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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 30/09/2026

🇫🇷 Le site d'investigation Mediapart a dénoncé la "violence sidérante" du RN et "les propos menaçants d'une grande gravité" de Marine Le Pen, en réaction à la publication d'une enquête accusant Jordan Bardella d'avoir tenu des propos antisémites ⤵️

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jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And this one, from 1975:

The Rape of Mr. Smith
In the following situation, a holdup victim is asked questions by a lawyer.
“Mr. Smith, you were held up at gunpoint on the corner of First and Main?”
“Yes”
“Did you struggle with the robber?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“He was armed.”
“Then you made a conscious decision to comply with his demands rather than resist?”
“Yes.”
“Did you scream? Cry out?”
“No, I was afraid.”
“I see. Have you ever been held up before?”
“No.”
“Have you ever GIVEN money away?”
“Yes, of course.”
“And you did so willingly?”
“What are you getting at?”
“Well, let’s put it like this, Mr. Smith. You’ve given money away in the past. In fact, you have quite a reputation for
philanthropy. How can we be sure that you weren’t CONTRIVING to have your money taken from you by force?”
“Listen, if I wanted –“
“Never mind. What time did this holdup take place, Mr. Smith?”
“About 11:00 P.M..”
“You were out on the street at 11:00 P.M.? Doing what?”
“Just walking.”
“Just walking? You know that it’s dangerous being out on the street that late at night. Weren’t you aware that
you could have been held up?”
“I hadn’t thought about it.”
“What were you wearing at the time, Mr. Smith?”
“Let’s see … a suit. Yes, a suit.”
“An EXPENSIVE suit?”
“Well – yes. I’m a successful lawyer, you know.”
“In other words, Mr. Smith, you were walking around the streets late at night in a suit that practically advertised
the fact that you might be good target for some easy money, isn’t that so? I mean, if we didn’t know better, Mr.
Smith, we might even think that you were ASKING for this to happen, mightn’t we?”

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Denmark is trolling Trump.

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

Au cas où certains doutent de l'utilité de la mobilisation citoyenne ⚘️✊️🕊

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We scream into the void. We stare blankly into the abyss. We post into the ether

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Come and join us @sriucl.bsky.social We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science with a research agenda on the environment and/or climate change, and expertise in causal inference. See full details and apply 👉🏼 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL Social Research Institute recruitment poster for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science at the Centre for Quantitative Social Science. Applications close 30 October 2026.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is partly why “not cool mate” works Because men mistakenly believe their friends hold harmful beliefs about women, and act accordingly Men can correct that mistaken belief and change their friend’s behaviour

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

I would do (more) scientific sleuthing! 🕵️‍♂️

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Academic Publishing News @acadpubnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"As long as the "publish-or-perish" incentive lives on in academic medicine, journals are likely to continue to be bombarded with mediocre AI-created work," www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

medpagetoday.com

Is AI Flooding Medical Journals With 'Meaningless' Research?

'It's not fraudulent, and it's not really slop,' one expert says

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The Daily Dalek @thedailydalek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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The Daily Dalek @thedailydalek.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

PERSPECTIVE: despite some crowing that this was 'inevitable' etc, the article covers the period 2009-2026. In 2021 the estimated number of Diamond OA was 29,000 journals. Over the 15 year period covered, 440 journals have flipped. As a proportion of the 2021 number, that's 1.5%. Hardly an exodus.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 28/09/2026

Claude making a scientific discovery

Black-and-white three-part comic. In the first scene, one simple cartoon figure holds out a small round handmade-looking object and says, “I MADE THIS.” Another figure replies, “YOU MADE THIS?” In the second scene, the second figure is shown alone holding the object. In the final scene, that figure holds it proudly and says, “I MADE THIS”

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 25/09/2026

When roads are inaccessible, unsafe or blocked, humanitarian personnel may be unable to reach people who urgently need support. They must be able to do their jobs safely and without fear for their lives. Attacks against humanitarian personnel must never be normalized.

Every road a humanitarian cannot safely travel is a road help cannot take.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

THAT ⤵️ is a damn good idea!😃 Let's build up evidence around the benefits of reducing inequities [if anything is left to demonstrate] and get to action!✊ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

theguardian.com

Leaders join push to create UN body to tackle ‘awful reality’ of inequality

Body would be modelled on climate panel and recognise inequality as a global challenge threatening world security

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Jen Lyle @jenlyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And they're not the only First Nation that has. I'd point out the bitter irony of misidentifying an Indigenous person as an immigrant, but we all know what this is really about.

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Only 97 of a total of 790 reported cases of editors handling papers for their (frequent) co-authors were retracted so far by STOTEN! Will @elsevierconnect.bsky.social really clean up or just do the bare minimum? 👇And J. Rinklebe knew very well who edited his papers! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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STOTEN COIs

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Fabian Wittmers @academic-integrity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

(1/x) I was intrigued by what Thomas observed when comparing retraction rate by publisher, so I looked at the 3300 reports I filed over the last 2 years. Here is what I found. More thoughts on this below. (caveat: uneven sample-size with many more report to Springer/Elsevier than other publishers)

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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 23/09/2026

#MeetOurResearchers video interview with Ngo Thi Hoa on zoonotic diseases and community health @oucru.bsky.social Hoa leads a research on zoonotic pathogens and #AMR, focusing on Streptococcus suis and farm-origin resistance in Vietnam. Watch the interview 👉 ndm.ac/ngo-thi-hoa-...

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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 22/09/2026

#ResearchHighlight from Buddha Basnyat @oucru.bsky.social Nepal Azithromycin with or without cefixime for suspected or culture-confirmed uncomplicated typhoid fever in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan (ACT-South Asia) Read more 👉 ndm.ac/tropmed-res-hi Paper 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

Proud to count him among my colleagues. Thank you!💐

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026

That's not an attack on fellow white collar folk, that's just an honest assessment of what people are often doing I think a lot about what I heard Dean Spade once say which is that when you put vulnerable people at the center you basically can never go wrong

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

🤒- Bonjour Dr, j'ai 39ºC 👩‍⚕️- Je vais vous mettre 3 jours d'arrêt 🤒- Bah non, sinon je peux pas 🔳 Payer le loyer 🔳 Nourrir les gosses 🔳 Payer les factures 👩‍⚕️- Bon, je vais vous mettre une semaine, alors 👨🏻‍💼Medef- Ils abusent. On doit cesser de rembourser tous les arrêts maladie.

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Olivier Bastien @bass42.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Chose rare, je le re-reblousque un fil en précisant qu'il m'a permis de mettre une expression, "méthode de la sensiblerie", sur sur ce phénomène que je voyais bien se développer mais dont je n'avais pas tous les bons outils pour le caractériser. C'est Brillant 🧵👇 (☝️Prenez un ☕️ ) #Religion

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Simpsons: What A Time To Be Alive Meme

ALT: Simpsons: What A Time To Be Alive Meme

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Bart Penders @penders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Back of the envelope calculations: 3600 years of research time went into the collective application process. The research will fund 3200 years of research. We are 400 research years poorer as a result of this. 1/2

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 21/09/2026

How the latest polls in Belgium would provisionally translate into seats (by Pascal Delwit, and he points out the election isn't till 2029, so read with caution).

A table of text, headline is that VB would be the largest party with 26 seats, PTB second jointly with N-VA on 22, then PS on 19, MR on 14, CD&V and Vooruit on 12 each, Engagés on 11, Ecolo and Groen on 4 each and Défi with 1.

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe

Cover of Charlie and the great glass elevator by Roald Dahl

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 04/10/2025

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft: Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🧵 1/

Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Il y a quatre ans, le mouvement « Femme, Vie, Liberté » était réprimé dans le sang. Aujourd’hui, nous accusons les autorités iraniennes de crimes contre l’humanité. Ce sont les conclusions de notre nouvelle enquête sans précédent. Voici nos révélations 👇

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

@nshaud.bsky.social nailed it ⤵️ AI are damned tools. As tools, they should not 1️⃣be able to harm ➡️ Asimov's robotics rules🤖 2️⃣take away jobs and increase inequities ➡️ if AI use more resources to perform a task than humans, drop it🗑️ 3️⃣harm the planet➡️slow down🐌 4️⃣scare us➡️retake control!✊

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Again? 😡 I don't know what is being said in these AI companies about security, but 1️⃣built-in Asimov's Robotics rules and 2️⃣prohibiting AI use requiring more resources than what humans do should be a good start, no? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies

Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More nightmares for V.S. Aigbodion after another retraction due to his best friend @tomk.eurosky.social ! @springernature.com is cleaning up the mess, but what about eg @elsevierconnect.bsky.social? Are they going to ignore Aigbodion his fake #papermill crap? #fraud link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Matt Williams @matthewmatix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Forensic meta-science folks: What is the most efficient way to check an unpublished paper for tortured phrases (e.g., during peer review)? The Problematic Paper Screener website lists a number of software vendors but I'm struggling to find anything that I can use myself!

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Dr. Serge Zaka @sergezaka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tous les facteurs d'une crise agricole majeure sont en train de se conjuguer.

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

My grandfather had polio. He died young, before I -or any of my 18 cousins but the oldest- had the chance to meet him. #VaccinesWork

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

Time zones. Such a rage bait. This is what splits the society. How are we supposed to live together if people can't even agree on the time it is?

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Banning words in grant applications violates the First Amendment. "NIH is systematically trying to silence research-related speech, including biomedical results that it suspects will express views the administration does not like on everything from DEI to gender identity to climate change..." 🧪

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Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening

Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech

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Leandraa... @leandra.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

Et c’est Salomé Saqué qui en parle le mieux (source instagram : @salomesaque) 🤬🤬🤬

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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Applications closing this week. Looking for a mathematical modeller to come and work on STI modelling @lshtm.bsky.social - 3yr funded post-doc. @sbfnk.bsky.social @rozeggo.bsky.social @nicolamlow.bsky.social @drlouisedyson.bsky.social @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @thomrawson.bsky.social @banks.ac

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kentonagbone @kentonagbone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Maybe we just have put off real procrastination research

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026

Rappel brutal qu'on a des ministres d'extrême droite en Belgique 😭😰🫣

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Simple Abonné @simpleabonne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wrong title: actually, he Province of East Flanders dismisses a Muslim teacher who was hired in 2022 while she already wore a headscarf, got only positive evaluations since then, and refuses to remove it now that the islamophobic provincial executive decided to forbid it.

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Olivier Tesquet @oliviertesquet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Heureusement qu’il y a @timnitgebru.blacksky.app pour donner l’heure aux doomers de l’IA qui gardent les yeux rivés sur l’horloge de l’apocalypse. Leurs relais médiatiques ensorcelés feraient bien de lire cette interview. www.wired.com/story/one-of...

In my book I write, "Can a bridge decide to collapse?" The whole "Oh no, our models went rogue" thing ... When a bridge collapses, you don't analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy? There are permits you have to acquire. There are supposed to be tests. When you ask about the bridge collapsing itself, you've lost the thread.
Meanwhile, what's really existential is AI powering autonomous weapons, killing machines, that are actually being used in warfare. The climate catastrophe is a real thing that could be exacerbated by what these tech companies are building. Bosses are using Al as an excuse to get rid of their pesky workers. This machine-god narrative is, in my opinion, meant to distract us from these. The industry has become a mix of cults, a mix of people who are true believers, just like a preacher who says the end times is coming. The singularity has been coming for decades now.

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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Not too late to register for the launch event of the new @BMJ.com Collection on protecting global #SRHR ⏰Tue Sept 15 at 10am EST 🎯 Attend in-person in NYC on the side-lines of #UNGA81 or join the livestream sph.cuny.edu/event/the-bm...

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