The “authors” of the Trump HHS gender medicine hitpiece have been uncovered, and they are a Gender Critical philosophy prof, a health projects consultant, and a freelance researcher
If you open the anti-trans HHS report’s appendix in NotePad, you’ll see that it was compiled by Alex Byrne.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
May 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The “authors” of the Trump HHS gender medicine hitpiece have been uncovered, and they are a Gender Critical philosophy prof, a health projects consultant, and a freelance researcher
Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings.
“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings.
“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
Tentative topics for the upcoming Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
![The April Summit schedule is starting to form. Here are some of the main topics:
--Keynote: Systemic science and climate risks [science academic]
--Keynote: Systemic financial risks [financial economist academic]
--Research presentations: Systemic AI risks [paper authors]
--Case study on researcher harassment [field researcher]
--Research presentations: Effects on vulnerable audiences [paper authors]
--Keynote: Effects on local politics [sitting U.S. state Governor]
--Presentation & Discussion: Emotional audience engagement [entertainer]
--Panel: Concentrated platform ownership & digital sovereignty [journalists, federal legislators]
--Panel: Systemic risks from para- and machine-social relationships [academics and field professionals]
--Panel: Impact on marginalized communities [academics and field professionals]
--Panel: Risks of violent political rhetoric [federal legislators]
--Keynote: Systemic economic risks [economist]
--Keynote: Tech culture [field professional]
--Panel: Free speech and censorship [academics and field professionals]
--Research presentations: Systemic financial risks [paper authors]
--Research presentations: Assorted topics [paper authors]
--Digital services regulation [digital services regulators]
--Digital safety workshop [field professionals]
All topics subject to change.
In person attendance for the Summit will be by invitation only due to very limited capacity and very high demand. Most sessions will be recorded and uploaded to the Summit's YouTube channel after the events close.
For more information: CFRA@jbs.cam.ac.uk.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry2ztnho4t7eywfivg4gcq4p/bafkreib6e3qk7yhbapvla3pvqw5p5h7fn76osjhvus3ip6kzavjylqqxoa)
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Tentative topics for the upcoming Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
So the new paper…
—finds that immigration economics is identical to other fields of empirical inquiry: researcher priors correlate with results
—finds that the magnitude of this correlation is minuscule
—does not mention the most prominent documented bias of this kind, from one of the authors.
—finds that immigration economics is identical to other fields of empirical inquiry: researcher priors correlate with results
—finds that the magnitude of this correlation is minuscule
—does not mention the most prominent documented bias of this kind, from one of the authors.
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
So the new paper…
—finds that immigration economics is identical to other fields of empirical inquiry: researcher priors correlate with results
—finds that the magnitude of this correlation is minuscule
—does not mention the most prominent documented bias of this kind, from one of the authors.
—finds that immigration economics is identical to other fields of empirical inquiry: researcher priors correlate with results
—finds that the magnitude of this correlation is minuscule
—does not mention the most prominent documented bias of this kind, from one of the authors.
🧪For those of us who do complex collaborations with multiple corresponding authors this is terrible . I suspect it will also hit female authors disproportionately as they tend to have more collaborations across fields…https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03281-4
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🧪For those of us who do complex collaborations with multiple corresponding authors this is terrible . I suspect it will also hit female authors disproportionately as they tend to have more collaborations across fields…https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03281-4
Two examples of politicization today:
1/ Political appointees putting out reports under the Census banner that is bunk. There is a reason the authors won't stand behind their work. Any serious data researcher would be embarrassed.
Creates doubts both about the election and the integrity of Census.
1/ Political appointees putting out reports under the Census banner that is bunk. There is a reason the authors won't stand behind their work. Any serious data researcher would be embarrassed.
Creates doubts both about the election and the integrity of Census.
SCOOP
@telliotter.bsky.social and I identified the authors of the bogus noncitizen voting Census report and how they used bad data to make faulty conclusions
They include a former DOGE guy (of course) and two people from AFPI, a Trump-aligned think tank
www.wired.com/story/a-us-c...
@telliotter.bsky.social and I identified the authors of the bogus noncitizen voting Census report and how they used bad data to make faulty conclusions
They include a former DOGE guy (of course) and two people from AFPI, a Trump-aligned think tank
www.wired.com/story/a-us-c...
A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.
www.wired.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Two examples of politicization today:
1/ Political appointees putting out reports under the Census banner that is bunk. There is a reason the authors won't stand behind their work. Any serious data researcher would be embarrassed.
Creates doubts both about the election and the integrity of Census.
1/ Political appointees putting out reports under the Census banner that is bunk. There is a reason the authors won't stand behind their work. Any serious data researcher would be embarrassed.
Creates doubts both about the election and the integrity of Census.
I am a very slow researcher (apologies to all my co-authors, sincerely).
Working with Claude has unlocked new levels for me: I am now very slow at scale.
Working with Claude has unlocked new levels for me: I am now very slow at scale.
April 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I am a very slow researcher (apologies to all my co-authors, sincerely).
Working with Claude has unlocked new levels for me: I am now very slow at scale.
Working with Claude has unlocked new levels for me: I am now very slow at scale.
OHIO researcher co-authors new study showing pterosaurs and birds evolved flight-ready brains in different ways
www.ohio.edu/news/2025/11...
www.ohio.edu/news/2025/11...
OHIO researcher co-authors new study showing pterosaurs and birds evolved flight-ready brains in different ways
A new study published in Current Biology, co-authored by Lawrence Witmer, now sheds light on how pterosaurs evolved the neurological structures required for powered flight.
www.ohio.edu
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
OHIO researcher co-authors new study showing pterosaurs and birds evolved flight-ready brains in different ways
www.ohio.edu/news/2025/11...
www.ohio.edu/news/2025/11...
4. According to leading researcher, Dr. McNamara, this is a critical flaw that "amounts to a tautology."
By adjusting for suicide in research aimed at determining the effect of gender-affirming care on suicide, the authors controlled for the very outcome they sought to measure.
By adjusting for suicide in research aimed at determining the effect of gender-affirming care on suicide, the authors controlled for the very outcome they sought to measure.
March 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
4. According to leading researcher, Dr. McNamara, this is a critical flaw that "amounts to a tautology."
By adjusting for suicide in research aimed at determining the effect of gender-affirming care on suicide, the authors controlled for the very outcome they sought to measure.
By adjusting for suicide in research aimed at determining the effect of gender-affirming care on suicide, the authors controlled for the very outcome they sought to measure.
Not a researcher but I follow many and one additional worry I've seen is that reviewers will submit papers to AI to get a summary and expose papers to them regardless of the authors wishes.
There is no safe way for researchers to use the systems provided by OpenAI, Anthropic, or any of these other companies. They have all admitted that plagiarism is an integral component of what they do. If you put your work in – even if it's just to touch up a manuscript – they will take it.
September 29, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Not a researcher but I follow many and one additional worry I've seen is that reviewers will submit papers to AI to get a summary and expose papers to them regardless of the authors wishes.
*Cries in applied statistician* www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
*Cries in applied statistician* www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Now I'm not saying that all their results can be explained away as false positives.
Rather, the red flag here is that the authors do not even acknowledge this problem. No theory or pre-regristration to restrict researcher degrees of freedom, no statistical adjustment for multiple comparisons.
Rather, the red flag here is that the authors do not even acknowledge this problem. No theory or pre-regristration to restrict researcher degrees of freedom, no statistical adjustment for multiple comparisons.
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Now I'm not saying that all their results can be explained away as false positives.
Rather, the red flag here is that the authors do not even acknowledge this problem. No theory or pre-regristration to restrict researcher degrees of freedom, no statistical adjustment for multiple comparisons.
Rather, the red flag here is that the authors do not even acknowledge this problem. No theory or pre-regristration to restrict researcher degrees of freedom, no statistical adjustment for multiple comparisons.
It is worth noting here that one of the authors of this study is Ilan Meyer, the academic who came up with the concept of Minority Stress. A very eminent researcher.
Over 90% of trans and non-binary people in Norway satisfied with gender-affirming care
www.scenemag.co.uk/over-90-of-t...
www.scenemag.co.uk/over-90-of-t...
Over 90% of trans and non-binary people in Norway satisfied with gender-affirming care
A survey of trans and non-binary people in Norway has found that the vast majority who have received gender-affirming care are satisfied with the treatment outcomes, including 93% of those who receive...
www.scenemag.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
It is worth noting here that one of the authors of this study is Ilan Meyer, the academic who came up with the concept of Minority Stress. A very eminent researcher.
It’s no longer just AI companies & their founders being sued over AI training - individual researchers are now being sued, too.
In a new lawsuit, two authors allege that Guillaume Lample, while an AI researcher at Meta, torrented 70 terabytes of pirated books…
1/2
In a new lawsuit, two authors allege that Guillaume Lample, while an AI researcher at Meta, torrented 70 terabytes of pirated books…
1/2
May 24, 2026 at 6:53 AM
It’s no longer just AI companies & their founders being sued over AI training - individual researchers are now being sued, too.
In a new lawsuit, two authors allege that Guillaume Lample, while an AI researcher at Meta, torrented 70 terabytes of pirated books…
1/2
In a new lawsuit, two authors allege that Guillaume Lample, while an AI researcher at Meta, torrented 70 terabytes of pirated books…
1/2
"Biological creatures do not simply store information; they experience memory together with emotional and physiological states," says researcher Dr. Gerard Marx of MX Biotech Ltd, one of the study's co-authors.
What separates human intelligence from AI? It may be more than computation. New research suggests memory could be deeply tied to chemistry, emotion, and the biology of the brain. So can AI truly experience intelligence or only imitate it?
thedebrief.org/what-separat...
thedebrief.org/what-separat...
What Separates Human Intelligence From AI? Scientists Say the Answer May Be Chemistry
A new biochemical model of memory suggests that the chemistry of the human brain may represent a fundamental difference between biological and artificial intelligence.
thedebrief.org
September 27, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"Biological creatures do not simply store information; they experience memory together with emotional and physiological states," says researcher Dr. Gerard Marx of MX Biotech Ltd, one of the study's co-authors.
One would hope that no serious researcher completely changes their mind after listening to just one podcast.
Instead, you'd want to question the authors, their sources, and their wider works. In Masley's case, many of his numbers do seem sound, but many of his premises seem debatable.
Instead, you'd want to question the authors, their sources, and their wider works. In Masley's case, many of his numbers do seem sound, but many of his premises seem debatable.
March 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
One would hope that no serious researcher completely changes their mind after listening to just one podcast.
Instead, you'd want to question the authors, their sources, and their wider works. In Masley's case, many of his numbers do seem sound, but many of his premises seem debatable.
Instead, you'd want to question the authors, their sources, and their wider works. In Masley's case, many of his numbers do seem sound, but many of his premises seem debatable.
5/ Not one of these 100+ articles has a byline. No researcher is named anywhere on the Hanover Institute's website. A think tank with zero visible authors, publishing at industrial speed, right when Gaza coverage is under a global microscope. That is not an accident.
August 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
5/ Not one of these 100+ articles has a byline. No researcher is named anywhere on the Hanover Institute's website. A think tank with zero visible authors, publishing at industrial speed, right when Gaza coverage is under a global microscope. That is not an accident.
Journals that work hard to meet the needs of both authors and readers should be acknowledged publicly — encouraging others to follow suit, says researcher Jennifer A. Byrne
go.nature.com/4sgKWzg
go.nature.com/4sgKWzg
Put pressure on publishers to follow best practice — external regulation is the answer
Journals that work hard to meet the needs of both authors and readers should be acknowledged publicly — encouraging others to follow suit.
go.nature.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Journals that work hard to meet the needs of both authors and readers should be acknowledged publicly — encouraging others to follow suit, says researcher Jennifer A. Byrne
go.nature.com/4sgKWzg
go.nature.com/4sgKWzg
There's no reason not to share data from a systematic literature review, other than cowardice.
August 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There's no reason not to share data from a systematic literature review, other than cowardice.
According to our award committee, these papers are must-reads of the #CHR2025 proceedings. Congratulations to the authors on winning the Early Career Researcher Best Paper Awards!
Links and honourable mentions are available on our website: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/news/best-pa...
Links and honourable mentions are available on our website: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/news/best-pa...
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
According to our award committee, these papers are must-reads of the #CHR2025 proceedings. Congratulations to the authors on winning the Early Career Researcher Best Paper Awards!
Links and honourable mentions are available on our website: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/news/best-pa...
Links and honourable mentions are available on our website: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/news/best-pa...
Also the only white papers claiming "porn addiction" is real is from Donald L. Hilton Jr. who is a Christian neurosurgeon (not a neuroscientist) or William M. Struthers who is a Christian theoretical researcher (lol).
There are no peer reviewed studies by reputable authors proving "porn addiction".
There are no peer reviewed studies by reputable authors proving "porn addiction".
Daily reminder that “porn addiction” is not a real thing, and is an invention of the far-right, which they use to demonize both the healthy usage of porn, and to call for censorship of LGBTQ speech.
Anyone who supports the idea of “porn addiction” is legitimizing that and all it entiails.
Anyone who supports the idea of “porn addiction” is legitimizing that and all it entiails.
August 25, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Also the only white papers claiming "porn addiction" is real is from Donald L. Hilton Jr. who is a Christian neurosurgeon (not a neuroscientist) or William M. Struthers who is a Christian theoretical researcher (lol).
There are no peer reviewed studies by reputable authors proving "porn addiction".
There are no peer reviewed studies by reputable authors proving "porn addiction".