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Paul Gilham

@paulgilham.bsky.social
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Communicator (MCIPR), parent of SEND youngster, sometime cricket fan, constant nerd. Views expressed in my posts are mine alone and do not represent any employer's position; my shares and likes of others' posts do not necessarily mean endorsement. He/him

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Since it’s #bandcampfriday we made a reel to try to persuade people to listen to (and buy) our debut album #hollowchapters (the background track is #Fingertips) Head over here if you are persuaded! 👇 themarshfamily.bandcamp.com/album/hollow...
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.maptap.gg July 26 99🎯 98🎯 99🎯 98🎯 97🔥 Final score: 980 It definitely helped that three of the five global locations I had to pinpoint today were in Europe, but nevertheless, it's quite satisfying to score so close to the 989 maximum. 🙂
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
As of 4pm today the candidates were confirmed, & the race for the Clacton by-election is officially on between @countbinface.bsky.social & Farage. Here's our parody of "Englishman in New York" by #Sting - titled "Garbage Can Who Can Talk" - to reflect on the challenger 🎶🚀#noAI youtu.be/9NH5JpqrIzY
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"Garbage Can Who Can Talk" - Marsh Family parody of "Englishman in New York" about Binface v Farage
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The rightmove listing to end all rightmove listings. If it wasn't for popbitch I wouldn't have caught this one. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...
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Check out this 3 bedroom link detached house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom link detached house for sale in Christie Miller Road, Salisbury, SP2 for £114,000. Marketed by Carter and May, Salisbury
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Today's the 10th anniversary of Brexit, one of the most disastrous political events in our lifetime, so since the usual bellends are out celebrating it, we’ve pulled together a quick acoustic parody called “Brexit Epiphanies” based on "Breakfast at Tiffany's" #Brexit #RejoinEU youtu.be/U0WwEinkJ1I
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"Brexit Epiphanies" - Marsh Family parody of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
In January 2023, Esther Rantzen announced she had stage 4 lung cancer. Today she celebrates her 86th birthday. This example of hope is yet another way in which that magnificent woman has been a force for good in the world. Here's an interview I did in 2017, where she shines like a sunflower.
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Women Talking About Cars - Series 2 - Esther Rantzen - BBC Sounds
Victoria Coren Mitchell talks to Esther Rantzen about her life and the cars she has known.
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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 19/06/2026
The Thief, the Jewels, and the Dublin Castle Conspiracy timharford.com/2026/06/caut...
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
All the cool* kids are doing it, apparently.
Mock-up of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode title screen from a new meme generator, with an image of the Enterprise D beneath the words: "Character Development Episode, So Bad Luck If You Wanted Photon Torpedoes"
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
"Name your top 15 TV shows, gut instincts only" (no comedies or kids' shows) The Avengers Daredevil Dark Matter (2015) The Expanse GBH Hazbin Hotel The Man in the High Castle Mission: Impossible Moonfleet Orphan Black Robin of Sherwood Shooting the Past Star Gate: SG1 Star Trek: TNG WandaVision
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I know a few people who might shop on Hobbycraft, so here's a product recall notice someone might need to know about. * Dozens of toys recalled in the UK after asbestos found in play sand www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...
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Dozens of toys recalled in the UK after asbestos found in play sand
Candle-making kits and rubber toys among products recalled after revelation about play sand sold by Hobbycraft
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Sarah Sweet @sarahsweet.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.
Tabby stands on hind legs with one paw outstretched toward a TV displaying a capsule above water.
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Kym Deyn @kymdeyn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Okay, I get publishers affirming that the books we've produced are human-made, but have we also considered bringing back medieval book curses??? Just saying.
If you steal from this book to feed
An AI made from peerless greed
May boils burn upon your skin
And worms bite you from within.
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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The Age of Reptiles: How One Mural Changed The Way The World Saw Dinosaurs 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #dinosaurs #paleontology open.substack.com/pub/alwaysso...
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The Age of Reptiles: How One Mural Changed The Way The World Saw Dinosaurs
My nomination for the most influential scientific visualization ever produced
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Happy #MeldrewPoint Day, @wilwheaton.net! My first reaction on reading this was to feel like Walter Donovan after choosing the false Grail, but I take solace from knowing fellow early-50s folk, Wil included, look more fresh-faced in general than their 80s counterparts. No offence to Richard Wilson!😅
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
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Lee Simpson @leesimpson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Did you see Josie on Death in Paradise? She was ruddy marvellous. Watch it on iPlayer then come see her be just as brilliant here.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Vaccines, the most impressive public health intervention in medical history, and where we could be headed if there was not efforts to negate truth, facts, and evidence A great, open-access, review and perspective by @scientificdiscovery.dev
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Absolute truth. 😇 Happy new year, everyone. Let's hope it's a more positive one for all of us, though honestly, I'd settle for boring.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
NEW Jane Austen as a writer about law Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me (And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.) emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
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Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 04/12/2025
If you see any dead birds out and about, please report them to DEFRA: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
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Report dead wild birds
How to report dead wild birds.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-... 🔭 🧪
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The woman who discovered the first black hole
Betty Webster is a name to remember. Also: more rogue binary jovians
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Uh this is enormous
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Get to know your mutuals! In no particular order (beyond the pleasing growth in line length), 10 things I like: 1. Naps 2. Pulsars 3. Sunsets 4. Art Deco 5. Bluegrass 6. Lake Baikal 7. Practising katas 8. Clever headlines* 9. Siberian (and other) cats 10. Audacious plans actually working in a TTRPG
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The latest in my occasional series of photos from outings with my son: autistic teenager enthusiastic about radio dishes visits a very special one. He needed time to take in the sheer scale of the Lovell Telescope @jodrellbank.bsky.social before happily exploring the neighbouring exhibitions. 😊
A teenager wearing a hooded sweater stands looking away from the camera at the edge of a lawn towards an enormous radio dish on a turntable: the Lovell Telescope at UNESCO World Heritage site Jodrell Bank.
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The ongoing decline of traditional media is very sad to see. Agree or disagree with its ideological stance, the Economist was a bastion of fact-based reportage not too long ago, but with apologies to Messrs Norman and Bart, fings ain't wot they used t'be.
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❦ @krisopolis.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Please sign if you can (i.e. UK citizens), share & boost. As well as being incredibly restrictive & a huge invasion of personal privacy, many small hobbyist websites, communities & forums have already shut down because of this act, because they simply don't have the time and/or resource to comply.
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Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
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Susanah Grace @susanahgrace.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
From now until the end of July, CHVLR is 50% off on itchio! susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot! #ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
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CHVLR: A Wretched & Alone Game by Susanah Grace
Just get in the robot.
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Roz Morris @rozmorris.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Latest on crowdfunding publisher @unboundsocials.bsky.social & how authors may be able to reclaim their rights. @victoriastrauss.com writerbeware.blog/2025/06/06/b... #writingcommunity #publishing #writinglife #authorcommunity #skywriters
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Bankruptcies of Unbound and Albert Whitman & Co Put Authors Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Writer Beware
A Hellacious Mess: Unbound Established in 2011, UK-based crowdfunded publisher Unbound styled itself the Kickstarter for books and was widely heralded as the next big idea in publishing. Heady words l...
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 21/04/2025
An astronaut, a vampire and a Jane Austen hero walk into a sketch show! Catch the full second episode of The Daily Tism News, in collaboration with Turtle Canyon Comedy here! (Now contains even more autism)
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The Daily Tism - news by and for autistic people - EPISODE 2 - EASTER
YouTube video by Turtle Canyon Comedy
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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 08/04/2025
At last, someone who understands how tariffs are going to make America great again! xkcd.com/3073/
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Tariffs
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A typical day's sightseeing for an autistic teenager. He might be uninterested in St Paul's, but the wall my lad is leaning on forms one edge of his favourite London fountain. He's giving himself time to get used to the sound of the water flow before he starts looking at it. 🥰
A teenager in a black T-shirt bowed over the top of a wall with his face hidden in his hands as the dome of St Paul's Cathedral against a clear blue sky dominates the background.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Neurodivergent people have always been there (we just weren't 'looking' before) theneuroscienceofeve... The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful My latest post explains #ND #Autism #ADHD
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Neurodivergent people have always been there (we just weren't 'looking' before)
Many believe neurodivergence (autism, ADHD etc.) is 'new'. But it's been around and has shaped society for as long as humans have existed. We just didn't recognise it for what it was.
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Roz Morris @rozmorris.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
First reading from my new memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow! Debut also from @howardlovy.bsky.social and support from @HeatherMarshall @vineleavespress.bsky.social youtu.be/WBc6lz0U5Ys #BooksWorthReading #newbooks #bookclub #skybooks #skywriters
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Pieces: Turn Right At The Rainbow, When The Ocean Flies Heather Marshall Found & Lost Howard Lovy
YouTube video by Roz Morris
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 18/02/2025
Net zero or nature? Why not both? Solar farms in East Anglia are boosting biodiversity, offering a glimpse of how clean energy and conservation can work together. Paul Casciato reports
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New research: birdlife soars on nature-friendly solar farms
Nature-friendly solar farms in East Anglia support more bird species than arable land, boosting biodiversity
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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters. 

Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Hayao Miyazaki's short guide to watercolor painting -- we put this translation together a couple of years ago
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Discussed last night why 6th Jan is traditionally the only day to take down Xmas decs rather than just the deadline. @davidallengreen.bsky.social explains why. #12daysofChristmas (We didn't put any up this year to help my autistic son cope with the disruptions to his normal routine. It worked. 🥰 )
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pussyfullawasps 🗡️ joa (they) @pussyfullawasps.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
for anyone who needs an accessible new year’s resolution: use alt text bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings see you in 2025 💫
screenshot of bluesky Accessibility Settings
subheading says Alt text
two toggle options turned on saying
Require alt text before posting
and
Display larger alt text badges

the top option is circled in red

and you suddenly become extremely cool and powerful by reading this and following directions of disabled people and even more street cred for sharing it and a life of abundance and joy in radical community just unfolds in front of you
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
This year… You could be that person laughing on the dog walk or way to work While keeping lightly abreast of news & politics And let’s be honest 2025 is going to be one hell of a ride So join us & make listening to @thetrawl.bsky.social your new happy habit for 2025.
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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Last but definitely not least, our fifth video featured a chat with authors @weinersmith.bsky.social and @zachweinersmith.bsky.social about their new #book, "A City on Mars," and how (or even if) we should become an interplanetary civilization. (Spoiler: Not so much.) buff.ly/4gBMJc4
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"A City on Mars" with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) set out to write the essential guide to a glorious f...
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Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
If you’re blind, vision-impaired or simply unable to open your eyes for reasons of hangover, then tonight’s Only Connect is for you! It’s up against a lot of other treats at 8 o’clock, but may be our greatest adventure yet. Only Connect Sounds Special 8pm on BBC Two #OnlyConnect
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Paul Gilham @paulgilham.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
My holiday donations go to Crisis and refugee charities, because everyone deserves a home. But I use @wikipedia.bsky.social most days and, particularly in the era of plutocrat media capture, support it when I can. It's far from definitive but offers an unrivalled free launchpad for further reading.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Your annual reminder to NOT buy a Mr Frosty for Christmas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsE8...
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Trying out a Mr Frosty for the first time
YouTube video by Sooz Kempner
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Dave Morris @davemorris.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Some ideas for gifts with an emphasis on fantasy, horror, comics, and gaming. C'mon, there's still time. fabledlands.blogspot.com/2024/12/some...
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Some stocking fillers
With Christmas coming up, I feel I should suggest a few presents. Christmas Eve is the perfect time for weird tales, and they don't come any...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/12/2024
For the Humble Bundles I get my usual cut of whatever money goes to the publisher, which is a perfectly good percentage. Be that as it may, if you move the slider so that First Book, the charity, gets more or all of your purchase price, I am not going to complain. I am doing fine.
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That @mohu dude @handle.invalid · 13/12/2024
PLEASE SHARE, COMMENT, QUOTE, &/OR REPOST 1/x Folks here from algorithmically-fiddled apps complain of a lack of engagement. It’s on all of us (to some extent) “Likes” don’t really do anything here. When you like someone’s post it just creates a notification TO THEM ONLY that you liked it.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 28/11/2024
In 1979, Archie Cochrane published an essay chastising (not for the first time) his fellow doctors. timharford.com/2024/11/know...
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'Known unknowns', or how to plug the gaps in public research
In 1979, Archie Cochrane published an essay chastising (not for the first time) his fellow doctors. “It is surely a great criticism of our profession,” he w
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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 27/11/2024
The simplest and most reliable way to see everything I create is here on this blog, via RSS or email. (I don't share your email or use it for any other purpose.) Try it! Audio You can also subscribe to Cautionary Tales or More or Less as podcasts. timharford.com/2024/11/wher...
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Where to find me these days
The simplest and most reliable way to see everything I create is here on this blog, via RSS or email. (I don't share your email or use it for any other purpose.
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