Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 16hDiscovered today that some of my emails are also getting stuck on the server. I sent an email this morning, it was in my sent box, but was not recieved by the recipient. When I sent a follow up email 3 hours later, they both arrived simultaneously. If you need me, DM me here or on LinkedIn! 120
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 22hI'm getting very bored of peer reviewers asking for more and more additions while editors keep demanding you stick to the original word limit. I've just had a journal ask me to cut a manuscript by 500 words, and I'm tempted to just remove all the pointless additions demanded by the peer reviewer. 5333
Reposted by Peter TennantCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Delighted that @europeanmovement.co.uk is stepping up its campaign to rejoin the EU - good for the economy & for the environment, and ever more urgent in an increasingly insecure world with a totally unreliable US & feral Presidentindependent.co.ukLabour voters overwhelmingly want Andy Burnham to commit to rejoining EU, poll showsExclusive: New 10-year plan for re-entry to the European Union in 2036 being put to the prime minister 1126954
Reposted by Peter TennantMatt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 10/10/2026Last night I saw a man outside Clapham Junction station shouting obscenities at everyone who walked past. At one point he got up, went over to a cafe, opened the door and just screamed for a bit before walking off. It was like he was the personification of X. 1322113
Reposted by Peter TennantJose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026Reading to/with my children has been by far the one activity where I have experienced the most joy and connection with them. So much so we keep doing it even though the eldest is already in high school, which makes it a bit awkward. Hard to overstate how unbelievably shallow these people are. 031
Reposted by Peter TennantPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm very excited to hear this critical examination of causal triangulation! Triangulation is something that I have always thought is a 'good idea', but which I've been somewhat skeptical about, due to a lack of formalism. 0123
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Is anyone else having problems with emails completely vanishing from their (outlook 365) mailbox? Not being deleted or moved to junk, completely disappearing with no trace. At first I thought I was being absent minded but it's happened twice recently with specifically memorable emails. 551
Reposted by Peter TennantEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Ever since this happened, I have never given journals sole ownerhip of my supplemental materials .. eiko-fried.com/blog/supplem...eiko-fried.comSupplementary materials fail | Eiko FriedA few months ago, we published a new paper Fried, E. I., van Borkulo, C. D., Cramer, A. O. J., Boschloo, L., Schoevers, R. A., & Borsboom, D. (2017). Mental disorders as networks... 96618
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026How all 'outcome focussed' AI enthusiasts seem to me 180
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My friends and I posting on BlueSkystatic.klipy.comCharlie Day Conspiracy: Pepe SilviaALT: Charlie Day Conspiracy: Pepe Silvia 060
Reposted by Peter Tennantpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026my friends and i posting on bluesky 1342
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm very excited to hear this critical examination of causal triangulation! Triangulation is something that I have always thought is a 'good idea', but which I've been somewhat skeptical about, due to a lack of formalism. 0123
Reposted by Peter TennantGeorgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Super excited for our next CIIG seminar on causal triangulation with Keling Wang 💃 See the abstract and register here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See more about the CIIG and subscribe: ciig-seminar.github.io 0165
Reposted by Peter TennantButlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf 10165562555
Reposted by Peter TennantIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How come Wikipedia is doing better than academic publishing? Btw love that icon: 🚫🤖 🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmat... 535899
Reposted by Peter TennantPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Me pressing the "seems like AI slop" button on LinkedInstatic.klipy.comApartemen7 App: Hand Pressing ButtonALT: Apartemen7 App: Hand Pressing Button 051
Reposted by Peter TennantSarah Wieten @sarahwieten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Having a "seems like AI slop" option on LinkedIn is very funny to me. 1121
Reposted by Peter TennantAntoine Vernet @antoinevernet.com · 07/10/2026Publisher saying to tick the box to say that author understand they discourage the use of AI, then the next statement is "Please be aware we feed all your information through our own AI tool" 🤪 051
Reposted by Peter TennantNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just like that: poof & gone. RIP *all* of NSF social, behavioral and economic research (including psyc & cogneuro). I’m speechless. 814864
Reposted by Peter TennantGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Some people here don't seem to have understood the purpose of a political party. It's not the same as a protest movement. It is a vehicle designed to get into government, to change legislation and make a material difference to the lives of people at home and abroad. 8167864
Reposted by Peter TennantDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 7070311925
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So the sea is boiling, the earth is scorched, the fish are dying, and the actual plague is back. All sounds rather biblical. Still, at least we’re continuing to maximise shareholder value.static.klipy.comMoses: The Ten CommandmentsALT: Moses: The Ten Commandments 0101
Reposted by Peter Tennanttenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My developer colleagues that like hand smithing lines of code moan and groan, the ones that like to Ship More Working Stuff think it’s amazing 031
Reposted by Peter TennantSarah Wieten @sarahwieten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If anybody reading this is a working scientist who would be interested to learn about and co-develop a public philosophy of science course for scientists, dm me, thanks! Shares appreciated! 12322
Reposted by Peter TennantPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Now more than ever I think practicing scientists need an education in the underlying philosophy of science. Otherwise - as you can see - we are arguing about what science is (and isn't) without any real foundation. And huge decisions are being influenced from positions of relative ignorance. 1172
Reposted by Peter TennantMichael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The first season of Heroes is incredible TV and then they opened season two in “Ireland” and the less we say about that the better. 3332720
Reposted by Peter TennantPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Not always towards the null: reconsidering the direction of overadjustment bias" - read our new paper in the @intjepidemiol.bsky.social led by Frerik Smit! Overadjustment for a mediator is often thought to 'bias towards the null', but the bias can be in any direction - as the paper explains!academic.oup.comNot always towards the null: reconsidering the direction of overadjustment biasAbstract. Overadjustment bias occurs when adjusting for a variable increases rather than decreases bias. It commonly arises in studies estimating the total 26423
Reposted by Peter TennantPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I wonder if the way a person reacts to LLMs might, at least partly, be driven by whether they're process orientated or outcome orientated. So someone who enjoys writing papers may feel they're losing something. But someone who enjoys publishing and sharing papers might feel they gaining something. 2132
Reposted by Peter TennantJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10895082982
Reposted by Peter TennantRyan Radecki MD MS @www.evidencetriage.com · 05/10/2026Too real. The most enthusiastic uptake in my environment seems to be for creating uninspiring “policy” documents that will live in a dusty corner of Sharepoint. Where it Matters, LLM output tends to be as much an impediment as an accelerator. 021
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I understand knowledge workers using LLMs. We're under such heavy time pressure that it's hard to resist. What I don't understand is knowledge workers who ENJOY using LLMs. It's like they never actually enjoyed their job. I know that thinking and writing is hard. But the labour creates the reward! 281
Reposted by Peter TennantGeorgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"We'll probably have flying cars in 2026" 2026: Triple-checking online stock images to make sure people don't have 7 fingers. 0347
Reposted by Peter TennantMcGill School of Population and Global Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (@healthsciences.mcgill.ca) invites applications for the position of Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health. Learn more & apply by Nov 1: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comCHAIR OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, BIOSTATISTICS, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ... 135
Reposted by Peter TennantJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning. 362056454
Reposted by Peter TennantJeremy Labrecque @jeremylabrecque.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When I was a PhD student, I thought the most challenging thing in epi was how to answer a question. Now, figuring out what question people are trying ask is the most challenging part of my work. 2254
Reposted by Peter Tennantworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10161171709
Reposted by Peter TennantDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 201848916
Reposted by Peter TennantDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 262185634910
Reposted by Peter TennantEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 13972416
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Not always towards the null: reconsidering the direction of overadjustment bias" - read our new paper in the @intjepidemiol.bsky.social led by Frerik Smit! Overadjustment for a mediator is often thought to 'bias towards the null', but the bias can be in any direction - as the paper explains!academic.oup.comNot always towards the null: reconsidering the direction of overadjustment biasAbstract. Overadjustment bias occurs when adjusting for a variable increases rather than decreases bias. It commonly arises in studies estimating the total 26423
Reposted by Peter TennantPaquito Bernard @paquitobernard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Slow #epidemiology 'This means clearer questions, more rigorous designs, more transparent reporting, and more thorough sensitivity analyses. In other words, embracing the cutting edge of practice, not regurgitating the past.' #research #AI #health zenodo.org/records/2308...zenodo.orgWhy epidemiology should not be automated: the case for Slow EpidemiologyEXTRACT:Bann et al. pose the question, ‘why can’t epidemiology be automated (yet)?’, as though the automation of epidemiology is both inevitable and desirable [1]. They describe a future of ‘1-click r... 0114
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is anyone else suddenly overwhelmed with AI written emails enquiring about PhD opportunities? I've had five this week. It used to be around once a month! 1110
Reposted by Peter TennantPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Is an ultra-processed chocolate cake materially more harmful than a home-made one?" I enjoyed contributing to this response to The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods, which outlines some key limitations in the evidence that 'ultra-processing' is specifically harmful to health.link.springer.comPublic health policy should be grounded in established evidence that acknowledges uncertainty: a response to The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods - BMC MedicineBackground The recent three-part Lancet series on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) argued that the displacement of traditional diets by UPFs is a major driver of poor diet quality and diet-related chronic... 32810
Reposted by Peter TennantMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17572631995
Reposted by Peter TennantPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is a good policy, and I'm waiting for journals to do the same. Next, for all hiring, promotion and grants you should only be able to submit your 5 best or most relevant works. 57713
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Is an ultra-processed chocolate cake materially more harmful than a home-made one?" I enjoyed contributing to this response to The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods, which outlines some key limitations in the evidence that 'ultra-processing' is specifically harmful to health.link.springer.comPublic health policy should be grounded in established evidence that acknowledges uncertainty: a response to The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods - BMC MedicineBackground The recent three-part Lancet series on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) argued that the displacement of traditional diets by UPFs is a major driver of poor diet quality and diet-related chronic... 32810
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"In 1994, Doug Altman famously remarked that ‘We need less research, better research, & research done for the right reasons’. His words have never been more relevant." Read a free copy of our @intjepidemiol.bsky.social letter on 'why epidemiology should not be automated': zenodo.org/records/2308... 1185