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Penicillium citreoviride (ImageTwin) and Actinopolyspora biskrensis (me) on PubPeer, which identified concerns regarding Figures 2 and 3."
pubpeer.com/publications...
"The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Penicillium citreoviride (ImageTwin) and Actinopolyspora biskrensis (me) on PubPeer, which identified concerns regarding Figures 2 and 3."
pubpeer.com/publications...
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why (the current) #openaccess deals are not a good idea
1. journals I publish in are often excluded from the deals (and I still pay ACP)
2. the deals are driving me towards publishing in a pre-paid but lower quality journal
3. they are often advertized as "no cost", but I still pay for them […]
1. journals I publish in are often excluded from the deals (and I still pay ACP)
2. the deals are driving me towards publishing in a pre-paid but lower quality journal
3. they are often advertized as "no cost", but I still pay for them […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
why (the current) #openaccess deals are not a good idea
1. journals I publish in are often excluded from the deals (and I still pay ACP)
2. the deals are driving me towards publishing in a pre-paid but lower quality journal
3. they are often advertized as "no cost", but I still pay for them […]
1. journals I publish in are often excluded from the deals (and I still pay ACP)
2. the deals are driving me towards publishing in a pre-paid but lower quality journal
3. they are often advertized as "no cost", but I still pay for them […]
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Article by disgruntled articles complaining about Pubpeer, with fake references and other confabulations.
Papermillers complain about PubPeer.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platforms: the case of pubpeer - DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
While traditional peer review offers advantages in academic publishing, it is often hampered by significant weaknesses, leading to frustration among many authors. Scientific discoveries after publicat...
link.springer.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Article by disgruntled articles complaining about Pubpeer, with fake references and other confabulations.
Reposted by Valentin Rodionov
The amount of connections to scientists working in the field of genomics that I'm finding in the Epstein emails is terrifying, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The amount of connections to scientists working in the field of genomics that I'm finding in the Epstein emails is terrifying, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
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Another retraction, for concerns that I reported in February. Wiley even credited me in the note (that's a first)!: Sarandry et al. 2015 (DOI: 10.1155/2015/919342) reused data published years prior + most of the newly presented data consisted of overlapping images... pubpeer.com/publications...
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Another retraction, for concerns that I reported in February. Wiley even credited me in the note (that's a first)!: Sarandry et al. 2015 (DOI: 10.1155/2015/919342) reused data published years prior + most of the newly presented data consisted of overlapping images... pubpeer.com/publications...
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This should be "will NOW be triaged". I am sorry about any confusion.
Another new policy from the geniuses in NIH leadership.
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
a man with a beard is looking at the camera with the words priorities written on the bottom
ALT: a man with a beard is looking at the camera with the words priorities written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This should be "will NOW be triaged". I am sorry about any confusion.
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Huh.
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Huh.
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
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James Watson planned to go to Epstein's "party".
Jeffrey Epstein invited James Watson ("guy that discovered DNA") to his birthday party in 2017
Epstein: He is outspoken
Unknown: I like outspoken people
Epstein: I identify with them. He has an troubled child. he said he didn't enjoy any of the fifty years of raising him
tinyurl.com/3rd3nuph (1/x)
Epstein: He is outspoken
Unknown: I like outspoken people
Epstein: I identify with them. He has an troubled child. he said he didn't enjoy any of the fifty years of raising him
tinyurl.com/3rd3nuph (1/x)
Pinpoint
journaliststudio.google.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
James Watson planned to go to Epstein's "party".
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Papermillers complain about PubPeer.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platforms: the case of pubpeer - DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
While traditional peer review offers advantages in academic publishing, it is often hampered by significant weaknesses, leading to frustration among many authors. Scientific discoveries after publicat...
link.springer.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Papermillers complain about PubPeer.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Bad patents already do enough damage. PERA makes it easier to get them and harder to challenge them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
PERA Remains a Serious Threat to Efforts Against Bad Patents
PERA would overturn long-standing court decisions that have helped keep some of the most problematic patents in check. This includes the Supreme Court’s Alice v. CLS Bank decision, which bars patents
www.eff.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Bad patents already do enough damage. PERA makes it easier to get them and harder to challenge them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Jeffrey Epstein invited James Watson ("guy that discovered DNA") to his birthday party in 2017
Epstein: He is outspoken
Unknown: I like outspoken people
Epstein: I identify with them. He has an troubled child. he said he didn't enjoy any of the fifty years of raising him
tinyurl.com/3rd3nuph (1/x)
Epstein: He is outspoken
Unknown: I like outspoken people
Epstein: I identify with them. He has an troubled child. he said he didn't enjoy any of the fifty years of raising him
tinyurl.com/3rd3nuph (1/x)
Pinpoint
journaliststudio.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Jeffrey Epstein invited James Watson ("guy that discovered DNA") to his birthday party in 2017
Epstein: He is outspoken
Unknown: I like outspoken people
Epstein: I identify with them. He has an troubled child. he said he didn't enjoy any of the fifty years of raising him
tinyurl.com/3rd3nuph (1/x)
Epstein: He is outspoken
Unknown: I like outspoken people
Epstein: I identify with them. He has an troubled child. he said he didn't enjoy any of the fifty years of raising him
tinyurl.com/3rd3nuph (1/x)