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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
McGill's @healthsciences.mcgill.ca Jay Kaufman critiquing public health guidance that "promote the powerful ideological message that being normal or abnormal ultimately depends on one’s race. That premise should be regarded as the truly malignant pathology"

lareviewofbooks.org/article/does...
Does One Size Fit All? | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the 10th essay in the Legacies of Eugenics series, Jay S. Kaufman shows how the science of human body size is suffused with cultural assumptions.
lareviewofbooks.org
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Reposted by Sam Harper, David M. Farrell, Brendan Nyhan , and 11 more

belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'

Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.

Here, he tells us his story.
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
"Credit card perks for educated, usually urban professionals are being subsidized by people who have less. In other words, when you book a hotel room or enjoy entry to an airport lounge at no cost, poor consumers are ultimately footing the bill." www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/o...
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
What is going on here?

Why does Aalborg (or Copenhagen, Montreal, San Diego, etc.) even need a zoo?

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...
A Zoo in Denmark Wants to Feed Your Pets to Its Predators
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Sam Harper, Dorothy Bishop, Brian A. Nosek , and 10 more

reeserichardson.bsky.social
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.

reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
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Reposted by Sam Harper

khoavuumn.bsky.social
Accidentally download the appendix of an econ working paper:
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Reposted by Sam Harper

adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Two PhD studentships available in real-time infectious disease modelling, jointly with LSHTM, Imperial and UKHSA. January 2026 start + 3.5 years of funding: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
PhD studentships in real-time infectious disease modelling | LSHTM
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Imperial College London and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are pleased to invite applications for two PhD studentships in real-time
www.lshtm.ac.uk
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
Fully agree. In exactly the same way that making all of the material (protocol, data, code) available for reproducing research also is no guarantee of "better" research. Transparency is (largely) good, but can't delude ourselves that improved transparency equals improved quality.
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
🤔🤔🤔

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/w...
That Cup of Coffee May Have a Longer-Term Perk
www.nytimes.com
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by Carl T. Bergstrom — Reposted by Sam Harper

carlbergstrom.com
Gold standard science
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Sam Harper, Cameron Brick, Jeremy Freese

retractionwatch.com
"In extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professor" Francesca Gino
In extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professor
An internal investigation had found that Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino’s research on why people lie and cheat was based on falsified data.
www.wgbh.org
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by Jonathan Hopkin — Reposted by Sam Harper, Marcus Grant, Florence Faucher

wvschaik.bsky.social
'Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears'

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
www.nature.com
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
Obviously not sufficient for causal interpretation. Just wanted to highlight some good journalism here.

by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
This report by ProPublica probably has more detailed description of methods than many *peer-reviewed* published papers. AND they shared their code! (github.com/propublica/t...)
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Reposted by Sam Harper

jeremylabrecque.bsky.social
If you're looking for a post-doc in social health inequalities research and causal inference? Joost Oude-Groeniger and I have just such a position opening up.

www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...
Vacature: Postdoc Preventing health inequalities by improving socioeconomic positions
Are you passionate about understanding how social policies shape health inequalities? Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher and help uncover the true impact of policies aimed at improving socioeconomic...
www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl
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Reposted by Sam Harper, Geneviève Gore

madhupai.bsky.social
📣📣

We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Department of Global and Public Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca!

mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
Is there a live stream or recording?
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
I reviewed this applied example applying `synthpop` to longitudinal data. Could be of interest for you. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-57
wellcomeopenresearch.org
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Reposted by Sam Harper, Bernardo Lanza Queiroz

ikashnitsky.phd
💥José Manuel Aburto is seeking an early career colleague to join his forming team as a postdoc 🌿
JM is an exceptional mentor and friend. And now he is inviting a lucky colleague to join for an exciting ride. It's a highway to the frontier of demography. Catch this unique chance 🚀
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José Manuel Aburto giving a presentation
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
Feels somewhat self-indulgent given the news cycle, but I want to take this moment to thank the anonymous students that sent a note of appreciation to me via @mcgill.ca 's 'Thank-a-Prof' program. These small gestures actually mean a lot and help keep us motivated to do more, better. Thank you!
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
Great post and needed (especially in epidemiology / public health where there is a lot of 'only an association BUT we should do X'). Agree with ☝️ about 'doing CI' and would prefer clarity in aims ('to estimate the effect of A' plus a serious discussion of credibility of assumptions needed for CI.
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Reposted by Sam Harper, Jeanette Hofmann

brenttoderian.bsky.social
“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. Oslo & Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills #Oslo #Helsinki
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero
After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
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by Dan Goldhaber — Reposted by Sam Harper

cedr.bsky.social
New results from "The Nation's Report Card" just dropped and they are pretty bad. I got a sneak peek as a member of IES’s Standing Committee, so I had an extra day or so to ruminate about them. A few thoughts 👇
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
There is just no going back from this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
Violent Acts of Many Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump Are Shown in Videos
President Trump pardoned men who violently attacked police officers on Jan. 6 along with nearly 1,600 other people who had been charged in connection with the riot. But his grant of clemency did not e...
www.nytimes.com
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by Sam Harper

brendannyhan.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

"dragged into the crowd ... attacked with a stun gun"
"used an American flag to pummel another officer"
"charged with using a baseball bat to beat officers"
"swinging a metal flagpole at an officer"
"attacked the police with a chair and chemical spray"
Violent Acts of Many Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump Are Shown in Videos
President Trump pardoned men who violently attacked police officers on Jan. 6 along with nearly 1,600 other people who had been charged in connection with the riot. But his grant of clemency did not e...
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Sam Harper

matthewherper.bsky.social
FDA purges material on clinical trial diversity from its site, showing stakes of Trump DEI ban

From me and @lizzylawrence.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/f...
FDA purges material on clinical trial diversity from its site, showing stakes of Trump DEI ban
Following the Trump administration's DEI ban, the FDA's move to scrub webpages has ensnared many pages focused on ensuring diversity in drug trials.
www.statnews.com
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
Really great to see this productive exchange around a difficult study question. Many of these issues (especially clarity on whether questions are 'causal' or not, and what that implies for the credibility of assumptions) are relevant to other disciplines. Great initiative.
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by Eric Hehman — Reposted by Sam Harper, Andrew K Przybylski, John Hilton , and 2 more

error.reviews
New report! Hehman et al. (2018) "Disproportionate Use of Lethal Force in Policing Is Associated With Regional Racial Biases". Based on the review by @conjugateprior.org, we find a Major Error that affects a core conclusion. We recommend the authors seek a correction.
error.reviews/reviews/hehm...
Hehman et al. (2018)
ERROR is a bug bounty program for science to systematically detect and report errors in academic publications
error.reviews
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by Sam Harper

sbh4th.bsky.social
Literally every Global Burden of Disease appendix
khoavuumn.bsky.social
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Jan 9
Accidentally download the appendix of an econ working paper:
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Reposted by Sam Harper

mcsweeneys.net
"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."
I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...
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