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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him)

@befriendabacterium.bsky.social

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Researcher interested in evidence synthesis and other evidence-based things, most often to do with microbes. Currently working on projects about recreational exposure to polluted open waters and infection. Associate Research Fellow at University of Exeter

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Dec 2

Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · 2d

(God it's refreshing to bash the Tories again)

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 2d

i said to someone that talking about AI is a little like you've hired a shitty magician to perform at your kid's birthday party and also he has a gun. like many parts of his act are a fucking farce but also he might kill you and that's not because he's a fucking ✨amazing magician✨

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 3d

“[Critical AI literacy] is akin to knowledge of how to properly use inferential statistics and thus avoid accidentally being fooled by the results of our experiments in a flawed search for statistical significance.”

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 5d

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · 4d

In my gym they put videos of people doing CrossFit and Hyrox on the TV. I wouldn’t go to the pub expecting videos of people drinking pints on the TV. In the pub they put on videos of people playing sport. So it follows that in the gym they should put on videos of people drinking pints, if anything.

Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no I’ve just found out @quiztime.bsky.social is on here and am about to revert to my unemployed 2018 self where I moved back in with my parents after a rough patch and obsessively did these geolocation puzzles instead of looking for a job 🙃

Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · 5d

Just wait til they see my record of winning big grants and shelf I put up last week that is now firmly on the floor

Screenshot of spam email reading:

“FW:Invitation to Bid: Groundbreaking Construction Projectt_1643691100

Greetings,

We're seeking innovative bids for a construction project set to redefine industry standards. Your expertise could be the key to unlocking its full potential.

Looking forward to your innovative bid.

Best Regards..”

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noam chompers @noamchompers.bsky.social · 15d

lmfao

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24d

Patrick McGovern, an archaeologist who analyzed ancient cauldrons, shards of pottery and broken bottles to discover and then recreate the alcoholic beverages that intoxicated prehistoric civilizations, including booze found in the tomb of King Midas, died last month. He was 80.

Patrick McGovern, the ‘Indiana Jones of Ancient Alcohol,’ Dies at 80

An archaeologist, he discovered and analyzed the residue of beverages imbibed by long-vanished civilizations and then figured out how to recreate them.

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 28d

Very glad to see that someone is doing the important work of aligning AI alignment. alignmentalignment.ai

Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers

We align the aligners

alignmentalignment.ai

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KSher @microtwinge.bsky.social · 28d

Universities need to take back the means of production with regards to academic publishing. There is zero reason for this--academics/researchers do the writing,editing and reviewing--why are we a) providing free labor and b) being charged for the privilege?

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Sep 9

wild to me that whenever Epstein is in the news, bsky science folk are up in arms about a couple of famous academics who barely knew the guy rather than Martin Nowak, who took millions of Epstein dollars to run his lab, hosted Epstein there often, and somehow is still teaching at Harvard

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Aug 29

This Be The Systematic Review
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They fuck you up, your included studies.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for the systematic review.

Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Aug 20

*ITS GAHHHHHHHHHHH

a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .

ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Aug 20

Between this being part of postdoc appreciation week, the musical itself, and it’s binfire biorender logo which is actually for the wrong musical, it’s like someone created this just to make me self-combust

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Aug 19

I don't remember typing this but it fits

Screenshot of R console with warning 'There were 29 warnings (use warnings() to see them). In the prompt is the word 'ew'

Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Jul 23

Stack Overflow's new beginner-friendly chat room is going well I see

Screenshot of Stack Overflow alert saying 'New: A beginner-friendly chat room for Stack Overflow. Instant conversations, no matter your reputation score."

Screenshot of conversation in the 'beginner-friendly forum'. One user asks 'hi can anyone [sic] here worked on graphql fusion?'. Another sarcastically responds 'And if they have, does that answer your question? Don't ask to ask, just ask.'

The same sarcastic user responds to another user 'Your code is difficult to read; it will make it easier for others if you submit it as fixed font.'. Another joins in 'this is difficult to understand'.

The same sarcy user responds again 'We didn't need the non-code in the code too, but better, yes'.

Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Jun 11

Ahhh first Sly Stone now Brian Wilson - what a week. Rest in peace, legends both. Some comic relief in honour of Brian: youtu.be/xYc4DT18EJg?...

The Beach Boys Shred I Get Around

YouTube video by coozco

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Jun 11

Lil intro to our early-stage rayyanR R package, from the first day of #ESMARConf2025 (youtu.be/dmcTZ-0eC18?...). Please beta test it and find its inevitable bugs/missing features so I can fix them/incorporate them (you can help us if you like!) 🙏
@ecehh.org @eshackathon.bsky.social #medlibs

ESMARConf2025: Presentation - {rayyanR}: an R package to interface with Rayyan - Matt Lloyd Jones

YouTube video by ESMARConf

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · May 23

rayyanR v0.2 is out - now able to read in the full text stage of a Rayyan review, rounding off the work we did at @eshackathon.bsky.social’s ESHLondon hackathon a couple of weeks back github.com/befriendabac...
#medlibs #evsynth #evidencesynthesis #systematicreview @ecehh.org

GitHub - befriendabacterium/rayyanR at v0.2

Package to process Rayyan outputs in R. Contribute to befriendabacterium/rayyanR development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · May 19

They're talking about "water based" cooking now. Cooking things in water instead of oils. It's soup. They're making soup.

Photo of soup with vegetables. Caption: you started water-based cooking and now your skin is clear and your stomach healed

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · May 14

Well excuuuuuuuuse me Princess!

Social media meme graphic of the Milky Way at the top and planet earth half in shade at the bottom, on a black background. The text between them reads:

“We all want the same things.
Physical Safety, Inner Peace.
Economic Security.
Clean Water. Healthy Food.
Love, Connection, Happiness.

Some of us just want it for everyone else on the planet too.”

Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · May 13

Preprint of a systematic review and meta-analysis by amazing PhD student Ennia Bosshard - was a pleasure to supervise this with @isleconserv.bsky.social
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @sortee.bsky.social @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social

Is there a relationship between distance to natural habitat and pollination services in tropical smallholder farms? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · May 2

LIBERTY DEFEATS GOVERNMENT APPEAL AS COURT RULES ANTI-PROTEST LAWS ARE UNLAWFUL

This should be on every UK News channel. If they won’t report it I’ll do it myself

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · May 2

🚨BREAKING

@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!

The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL

Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...