Disrupted Science

Whatever the Trump Administration does, it's all about the Epstein files. Remember that.

We’re supposed to be so smart, but I’ve seen educated people debate the direction of a ceiling fan (clockwise or counter) too many times to be so smug.

Biomedical Scientist Answers More Pseudoscience Questions

A great session with Andrea Love via @wired.com where she delivers science without fear or favor.
www.wired.com/video/watch/...

Pod: “The Dumbest Ad Business” We sell spots in our journals at cheap rates and without crafting packages

Are scientific publishers now running the dumbest ad business ever? www.the-geyser.com/pod-the-dumb...

In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…

Is AI the microwave of today? A great parody article. www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t...

Dear Sleuths: Follow the Money Are paper mills just laundering money?

What if paper mills are just money laundering operations? Why aren't our sleuths looking into that?
www.the-geyser.com/dear-sleuths...

Might want to talk to two publishers who know how publishing works. Happy to discuss.

Makes zero sense. Most non-profit journals contract with large publishers and have page budgets.

Zenodo and an IQ Preprint Claim An abuser of preprints lays out all the benefits

Scientific and scholarly publishers let wackadoos get full access to credentials and infrastructure all the time. Why?
www.the-geyser.com/zenodos-iq-p...

Meet the New Rogan. Same as the Old Rogan. It looks as if masculinity itself has exploded into the room. The walls, floor, and ceiling are covered in dark tones that suck up the light. Next to a framed American flag is a bar lit from below, wh...

Great article debunking Shawn Ryan, the new (and worse) Joe Rogan climbing the podcasting charts.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Substack, Nazis, and “Gaslight” More Substack means more “gaslight,” more Nazis

Substack, you have failed us by promoting “gaslight” science, Nazis, anti-vaxxers.
www.the-geyser.com/substack-naz...

Platforms are so cobbled together. Data don't match. Messages don't make sense in context. It's a mess, yet Big Tech acts like they're the smartest kids on the block. Fact is, if they had to build a standing structure, it would fall down in a gust of wind.

Pod: “The Coming AI Winter” This week, we discuss the potential for an AI winter, and what it might mean for publishers

This week, we take inspiration from @edzitron.com and discuss the potential AI winter in scientific information.
www.the-geyser.com/pod-the-comi...

Left Substack years ago when they started allowing anti-science and anti-vax newsletters. Then Nazis. Ghost is a better option, and also cheaper. Substack's 10% is a bad incentive and expensive for creators.

Pod Preview: Zitron’s AI Winter Scientific publishers should seek shelter

We'll be discussing @edzitron.com and other views of the coming "AI winter" and its importance to science on this week's episode of "Disrupted Science." Podcast due out tomorrow.
www.the-geyser.com/pod-preview-...

Now It’s “Gaslight” Preprints A bogus preprint gets the full MAHA media blitz

MAHA is using preprints now to gaslight the public and drive bad science policies. www.the-geyser.com/now-its-gasl...

Rethinking Science Communication: Beyond Technology Trends Podcast Episode · Insights Xchange: Conversations Shaping Academic Research · 07/25/2025 · 1h 6m

Listen to the authors of "How the Internet Disrupted Science" here.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Why do we treasure lifeless intelligence instead of the people and animals around us?
www.the-geyser.com/golden-retri...

FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report The AI, dubbed Elsa, is supposed to be making employees better at their jobs.

Yep, as expected. These people only know how to hype, are not serious about science. gizmodo.com/fdas-new-dru...

YouTube video by Disrupted Science July 23 — Farewell Ozzy, Sci Pub's Epstein Files and the Farm Report, and Discoveries of the Week

New podcast episode available:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNyz...

NIH: The quiet engine of science is being dismantled And what you can do

This is a terrifically important post.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/nih-the-qu...

Sci Pub’s Epstein Files, Part 2 Has SPARC ruined libraries?

@sparcopen.bsky.social helped ruin libraries, grooming them to be open to the predations of the Epstein's of the OA world.
www.the-geyser.com/sci-pubs-eps...

Review: “More Everything Forever” A new book is required ready if you're worried about AI, tech overlords, and BS

A great book by @adambecker.bsky.social tells the story of a Silicon Valley science fiction cult filled with sophistry, pseudo-science, big egos, greed, eugenics, bigotry, a lust for power, and a fear of death. And reassures us about our book.
www.the-geyser.com/review-more-...

Tea Party-led Super PAC Coalition Seeks to Limit US Research to US Taxpayers - The Scholarly Kitchen A surprising new coalition of Tea Party and US-first activists begin an effort to limit US taxpayer-funded research to US taxpayers. Will it succeed?

In 2012, this was a joke. Today, it's coming true. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/04/01/t...

USDA policy document here: www.the-geyser.com/fascism-come...

USDA scientists are prohibited from working with non-US scientists, who are "adversaries" per a July 8 memorandum.

For you, @sarahtaber.bsky.social — you guided us from the start on this one. www.the-geyser.com/scientific-p...

Yes, there are shameful Epstein files in scientific publishing. www.the-geyser.com/scientific-p...

We want to make t-shirts with this sentence from @adambecker.bsky.social on them:

"This line of reasoning is morally abhorrent, not to mention scientifically specious."

Are you down for it?

@sarahtaber.bsky.social You are invited on our podcast to talk about "sugar daddy science" which we feature in our upcoming book. Would love to have you!