Fun question from @Sam__Enright: What’s the “anti-reading list” in your field of expertise?

For those unfamiliar with academic practices, blind review is a cornerstone of scholarly integrity. It ensures that reviewers can objectively evaluate a paper without being influenced by the identity of its authors, maintaining the fairness and impartiality of the process. By publicly posting their paper on social media while it was under consideration by a Canadian B-level journal, Trevor Tombe and Jennifer Winter crossed an important ethical line, one that many academics regard as sacrosanct. Such actions undermine the blind review process. Given the paper’s wide public availability, it is highly likely that current reviewers could now identify the authors, even if the journal itself does not explicitly prohibit such behaviour. The timing of this campaign is particularly revealing. The paper was made public on the same day our second paper was published in a top-tier journal. This suggests an intentional effort to amplify their work and influence its acceptance by mobilizing like-minded academics—such as Andrew Leach and Kent Fellows—to promote it online. Such behaviour is fundamentally unethical. It compromises the integrity of the peer-review process and blurs the line between scholarship and propaganda. Canadians deserve transparency in academic research, and they should know when these ethical boundaries are crossed. This isn’t just poor practice—it’s a violation of trust.

Never let it be said that you cannot shitpost your way to tenure. I am very happy to say that I will start a new position as Senior Lecturer here at the University of Bern in the new year.