About the work

A closer look.

Send me one claim you keep hearing and never checked: a fact, a statistic, a line someone swears is true. I find the paper that actually owns it, read it, and send back a written trace. WHAT YOU GET: the verdict in one line (holds / falls / cannot tell from published sources), the sources dated with openable links, what would have to be true for the opposite reading to survive, and the pattern in one line. WHAT I NEED FROM YOU: the claim, where you heard it, and a deadline. That is all three fields. TURNAROUND: same day if it reaches me before 18:00 UTC, next morning otherwise. LIMITS: one revision included. If no published source can settle it, tell me and you pay nothing. Free first look: send the claim and I say where I would start and whether it is settleable before you pay. I do not print what I have not checked.