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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They hounded Aaron Swartz to death for downloading papers from jstor but society is now supposed to just accept mass theft because this thing can write that TPS report *for* you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...

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Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great reporting from @robinbisson.bsky.social on an absolutely dire funding situation…

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cambridge University is hiring a Professor who combines behavioural science & sustainability research (eg psychology, social neuroscience, behavioural economics, consumer behaviour, political science, policy studies, and environmental social sciences). www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/hatton-...

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Hatton Professorship of Sustainability

The Board of Electors to the Hatton Professorship of Sustainability invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship (combining be...

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"No aphorism is more frequently repeated [...] than that we must ask nature fewer questions, or, ideally, one question at a time. The writer is convinced that this view is wholly mistaken." — Ronald A. Fisher, 1926 1/4 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 28/09/2026

russia struck the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. Employees of the academy attempted to jump from the windows, as flames engulfed the building. russia rejoices in killing people who make this world a better place, while its war criminals turn cities to ruins.

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There’s a skirmish of fuckwit between them

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So thankful to the University of Cambridge for enabling a new chapter in the long history of the APU/CBU (since MRC decided to close all its units…)

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2/2 In brief, we found no evidence that bilingualism affects brain reserve or brain maintenance, but evidence that it moderates the brain-cognition relationship (ie behaves as a type of “cognitive reserve”), at least cross-sectionally.

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/2 Was fun to work with @lihuaxia.bsky.social on this paper on bilingualism in special issue of @neurobiology-aging.bsky.social on brain resilience in aging and dementia, where we used the valuable #HABS-HD cohort

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BTW - it’s over 23,000 now.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New post out: England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study. Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve? samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...

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Why England’s schools are doing so well

And what we need to focus on next

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!

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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Is it worth putting in all the effort needed to make your materials open if there’s a chance that no one will download them? I still think so, for two reasons:

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On the 1st of October I will give a talk on sample size justification for the PCI webinar series. I'll discuss the importance of considering a smallest effect size of interest when planning a study, and how to use sequential designs when there is uncertainty. peercommunityin.org/pci-webinar-...

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PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In

The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It would be quite 'something' if, after all the talk of leaving the EU to create CANZUK, there ends up being CANZEU without the UK

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not perfect but may be practical solution to growing problem of finding grant reviewers…

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Version 2.0 of #OpenNeuro multi-subject, multi-modal (sMRI+fMRI+MEG+EEG) face-processing dataset now available, thanks to @dcdace.bsky.social, with changes listed here: openneuro.org/datasets/ds0...

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OpenNeuro

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Do not hesitate to register for the next @peercommunityin.bsky.social webinar by @lakens.bsky.social! We all need more information on how to correctly design a study (maybe even more in archaeology... sample size... you know...): peercommunityin.org/pci-webinar-...

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PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In

The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Kshipra Gurunandan kicking off #cognestic26 with an introduction to Python…

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!

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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What happens after a PCI recommendation? PCI gives you a peer-reviewed research output but a PCI recommendation does not commit you to a specific journal, you remain free to choose your publication strategy! 👉 Discover your options after a PCI recommendation: peercommunityin.org/submit-a-pre...

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Submit a preprint to PCI - Peer Community In

Once an article has been recommended by a PCI, the authors can opt to leave it on a preprint server, to publish it in PCI Journal, to submit it to a PCI-friendly journal or to any other journal

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Joshua Grochow @joshuagrochow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

And you have to ask yourself: why was it worth $22M to them? Because to them math is just their most successful PR bid, (since the claims of AGI aren't sticking). They are betting that the (false) claim "We solved math, so we can solve everything" will gain them way more than $22M in market share.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We never imagined how far that dream would travel, into homes, into hearts, into the way generations imagined what we could still become. In a world that often feels as divided as ever, maybe that's exactly why we need it now: a reminder that unity was always the point.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15% so enjoy 😊

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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The second round of the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open. Our most popular funding opportunity supports UK-based Postdoctoral researchers – or equivalent – in the humanities and social sciences. Find out more: bit.ly/4iwQQtI

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants, deadline of 4 November 2026. Independent scholars deadline 28 October 2026

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

How did PCI come about? Traditional scientific publishing faces many challenges, including publication costs. “Free to read and publish” is a design principle for Peer Community In: access to scientific evaluation should not depend on the ability to pay.

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Simon W Davis @woodforbrains.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Mnemology Lab is aggressively recruiting graduate students this year. We're working to understand how aging brains use semantic information to maintain episodic memory, and develop interventions for Alzheimer’s that rely on that understanding. Plz share! psych.indiana.edu/graduate/how...

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It does sound super interesting. Let’s hope someone replicates with a Registered Report!

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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The advert for the Hatton Professorship of Sustainability is now out. A fantastic opportunity for someone with expertise in social psychology, behavioural science, etc, to help address the greatest threat of our age. Please share with anyone who might be interested! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/hatton-...

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Hatton Professorship of Sustainability

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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sad that we lost Tim Curry. I will always love his masterful in Clue. Apparently he didn't think he was very quotable. 😂 "What exactly do you do?" "I buttle, sir." www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sdP...

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Tim Curry's Clue Scenes That Still Hold Up Perfectly

YouTube video by Clue Doc

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The UK-USA medicines deal obliges the NHS to pay much higher prices for new medicines. This is “one of Brexit’s hidden costs”. EU countries negotiated collectively with the USA, with much greater leverage. Britain negotiated alone with no clout and lost out. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-us-me...

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The UK-US medicines deal and the hidden costs of Brexit - UK in a changing Europe

Vilija Vėlyvytė argues that the UK-US medicines deal which will see the NHS pay more for new medicines is an unexpected cost of Brexit.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

During these awful times it’s always great when something amazing like this pops up on the timeline to give you hope for better days ahead

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Just FYI, communities like PCI do consider RRs for analyses of existing data - see Table 1 of rr.peercommunityin.org/about/full_p...

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I appreciate your point about the danger of putting up walls but did the authors have ORCIDs and were they traceable? Could a kind of captcha prevent pure AI authors, and risk of punitive action discourage human authors who use AI for this purpose?

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is my understanding at least; of course happy to be corrected.

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

How the MRC shafted UK universities: ~10 years ago, MRC told their ~20 UK research Units to integrate into their local university, and then ~5 years later they closed all those Units and the universities now have to foot the massive redundancy bills…

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I just came across this speech about British science, by my dad in 1998. Some of it is still relevant, including the point about the cost (in)effectiveness of the REF (RAE), the pressure to publish and university hiring decisions deevybee.blogspot.com/2010/10/chal...

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The Challenge for Science: a speech by Colin Blakemore from 1998

When I wrote a blog in August on ‘How our current reward structures have distorted and damaged science’ I mentioned a speech I had heard...

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Joseph’s Machines is brilliant and you should all watch his work.

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Kris Willis @kawillis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Great to see this out in the world!

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Really? I thought it was very predictable. It was very similar to one of those old Greek epics.

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I wonder how replicable the students’ results are? With proper registration and ideally multiple experiments per paper, I doubt 18 months is sufficient for most university thesis/publication standards. On other hand, perhaps those standards are too stringent, and 2 years is sufficient training?

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Why are we still dithering after all these years? Something needs to be done to address the growing wealth imbalance… www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Wealth tax on UK’s super-rich could raise £10bn a year, Andy Burnham told

New PM urged to introduce a 2% minimum charge on households with more than £100m in wealth

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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Thanks to Kshipra Guranandan, my notebook on how to design efficient fMRI experiments (for activity, connectivity and pattern analysis) is now available in Python as a Jupyter notebook (as well as previous Matlab): github.com/RikHenson/fM...

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GitHub - RikHenson/fMRIefficiency

Contribute to RikHenson/fMRIefficiency development by creating an account on GitHub.

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MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge @mrccbu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

New protocol paper (doi.org/10.37349/en.2026.1006138) describing Phases 4-5 of the Cam-CAN study of healthy ageing, led by Ina Demetriou Includes MRI and MEG data up to 14 years after baseline. Data available soon on cam-can.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/dataset

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

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