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Science journalism by Leonid Schneider ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Read at your own risk, people got sacked for much less. Posts may contain #antifa and #russophobia https://forbetterscience.com/

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Your Excellence Charles, I never compared science fraudsters to Mengele. You smeared me.
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07.10.2025 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These people...
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Unless "working" is his codeword for "faking"...

07.10.2025 05:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why science fraud is not a crime โ€œScience is an activity based on uncertainty. [โ€ฆ] Methodological errors [โ€ฆ] cannot be treated as crimes. The risk is criminalizing scientific practice itself, inhibiting innovatioโ€ฆ

Why science fraud is not a crime
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07.10.2025 05:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Franceโ€™s Ugly Brown Derriere โ€œlegions dโ€™honneurs, prix, promotionโ€ฆ. Le champ du cygne de ce systรจme politico mรฉdical qui nโ€™a plus le choix que de se soutenir mutuellement. Patience, en dโ€™autre temโ€ฆ

Il semblerait qu'une fois de plus, @forbetterscience.bsky.social avait vu juste
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06.10.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who are you to question peer reviewed science

05.10.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Czechs want russian tanks back.

04.10.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Les vrais Lancetgates
A un moment oรน les comploplos rigolos ne savaient mรชme pas ce qu'est le Lancet

03.10.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#TheLancet
#AndrewWakefield
#PaoloMacchiarini

@forbetterscience is still censored in Italy, but the Wayback machine isn't. E.g.

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03.10.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On Germany's national holiday, I have Brunhilde Wirth, who made both @dfg.de & @unicologne.bsky.social repeat after her lawyer how innocent she is!

03.10.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sumitran-Holgersson and Olausson guilty of misconduct and unethical experiments on children Game over apparently near for the indestructible Swedish regenerative medicine researcherย Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson, after investigations at her University of Gothenburgย  draw to an end. It is aโ€ฆ

Children abused by regmed fraudsters, guess whose side Horton took? forbetterscience.com/2017/03/31/s...

03.10.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Lancet, UNSW and Khachigianโ€™s cancer cure A dishonest cancer researcher. A dud cancer drug based on rigged lab data. A clinical trial in The Lancet. A greedy university which finds no misconduct. And a medical journal which tramples over pโ€ฆ

Even more of Horton's ethics, defending another fellow rich whitey doctor:
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03.10.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sputnik V: fraudulent ั…ะฐะปั‚ัƒั€ะฐ Sputnik V clinical trial data seems as trustworthy as Putinโ€™s election results.

More of Horton's ethics, kissing russian arse:
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03.10.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The first uterus transplant, or how Lancet apologised to Saudis A guest post by the science writer Martin Endara-Coll.

Horton's ethics, kissing Saudi arse:
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03.10.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brian Deerโ€™s book on Andrew Wakefield: โ€œThe Doctor Who Fooled the Worldโ€ My review of the new book by Brian Deer about what became the biggest medical scandal in recent history: Andrew Wakefieldโ€™s fraudulent research on MMR vaccines and his antivax campaigning whiโ€ฆ

He is how Horton defended Wakefield, helping cause the antivax movement:
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03.10.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Richard Horton the slayer of antivaxxers, refused to retract Wakefield's fraud for 11 years.
He personally defended Macchiarini and refused to retract his fraud.
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03.10.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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I hope Prof Sonne and @au.dk like the new cover image.
Man & Chicken. Copyright L. Schneider
Details here: forbetterscience.com/2025/09/26/s...
and next Shorts!

03.10.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hier kommt Herr Sonne โ€œGo and change the globe to a more positive future insteadโ€

Christian Sonne & @au.dk really hate this article. First, university lawyer tried to force me to delete it for using Sonne's image and criticizing his papers. Having failed, they asked Danish filmmakers of Men & Chicken to scare me into deleting the article.
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03.10.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schneider Shorts 3.10.2025 โ€“ A waste of everyoneโ€™s time Schneider Shorts 3.10.2025 โ€“ Epstein and his academic friends, a Texas kleptomaniac, German professor innocent again,with an advice for PubPeer community, Scandinavian retractions, and finallโ€ฆ

PubPeer users! Read and follow advice on how to sleuth right, from Prof Gogotsi, laureate of RUSNANO Prize!
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03.10.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schneider Shorts 3.10.2025 โ€“ A waste of everyoneโ€™s time Schneider Shorts 3.10.2025 โ€“ Epstein and his academic friends, a Texas kleptomaniac, German professor innocent again,with an advice for PubPeer community, Scandinavian retractions, and finallโ€ฆ

Schneider Shorts 3.10.2025 โ€“ A waste of everyoneโ€™s time
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03.10.2025 06:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sir Martin Evans is a national treasure. The Guardian would never write a bad word about an English Nobelist.
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02.10.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

My god.

โ€œWatson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothersโ€ฆโ€™It was heartbreaking to watchโ€ฆseeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.โ€™โ€

02.10.2025 10:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8737    ๐Ÿ” 5366    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 626    ๐Ÿ“Œ 809

Soros the Jew again.
Say what you want about US fascism, but its antisemitism is inclusive (see Miller & Loomer)!

01.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sliwinski threatens me with Polish Penal Code for "persistent harassment" & "defamation with a motion to prosecute ex officio":

"I have nothing to fear because I've provided evidence that I'm clean. [...] you will be identified and face appropriate punishment.
Now, I wish you a great day! :-)

01.10.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Would you in Lodz? โ€œForgeries of this calibre make me think anything ever published by Sliwinski, Skorski and their associates is made up. In an ideal world, hundreds of articles by these people showing just taโ€ฆ

Tomasz Sliwinski finally replied:
"the matter has been reported to the police and prosecutor's office. Expect severe punishment because Polish law has changed and it's no longer possible to anonymously harass, harass, and slander others."
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01.10.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Would you in Lodz? โ€œForgeries of this calibre make me think anything ever published by Sliwinski, Skorski and their associates is made up. In an ideal world, hundreds of articles by these people showing just taโ€ฆ

Would you in Lodz?
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01.10.2025 05:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I grieve to report that this absolute mantlepiece of text engarblement has been depublished. Along with 13 others from the same thoroughly fraudulent Special Issue.
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I included it in this report from the fake-science economy:
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01.10.2025 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For all those applauding RW for bringing down yet another fraudster: This was our story, by Aneurus Inconstans.
Without For Better Science, RW would have much less to credit themselves with.
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30.09.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Interview with Dr. Haley Tucker An interview with Dr. Haley Tucker of the Tucker lab at UT Austin. Dr. Tucker talks mostly about her career path in molecular biology and comments on the presence of women in science as she's experien

Oh dear. "Dr. Tucker is an out transgender professor." soundcloud.com/shiyamg/inte...

30.09.2025 10:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of two figures from two different papers. They both show fluorescent cells (green or red, or merged photos) against a black background. I marked two panels on the left and two on the right with pink and cyan boxes to show the duplicates.

Screenshot of two figures from two different papers. They both show fluorescent cells (green or red, or merged photos) against a black background. I marked two panels on the left and two on the right with pink and cyan boxes to show the duplicates.

Whoa - researchers at the @utaustin.bsky.social copied several panels of cells and blots from older papers authored in different labs.

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30.09.2025 04:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I posted about one of the featured papers (which introduced me to these fraudsters) here before: bsky.app/profile/acad... & @elisabethbik.bsky.social just spotted even more duplicated areas in these TEM images: pubpeer.com/publications...

29.09.2025 05:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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