Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Simon Gates

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 3d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

87 430 1.1K

Simon Gates @sim0ngates.bsky.social · 6d

IS THAT IT?
Pathetic.

2

Reposted by Simon Gates

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

Reform’s Russia connections are a danger to our national security.

It’s time for a public inquiry.

Nathan Gill’s treachery puts him in same league as the “Cambridge Five”

Reform’s Russia connections may endanger our security – time for a public inquiry

bylines.scot

34 450 1K

Reposted by Simon Gates

Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social · 8d

Flexible Goal-Drive Bayesian Design - video of presentation is now available at www.fharrell.com/talk/gdesign/ #Statistics #StatsSky #bayes #rct

Goal-Driven Flexible Bayesian Design – Statistical Thinking

The majority of clinicals trials that are successfully launched end with equivocal results, with confidence intervals that are too wide to allow drawing a conclusion other than “the money was spent”. ...

www.fharrell.com

3 6

Reposted by Simon Gates

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 14d

Read more about RCTs and why they’re so important: ourworldindata.org/randomized-c...

Why randomized controlled trials matter and the procedures that strengthen them

Randomized controlled trials are a key tool to study cause and effect. Why do they matter and how do they work?

ourworldindata.org

12 22

Reposted by Simon Gates

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16d

This is from @bmj.com from 24 years ago, for goodness sake (it was countering Wakefield’s anti-vaxx nonsense)

RFK Jr, Trump and the MDs at the press conference today who are their anti-vaxx lackeys—Drs Oz, Bhattacharya, & Makary—are playing such a dangerous game 😢

BMJ. 2001 Sep 29;323(7315):711.
Separate vaccines could endanger children
Zosia Kmietowicz 1
Author information
Copyright and License information
PMCID: PMC1121280
Experts have declared that the current fad among some parents to give their children single injections against measles, mumps, and rubella rather than the triple MMR vaccine is a “backward step” that could endanger their children's health.
There is no evidence that using separate vaccines to immunise children against these childhood diseases is either safe or effective

1 11 41

Simon Gates @sim0ngates.bsky.social · 15d

Trump channelling Andrew Wakefield.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."

1

Reposted by Simon Gates

Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 20d

32 440 1.1K

Reposted by Simon Gates

The Bone & Joint Journal @bonejointjournal.bsky.social · 28d

The use of Bayesian methods in the design of trials and the analysis of the findings provides several potential benefits, which may be particularly applicable in Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery.

#ClinicalTrials #BayesianStatistics #RCTs #OrthoSky
@docfarrow.bsky.social

ow.ly/xeXm50WRwZN

The Bone & Joint Journal.
Extract from article titled 'Clinical trials in Trauma and Orthopaedics: time to think Bayesian?'

3 4

Reposted by Simon Gates

whizzfizzlizz.bsky.social @whizzfizzlizz.bsky.social · 28d

Join us at #atmc25 as we explore "Better Trials Through Better Methods"
Invited speakers and program details now available - more at www.atmc25.com

Secure your ticket today! Early🐦 must end 26/9

4 3

Reposted by Simon Gates

Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · Sep 8

I confused some people recently when I talked about executive function, so I wrote an entire post on the topic.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/what-is-ex...

What is executive function?

In a recent post about the abilities and personality traits required to complete a PhD program, I mentioned the concept of executive function. From some of the responses I received, I gather that it’s...

blog.genesmindsmachines.com

1 2 3

Simon Gates @sim0ngates.bsky.social · Sep 5

Latest in making it up as you go along

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW on Wonkhe: REF guidance pause announced bit.ly/4mKx1ye

Reposted by Simon Gates

Alex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @alexatee.bsky.social · Sep 4

Right side of history 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #ScottishIndependence #StillYes

5 150 730

Simon Gates @sim0ngates.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Tories also did this if I remember correctly

Reposted by Simon Gates

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Aug 30

Please add your name to our open letter urging Ministers to act now lnkd.in/ejJ2nrva 3/3

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

19 55 140

Reposted by Simon Gates

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Aug 30

They’re excluded from Government support that's available for other museums, art galleries and theatres.

The Association of Science and Discovery Centres is calling on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to safeguard these vital institutions for the next generation… 2/3

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

4 43 160

Reposted by Simon Gates

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Aug 30

For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology.

But they're seriously under threat… 1/3

9 200 410

Reposted by Simon Gates

Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Aug 28

Measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, polio, tetanus.

Diseases that used to terrorise families, killing children & babies in their thousands.

Now we have vaccines - safe & miraculous life savers.

Please, parents, use them.

Protect your precious children 🩷

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Vaccine warning for England as one in five children start school unprotected

Experts say country needs ‘wake up call’ with levels far below those needed for herd immunity

www.theguardian.com

9 180 430

Reposted by Simon Gates

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Aug 28

A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.

"I heard no compassion in what you said...".

"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".

Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...

An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog

Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.

blogs.oxford.anglican.org

10 210 610

Simon Gates @sim0ngates.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thanks - I broadly agree with the methodology hub article but I think they are not nearly forceful enough. Loads of single arm trials get conducted that should have been randomised (or at least that's my impression!).

1

Simon Gates @sim0ngates.bsky.social · Aug 24