Darren Dahly
@statsepi.bsky.social
Epidemiologist + Statistician | Clinical Research Facility - University College Cork | UCC School of Public Health | #ClinicalTrials #Epidemiology #Statistics #RStats #WBE #IDSurveillance
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Darren Dahly
@statsepi.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Thanks again to @avrilkennan.bsky.social for the opportunity to share some thoughts on research integrity and methodological rigor with a room full of Irish health research funders via @hrci.bsky.social. 🙏
youtu.be/5q8l-OV9Msc
youtu.be/5q8l-OV9Msc
I just blew a snot bubble on a crowded bus, thanks a lot.
incredible stuff
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I just blew a snot bubble on a crowded bus, thanks a lot.
"...Hetherington gave other reasons for not wanting to add another human authors, including the fact that...a scientific writer’s reputation is tied up in what they publish..." (1975)
How quaint
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-...
How quaint
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-...
In 1975, a Cat Co-Authored a Physics Paper
Meet F.D.C. Willard, the feline who published.
www.atlasobscura.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"...Hetherington gave other reasons for not wanting to add another human authors, including the fact that...a scientific writer’s reputation is tied up in what they publish..." (1975)
How quaint
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-...
How quaint
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-...
We are increasingly exposed to surveillance and algorithmic classification but with little appreciation for the risk false positives and the costs of those errors.
New from 404 Media: ICE's facial recognition app, which the agency is using to decide who to detain and deport, misidentified a woman. Twice.
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
We are increasingly exposed to surveillance and algorithmic classification but with little appreciation for the risk false positives and the costs of those errors.
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Data Science Education in U.S. Informal Learning Environments: A Review of the Literature www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Data Science Education in U.S. Informal Learning Environments: A Review of the Literature
This systematic review examines data science education in U.S. informal learning environments through analysis of 20 studies. Our analysis reveals the landscape of this emerging field. Our findings...
www.tandfonline.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Data Science Education in U.S. Informal Learning Environments: A Review of the Literature www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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if i could make you read ONE (1) single post to improve your understanding of the challenges of social science in general it would be this one from @markfabian.bsky.social about wellbeing science specifically
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/airing-my-...
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/airing-my-...
Airing my grievances with wellbeing science
We have a streetlight problem
profmarkfabian.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
if i could make you read ONE (1) single post to improve your understanding of the challenges of social science in general it would be this one from @markfabian.bsky.social about wellbeing science specifically
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/airing-my-...
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/airing-my-...
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🚀The HRB has published this year's Health Research in Action. It highlights the far-reaching, real-world impact of HRB & HRB-funded health & social care research, including:
📌22 success stories
📌A snapshot of HRB achievements in 2024
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/4jXgiav
📌22 success stories
📌A snapshot of HRB achievements in 2024
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/4jXgiav
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🚀The HRB has published this year's Health Research in Action. It highlights the far-reaching, real-world impact of HRB & HRB-funded health & social care research, including:
📌22 success stories
📌A snapshot of HRB achievements in 2024
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/4jXgiav
📌22 success stories
📌A snapshot of HRB achievements in 2024
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/4jXgiav
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This is last April and tariffs all over again. Trump doesn’t have the minerals to take the market reaction to an invasion of Greenland. But the market knows that and therefore doesn’t collapse on incremental signals he is moving that way.
It’s a pickle!
It’s a pickle!
January 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This is last April and tariffs all over again. Trump doesn’t have the minerals to take the market reaction to an invasion of Greenland. But the market knows that and therefore doesn’t collapse on incremental signals he is moving that way.
It’s a pickle!
It’s a pickle!
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📢 ESI Webinar - Dr. David Moher & Dr KM Saif-Ur-Rahman discuss Ensuring Quality in Peer Review & Editorial Practice for evidence synthesis. Topics include:
• Why flawed “systematic reviews” get published
• The real role of AI in peer review
Register at universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
• Why flawed “systematic reviews” get published
• The real role of AI in peer review
Register at universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
📢 ESI Webinar - Dr. David Moher & Dr KM Saif-Ur-Rahman discuss Ensuring Quality in Peer Review & Editorial Practice for evidence synthesis. Topics include:
• Why flawed “systematic reviews” get published
• The real role of AI in peer review
Register at universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
• Why flawed “systematic reviews” get published
• The real role of AI in peer review
Register at universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Palantir runs the tech for linking huge amounts of NHS data, and now for the UK Ministry of Defence too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Palantir runs the tech for linking huge amounts of NHS data, and now for the UK Ministry of Defence too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
This new Normal Rockwell painting is on the nose.
January 19, 2026 at 10:47 AM
This new Normal Rockwell painting is on the nose.
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Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane?
What’s going on with the AI builder community right now?
lucumr.pocoo.org
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
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If you have any Iranian friends, please consider reading this article* to see what it’s like to be those of us outside Iran right now
*includes my thoughts
*includes my thoughts
Iranian Women in Exile Watch, Wait, and Worry for Their Homeland.
Thousands of miles from home, British-Iranian women are haunted and sustained by every notification, blackout, and unanswered call.
www.marieclaire.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 AM
If you have any Iranian friends, please consider reading this article* to see what it’s like to be those of us outside Iran right now
*includes my thoughts
*includes my thoughts
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Evergreen: “The men who were less-skilled at the game and performing worse relative peers—made frequent, nasty comments to female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-int...
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Evergreen: “The men who were less-skilled at the game and performing worse relative peers—made frequent, nasty comments to female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-int...
I think that the mass enthusiasm we see around gen AI is manufactured, and I think this because it doesn't exist for renewable energy, despite it being more measurably impactful (and also technologically wonderous)
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I think that the mass enthusiasm we see around gen AI is manufactured, and I think this because it doesn't exist for renewable energy, despite it being more measurably impactful (and also technologically wonderous)
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Access to #GeneralPractice is a public priority- but what can we expect from the solutions expounded by the NHS ten year plan? Our new study in @bmj.com offers a glimpse of what the future might hold…
#PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
#PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
NEW @bmj.com research reports experiences of access to general practice in England.
It finds that the three proposed shifts in the NHS 10 year plan may not be what patients or practices want
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
It finds that the three proposed shifts in the NHS 10 year plan may not be what patients or practices want
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Access to #GeneralPractice is a public priority- but what can we expect from the solutions expounded by the NHS ten year plan? Our new study in @bmj.com offers a glimpse of what the future might hold…
#PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
#PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
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South Carolina measles outbreak is growing incredibly fast. Another 124 cases reported Friday to a total of 558. 531 people in quarantine dph.sc.gov/news/friday-...
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
South Carolina measles outbreak is growing incredibly fast. Another 124 cases reported Friday to a total of 558. 531 people in quarantine dph.sc.gov/news/friday-...
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3 years since Micheál Martin declared Ireland "turning corner" on house building the reality is that 2025 was the lowest number in a decade
The dishonesty & lack of integrity is truly shocking
Their policies are costing lives & traumatising generations
Get angry & call this out
#speirgorm
The dishonesty & lack of integrity is truly shocking
Their policies are costing lives & traumatising generations
Get angry & call this out
#speirgorm
January 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
3 years since Micheál Martin declared Ireland "turning corner" on house building the reality is that 2025 was the lowest number in a decade
The dishonesty & lack of integrity is truly shocking
Their policies are costing lives & traumatising generations
Get angry & call this out
#speirgorm
The dishonesty & lack of integrity is truly shocking
Their policies are costing lives & traumatising generations
Get angry & call this out
#speirgorm
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🔥"The medical establishment should focus on quality care for menopause symptoms ... not pathologizing half the population for reaching a life stage our species evolved to experience. Women’s bodies aren’t malfunctioning when they stop ovulating. They’re working exactly as designed." wapo.st/4qVYe2P
Opinion | Menopause isn’t a disease
Aging, fertility, Iran and refugees, through readers’ eyes.
wapo.st
January 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM
🔥"The medical establishment should focus on quality care for menopause symptoms ... not pathologizing half the population for reaching a life stage our species evolved to experience. Women’s bodies aren’t malfunctioning when they stop ovulating. They’re working exactly as designed." wapo.st/4qVYe2P
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How can we end homelessness when our proposed solutions are deemed unattainable?
Last week, our Executive Director wrote a letter to the editor of the Irish Times commenting on the housing crisis in Ireland and it's impact on people experiencing homelessness & housing insecurity 🏘️
🧵 1/4
#Spéirgorm
Last week, our Executive Director wrote a letter to the editor of the Irish Times commenting on the housing crisis in Ireland and it's impact on people experiencing homelessness & housing insecurity 🏘️
🧵 1/4
#Spéirgorm
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM
How can we end homelessness when our proposed solutions are deemed unattainable?
Last week, our Executive Director wrote a letter to the editor of the Irish Times commenting on the housing crisis in Ireland and it's impact on people experiencing homelessness & housing insecurity 🏘️
🧵 1/4
#Spéirgorm
Last week, our Executive Director wrote a letter to the editor of the Irish Times commenting on the housing crisis in Ireland and it's impact on people experiencing homelessness & housing insecurity 🏘️
🧵 1/4
#Spéirgorm
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Oh look. The US is a major source of drugs into Ireland. And all the boom growth in smuggling occurred in the past year, since Trump took office
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
US becomes main cannabis supplier to Irish market as drug smuggling booms
American producers take biggest share in cannabis supply as Trump warns other countries flooding US with drugs
www.irishtimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Oh look. The US is a major source of drugs into Ireland. And all the boom growth in smuggling occurred in the past year, since Trump took office
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
oh no the health economist just used nestle as the example of positive shared value creation lol
January 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM
oh no the health economist just used nestle as the example of positive shared value creation lol
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The publishers of Frontiers are very proud of their fraud-detection software and have appointed themselves as "Guardians of Research Integrity". Also, they publish stuff like this.
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The publishers of Frontiers are very proud of their fraud-detection software and have appointed themselves as "Guardians of Research Integrity". Also, they publish stuff like this.
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#SpecialIssues have fueled the growth of some of the largest #OpenAccess publishers. Does a journal that allows a #GuestEditor to both plan a special issue and write many articles in it have a conflict of interest? #scicomm #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Some guest editors pack special issues with their own articles
Thousands have penned more than one-third of a journal issue, raising conflict-of-interest concerns
www.science.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 AM
#SpecialIssues have fueled the growth of some of the largest #OpenAccess publishers. Does a journal that allows a #GuestEditor to both plan a special issue and write many articles in it have a conflict of interest? #scicomm #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...