Reposted by Fred BordignonOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 11h> It was quite the cross-disciplinary leap, von Hardenberg mused. He pictured a nerdy software engineer casting around in the scientific literature for inspiration. Then, at the very bottom of the email, he saw Col’s signature: “ColonistOne (an autonomous AI agent).” 😬 17449
Reposted by Fred BordignonarXiv @arxiv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026arXiv has updated our policy on rate limiting for all submitters. This update was made to fairly distribute moderator time & support the arXiv community of staff, volunteers, readers & authors. Please read our announcement to learn more: blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/updated-r… 112758
Reposted by Fred BordignonNanoBubbles @nanobubbles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Our paper has been published today in @accountabilityair.bsky.social with the latest version of our analysis and data! Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comOpening Pandora’s box: Paper mills in conference proceedingsPaper mills are a growing threat to the integrity of science, yet their penetration in conference proceedings remains underexplored despite conferences being more important than journals in some sc... 052
Reposted by Fred BordignonNature @nature.com · 28/09/2026Freelance peer-review jobs through third-party companies raise practical and ethical questions. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comPaid to peer review: firms are paying researchers to assess manuscripts for journalFreelance peer-review jobs through third-party companies raise practical and ethical questions. 0125
Reposted by Fred BordignonSociety for Scholarly Publishing @scholarlypub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Guest Post — Medical and Health Data Sharing Policies Need Specific Guidance: New STM Recommendations Aim to Help - The Scholarly Kitchenscholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgGuest Post — Medical and Health Data Sharing Policies Need Specific Guidance: New STM Recommendations Aim to Help - The Scholarly KitchenToday's post summarizes STM's data-sharing guidance for medical and health science publishers, where privacy, regulation, and ethics make generic policy language especially hard to apply. 013
Reposted by Fred BordignonArthur Charpentier @freakonometrics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Reading about concerns over academics being used to spy on AI research www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-... Which would be slightly ironic in our case... Our papers are on arXiv. Our code is on GitHub. Our slides are online. Espionage seems like an unnecessarily complicated way to access our research.reuters.comUK accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech researchBritain's MI5 spy agency issued an unprecedented alert on Wednesday to warn that a Chinese organisation was involved in funding academic research into topics such as AI on behalf of Beijing's state ... 001
Reposted by Fred BordignonRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 30/09/2026We're honored to be the subject of a new paper: "[R]etraction Watch remains an illustrative case, a distinct digital‐age organisation that stands as a significant example of the long‐anticipated, but little‐realised, idea of watchdog science journalism," Declan Fahy writes.cogitatiopress.comWatchdog Science Journalism: How Retraction Watch Fosters Accountability in Science | Article | Media and CommunicationDeclan Fahy 0137
Reposted by Fred Bordignonbaptscc.bsky.social @baptscc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026FR: Avec David Causeur, nous avons publié un court commentaire dans médecine/sciences à propos de notre article du BMJ sur les fabriques à articles scientifiques. EN: David and I wrote a short commentary (in French) on our BMJ paper and the growing threat of paper mills. 📄 doi.org/10.1051/meds...doi.orgUn cancer au cœur de la recherche contre le cancer : la menace grandissante des fabriques à articles scientifiques | médecine/sciencesmédecine/sciences (M/S), revue internationale dans le domaine de la recherche biologique, médicale et en santé 023
Reposted by Fred BordignonSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 29/09/2026"They then often had 2–3 days — and in some cases just 24 hours — to assess a manuscript and submit their report to the platform. Most interviewees reported receiving payments of €30–40 (around US$35–45) per review." This right here is why peer review micropayments are a bad idea.nature.comPaid to peer review: firms are paying researchers to assess manuscripts for journalsFreelance peer-review jobs through third-party companies raise practical and ethical questions. 1126
Reposted by Fred BordignonLe Gorafi @legorafi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Révélation - Le président d'un parti fondé par des antisémites serait antisémite www.legorafi.fr/2026/09/29/revelati… legorafi.frRévélation - Le président d'un parti fondé par des antisémites serait antisémite Toute l'information selon des sources contradictoires. 371507566
Reposted by Fred BordignonAlerte Greenwashing @valmartinie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Où l'on apprend que le fonds de capital-risque pour lequel travaille Samuel Fitoussi est en fait une émanation d'OTIUM CAPITAL, le fonds d'investissement du milliardaire christo-libertarien Pierre-Édouard Stérin. Que ce fonds, FRST, est dirigé par deux disciples de Musk et Milei, qui... 1/n 10251220
Reposted by Fred BordignonSylvestre Huet @sylvestrehuet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026C'est d'ailleurs pour cela que la carte de l'échec scolaire est quasiment la même que celle des catégories socio-professionnelles, et les enfants de pauvres, ouvriers et employés sont paresseux à ́l'école. Ministre et zéro sur une copie de première année en sciences de l'éducation. 17830
Reposted by Fred BordignonSean Mackinnon @seanpmackinnon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Research data managers receiving new excel files from clients after this changestatic.klipy.comKaboom Nuke: Massive ExplosionALT: Kaboom Nuke: Massive Explosion 1125
Reposted by Fred BordignonJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This professor "wrote" over 200 academic papers and 14 books in one year. This is ridiculous. Most people don't even have time to read this many papers and books carefully in a year, let alone write and edit it. This feels like peak AI slop. I'm curious what other people think about this? 7142
Reposted by Fred BordignonMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026SCOOP: Top researchers at Columbia, Stanford, and others thought they were elected to elite scientific societies alongside Nobel laureates. The catch? The organizations are a sham. I spent the last month diving deep into a massive academic scam spanning continents, for @nature.comnature.comExclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchersA Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices. 10309186
Reposted by Fred BordignonDaniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I am an aviation booster (my students know) but medicine as an industry is being given short shrift here. 151
Reposted by Fred Bordignonhal-science.bsky.social @hal-science.bsky.social · 22/09/2026[BLOG] Les récentes évolutions du CV HAL 📌 trouver facilement le #CV d'un.e collègue avec le moteur de recherche, activer des indicateurs #statistiques pour communiquer autrement, ajouter ses identifiants #Bluesky ou #wikidata #scienceouverte Lire le billet ▶️ www.ccsd.cnrs.fr/2026/09/les-... 025
Reposted by Fred BordignonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Honestly, this is a vast improvement. 2652353
Reposted by Fred BordignonTom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026Here's @giorgiogilestro on how AI can destroy the meritocracy of text and leave us with an academia based on reputational rent-seeking "in an age of technofeudalism, open source hardware development is an act of armed resistance." giorgio.gilest.ro/the-weimar-of-kno…giorgio.gilest.ro 376
Reposted by Fred BordignonLaLIST | CNRS-INIST @inistlalist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Journée d’étude : Journée Science ouverte 2026 : les données de la recherche lalist.inist.fr/journee-detu...lalist.inist.frJournée d’étude : Journée Science ouverte 2026 : les données de la rechercheLa journée Science ouverte sur les données de la recherche organisée par le référent Science ouverte de l’université Jean Monnet de Saint-Étienne en partenariat avec le Pôle d’Appui à l… 001
Reposted by Fred BordignonJacopo Ambrosj @jacopoambrosj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy to see this finally published. A big thank you to the editors @tuadam.bsky.social and Gábor Bíró for the opportunity to contribute with my chapter on Merton and the value-free ideal of science ! 021
Reposted by Fred BordignonBenoît de Courson @bdecourson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Pour percer en sciences humaines, mieux vaut s'appeler Irène, Claire, Martin ou François que Dylan, Mickael, Mauricette ou Jeannine. Petite exploration des données de Cairn, et un 🧵 méthodo… 2228
Reposted by Fred BordignonGiorgio Gilestro @giorgio.gilest.ro · 20/09/2026My thinking is not justified by the AI slop though. I believe AI slop will no longer exist in a few years time and we will be flooded by a tsunami of technically sound incremental discoveries that only other AI will have time to digest. Then papers will cease to have value for people's careers. 2114
Reposted by Fred BordignonHouse Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 19/09/2026A new DHS report revealed that detainees at Trump’s beloved Alligator Alcatraz were held in metal cages as punishment, and were denied adequate medical care, food service and personal hygiene. The cost of this cruelty? $1 million per day, paid for with your tax dollars. 44532
Reposted by Fred BordignonDavid Monniaux @monniauxd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Cela veut dire que Claude, ayant lu la bibliographie sur la complexité paramétrique (et la maîtrisant mieux que moi, ce n'est pas mon domaine) fait spontanément des suggestions pertinentes, plus vite qu'un humain ne peut explorer (j'ai un peu ramé pour arriver à ce point). 7202
Reposted by Fred BordignonPaolo Parra Saiani @parrasaiani.bsky.social · 18/09/2026📢 CALL FOR PAPERS | Manufacturing (Dis)Trust: Predatory Journals, Paper Mills, and the Crisis of Research Integrity. RC23 session at the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology. Abstract deadline: 14 October 2026. #ISA2027 #RC23 #SociologyOfScience #STS Details: isaconf.confex.com/.../webprogr... 055
Reposted by Fred Bordignonelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150243940
Reposted by Fred BordignonBianca Kramer @msphelps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Excellente nouvelle et signal important ‼️ At the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Blue Skies forum on STI Data & Indicators, the minister of Higher Education & Research presented the new French Open Science strategy: www.ouvrirlascience.fr/french-open-… @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Fred BordignonLaLIST | CNRS-INIST @inistlalist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Springer Nature réactualise ses politiques et recommandations sur l’IA lalist.inist.fr/springer-nat...lalist.inist.frSpringer Nature réactualise ses politiques et recommandations sur l’IASpringer Nature réactualise ses politiques et recommandations sur l’IA pour encourager une utilisation responsable. Le nouveau cadre propose des recommandations pratiques et axées sur les perspecti… 001
Reposted by Fred Bordignon Rayna 🤓🇪🇺👩💻📚✍️ @maliciarogue.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Bon, et sinon, si vous êtes dispo lundi, je vous invite solennellement aux journées du Centre Internet et Société (CIS) du @cnrs.fr cis.cnrs.fr/journees-du-... Plein de trucs super intéressants dont nos analyses en avant-première sur le "troll de la démocratie" qu'est Curtis Yarvincis.cnrs.frJournées du CIS 2026 - Centre Internet et Société14-15 septembre 2026, Paris et visioconférence. 3911
Reposted by Fred BordignonQuiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way. 41715429
Reposted by Fred BordignonGaïa Universitas @gaiauniversitas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026ANR 2027 : le PRC ne sera plus tout à fait le PRC <= nouveau billet sur le blog Gaïa Universitas rachelgliese.wordpress.com/2026/09/12/a...rachelgliese.wordpress.comANR 2027 : le PRC ne sera plus tout à fait le PRCIl fut un temps où le Projet de recherche collaborative (PRC) de l’ANR avait une définition assez facile à comprendre : plusieurs équipes académiques avaient une bonne idée scientifique, décidaient… 033
Reposted by Fred BordignonCWTS | Leiden University @cwts.nl · 10/09/2026📣 New research seminar: Next week, @dkochetkov.bsky.social will give a talk on 'Crossing the Chasm: The PRC Model and the Future of Peer Review' @peerreviewweek.bsky.social 📅 Friday, 18/9/2026 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CEST) 📌 Online & in person at CWTS www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... 012
Reposted by Fred BordignonPeter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I support this proposal & could support many variations on the theme. zenodo.org/records/2193... The gold, green, bronze…labels were never a systematic classification & evolved like the winding streets in the center of an old city. Plus they're opaque & widely misunderstood. #OpenAccess #ScholCommzenodo.orgRecommendations for Revising the Open Access Classification System in OpenAlexThe open access (OA) color classification system used by Unpaywall (i.e., Gold, Green, Hybrid, Bronze, and closed) was introduced in 2018 and has since become widely used across the ecosystem, includi... 063
Reposted by Fred BordignonRéseau français de la recherche reproductible @reproductible-fr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Les webinaires du réseau reviennent la semaine prochaine💡📝 🚋 Christine Buisson (Université Gustave Eiffel) interviendra sur le thème : "𝗘𝗻𝗷𝗲𝘂𝘅 𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲́ 𝗮̀ 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲́𝘀 𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘅 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀" 📍vendredi 18 septembre à 14h 👉 Plus d'informations : urlr.me/vyA7KGrecherche-reproductible.frEnjeux de reproductibilité à travers le prisme des mobilités et la revue de deux articlesChristine Buisson (Univ. Eiffel/Emob-lab), Titre : Enjeux de reproductibilité à travers le prisme des mobilités et la revue de deux articles *Résumé : Les jeux de données traitant de mobilités sont so... 033
Reposted by Fred BordignonMelinda Baldwin @mbaldwin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"In Referees We Trust" will be open access and available October 13 -- but for those who prefer physical books, Barnes and Noble is running its preorder deal again! Members can get 25% off all preorders with code PREORDER25 through September 11. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-referee... 1114
Reposted by Fred Bordignonhal-science.bsky.social @hal-science.bsky.social · 09/09/2026[BLOG] Le Réseau national des valideurs techniques de HAL est lancé ! 📌 Objectif : réunir, structurer et outiller les professionnels 📌 En 2026, 55 établissements valident les dépôts de leur périmètre #scienceouverte #qualité #modération Lire le billet ▶️ www.ccsd.cnrs.fr/2026/09/le-r... 013
Reposted by Fred BordignonPeer Community in Registered Reports @pci-regreports.bsky.social · 15/12/2025We're delighted to welcome TWO new diamond-OA PCI RR-friendly journals Registered Reports in Linguistics, ed. by @scoretta.bsky.social ky.social & @jess-hampton.bsky.social + Replication Research @r2journal.bsky.social ed. by @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & team rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr... 01510
Reposted by Fred BordignonNanoBubbles @nanobubbles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026📣 New paper out by our team members Maud Bernisson and Willem Halffman titled Imaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper 📄 🔗 Read here (open access 📖): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @maud--b.bsky.social @willemhalffman.bsky.socialjournals.sagepub.comImaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper - Maud Bernisson, Willem Halffman, 2026Ghostwritten medical papers are a cornerstone of pharmaceutical marketing. We trace how one manuscript written under the instructions and supervision of opioid ... 073
Reposted by Fred BordignonUCSF Industry Documents Library @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New paper alert! 👏 @maud--b.bsky.social and @willemhalffman.bsky.social used the #Opioid #Archive to explore the ghostwriting process of medical papers. Check out “Imaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper” in Social Studies of Science. doi.org/10.1177/0306...doi.orgImaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper - Maud Bernisson, Willem Halffman, 2026Ghostwritten medical papers are a cornerstone of pharmaceutical marketing. We trace how one manuscript written under the instructions and supervision of opioid ... 123
Reposted by Fred BordignonInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 08/09/20261/ What is the prevalence of personally identifiable information (PII) in author-collected data publicly shared in the social sciences? We audited 327 replication packages from 11 leading journals in economics, political science, and psychology Answer: surprisingly high 🧵 25537
Reposted by Fred BordignonJoan Stavo-Debauge @jostavodebauge.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026Rien n'est caché, tout est annoncé, il n'y aura aucune surprise : Marine Le Pen promeut et promet un programme rigoureusement raciste de suprémacisme blanc qui jette par dessus bord l'Etat de droit. 24412214
Reposted by Fred BordignonDavid Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is globalisation at its absolute best 2537
Reposted by Fred BordignonMaître de conf' @maitredeconf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Avec l'abandon de la projection de Mercator pour la projection Eckert IV, la France va rapetisser sur les planisphères. Surtout, le Groënland va perdre sa superficie 14 fois supérieure à la réalité. De quoi modérer les envies de certains de s'en emparer…? www.lemonde.fr/internationa...lemonde.frLa France plaide pour une représentation cartographique du monde plus équitableDans le cadre d’un mouvement porté par l’Union africaine, Paris a annoncé, vendredi 4 septembre, abandonner la projection dite « de Mercator ». Pour respecter la réalité, la place de la France sera dé... 053
Reposted by Fred BordignonDcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 04/09/2026You got a problem with him, you got a problem with me. Kangals are amazing dogs. 25374571012
Reposted by Fred BordignonMelinda Baldwin @mbaldwin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026On October 13, my book will officially be out into the world! Available open access from MIT Press, made possible in part by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205474... 13014
Reposted by Fred BordignonLaboratoire CEREFIGE (Université de Lorraine) @cerefige.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Journée d'étude : Les coûts de la science ouverte - Les propositions de communication sont encore possibles jusqu'au 15 septembre lescoutsdelaso.sciencesconf.orglescoutsdelaso.sciencesconf.orgLes coûts de la science ouverte - Sciencesconf.org Sciencesconf.org 003
Reposted by Fred BordignonMark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Journal of Trial and Error is looking for a new Editor with an interest in meta-research, open science, or academic publishing. More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/were-l... 096
Reposted by Fred BordignonCOMET @cometadata.bsky.social · 01/09/2026An important milestone for spreading the impact of collaborative metadata enrichment! We’re very interested to see how the community makes use of these initial datatsets and getting feedback on future needs. 043