Smut Clyde, X-Ray Haruspex
@smutclyde.bsky.social
Hyperbolic Tangent Distributed Observer. Snark is my first language.
I was wearing furniture before it was cool.
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I was wearing furniture before it was cool.
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thrusting is a *kind* of a nudge.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thrusting is a *kind* of a nudge.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Some parts of it are very good!
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Some parts of it are very good!
if you see this post your getaway vehicle
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
if you see this post your getaway vehicle
So red wine does *not* cure erectile dysfunction after all. I am disappoint.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So red wine does *not* cure erectile dysfunction after all. I am disappoint.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Artists' impression of the PubPeer Lament.
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Artists' impression of the PubPeer Lament.
Another of MedChina / Jia-Li Liu's papermill products finally went away. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My gob is smacked that he left *his own name* in the Word doc meta-data as he churned out these template constructions & sent them off. Don't they teach tradecraft in school these days
My gob is smacked that he left *his own name* in the Word doc meta-data as he churned out these template constructions & sent them off. Don't they teach tradecraft in school these days
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Another of MedChina / Jia-Li Liu's papermill products finally went away. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My gob is smacked that he left *his own name* in the Word doc meta-data as he churned out these template constructions & sent them off. Don't they teach tradecraft in school these days
My gob is smacked that he left *his own name* in the Word doc meta-data as he churned out these template constructions & sent them off. Don't they teach tradecraft in school these days
Also nonexistent - Horrobin, and two of the supposed COPE guidelines. Which is ironic considering they complain that PubPeer commenters don't follow those guidelines (while dreaming up some weird ideas about animal use).
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Also nonexistent - Horrobin, and two of the supposed COPE guidelines. Which is ironic considering they complain that PubPeer commenters don't follow those guidelines (while dreaming up some weird ideas about animal use).
That is unpossible, for the authors verified all of ChatGPT's confabulations.
Last author here happens to be Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
Last author here happens to be Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
That is unpossible, for the authors verified all of ChatGPT's confabulations.
Last author here happens to be Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
Last author here happens to be Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
This is *not* how to plagiarise text by asking Chat-GPT to paraphrase it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This is *not* how to plagiarise text by asking Chat-GPT to paraphrase it.
One of the first papermills was 'MedChina' - a Dr Jia-Li Liu - following a template to churn out fake meta-analysis papers.
forbetterscience.com/2022/06/07/t...
12 years too late, the editors of Gene finally got around to checking the .doc metadata of the manuscript.
pubpeer.com/publications...
forbetterscience.com/2022/06/07/t...
12 years too late, the editors of Gene finally got around to checking the .doc metadata of the manuscript.
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
One of the first papermills was 'MedChina' - a Dr Jia-Li Liu - following a template to churn out fake meta-analysis papers.
forbetterscience.com/2022/06/07/t...
12 years too late, the editors of Gene finally got around to checking the .doc metadata of the manuscript.
pubpeer.com/publications...
forbetterscience.com/2022/06/07/t...
12 years too late, the editors of Gene finally got around to checking the .doc metadata of the manuscript.
pubpeer.com/publications...
So I thought that Elsevier was already as enshittified as possible. I was wrong.
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
So I thought that Elsevier was already as enshittified as possible. I was wrong.
A friend recognised the tree.
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A friend recognised the tree.
I have some doubts about Figures 2 and 3 as well.
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have some doubts about Figures 2 and 3 as well.
"Additionally, the author stated that they have used AI tools for generating some images, including Fig. 1."
Reviewers and editors could not work that out for themselves.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reviewers and editors could not work that out for themselves.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Additionally, the author stated that they have used AI tools for generating some images, including Fig. 1."
Reviewers and editors could not work that out for themselves.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reviewers and editors could not work that out for themselves.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Professor D. W. Christiani proudly added her papers on Yan-Xin Magic Water to her Harvard profile, which is how we know that she is the same D. W.
forbetterscience.com/wp-content/u...
Though she scrubbed them after Dr Bik started asking questions.
She also showed that Magic Water prevents AIDS.
forbetterscience.com/wp-content/u...
Though she scrubbed them after Dr Bik started asking questions.
She also showed that Magic Water prevents AIDS.
October 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Professor D. W. Christiani proudly added her papers on Yan-Xin Magic Water to her Harvard profile, which is how we know that she is the same D. W.
forbetterscience.com/wp-content/u...
Though she scrubbed them after Dr Bik started asking questions.
She also showed that Magic Water prevents AIDS.
forbetterscience.com/wp-content/u...
Though she scrubbed them after Dr Bik started asking questions.
She also showed that Magic Water prevents AIDS.
No no, Delia Wolf wasn't involved in the magic egg experiments, but in magic protection of neurons in petri dishes.
pubpeer.com/search?q=%22...
pubpeer.com/search?q=%22...
October 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
No no, Delia Wolf wasn't involved in the magic egg experiments, but in magic protection of neurons in petri dishes.
pubpeer.com/search?q=%22...
pubpeer.com/search?q=%22...
Today I realised that the 'Madonna in the Dry Tree' was a stock image, and the original owner of the version in the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum didn't want to pay Petrus Christus to paint a legitimate copy, which is why it's adorned with the little 'A's of the Alamy watermark.
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Today I realised that the 'Madonna in the Dry Tree' was a stock image, and the original owner of the version in the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum didn't want to pay Petrus Christus to paint a legitimate copy, which is why it's adorned with the little 'A's of the Alamy watermark.