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Dorothy Bishop
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Retired professor of psychology at University of Oxford. Interests in developmental neuropsychology and improving science. Blogs at deevybee.blogspot.com

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Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop is a British psychologist specialising in developmental disorders specifically, developmental language impairments. She is Emeritus Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford, where she worked from 1998 until her retirement in 2022. She is an honorary fellow of St John's College, Oxford. .. more

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 3h
here goes
some interesting rapid responses too
and the patient experience library stuff i cited is interesting

www.bmj.com/content/377/...
David Oliver: Tackling noise pollution in hospital
Hospital wards are meant to be therapeutic and healing environments, so we need more concerted action to tackle noise pollution in wards. Being surrounded by a cacophony of noise doesn’t help patients...
www.bmj.com

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 4h
Warnings are just hysteria unless accompanied by a Y chromosome.
imnotjack.bsky.social Jack @imnotjack.bsky.social · 19h
Literally, everything #Clinton and #Harris said was going to happen if #trump was elected, have all come to pass. Many of them are far worse and in more depraved ways than they suggested when they tried to warn us in 2015 and 2024.

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 5h
A great blue heron fishes during twilight at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #Natural #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons
A great blue heron fishes during twilight at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. This horizontal color photograph during sunset shows the pond and the blue sky with hints of pink cotton candy clouds reflected in the water. There is a 5-inch tree branch jetting out of the water on the left side of the frame and hovers over the water out of frame. The heron is standing on one leg on the edge of the branch as the other leg is slowly (like slow motion or sloth moving slow) placing its claw into the water. There is a small ripple in the water. The heron and branch are both reflected in the water. The entrance frame is water with reflected clouds. Photo by Kort Duce

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 6h
🙃

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 8h
2026?

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 9h
I've commented on PubPeer. I think we need to be able to scrutinise the model-fitting.
pubpeer.com/publications...

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Richard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social · 10h
In economics, open data started with an editor of somewhat prominent journal refusing to publish papers with hidden data -- and shaming other journals to follow.

It took about 10 years but all good journals now have a replication policy; and preparing a replication package is common practice.

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 11h
Disappointing that the data from this metaanalysis “may be available on request”. Why no open data?

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Paul Nightingale

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 14h
In the bizarro world of academic journals, the rights of the author are sacrosanct and the integrity of the scientific record is someone else's problem. A paper's validity depends on emails sent 2 months later. Datasets are interchangeable. The overall conclusions of the study are not affected.

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 14h
Kamran Abbasi, the editor-in-chief of @bmj.com, says they "continue to investigate a range of issues relating to this paper".

The main thread of their investigation, apparently, is giving the authors an indefinite period of time to fabricate a new, more convincing dataset.
What happened after publication In this paper by Attar and colleagues (BMJ 2025;391:e083382, doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-083382, published 29 October 2025), The BMJ was alerted to post-publication discussion raising concerns about a variety of issues; some issues were apparent from the data that support the paper, and are linked to from the article. Examples of the issues identified include irregularities in the data, concern about the inclusion of participants who did not meet the age criteria specified in the study, and concerns about undeclared conflicts of interest and authorship. Reason for expressing concern The editors judge that the trial may have breached accepted practices and that the results may not be reliable. Further actions The BMJ’s content integrity team will take up the concerns with the authors, and investigate fully—involving institutions and regulatory authorities as necessary. The authors have informed the journal that an auditable replacement dataset has been prepared and will be made available to The BMJ. The BMJ will update this notice and make a decision about what post-publication change to the content is needed.

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Ian Hussey

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 14h
🔍 Sleuthing challenge 🔍

How many suspicious patterns can you find in this table?

(You don't need to know what the variables are.)

Hints in next post! 👇
Table 4 from Attar, Armin, et al. "Effect of once versus twice intracoronary injection of allogeneic-derived mesenchymal stromal cells after acute myocardial infarction: BOOSTER-TAHA7 randomized clinical trial." Stem Cell Research & Therapy 14.1 (2023): 264.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17h
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.

Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Johannes Breuer

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 18h
Who can enjoy this toucan? You can.
Close-in photo of the head and upper body of a keel billed toucan in side view, its enormous colorful bill wide open, against a soft forested backdrop.

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Pete Glastonbury @peteglastonbury.bsky.social · 18h
Avebury Cove stones from a frosty tree.
#StandingStoneSunday
Avebury Cove stones from a frosty tree. #StandingStoneSunday

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 19h
Meet the caracal. Scientists think this cat twitches its ear tassels to communicate with others (in addition to meowing, purring, hissing, and more). It can jump up to 3 m (10 ft) & can even swat birds out of the air for a meal!
Photo: Paul Fenwick, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
A photo of a caracal. The cat is primarily brownish in color, with dark markings on its face. Its ears are large and tufted with black hair.

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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 22h
Ironbridge

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 1d
remember that much of this damage was done by Doge, run by Elon Musk FRS

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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 1d
Welcome to everyone joining Bluesky from twitter. Someone will be assigned to you to misunderstand one of your jokes and scream at you shortly.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d
He kidnapped the president of Venezuela for them

And oil companies are like

Meh

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d
Stopping obesity drugs means people regain weight and lose heart health benefits www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/w...
Stopping obesity drugs means people regain weight and lose heart health benefits
Why the weight, and heart risks, return after stopping GLP-1 drugs.
www.statnews.com

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Richard. @pratherlab.bsky.social · 1d
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d
We got here because white supremacy and misogyny are not tied to age. Fascism has never been something that would die out by ignoring it. It's the political equivalent of ivy, mint, and kudzu. Only less useful. It spreads endlessly, working on expanding every crack in every wall. We must uproot it

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, John R. Hutchinson

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 1d
To be fair if you saw this for £1.75, you would too.
A pair of two little rubber flying axolotles

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich, Aidan O’Sullivan

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1d
Something lovely for the weekend!

Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows five cylindrical Minoan cups each with a single handle and a slightly flaring rim. Each cup is decorated with a different geometric polychrome motif as follows: Top left: on a black background, a central band delineated by an upper and lower white line contains evenly-spaced dark-orange circles, each orange circle is outlined by a white line. Above and below the central band are swirling white vine-like lines. Top right: on a black background, a large white spiral on the front of the cup and beside it a dark-orange oval with stylised white petals at each end which looks like a wrapped sweet! Middle left: a central band of white and dark orange diagonal lines runs around the cup. Above and below the central band are alternating black and white diagonal shapes, the black ones look like shark fins Bottom left: a central reddish-orange band delineated with a white line. Above the central band are swirling, spiralling white lines against a black background, and below the central band are alternating white and black diagonal lines. Bottom right: all set against a black background. A central band delineated with white lines contains white ‘s’-shaped diagonal white stripes. Above the central band a row of red dots outlined with white circles. Below the central band a single white line on the black background. This type of Minoan pottery is known as Kamares Ware, named after the Kamares Cave on Mount Ida on the Greek island of Crete where this kind of pottery was first discovered. Kamares Ware vessels were luxury items produced by palace workshops at Phaistos and Knossos on Crete. These five cups were excavated at Phaistos and are dated 1800-1700 BC.

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 1d
In stead of running scared and appeasing Farage, Starmer should reclaim the phrase "Brexit betrayal", noting that the British people were betrayed into voting leave by false promises of numerous benefits.
bremaininspain.com Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 6d
Suck it up, buttercup … you can’t constantly berate the state of the economy and then scream ‘Brexit betrayal’ every time something is done to ease the burdens on businesses and promote economic growth

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 1d
And if you want a list of the reasons that have been given for keeping Musk as FRS, there's this piece deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve...

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 1d
Just blissful , isn't it ? Thank you to Sara Mills on Facebook for this morning's rather peaceful #FoxOfTheDay

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, David Darmofal

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d
A 550lb bear living under a southern California home for over a month has been removed
‘Boom, he’s out’: bear living ‘rent-free’ under California home has been removed
The 550lb black bear was drawn out with paintball guns after it had resided under the home for more than a month
www.theguardian.com

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 1d
It’s 4 am in Kyiv.
Power is finally back after 21 hours.
Once again, our energy workers are heroes.

I want the world to know.
No matter how hard or cold it gets, this city (this country) stands because of its people.