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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You can also argue that academic writing is an exercise in futility because no one reads academic articles, and that is also hard to argue with. I know that my understanding of the work I just did evolves in the process of explaining it to someone, whether in writing or orally

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

More seriously, maybe writing isn't thinking for you, but having to articulate a thought/argument will sharpen it. You can argue that articulating your thoughts in front of an LLM does the same...fine, you do you.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 06/10/2026

Our friend @thesharlinator.bsky.social kindly sharing the beauty and wonder of fine French cheese with us in Paris:

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ein Poster sollte am Besten dazu einladen Fragen zu stellen. Ich hab idR keine Lust drauf mir den ganzen Poster Pitch anzuhören, aber finde es schon schade, wenn das Poster so selbsterklärend ist, dass ich hinterher nix dazu zu sagen hab

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Charlotte O'Brien @cobrien.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Hope is the warrior emotion” 🔥🔥🔥

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I get that we often think of survey data mainly as data and having more data at lower cost seems great, but at a very fundamental level we run surveys because we want to know what people think. If we don't care enough about people's views to ask actual people, why bother at all?

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In my defense, it was really hot today and the students requested it

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The list of permitted areas sounds narrow enough for this to be someone's pet peeve

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just had my flu jab at Tesco and it was shockingly quick, painless and otherwise not an issue. Consider this your annual reminder to book a flu jab 💉 Many companies will pay for it, either directly by issuing vouchers or through health insurance like Bupa.

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is not SWB, but I want to draw attention to this for no particular reason: www.jstor.org/stable/3006019

jstor.org

Client Challenge

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This one raises a fascinating philosophical question: if you list your flat for £200k more than it is worth, have you really listed it, or are you just posting pictures of your home's interior online?

Georgia Dean and her husband recently took their property off the market.

He bought the two-bedroom flat in Haggerston, east London, for £470,000 in 2014. But the mortgage rate was due to rise from 1.6 per cent to 4.8 per cent: renting the flat out no longer made financial sense.

They listed it in June for £650,000, a below-inflation increase. An estate agent told them “no one would sniff around if the price stayed above £600,000”, said Dean, who works in product at a tech start-up.

In the two months before the couple pulled the listing, it attracted only two viewings.

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Al Pharazon-ass understanding.

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My understanding is that the debate here is at the stage of "How can we do this without killing the students that have a pacemaker or insulin pump?"

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Apparently there is a discussion here whether it might be possible to disrupt WiFi and phone signals in exam rooms

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Don't leave us hanging, what is it?

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Free international delivery here, on the off chance Graham's appraisal convinces you to give it a go: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Just finished Tom Cox book ‘Everything Will Swallow You’.

I thought I might tell you why I loved it so much and how it’s the most enjoyable book I have read for some time. But I don’t really know how to describe something that feels so profound whilst simultaneously being so light and hilarious.
As someone who used to spend hours sorting through second hand record shops and appreciates how the presence of animals opens something in us that is impossible to replicate any other way, I’ll just recommend you read it.
I noticed the Booker list yesterday and scanned through thinking it inevitable I’d find this title. I didn’t. More fool them. It’s timely, deeply affecting, full of delightful characters, and absolutely brilliant. What a triumph. I know what everyone is getting for Christmas.

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Most economists I know are really into economics though, almost a bit too much (myself included)

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

something has gone very, very wrong with the UK

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ich war mit meiner Frau Matrazen von der Post abholen, die waren eingerollt und verpackt aber sperriger als erwartet. Ein Jugendlicher (arabischer Herkunft, hätte ich gedacht) hat ungefragt meiner Frau das Paket abgenommen und uns nach Hause getragen

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I am skeptical. There are a variety of issues depending on the format, e.g.: - Coordination costs across teams and with external partners that go down the drain unless the format is similar enough - Long review timelines that mean resubmissions are no longer timely Hard to see how LLMs can help

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Incidentally, this is the reason I hate writing grants - a good application takes as much effort as writing a paper, success chances are as low as publishing in a top journal. If my paper gets rejected, I take it elsewhere - if my grant gets rejected, it is pretty much dead

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Georg Henning @georghenning.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Meine Berliner und MV Mäuse denken hoffentlich ans Wählen heute (hab Briefwahl gemacht).

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I get these too, and to make it worse students are using AI to request recommendation letters from me.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Das klingt ja so ...vernünftig

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Merz ist so unbeliebt, weil die WählerInnen zu wählerisch sind" ist als take schon sehr spicy

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Etwas ernsthafter - man kann bei der Schuld schon etwas differenzieren, die Ampel hat ja zumindest in Teilen versucht, bestimmte Problemstellungen anzugehen. Das Problem ist, dass sowas auch mitgetragen werden muss (sowohl politisch als auch von den Waehlern), da es evtl. keine 2. chance gibt

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Guter Rant, 8/10 koennte noch ein paar Ausrufezeichen, Schimpfwoerter und GROSSSCHREIBUNG vertragen

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Not my most controversial opinion I realise but the Nazis were sick fucks and I find myself getting distraught when I see these posts. How tf you could do this to a child is just beyond me.

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A regression model without a colinearity diagnostic is like a fish without a bicycle

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dann ist aber die Frage, warum Jesus da weiter hinten in der Schlange steht

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dafür hat es Stalin gleich zweimal in den Himmel geschafft. Allgemein sehr viele Kommunisten im Himmel. Was sagt uns das über Gott?

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Missed opportunity. "The New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, Nature, and Science" is right there

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I see everyone is posting about their labs taking PhD students with pretty AI made posters. So here's mine made with Paint because I'm a luddite. See lab website for details www.pbandjlab.com

a poorly drawn poster made in Paint with words saying "PB & J Lab is looking 4 new PhD student!! Apply!!"

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Paris gibt es Karneval aber keine Berliner. Wobei - stimmt nicht, ich hab erstaunlich viele deutsche StudentInnen

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Seit wann bzw. wo ist das denn Karnevalsgebäck? Bei uns gibt's kein Karneval, dafür Pfannkuchen/Berliner ganzjährig

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Incredible.

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