Disrupted Science
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Well, @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social — what do you make of this abomination?
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‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
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November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well, @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social — what do you make of this abomination?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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@neildegrassetyson.com on Hot Ones described the problem that started in 1998, on the great show Hot Ones.
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
@neildegrassetyson.com on Hot Ones described the problem that started in 1998, on the great show Hot Ones.
We forget how SEARCH ENGINES were key to promulgating and sustaining the fake “vaccines-autism” narrative. And now MAHA has brought back the OG fraudster, too.
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Wakefield — He’s Back!
Stripped of his UK license and a known fraudster, he’s been embraced by MAHA
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November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We forget how SEARCH ENGINES were key to promulgating and sustaining the fake “vaccines-autism” narrative. And now MAHA has brought back the OG fraudster, too.
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"Governance by grievance" is not a path to prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"Governance by grievance" is not a path to prosperity.
When the government doesn't believe in science and Silicon Valley believes in science fiction, who in this technology-addicted economy is living in the real world? Our interview with @moonalice.com will get you thinking.
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Interview — Roger McNamee
A Silicon Valley veteran and ex-pat about the perils of unbridled tech fantasies
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When the government doesn't believe in science and Silicon Valley believes in science fiction, who in this technology-addicted economy is living in the real world? Our interview with @moonalice.com will get you thinking.
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www.the-geyser.com/interview-ro...
Our interview with Silicon Valley veteran and musician Roger McNamee.
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Interview — Roger McNamee
A Silicon Valley veteran and ex-pat about the perils of unbridled tech fantasies
www.the-geyser.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Our interview with Silicon Valley veteran and musician Roger McNamee.
www.the-geyser.com/interview-ro...
www.the-geyser.com/interview-ro...
Amazon’s AI thinks we’ll like our upcoming book. 🤔
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Amazon’s AI thinks we’ll like our upcoming book. 🤔
Think "pump and dump" crypto schemes don't occur around science? Think again. (From the archives.)
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Pump and Dump Science
Grift, graft, and bitcoins — which is redundant in this scheme? And MDPI numbers are weird.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Think "pump and dump" crypto schemes don't occur around science? Think again. (From the archives.)
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‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
"60 Minutes" reported President Trump pardoned the founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange after he "enriched" the Trump family during its crypto push
The post ‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family first appeared on Mediaite.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
Why are we obsessed with funders, AI, data, and rich weirdos? Isn’t science better than this?
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Bad Obsessions Persist
Misconceptions of funders, Big Data, AI, and the rich haunt our thoughts
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November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Why are we obsessed with funders, AI, data, and rich weirdos? Isn’t science better than this?
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The DISRUPTED SCIENCE Podcast | Caldera Information Solutions LLC
From the authors of the forthcoming book ”How the Internet Disrupted Science” comes this view of science from where the action is — the scientific claims and publishing space. Hosted by Kent Anderson ...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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This is utter BS. The authors use Sweden as an example. Sweden’s Covid case fatality rate was 12.35% compared to Norway’s at 2.61%. Sweden had 15x as many Covid cases. And their economy did worse.
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NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook
The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.
www.city-journal.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is utter BS. The authors use Sweden as an example. Sweden’s Covid case fatality rate was 12.35% compared to Norway’s at 2.61%. Sweden had 15x as many Covid cases. And their economy did worse.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
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Thank you, screenwriter who gave us this: “What’s the point of all that intelligence if you’re going to use it to achieve ends that are destructive and stupid?!”
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thank you, screenwriter who gave us this: “What’s the point of all that intelligence if you’re going to use it to achieve ends that are destructive and stupid?!”
Yes, they are in our forthcoming book, too. And in ways you may not expect . . .
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November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Yes, they are in our forthcoming book, too. And in ways you may not expect . . .
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
Eugenicists at work.
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Startup Secretly Working to Gene-Hack Human Baby
A clandestine startup privately funded by tech billionaires is looking into germline gene editing a human embryo.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Eugenicists at work.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"And I was, to be honest, kind of stunned, one, that he thought that way, and two, that he'd put that in writing."
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Interview — Jeremy Berg
How "Fifty Shades of Jay" came to be, and why the NLM is so vital to science
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November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"And I was, to be honest, kind of stunned, one, that he thought that way, and two, that he'd put that in writing."
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Things we texted about this past week.
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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 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Things we texted about this past week.
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Now: "Funders are exactly the ones in the role to do that. They have the power. They call the shots."
2019 (Smits): “Who holds the key to the solution? . . . these are the funders, the ones who hold the purse.”
Aren't publishers supposed to be independent?
Now: "Funders are exactly the ones in the role to do that. They have the power. They call the shots."
2019 (Smits): “Who holds the key to the solution? . . . these are the funders, the ones who hold the purse.”
Aren't publishers supposed to be independent?
After Coalition S disrupted scientific publishing, new plan retreats from strict requirements
The group’s latest strategy emphasizes consultation, lacks spending pledges
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November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Now: "Funders are exactly the ones in the role to do that. They have the power. They call the shots."
2019 (Smits): “Who holds the key to the solution? . . . these are the funders, the ones who hold the purse.”
Aren't publishers supposed to be independent?
Now: "Funders are exactly the ones in the role to do that. They have the power. They call the shots."
2019 (Smits): “Who holds the key to the solution? . . . these are the funders, the ones who hold the purse.”
Aren't publishers supposed to be independent?
Ever forget to hit "record" on a Zoom interview? Don't let this happen to you . . .
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ever forget to hit "record" on a Zoom interview? Don't let this happen to you . . .
Our interview with @jeremymberg.bsky.social about “Fifty Shades of Jay,” hirings at the NIH, and the importance of the NLM.
www.the-geyser.com/interview-je...
www.the-geyser.com/interview-je...
Interview — Jeremy Berg
How "Fifty Shades of Jay" came to be, and why the NLM is so vital to science
www.the-geyser.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Our interview with @jeremymberg.bsky.social about “Fifty Shades of Jay,” hirings at the NIH, and the importance of the NLM.
www.the-geyser.com/interview-je...
www.the-geyser.com/interview-je...
@fetterman.senate.gov has been the biggest disappointment across the board. So much potential it seemed, now just a broken soul in board shorts.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov has been the biggest disappointment across the board. So much potential it seemed, now just a broken soul in board shorts.
Big Tech keeps pushing AI slop in science, and CZI LLC is making another push via a quirky AI company using an 18th century socialite as its face.
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openRxiv’s AI Trojan Horse
The LLC-owned preprint farm links science to an AI startup to make more slop
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November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Big Tech keeps pushing AI slop in science, and CZI LLC is making another push via a quirky AI company using an 18th century socialite as its face.
www.the-geyser.com/openrxivs-ai...
www.the-geyser.com/openrxivs-ai...
Transgressives be transgressing. Social media rankings systems will reward their extremism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: ‘Anti-Vax’
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Transgressives be transgressing. Social media rankings systems will reward their extremism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
These people are devoted to eugenics at some deep level.
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
These people are devoted to eugenics at some deep level.