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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 13m

As she points out though, people who are messed up as a result of these experiences are left in a bind. They are likely to have profited materially and socially as a result of their childhood exposure, which invalidates any emotional dysfunction it might have caused, even if severe or debilitating.

Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 13m

Yes, apparently so. She has a fairly broad web footprint.
I read Joy Schaverien's "Boarding school: the trauma of the ‘privileged’ child" a while ago and, while I concede that it's a bit light in terms of weight of evidence, it was extremely relatable.
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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 36m

Lots of outrage bait in this about hidden expenses of private schools.
However, it's depressing that >40 years after my parents assumed packing a 7-year old off to boarding school must be 'better' we're still making the same assumption. Is there evidence for this?
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

School fees were a shock, then came VAT, uniforms, trips …

We expected sacrifices but going private introduced us to a world of hidden expenses

www.thetimes.com

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Sudden Deth ☠️ @youreacuntmate.bsky.social · 22h

Found the worst playground in England

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 18h

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 16h

Roxane realised that it was poor old ugly ChatGPT and his beautiful words that she’d really fallen in love with. So she downloaded the app and they lived happily ever after.

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 18h

How does the rotate function work on this thing?

Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 21h

I’m not an ID expert but I’ve reviewed COVID booster efficacy recently and I’m seeing people with good motives posting what I see as outdated claims.
As I understand it, they:
- do little to prevent contagion
- do not stop you getting ill
- just prevent worst outcomes in most vulnerable
Am I wrong?

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 23h

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Cartoon of a social gathering. A man is talking to a vampire. The man says "Welcome, Count Dracula. Would you like a small aperitif?". The vampire replies "No, I think mine are just the right size".

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread. I’ve come across this one a lot over the years. Alternative medicine has built a whole industry around it, claiming it explains almost any malady that can’t be resolved by conventional medicine.

Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Caesars that don’t pay the legions tend not to last very long.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has found $8bn to pay the troops.

Pentagon will pay military troops, Trump says, shifting $8B

The president said Saturday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has funds available to pay troops on Wednesday.

www.politico.com

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

I sometimes think the word ‘support’ is so overused as to lose all meaning.
Just looked at a care log that said, “Supported the client with a chicken sandwich.”

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Risk of stroke associated with risperidone in dementia with and without co-morbid cardiovascular disease: population-based matched cohort study www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#Alzheimers #dementia #stroke #geriatrics #neurology #cardiology

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Kaplan–Meier plots depicting the cumulative incidence of stroke in matched controls and risperidone users. Blue dashed line indicates risperidone users. Shading represents 95% confidence intervals. CVD, cardiovascular disease.

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 2d

You couldn’t make it up …
@hsj.co.uk

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed. I do sometimes think people should get the Peace Prize for actually achieving peace, rathe than just trying really hard but ultimately nothing changing (yet). But a much better choice than any US President, former or current.

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds painful. No wonder they wanted a couple of paracetamol.
Pseudoscientists will always use jargon wherever possible even if they don’t understand it. It’s also why they wear incredibly clean and shiny white coats. It’s a facade of credibility.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

"Baby in her placenta"

RFK Jr. Complains About TikTok Video of Woman Taking Tylenol With a 'Baby in Her Placenta'

gizmodo.com

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

The paper on this is not the easiest but it does show the empirical basis for the change.
It's not, as some have claimed, a cruel policy to leave disabled people to their fate.
I had to review following complaints that we weren't advocating for people <75 years.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40023905/

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

My mother always used to tell me, "A way to a man's heart is through his gut microbiome".
Basically, feed him plenty of oligosaccharides and he will love you forever.

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, using Chrome. Data are there but not charting properly. Just wanted to feed back for further testing.

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely. It would be nice to have a slightly lower threshold than “is the patient’s foot falling off”?!
I was speaking with a podiatrist the other day and they were saying there’s a real crisis in young people coming through the training pipeline. Really struggling to attract students, apparently

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

My employer has just changed corporate health cashback plans and as always it's just such a pleasure to find out what my plan will pay for, even though is doesn't fund smoking cessation or weight loss programmes.

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

It feels a bit like during the miners' strike back in the 80s when Thatcher sent the London Met Police up to coal-mining communities in the North because they wouldn't empathise with the local populations as much, particularly when they beat them shitless and arrested them on trumped up charges.

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting idea - a classic updated for the 21st century.
I think it's fair to say that it needs a lot more testing though. So far only tested in n=60 on a very wide range of conditions.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 4d

Inspired by principles from traditional Chinese medicine, researchers used AI to analyze tongue color as a diagnostic tool—with more than 96 percent accuracy

This AI Spots Disease by Reading Your Tongue’s Color

Inspired by principles from traditional Chinese medicine, researchers used AI to analyze tongue color as a diagnostic tool—with more than 96 percent accuracy

www.scientificamerican.com

Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · 5d

Basically you’re right but also it needs far more political capital than anyone sensible has right now.

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