iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Which means when we attack Europe, we will bomb kindergartens and hospitals instead.

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The people behind the initiative for total Swiss neutrality, which is predicted to lose by a lot, are mad they're being called pro-Russian. So they did the "our 'We are not Russian agents' t-shirt..." meme, but with junk mail sent to every household. 🤣

Junk mail presenting an interview with some former ambassador, headlined with a quote that "presenting the proponents of a strong neutrality as Putin's agents is unacceptable" (in French)

020

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Me when rubber duck debugging works

021

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sponsored in part by Donald Trump.

640394

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today in "things that only happen in English"...

010

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Can you get more "USA in 2026" than "antivax parents accept one vaccine so they can circumcise their sons"?

010

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The horrific aftermath of last night’s massive Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv region with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones. In Kyiv, eight people were killed and seven more injured, including three children. Six of those killed were employees of Ukrainian Railways. 📹Boryspil/Radio Liberty

15305152

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Dozens of civilians killed, non-stop perpetual attacks, over 15 air raids per day, I’ve literally lost count, it’s taking a toll on everybody here, I just really want to believe someone out there in the west still cares

34409123

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Leonid Schneider @forbetterscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Saha now suddenly has nothing to do with that Cofnas signature campaign, to which he personally added Charles "Bell Curve" Murray!

1131

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

TIL that Europe has its own Bir Tawil, the neither Croatian nor Serbian area of Gornja Siga en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia...

en.wikipedia.org

Croatia–Serbia border dispute - Wikipedia

010

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Reminder 2: Requiring someone paid by funds allocated to a project to work on that project is not a violation of academic freedom. He was a postdoc not a tenured prof. Reminder 3: His writings don't contain real arguments. "Debate his ideas" isn't serious because there's no definition of winning.

020

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hilarious that Cofnas couldn't even publicly pretend to be working on the project he was hired for instead of his racist nonsense. (And a reminder that the department was strongly against his appointment and considered him unqualified for that project.)

0245

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Reminder that his department stated they were not happy with one of their professors hiring him as a postdoc because they felt he was not qualified for that project and generally problematic bsky.app/profile/ptrb...

020

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 17/08/2026

Helpful reminder from Elsevier that they have the "legal power" to do what they want with your journals. You have the collective power to take your editorial work elsewhere.

16843

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Jeffrey Brainard @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hundreds of ads by #papermills, offering authorship on scientific articles for a fee, wound up published in conference proceedings. Are these venues a back-door route that’s too easy? #scicomm #retractions #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

science.org

Hundreds of paper-mill papers peddled in ads were later published

More than one-fifth of some IEEE conferences’ papers appear linked to authorship for sale

11914

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

20% similarity being normal in a thesis is an absolutely nuts position to take.

141

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Today's dinner, crushed unicorns. Or is it cold beetroot soup? You'll never know.

010

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

In 2026, Kyiv is facing more ballistic missiles in a single night than it did during the entire year of 2024. I can't wrap my head around the hell we're being forced to endure. And there is still no light at the end of the tunnel.

815168

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Russia attacked Ukraine with 35 missiles, including 27 ballistic missiles, and 185 drones overnight. In Kyiv, nine people were killed and 28 more were injured. Seven districts of the capital were affected.

1121278

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Today in beautiful figures appearing in definitely totally scientific papers from entirely legitimate and unproblematic ACM conferences.

Figure 1 from https://doi.org/10.1145/3797491.3797503. "Representation of Developed AI-ERCNet-based Optimal Cryptography Technique Classification Model". It's a screenshot of MS Word displaying a document with a figure and text. The screenshot includes the entire MS Word UI, the Windows taskbar, and even the watermark indicating Windows hasn't been activated.

060

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 05/07/2026

Imagine a political party run by tax evaders that has ostensibly moderate positions on most issues, but wants to execute anyone who has ever worked for the tax office. We wouldn't be discussing whether their education or transport policy is slightly better or worse than those of parties Y or Z.

151

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

oh christ, one of these in the wild again. 'antisemitic' is a term *invented in the late 19th century by Jew-haters* as a euphemistic way of framing their Jew hating. it has nothing to do with what people or linguistic groups are 'semitic,' it means hatred of Jews.

221002112

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

ᛗɪᴄнᴁʟƔ ᛯᚰ @rugbydraken.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Reform UK : PM should be stopping the boats in the channel Keir: OK, I've stopped the Russkis ReformUK: No not like that ....

1286

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Michael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thanks, but your description contradicts my experience. In practice your system heavily interferes with meaningful editorial control over reviewer invitations, which goes to the core of peer-review integrity. This isn't a 'communication shortfall'—it's a systemic choice you made.

1215

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

An inevitable development for for-profit Open Access publishers is Fordism: automation & massification. If you earn money piece-rate for each paper you want to increase the flow of papers while minimizing cost. e.g. very low and *uniform* turnaround times at Frontiers and MDPI

36740

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Michael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

5435871430

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

COSIG @cosig.net · 10/06/2026

"Investigating the integrity of published scientific papers is key to the scientific process, but the necessary knowledge is in short supply." Check the COSIG team's new Community Page article in @plosbiology.org ! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

doi.org

Introducing COSIG: The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides

Investigating the integrity of published scientific papers is key to the scientific process, but the necessary knowledge is in short supply. This Community Page presents COSIG, an open collection of m...

1126

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

COSIG @cosig.net · 04/06/2026

Today, COSIG and Sal Sleuthmander turn 1 year old! 🎂 Contributions to COSIG are the best birthday gifts we can ever receive, many thanks to all of our contributors 🎉

Sal Sleuthmander, a Chinese giant salamander, sports a conical birthday hat and gazes appreciatively over his cake with a 1 candle.

084

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Journalists still writing "Russia says, Ukraine says, who knows what the truth is" articles in 2026 should be shamed out of their profession forever... Who needs propaganda when there are so many useful idiots?

030

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Will Trump doom the Swiss far right's latest initiative? We might have to thank Donald like so many other countries did... ("Isolating ourselves from Europe? Definitely not right now!")

Ad against a far right initiative in Switzerland. "S'isoler de l'Europe ? Surtout pas maintenant !" with a picture of Trump, and shadows of Putin and Xi next to him

010

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Actual content: Sweden joins the list of countries that revoke citizenship of dual citizens if they lied to obtain it or commit extreme crimes. If you want popular consent for easy naturalization, this is a requirement. Many prefer sticking to principles that empirically lead to far right govts.

100

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Average manager "helping" their team

120

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Ruslana is 52 😳 I guess the "infinite energy" cheat code she clearly must have enabled also makes her immortal?

010

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Love the Eurovision tradition of pretending Verka Serduchka won when doing anything with past winners as guests, instead of whoever it was that actually came first that year with a much more boring song

030

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Interesting to hear Scott Delman equate retraction with misconduct. That just muddies the waters - they should retract papers when editor no longer has confidence in the findings, for whatever reason. Leaving flawed papers in the literature to avoid upsetting authors does a disservice to readers.

081

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In which we learn @acm.org still hasn't retracted a couple of papers they said they'd retract nearly 4 years ago. And apparently evaluate themselves using the number of investigations in their backlog. 🤨 (Also Elsevier doesn't do a good job. Just as shocking.)

020

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I just got spam from a paper mill telling me my "background" in this preprint makes me a good match to buy an authorship position they're selling 🤦🤦🤦🤦

172

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

COSIG @cosig.net · 07/05/2026

Sleuths face various legal risks but they can also use the law for their advantage. ⚖️ COSIG's newest guide, number 3️⃣5️⃣, covers legal considerations for taking part in forensic peer review. Read it here: osf.io/q3y7s

COSIG: The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides
Newest version available at cosig.net!

0126

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Next: Nihar Shah @cmu.edu with "The More You Automate, the Less You See: Hidden Pitfalls of AI Scientist Systems" [The room goes dark, ominous music sounds, and a slide comes up] We find that AI scientist systems exhibit multiple pitfalls violating research integrity. #WCRI2026

The speaker in a black suit with a scyte, representing death / Grim Reaper

Human Scientist Memorial Lecture: Autonomous AI Scientists and Their Methods

1101

Reposted by Solal Pirelli

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Reaction from @reeserichardson.bsky.social, me, and @abalkina.bsky.social to IEEE's handling of conferences. (Pic by @elisabethbik.bsky.social)

273

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Session 6.D of #wcri2026 starts with a talk on paper mills in China. Formal businesses with contracts, clients are often clinicians who must publish but have no realistic way to do this.

162

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Last day of #wcri2026 starts with a plenary on research security.

141

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

René Aquarius on what sleuths do, meme edition.

0132

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Plenary #wcri2026 session on people who actually know what they're doing.

120

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Svetlana Kleiner at #wcri2026: are edited volumes the new special issues? Sharp increase in book-related investigations at Springer. Might be due to better reporting, but also more awareness internally, people know more and flag more. Bad actors also know more and try to use books!

121