I need to go on a little rant today. I applied for an Alzheimer's Association "New to the Field" grant and one of the reviewers tanked it because... and I'm not kidding... I didn't have any experience in Alzheimer's Disease.

i had a friend that argued the same thing, those people get it all wrong. if it was survival of the fittest they would be the first one to go.

About that new Nature paper with 45 supplements: It's all lovely research, I am sure, but who can peer review or just read and digest this? This feels like a film director announcing their new 15h long movie.

Haunted by the various way patriarchy allows women & children to be violated for men's desires. The "husband stitch," using women's bodies without their consent to teach students, nonconsensual c-sections, forced-birth...

So a 39 year old is going to "tell" on a 17 year old's parents for rejecting him? 😂

How on earth did Scientific Reports approve this figure as an "uncropped" blot? #imageForensics

Harry Rafferty slashes a woman's neck because she rejected him and the judge "I don't want to send you to jail so probation okay?"

AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 Also.😒

They know what they did to you. When they’re afraid of the consequences they will: First, see how much you remember by pretending they don’t. Second, downplay its impact or your reaction to it. Lastly, threaten, blame, attempt to silence you. They…know…what…they…did.

After giving a talk at a conference recently, I received an email from an unfamiliar senior professor in the audience remarking that my “look has extremely improved over the years” from “nerdy lab mouse” to “a touch of upper class.” 1/4

Full translation Note the use of the word "geil," which can be used as a synonym for "awesome" in an informal setting but literally means "horny." 4/4

Retraction at American Physiological Society American Journal of Physiology after University of Nebraska System University of Nebraska Medical Center institutional investigation revealed image duplication. This retraction took about a year. I guess this is fast. Good outcome for science. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11… pubpeer.com/publications/4…

Siyaset tarihine geçmiş efsane gaflar ve unutulmaz olaylar (FLOOD) 1-Süleyman Demirel: "Tamam kürtlere kötü davranıyoruz da, sanki türklere iyi mi davranıyoruz."

When a woman posted on TikTok about her acts of microfeminism--like addressing a female assistant ahead of a male CEO in an email--some men were so triggered they said she was a misandrist, doing witchcraft & attacked her appearance (fat, ugly, old). npr.org/2024/12/04/g-s…

Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to - not publish - have outstanding publication records - introduce more novel scientific concepts - less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.

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