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Interested in #rstats, reproducibility of medical research, soccer, cycling, and of course, improving care in #IBD

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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 2h
Good talk. There's a lot of (over)thinking of this at the moment. Zenodo just works. (Until it doesn't when we and our bots ruin that as well.) Collaborate on GitHub and refer to zenodo.
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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 6h
Gave a talk in my dept. on the OSF transition. I wrote up a rough script of the session, which could be of interest to others. I synthesize existing resources and provide my own perspectives. Comments and corrections welcome! zenodo.org/records/2306...
the header for a paper describing "Life after OSF" #metascience
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 11h
If you missed today's @rinpharma.bsky.social workshop, here are a few of my favourite "quick fixes" for some common #ggplot2 issues 📊 1. Use {ggview} to preview plots at the same size and resolution as you want to save them with ggsave() to avoid the annoying resizing #RStats #DataViz
library(ggview)
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
  geom_point() +
  canvas(
    width = 6, height = 4,
    units = "in",
    dpi = 300
  )
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 11h
More tips and tricks in this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg...
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Five ggplot2 functions I wish I’d known about earlier – Nicola Rennie
There are a few small tweaks you can make to your ggplot2 code to improve your charts. However, they’re not often mentioned. So here’s a few functions and arguments I wish I’d known about earlier.
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Super Intelligence @volvo240.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
«Journalism is printing something someone doesn’t want you to print. For anything else, there’s Public Relations» - George Orwell. Selve faget journalistikk blir nå sett på som aktivisme, mens den nyliberale journalistikken, altså videreformidlingen (PR), er blitt normen.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 22/09/2026
Ultimately, this move will almost certainly be rejected by the courts, as it clearly fits the key standard for illegal administrative actions.
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Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Michiganders with rising drug costs - Both Meijer &Kroger have partnered with @costplusdrugs.com to offer lower prices on generics. You need to download the costplus card to your phone. Docs just send scripts to the local pharmacy. Check this out here www.teamcubancard.com LMK how this works 4 U.
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Team Cuban Card - Home
Team Cuban Card
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@costplusdrugs.com - teduglutide (an actual FDA-approved GLP2 peptide) has gone off patent, but the current indication (short bowel syndrome) has a pretty small N. But at $400K per year, some competition on price would help a lot. And a lower price could inspire testing in new GI indications...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨 Check out this new ad going live in Maine today that slams Susan Collins.
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Ray Douglas @raydouglas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🪥 For the dentist who has everything... Dyson's first toothbrush went on sale today at £419.99. It has a camera that takes 28 pictures of your teeth a second and can livestream your gums to your phone (Tesco has two brushes for 25p) CameraJet™ www.dyson.co.uk/oral-care/el...
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For #rstats people, Andrea Pisano was the OG of hex stickers. One carved for each of the guilds in Florence.
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Matt Parkes @mattyjparkes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
OSF getting rid of projects is a right pain. There’s nothing remotely similar as far as I can tell that has: - A DOI for a page - An editable wiki - The ability to uploaded structured files/folders
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Ohwoisme @kmohwoisme.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🔥 “Introducing: Endless War, From Mike Rogers” (H/T @couriernewsroom.bsky.social )
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
MAHA is a con by professional grifters. Great takedown of Craig Spencer getting conned. Real Public Health funds universities and the EPA (a lot!), and does not unleash unregulated peptides on the world. @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
16) Stole this one from a recent skeet I saw: If generative AI could REALLY make the next GTA in 6 months with 10 staff, or write the next bestseller, or produce 10 blockbusters a day? They wouldn't be trying to sell it to YOU. They would keep it for themselves and guard it from you ferociously.
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
To paraphrase Miranda from The Tempest, "O brave new world, / That has such AI agents in't" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals
Company behind ChatGPT says agent ‘cheated’ an evaluation by attacking a Hugging Face database
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Big selection pressure on humans does not happen that often - we are good at moving and adapting. But the Black Death changed us, increasing the risk of Crohn's disease. More vigorous inflammation in the terminal ileum helped survival then, and boosts CD now. www.nih.gov/news-events/...
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How the Black Death shaped human evolution
Genetic variants that helped the immune system fight the Black Death may have had the side effect of increasing susceptibility to autoimmune diseases.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
AHRQ is cancelling research grants Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ is ending grants that had already gone months without funding open.substack.com/pub/ahsituat...
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Another piece of evidence in support of Epstein-Barr virus infections being responsible for multiple sclerosis. This is huge. And again, it's huge because a vaccine may be able to eliminate or dramatically reduce the incidence of multiple sclerosis.
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Pain, especially residual pain after the 'target' of endoscopic healing is achieved in #IBD, is difficult for patients and for providers. Dr. Jessica Sheehan addresses this important symptom in IBD School 211 @bottomlineibd.bsky.social @aboutibd.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHtt...
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IBD School 211 - Pain in IBD
YouTube video by Peter Higgins
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RLadies+ Bot @rladies-bot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📝 "High quality figures from R Markdown or Quarto to Word" 👤 Riinu Pius (@pius.cloud) 🔗 riinu.me/2025/07/dpi #rladies #rstats
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Arashidrgn @arashidrgn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
He is corrupt. He *wants* credit for corrupting others (admittedly, corrupting FIFA is a low bar) www.yahoo.com/sports/socce...
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President Trump confirms role in FIFA reviewing, overturning Folarin Balogun red card: 'I'm the one who got them to do it'
Folarin Balogun is now expected to play for the USMNT on Monday night against Belgium.
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Infantino OUT!
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@oliveandyork.com Please note that the trademark has expired for the 1916 US Soccer crest And the 1930 WC kits will be trademark-free throwbacks in time for the 2030 WC
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
That is what I want to see. The #USMNT should take PKs VERY seriously. 20% of all knockouts decided byPKs. Even you (yes, you Americans!) can beat teams like England & Germany in PKs (just ask Paraguay). Though an early goal to change the game state vs B&H would be nice. @henrybushnell.bsky.social
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Dr. Céline Gounder @celinegounder.com · 10/06/2026
A Diabetes Society Had Police Remove the Editor of Its Own Journal. Then It Apologized. "Diabetes research saved my life," one patient wrote. A proposed rule would let political appointees kill any grant. Read & subscribe (for free!) www.celinegounder.com/p/ada-remova...
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A Diabetes Society Had Police Remove the Editor of Its Own Journal. Then It Apologized.
"Diabetes research saved my life," one patient wrote. A proposed rule would let political appointees kill any grant.
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
@ibdimmunology.bsky.social @ibdgastrodocsg.bsky.social @aboutibd.bsky.social @bottomlineibd.bsky.social @ibdseb.bsky.social @crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @crohnscolitisfdn.bsky.social @crohns-disease.org.uk @ccyanetwork.bsky.social @colitiscrohn.bsky.social
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Sharing the updated University of Michigan Severe UC Protocol - it can now be found here in version 3.01. New versions will stay at this web address. Updated regularly and publicly available. Highlights in this version include targeted use of ketorolac for pain hgshiny.med.umich.edu/UM_Severe_UC...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
You want to see Norway men’s national football team’s official photo for World Cup 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...
members of the Norway men’s national football team on a rocky shore, styled as a fierce group of ancient Vikings. They are dressed in elaborate historical costumes, including fur-trimmed capes, leather tunics, chainmail, and armor pieces, while holding traditional gear like circular wooden shields, spears, axes, swords, and blowing horns. In the background, longships rest on a calm body of water that cuts through a vast, dramatic fjord. The rugged landscape is framed by massive, steep green mountains, with a thin waterfall cascading down a cliff face on the left, all under a cloudy, overcast sky.
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6S...
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Why Soccer Failed in America | Soccer's American Dream (Episode 1)
YouTube video by VICE TV
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/06/2026
The peony garden at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus is home to one of the world’s largest collections of historic herbaceous peonies. The garden features hundreds of heirloom varieties and more than 10,000 flowers at peak season.
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Showing that ASUC today != ASUC in 1955. AND TW criteria are not very helpful doi.org/10.1093/ibd/...
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
@bealoquebea.bsky.social showed us something the oldsters knew - you lose ground with each course of corticosteroids in IBD. academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/a...
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Dynamic changes in clinical response to corticosteroids in ulcerative colitis
AbstractBackground. Corticosteroids have been fundamental in the management of ulcerative colitis (UC) flares, yet many patients do not respond or become c
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: HHS is now weighing in on science in NIH grants
Staffers say comments coming after NIH’s own approvals are overriding peer review
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
So... I got more information about this plan. The most important points follow on the next posts. 1/3
A slide with recommendations about peer review scores.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this: Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff. 1/3
static.klipy.com
Huh Kermit
ALT: Huh Kermit
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science
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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Since only God could attain perfection there was a medieval monastic scribal practice of deliberately introducing a spelling or grammatical error as an act of humility. I myself always try for four or five errors per syllabus lest there be any doubt as to my humility.
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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Illinois & Michigan Canal, opened in 1848, is why Chicago is. Why did it work when most failed? It actually solved a problem! It connected the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River, creating a shipping route from the Atlantic Ocean down through the U.S. It’s been replaced by bigger canals.
Illinois and Michigan Canal Office historical marker in Lockport, Illinois. It reads:

In 1837 the town of Lockport was laid out by the Illinois and Michigan Canal commissioners and a residence-office was built. The first floor of the permanent structure was completed in 1837, and became headquarters for construction and administration of the waterway. The canal, which extended ninety-six miles from the South Branch of the Chicago River near Lake Michigan to the Illinois River at Peru, was in operation from 1848 to 1914. This building, now owned by the Will County Historical Society, houses the Illinois and Michigan Canal Museum.
 
Erected 1976 by Will County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society.The Illinois & Michigan Canal in Lockport, Illinois. The towpath next to it is where donkeys pulled canal boats. There is a national heritage site from Lockport to about LaSalle, Illinois. Much of the 96-mile canal has otherwise been filled in as bigger canals replaced it.Entry to Lockport’s Lincoln Landing, a plaza in Lockport, Illinois, that has many markers and plaques about the Illinois & Michigan Canal and Abe Lincoln’s visits to it
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“Dr. Antaki, a biomedical engineer, had been building an artificial heart for babies and young children, a pump the size of a AA battery, and he was getting close. But with his research grants stopped, Dr. Antaki slowly drained his lab’s rainy day funds, and he was forced to lay off all his staff.”
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How a Funding Pause Derailed an Artificial Heart for Babies
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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Such a boss. Hoping Timo is taking notes for his mayoral campaign in 2041.
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Stefany @drstefanyc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
SCREAMING-KEBAB-CASE
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
If you're a #QuartoPub or #RStats user, you might find it hard to find information about how those work with #GitLab. So here's a blog post showing you a few different ways to deploy Quarto documents with GitLab Pages! (Featuring penguins 🐧obviously ) Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/deploy-...
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Deploying Quarto documents with GitLab – Nicola Rennie
GitLab is a common alternative to GitHub, and you can publish Quarto documents that are hosted via GitLab fairly easily. This blog post documents how to do it.
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