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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Sick of work this Monday lunchtime? Or perhaps hungover from one too many on the first night of Labour Conference? If so, distract yourself with ✨ 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗥𝗣 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ✨ Full interactive at: jack-bailey.co.uk/ward2024

Screenshot showing interactive ward level MRP estimates at the 2024 UK general election.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 31/08/2026

Just get yourself a dog so you can focus on whether they are gonna eat it or not

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 31/08/2026

Bin collection timings occupy 100% of my brain's capacity

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 29/08/2026

Sucks for Dortmund and even more so for Konstantelias. Poor lad.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 22/08/2026

Nah just kidding we are fucking amazing

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 22/08/2026

Maybe Saints are gonna do a Sheffield Wednesday and we are gonna spend all season wondering if they can get out of the minuses?

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 22/08/2026

I feel strongly that Hull defeated the lawyers and are therefore good

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 22/08/2026

Get a load of this fucking guy who hates Hull and wants us all to be unhappy.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 22/08/2026

Nothing more satisfying than watching a newly promoted team buck all expectations

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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026

In 2026, there is no longer any lab leak hypothesis you can state consistently with the available evidence. Despite this, it has been the dominant media narrative for six years. Read my new data-driven investigation: www.protagonist-science.com/p/biased-med...

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Biased media coverage and the lab leak theory

Gain-of-function fearmongering and blame gets the glitzy NYT visual treatment as Republicans weaponize the lab leak theory again in attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I'm sorry... 'Prof Gone'? They made a man's sacking the main news story for weeks as the country went on fire, which might have contributed to his death and 'Prof Gone'? This is the same clique that wept & wailed for a week when we dared mention their dinner party pal was a wife beating nonce.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026

Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 14/08/2026

Nazi ghost haunted the Clacton by-election

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎨New blog post 🎨 I've written down some of the things I talked about in my Ihaka Lecture last month ❓ what is creativity in #DataViz ❓ why does it matter ❓ how to create more creative charts Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/creativ... #RStats #ggplot2

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Why creativity matters in data visualisation – Nicola Rennie

Creativity is an important aspect of data visualisation, and it can affect engagement, recall, and trustworthiness. This blog post outlines what creativity means when it comes to data visualisation, w...

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 30/07/2026

New blog post! Odds ratios are...a bit weird. Here I explain two problems (interpretation, non-collapsibility) and provide some simple recommendations for improved reporting. www.the100.ci/2026/07/30/r...

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Reviewer notes: Odds ratios are really odd

When psychological researchers investigate binary outcomes, they routinely report odds ratios to quantify the strength of an effect or an association. This is quite understandable given that psycholog...

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 17/07/2026

Also, calling a fascist a fascist should not be in question. I'm sorry for such a blazing hot take.

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I have a real problem with this piece. I would never celebrate someone’s death much less their murder, but for me what you do says more about who you are then if you’re ’straightforward’. If you’re a bigot who hurts people, you are hideous, no matter what sparkling wit you bring to a dinner party

I got to know Ann Widdecombe reasonably well in the late gos, when she was a media-savvy Tory grassroots darling and I a novice political reporter still confounded by the discovery that some MPs whose beliefs I shared turned out to be hideous human beings, and vice versa. Widdecombe was in the latter category. I couldn't have agreed less with her on abortion rights, Europe, gay rights or modern feminism. But she was also unusually straightforward: she didn't lie or dissemble, though she could gossip and plot with the best, or hide her ambition. She relished an argument but when she lost them - and perhaps it's easier for me to acknowledge her good qualities because she did lose almost every battle against progressives, over everything from gay marriage to restricting IVF to attempts to get more women into politics - she accepted the democratic outcome.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 17/07/2026

So the BBC is debating whether the words political opponents use to describe Farage and Reform are putting them in danger... But not whether their rhetoric has contributed at all? Cool, cool, cool.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 16/07/2026

Yeah I don't think Tuchel handled it well but I think we saw (over multiple games) that he is contending with a team culture that leads to players playing with fear in these moments.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 15/07/2026

That'll get everyone onside...

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 09/07/2026

@whatsallthispod.bsky.social tier list must have missed H-E-B because it's in a special elite tier far beyond every other grocery store (not because it's Texas/Mexico specific).

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 08/07/2026

I'm hearing that Weak Keir refused his Erdogun? Disappointing.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Parties exist partly to vet candidates & vouch for them so voters don't pick someone bad out of ignorance. Primaries short-circuit this function since primary electorates can no more do this vetting than can general election ones.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 30/06/2026

We do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Joshua Kimmich... Okay just this one time.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 30/06/2026

I suspect he tried to clear his mind in an attempt to handle the pressure, and ended up doing too good a job and just whacks it like he usually would (which is not into the back of the net).

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 30/06/2026

But yeah, agreed. It sucks that Tah has to be the face of it, even while having done such a bad job, given he was willing to step up. Nagelsmann failed them and Tah ends up having to shoulder a lot of it.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 30/06/2026

"Wow I respect your courage and willingness to step up for your country in one of the most important moments you could face in your career... But also, buddy, you fucked that up just about as badly as is possible. There are amateur players who would have fucked it less."

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 30/06/2026

Crazy respect for Tah having the courage to do that shit though. Sucks he had to be the one to fuck it.

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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 30/06/2026

I have a new paper on the Gallagher index: the most common measure of electoral disproportionality. We often assume it runs from 0 (perfect 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺) to 1 (perfect 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺). But I show that in most party systems, 1 is not a possible value. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 30/06/2026

Adding rounds until Germany go out: "Ahhh, juuuuust right."

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 26/06/2026

None of this should be hard for a political journalist to reason out. And it would be great if more effort was made to make clear governing parties replacing their leaders (and therefore putting a new PM in) is how the system is supposed to work.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 26/06/2026

New PMs call elections when they come in to try and capitalise on a potential bump in popularity. That's a risky game if you've already got a majority, and it would be insane given Labour's majority and current polling. New manager bounce is not that strong!

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 26/06/2026

Skinwigs album the sound of the summer 👀

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 24/06/2026

There is nothing and no one that can destroy the vibes of the World Cup. Fifa have tried their hardest to ruin it but it's still the World Cup.

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Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net · 24/06/2026

I wonder whether the Fox broadcast ever explained the significance of this fan and what he represents...

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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 22/06/2026

starmer era felt like all the analytics nerds saying "this is so dumb" while the sporting director kept leaking to supportive journalists that he was a data genius for signing players who overperformed their xG and made lots of tackles.

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