Alone against fascists – Thoughts on russia’s war on Ukraine
This war should have ended long ago, if only Ukraine received enough support. But the fascists in our midst are winning. We must fight fascism at home.
Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Schneider Shorts 23.02.2024 – Commitment to upholding integrity and accuracy
Schneider Shorts of 23.02.2024 – MDPI’s war on Ukraine, naughty Italian editor at Elsevier, Frontiers shocked by cartoon penis, with an attention-seeking Nobelist, a half-investigation in Bochum, Finnish thief and abuser in Denmark, and a fake lizard finally exposed.
Schneider Shorts 16.02.2024 – Take ALL the most suitable actions
Schneider Shorts 16.02.2024 – a doctor sacked for death of patients cures cancer in Austria, science with sell-by date, Italian geniuses cracking cancer, autism and Alzheimer’s, mass retraction of totalitarian science, an incomplete Frontiers retraction, and finally, a Ukrainian genius betrayed by Iranian friends.
Simone Fulda: Open4Work!
“I am taking this step with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility for the university since a sufficient foundation of mutual trust no longer remained with some parts of the university to ensure successful cooperation”, – Simone Fulda
Schneider Shorts 9.02.2024 – An esteemed global figure in the scientific community
Schneider Shorts 9.2.2024 – rector scandal exploding in Germany, Bik finds bizarre fraud in Harvard, Hannover secret divulged, English university sued and sentenced over fraud, Chinese money vs basic ethics, a Nobel correction, and finally, Tiwari’s new scam!
The Man Who Fed The World
“Bernd Müller-Röber […] had guest status in the MPI for Molecular Plant Physiology but this status has been terminated”
Schneider Shorts 2.02.2024 – Where’s Wally?
Schneider Shorts 2.02.2024 – Three stories about Dana Farber (including a Nobelist!), two stories about the Lille papermille (including a game!), with an “honest” plant scientist, doctors being rewarded, amazing corrections and informative retractions, and how another Nobelist’s cell therapy business ended up unsold.
Schneider Shorts 26.1.2024 – Personal humiliation, mental anguish and suffering
Schneider Shorts 26.01.2024 – Harvard story explodes in US media, a cheater sues former student, with rat torturers in Italy, publishers being naughty, a special editorial achievement, Nigerian scams, an elusive Greek behind retractions, and why all Germans must publish in Frontiers now.
Fulda & Debatin: Reproducibility of Results in Medical and Biomedical Research
“Basic and advanced training for researchers should focus much more on self-reflection, openness and a culture of error acceptance.”
Schneider Shorts 19.1.2024 – Erroneous and should be ignored
Schneider Shorts 19.01.2024 – a guest Short by Robert Cockburn, Belgian research ethics, Joe gives Joe a million, a million and a quarter to find the leak, papermillers big and small, and finally, with COPE retractions guidelines biting back.
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