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Ingo Rohlfing @ingorohlfing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NIH Launches $174M for Replicability and Reproducibility Initiatives www.insidehighered.com/news/governm... #MetaScience Includes funding lines that follow the many-labs idea (many being a handful here), install "rigor ambassadors" and an U.S.-based reproducibility network

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Clear explanation of what actually happens in the office when AI "escapes"

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last year universities paid FOUR BILLION DOLLARS to publish their research

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Jess Rohmann @jlrohmann.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

📣 Job alert: We are looking for a PhD Candidate in causal inference & health data science🔎 📍 Berlin (Responsible Health Data Analysis Team, BIH-QUEST) 📅 Starting: Oct 1, 2026 (3 years) 💼 100% E13 position 🔗 Read more and apply (deadline Aug 17): karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan... Please share!

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PhD Candidate (all genders) BIH QUEST Center (Team “Responsible Health Data Analysis”)

full-time | 17.08.2026 | BIH Berlin Mitte

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 28/07/2026

I'm interested in finding and potentially supporting people who are interested in doing long-form writing on the big efforts in global health: Gavi, Global Fund, PEPFAR, etc. If this is you or someone you know, please make yourself known!

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Charles Tallack @charlestallack.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Yesterday, the Health Foundation published analysis finding no evidence that the Palantir/FDP tool OPTICA, has cut discharge delays, further undermining NHS England claims that it had. bsky.app/profile/dian...

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Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In case you were wondering WHY someone would mail their scabs, the earliest inoculation available for smallpox involved grinding up the scabs and inoculating someone with a scratch on the skin. This method reduced the fatality rate from 30% to about 1%. 🧪 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variola...

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Variolation - Wikipedia

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George Davey Smith @mendelrandom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Does the (live) shingles vaccine protect against dementia? Fergus Hamilton and colleagues provide important evidence in a new preprint using hospital data from the whole of England in a regression discontinuity design from which we *don't* show evidence of a meaningful protective effect /cont

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"We are not called to the legal minimum of hospitality. We are called to the radical welcome of the one who sought out the excluded and the overlooked. To trans people in Wales...you are known. You are loved. You are welcome here, as you are, always."

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Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

WE ARE HIRING! Come work with us (me + @malte.the100.ci) on developing and validating RegCheck. PhD or postdoc applications welcome. Folk with backgrounds in meta-science, psychology, (pre)clinical trials, and/or economics are especially invited to apply. jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

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PhD Student/ Postdoc Position in Meta-Science - Universität Bern

Universität Bern is looking for PhD Student/ Postdoc Position in Meta-Science

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Something beautiful for the weekend! An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago! From West Tofts, Norfolk 📷 MAA Cambridge University collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/4509... #Archaeology

The photo shows a Lower Paleolithic Acheulean biface handaxe knapped from dark grey flint with a creamy-white cortical layer, shown against a black background. The handaxe is roughly tear-drop shaped with a pointed tip and rounded bottom. There is a fossil shell centrally displayed on one face, identified as the Cretaceous bivalve mollusc Spondylus spinosus. Above the shell to the right is a small rectangular museum label. Likely made by an early neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) population or an alternative Middle Pleistocene hominin species (H. heidelbergensis s.l.). The toolmaker has knapped the flint in such a way as to seemingly retain the shell in a central position. The shell’s central display has often been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker. A recent study (“The West Tofts handaxe: A remarkably average, structurally flawed, utilitarian biface” by Emily Flanders and Alastair Key) concluded it was likely ‘an average utilitarian tool’ in the eyes of its Acheulean maker, and that the aesthetic intent is assumed by the present-day beholder, and not supported by objective evidence.

Measurements 79mm x 35mm x 132mm. Weight 0.375kg.

Collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

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Beth Clarke @bethclarke.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The good news is that someone else now gets to join this amazing team! If you're keen to help develop RegCheck, I'd strongly encourage you to apply. Working with @jamiecummins.bsky.social and @malte.the100.ci is reason enough to apply! jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

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PhD Student/ Postdoc Position in Meta-Science - Universität Bern

Universität Bern is looking for PhD Student/ Postdoc Position in Meta-Science

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My clever internet friends, teaching this outside of unis is _vitally_ important. That includes all these helpful posts! We have much more data than sense now, but people in the wild do want to get this right. It's a diplomatic process, with many small opportunities. We have to be relentless.

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is vital information- don’t think takeover of key institutions couldn’t happen here 😟

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Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation (formerly HSRU) @ace-aberdeen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

ACE is seeking an experienced researcher to act as Deputy Director (Methodology). The role will provide methodological leadership across CHaRT’s portfolio of clinical trials and related research. For more info and to apply, follow this link: www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...

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Deputy Director (Methodology), Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (ACE014A) | The University of Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen Research Jobs

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

You know the canonical "Data Organisation in Spreadsheets"? Is there something that clear and basic for data vis? Important it be a legit publication (university/govt site, journal). For audience starting to make graphs from tidy spreadsheets www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #rstats #dataBS

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Awardees will receive their salary (if required) and up to £200,000 for up to two years to strengthen their academic careers."

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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Glasgow's new Research Culture Action Plan just dropped! It builds on the significant progress made since the launch of our first Research Culture Action Plan in 2020. Find and download it here: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ri...

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Formidable champion of women in medical profession: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) Britain's first qualified woman physician & surgeon, co-founder & Dean of London School of Medicine for Women, first female Dean of British medical school. Portrait: John Singer Sargent 1900, NPG London

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"Across Europe, governments are reducing their reliance on US technology companies... these actions are driven by concerns around political developments in the past few years, such as worries over data privacy and the decline in academic freedom in countries such as the United States"

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Theiss Bendixen @theissbendixen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It's alive! 🎉 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 is out -- an introduction to causal inference in practice. The first two chapters are available for free here: theissbendixen.com/dag-book/ More below 👇

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

An adorable late Roman/early Byzantine infant's sock or bootee (length 11,5cm). It has been remarkably preserved because of Egypt's arid desert climate. Made of wool, nalbinding technique (single needle looping). Found in #Egypt dating 4th/5th c. AD. 📷Royal Ontario Museum

A close-up of a brown beige infant's sock. With the exception of a small part at the heel, it is completely preserved.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I promise to stop going on about this soon, but my list of moving queens 900-1150 is now up to 122 women 👸 blogs.ed.ac.uk/cwest3/2026/... There are probably still errors/omissions (tell me if you spot one!), but thanks to everyone who's made suggestions on here or by email❤️

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Arthur Turrell @arthurturrell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Come and work @downingstreet as a data scientist! We're hiring for a data scientist working on health and education. You'll be right at the heart of UK policy making and (IMO) working with the best tech stack in the UK public sector. Link: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

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Quick Check Needed

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Jess Morley @jessrmorley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

On Monday the HSJ named me as the "arguably the single most influential voice on ethics and AI policy" on their list of top 50 influential people for NHS tech in 20216 www.hsj.co.uk/news/the-50-... is (a) very kind; (b) most likely untrue. BUT FWIW here are my current top 10 AI messages 🧵:

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"The House of Commons technology committee called on ministers to trigger a 2027 break clause in the company’s £330mn contract to build the Federated Data Platform (FDP), a tool that connects disparate NHS data into a single system, and instead seek a UK-based provider." www.ft.com/content/dd35...

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Palantir should not have ‘significant role’ in UK public data systems, MPs say

Technology committee calls on government to trigger break clause in flashpoint NHS contract

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Here’s a guide on how to contact your MP about the new trans ban in the UK. I think, too, you should write to anyone of influence in your area. It’s worth contacting your local vicar or priest to engage with the MPs. You should also contact any union [u don’t have to be a member] & let them know too

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This looks awesome! A data viz course from the authors of Data Feminism, @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social. So excited to teach with these materials! openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/data...

A screenshot of one of the course pages from the Data Feminism for Data Visualization course. The text reads: "Course:
Data Feminism for Data Visualization
Authors:
Lauren Klein
Catherine D'Ignazio

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Content updated in October 2025

This course draws from the award-winning book Data Feminism (MIT Press, 2020), challenging students to consider how examining questions of gender, power, and justice can transform the way we visualize data. Drawing from the rich history of feminist activism and critical thought, we will learn to recognize and counter biases in conventional visualization practices while developing skills to create more ethical, inclusive, and socially responsible visualizations of our own. The course brings real-world examples of data visualization in conversation with theoretical frameworks that question whose perspectives are included (or not) in data science and data communication, illustrating the need for approaches that employ visualization to amplify minoritized perspectives and draw attention to issues of equity and justice.

Chapters
Introduction

Introduction
Chapter 1: Core Concepts & Foundational Principles

Motivation and Definitions of Feminism
Definitions of Power and Race
Definitions of Gender
Examine Power
Challenge Power - Part A
Challenge Power - Part B
Quiz
Test Your Knowledge
Chapter 2: Data Feminism Principles & Examples

Elevate Emotion and Embodiment - Part A
Elevate Emotion and Embodiment - Part B
Elevate Emotion and Embodiment - Part C
Rethink Binaries and Hierarchies
Embrace Pluralism - Part A
Embrace Pluralism - Part B
Consider Context
Make Labor Visible
Quiz
Test Your Knowledge
Chapter 3: Applying the Principles

Challenging Deficit Perspectives
Inclusive Language and Ordering Data
Who is Missing? Who is Erased?
Colors, Icons, Shapes, and People
What’s Wrong With This Viz?
Quiz
Test Your Knowledge
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Colors, Icons, Shapes, and People"

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Engaging the public in humanities & social sciences feels more important than ever. So we are offering £8k grants for researchers to work with galleries, libraries, archives, museums or performing arts organisations to do this. Please help spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

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SHAPE Involve and Engage

A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

say it again: SOCIALIZE TO ORGANIZE www.laborpolitics.com/p/bouncy-cas...

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Why is the Left No Fun?

Bouncy Castle Communism is the Solution

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

No shade to this post in particular, but big shade to academic jobs. A lecturer post that's only secure for 3 years, that will have intense deliverables in grant capture, research, and teaching. In AI. For £41k.

We’re Hiring: Lecturer in Public Policy, Data & AI

Full-time (Fixed-term, 3 years) | £41,064–£46,049 (Grade 7)

Come join us to deliver cutting-edge teaching at the intersection of public policy, data, and artificial intelligence.

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 26/05/2026

Deadline Sunday! Our $2,500 Ctrl-Z Award recognizes scientists who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record. More details and nomination form here:

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The Ctrl-Z Award: Recognizing the courage to correct or retract published work

The Ctrl-Z Award recognizes and celebrates scientists who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record — even if doing so risks pro…

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

"Every technical or economic decision should include spiritual discernment and be an opportunity for assessing whether the advances in AI are promoting justice and participation or concentrating wealth and power in the hands of a select few." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)

ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________

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Ellis Monk @ellismonk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A real honor to have this piece written about my work with the Monk Skin Tone Scale. My hope is that momentum keeps building and we can eventually live in a world where we can expect technology to work for everyone regardless of the color of their skin. current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/live...

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Lives saved by sociologist’s fix for skin tone bias

A two-dollar badge is saving lives in hospitals around the world. The product, groundbreaking but simple, is a scale of colors that reflects a more complete range of human skin tones. Developed by Pro...

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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

@johanduchene.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social Spent the last hour looking, found ten more apparently manipulated Western blots in Thermo Fisher's antibody verification data (across eight different catalogued products). Thread below. www.thermofisher.com/antibody/pro...

Apparent manipulation in the antibody verification data in Thermo Fisher's online catalog

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bucolic dirtbag @boldfashioned.com · 13/05/2026

Finished the armor study I've been working on all semester.

a suit of armor made out of cotton toile, ribbon, and pink paint pen

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Grammar of graphics for SQL 🤯 This is very much needed for the NHS! "We want engage with and help data analysts and data scientists that predominantly work in SQL We want to create an extremely powerful, code-based, visualization tool that doesn’t require an entire programming language"

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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Years ago I started replying to keynote/symposia invitations with a provisional accept based on speaker diversity (I decline if ≥ 50% male speakers). Declines are rare but have happened. Receiving a follow-up email like this is so encouraging. 🙏 We CAN make a difference!

We are aware that you have been invited for a similar symposium a few years ago, and that you did not want to be a key speaker, since the panel of key speakers that time was not quite gender balanced (to put it mildly). I can tell you, that my colleague and myself were able
to use your rejection (we were not responsible of the planning at that time!), to put the topic of gender equality higher on the agenda. For this year's symposium we will invite 5 speakers, for your
information: so far, two women and one man speaker have already

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

These how-the-sausage-gets-made papers are invaluable. No one ever writes them, but they're exactly what policy makers need to take action.

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Kyle McDonald @kcimc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

i made an app for tracking whether the oligarchs are actually fleeing city centers ews.kylemcdonald.net

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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The next instalment of the reading group organised by the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health #CPEMPH will focus on the philosophy of public health. Schedule here: cpemph.org/2026/04/30/p... - please join us! #philsci #philsky

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PhilMed RG Schedule (May–October 2026)

The group will hold two weekly online meetings to discuss public health texts, accommodating various time zones. Meetings take place on Wednesday at 5pm BST and Thursday at 10am BST. Attendees can …

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Great summer school, free, with travel bursaries! Right now is a very good time to specialise in making sure our science is true

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Palantir's relationship with the UK government is very much worth understanding. See thread below for resources, including a newletter In addition to its contracts with our NHS and Ministry of Defence, Palantir is about to sign a contract with Met Police www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations

Exclusive: Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Some 3,300 years ago, an ancient Egyptian artist painted this comic illustration of a cat herding geese! 😻 They used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad for this fun scene. From Deir el-Medina, Thebes. 📷 Egyptian Museum, Cairo. #Archaeology

The image shows a buff-coloured flake of limestone with a painted illustration of a cat herding geese, displayed against a black background. On the left of the scene, a tabby cat (brown with black line markings) stands on its hind legs in a human-like pose, facing right. In its upraised left paw it holds out a wooden staff to keep six geese in order. In its right paw it is holding the end of a long crook which it rests on its shoulder. A bag hangs by a strap from the end of the crook behind the cat. The six geese in front of the cat are arranged in two rows of three, one row above the other. The geese have brown legs, and white bodies with black plummage detail. Three of the geese have black painted heads and necks; top left, top right, and bottom middle. Above the geese there is a curved double brown line representing a nest filled with four white eggs in a row. Flake dimensions: H 11 cm x W 11 cm.

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