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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 22m

Evictions include people with disabilities and children - 13 of the children go to one local school, and their families will have to move outside the catchment area as there is so little available to rent in Killarney. There's a petition to prevent it here: www.change.org/p/prevent-a-...

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 4d

No, you're not going crazy. You did read this and also read about the PSNI arresting people in London for being members of a proscribed organization.

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onefinekitty.bsky.social @onefinekitty.bsky.social · 5d

It began with crowd size.

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 5d

"Uncooperative statistician": the term used (typically by a senior clinician) to describe a well-trained and knowledgeable statistician who refuses to conduct flawed or fraudulent research.

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 5d

'What is your research question?

- a sardonic new drama about a group of jaded medical statisticians who each week must explain the same issues over and over again to their arrogant clinical colleagues. All while receiving minimum recognition or reward.

I'd watch that!

Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · Sep 27

14 new shows a year about medical doctors. Zero shows ever about medical statisticians. WTF!?

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Brendan Palmer @bapalmer.bsky.social · 6d

RIP Manchán Magan

This was my first introduction to him. I recommend giving it a listen before you go home today.

shows.acast.com/blindboy/epi...

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 6d

Manchán Magan's newly published book Ninety nine words for rain (and one for Sun)

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 13d

Let. Humanitarian aid. In.

Denying humanitarian aid is part of the genocide against the Palestinian people. It is a war crime.

We stand with the Global Sumud Flotilla & all the activists on board as they attempt to deliver aid to Gaza.

They must be afforded safe passage.

Several dozens of boats wearing the colors of the palestinian flag are sailing on the sea in the same direction, with a banner on one of them writing "Flotilla Global Sumud".

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.bsky.social · 13d

I could have told you this
www.thejournal.ie/gaa-palestin...

Palestinian GAA club's visas for summer tour of Ireland were refused due to 'risk of overstay'

The club was told at the time that the decision was due to issues with documentation.

www.thejournal.ie

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Brendan Palmer @bapalmer.bsky.social · 13d

My superpower is having a mirror on my handle bars. It helps me judge what the idiot behind is about to do and respond before they do it.

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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 13d

COME TO OUR CONFERENCE!

Lots of people work on medicines data: researchers; but also "medicines optimisation" teams, using data to directly improve NHS care; and teams who build data tools. These clans rarely meet... Until now! Join us, Dec 10th, in Oxford.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...

2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

The two-day 2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium will take place at Jesus College in Oxford on 10–11 December 2025.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Brendan Palmer @bapalmer.bsky.social · 15d

I didn't realise Ross O'Carroll Kelly was so on the money in his books!

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Save Our Bride Otters @saveourbrideotters.bsky.social · 16d

A reminder that the OPW could not find a kingfisher on our lovely River Bride in Blackpool. All they really needed was a magic kingfisher stick and a highly motivated individual to find them. Filmed this evening. It wasn’t difficult. #cork

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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · Aug 30

I'm full of love and I'm making it your fucking problem. Yells Skeletor yet again at his loyal henchmen.

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JAMES HEATHERS @jamesheathers.bsky.social · 26d

PubPeer: pretty clear duplicate publication going on here. Probably should do something.

*lots of time passes*

ACM: oh hi! you didn't submit the right form.

Best recent example of the complete lack of proactivity you can see in research integrity. Just *chef's kiss*.

Solal Pirelli @solalpirelli.bsky.social · 26d

In which @acm.org acknowledges blatant plagiarism and... Decides not to do anything unless someone copies that information into the right form.
pubpeer.com/publications...

PubPeer - Multisource domain adaptation and its application to early d...

There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Multisource domain adaptation and its application to early detection of fatigue (2012)

pubpeer.com

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 26d

Vanderbilt Biostatistics professor Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social is presenting a hybrid seminar on Wednesday 9/17 at 1:30 pm Central that is open to all: "Goal-Driven Flexible Bayesian Design" #ClinicalTrials www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... Photo: Erin O. Smith/VUMC

White-haired man with glasses smiling as he stands just outside the doorway to his office. He is wearing a button-down shirt and smartwatch and his arms are crossed. The hallway behind him is lined with scientific posters.

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The BMJ @bmj.com · Sep 8

The BMJ’s former editor in chief, Fiona Godlee, was arrested this weekend alongside over a dozen other healthcare workers at a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in London while holding a sign reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

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Brendan Palmer @bapalmer.bsky.social · 26d

Ouch

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 26d

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Brendan Palmer @bapalmer.bsky.social · 26d

Indeed

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

Thug who stabbed child is part of far right ‘save our children’ vigilante group in east Belfast

A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is part of a far-right vigilante ‘save our children’ group patrolling Belfast’s streets.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Sep 7

We're going to see a lot of bullshit in the coming days and weeks about "causes of autism", and most will be based on flawed, over-interpreted observational studies (1/n)

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · Sep 1

What's the most amount of red flags you can fit in a paragraph?

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