Simon Gates
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I have no need of that hypothesis.
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Who told investigators to report results like this?
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Who told investigators to report results like this?
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Hundreds of chicks clubbed to death every year for "tradition" - sign the petition to end it: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hundreds of chicks clubbed to death every year for "tradition" - sign the petition to end it: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
So... who thinks he's the only one?
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So... who thinks he's the only one?
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Your reminder that the EU offered to freeze Brexit talks in 2020 so we could focus on Covid but Johnson said no. He then fucked up both: partying while 23,000 needlessly died & did a Brexit so shit the economic impact (-8% GDP) is worse than predictions he described as “the work of gloomsters”
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Your reminder that the EU offered to freeze Brexit talks in 2020 so we could focus on Covid but Johnson said no. He then fucked up both: partying while 23,000 needlessly died & did a Brexit so shit the economic impact (-8% GDP) is worse than predictions he described as “the work of gloomsters”
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
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One of my 2026 goals is to be more present on BlueSky! Another is to recruit a great candidate to this 4-yr PhD studentship with us at the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation -applying behavioural science to the design and delivery of clinical trials. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Improving health by improving trials – applying behavioural science to improve the design and delivery of clinical trials. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Improving health by improving trials – applying behavioural science to improve the design and delivery of clinical trials. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
One of my 2026 goals is to be more present on BlueSky! Another is to recruit a great candidate to this 4-yr PhD studentship with us at the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation -applying behavioural science to the design and delivery of clinical trials. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
This is great.
Confidence interval discussion time! The perfect opportunity to repost this blog post answering the question you haven’t dared to ask: www.the100.ci/2024/12/05/w...
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This is great.
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
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Read it here :) zeteo.com/p/labours-vi...
Labour’s Vile Appeasement of the Anti-Migrant Right Won’t Even ‘Work’
Stripping refugees of their jewelry is part of a cruel new anti-asylum plan by the British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
zeteo.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Read it here :) zeteo.com/p/labours-vi...
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The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
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So @jamesheathers.bsky.social & I answer the burning question: does Cake cause Herpes? No, but one can torture the data to give that impression, and that's a problem. Promiscuous dichotomisation in biomedical science hugely increases spurious findings, best avoided
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
So @jamesheathers.bsky.social & I answer the burning question: does Cake cause Herpes? No, but one can torture the data to give that impression, and that's a problem. Promiscuous dichotomisation in biomedical science hugely increases spurious findings, best avoided
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
Not sure about the "acting like"
Trump is acting like a dictator, who has no meaningful constraints "If he decides if it is appropriate" to attack the people he was elected to serve. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the National Guard’ Into U.S. Cities
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Not sure about the "acting like"
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📝 New Research Methods & Reporting article: Covariate adjustment in cluster randomised trials 📝
A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📝 New Research Methods & Reporting article: Covariate adjustment in cluster randomised trials 📝
A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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On Wed, Dec 10 I am offering a comprehensive introduction to Bayesian regression modeling, with exercises in both RStan and PyStan, at a steep discount in an effort to raise funds for World Central Kitchen and United Farm Workers. For registration details see betanalpha.github.io/courses/.
Courses
betanalpha.github.io
October 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
On Wed, Dec 10 I am offering a comprehensive introduction to Bayesian regression modeling, with exercises in both RStan and PyStan, at a steep discount in an effort to raise funds for World Central Kitchen and United Farm Workers. For registration details see betanalpha.github.io/courses/.
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Five-year survival rates might be the most misleading statistics in medicine.
Even smart people can make incorrect inferences. Here are the top four:
1. If a patient is diagnosed early, it is tempting to think the probability is 91% that they will survive five years after diagnosis.
Even smart people can make incorrect inferences. Here are the top four:
1. If a patient is diagnosed early, it is tempting to think the probability is 91% that they will survive five years after diagnosis.
October 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Five-year survival rates might be the most misleading statistics in medicine.
Even smart people can make incorrect inferences. Here are the top four:
1. If a patient is diagnosed early, it is tempting to think the probability is 91% that they will survive five years after diagnosis.
Even smart people can make incorrect inferences. Here are the top four:
1. If a patient is diagnosed early, it is tempting to think the probability is 91% that they will survive five years after diagnosis.
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🚨 Recruitment to the TMRP's Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Studentship programme 2026 is now open
This is great scheme - don't miss out on your chance to apply.
See mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo... for all opportunities.
#TMRP #ClinicalTrials #PhDStudentship #TrialMethodology #UKCTUNetwork
This is great scheme - don't miss out on your chance to apply.
See mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo... for all opportunities.
#TMRP #ClinicalTrials #PhDStudentship #TrialMethodology #UKCTUNetwork
Current Opportunities
We have an iCASE studentship available to start for the 2025/2026 academic year, and applications to our fifth round of recruitment to our DTP to start in October 2026 are now also open. Please see…
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October 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🚨 Recruitment to the TMRP's Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Studentship programme 2026 is now open
This is great scheme - don't miss out on your chance to apply.
See mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo... for all opportunities.
#TMRP #ClinicalTrials #PhDStudentship #TrialMethodology #UKCTUNetwork
This is great scheme - don't miss out on your chance to apply.
See mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo... for all opportunities.
#TMRP #ClinicalTrials #PhDStudentship #TrialMethodology #UKCTUNetwork
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Join us for Professor Paula Williamson's webinar: 'Decarbonising the healthcare, social care and research systems' on Thursday 11 December 2025 13:00 - 14:00. Register free here www.hrb-tmrn.ie/training-edu... @hrb-tmrn.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Join us for Professor Paula Williamson's webinar: 'Decarbonising the healthcare, social care and research systems' on Thursday 11 December 2025 13:00 - 14:00. Register free here www.hrb-tmrn.ie/training-edu... @hrb-tmrn.bsky.social
This is excellent.
Wellcome seem to have lost their minds a bit here.
Wellcome seem to have lost their minds a bit here.
New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
A LEAP into the future, or off a cliff: Wellcome LEAP's new $50M program
A few days ago, I saw this post on LinkedIn: How does the gut microbiome shape early brain development? That’s what FORM, a new $50 million...
deevybee.blogspot.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This is excellent.
Wellcome seem to have lost their minds a bit here.
Wellcome seem to have lost their minds a bit here.
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Which reminds me, it's that time of year again for National Trust members to vote. The easiest way is to use the 'quick vote' to keep out the traditionalist 'Restore Trust' candidates. secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Which reminds me, it's that time of year again for National Trust members to vote. The easiest way is to use the 'quick vote' to keep out the traditionalist 'Restore Trust' candidates. secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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It's happening
👉Also Sorbonne bsky.app/profile/sorb... pulled out of 'THE' University Ranking 👇
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Why Sorbonne pulled out of university ranking
France’s Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings, adding its name to a growing number of universities rejecting lists that play one institution off against another...
sciencebusiness.net
October 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's happening