Paul Pharoah
@paulpharoah.bsky.social
Jack of some trades, master of none: public health, epi and genetics mainly. Arsenal supporter, hiker. Live in LA. If home is also where the heart is England, South Africa, Papua New Guinea. Photos are my own. Views expressed are my own.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen:
Genesis
Steve Hackett
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
Genesis
Steve Hackett
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen.
Velvet Underground
John Lee Hooker
Iris DeMent
Jordi Savall
Alfred Brendel.
Velvet Underground
John Lee Hooker
Iris DeMent
Jordi Savall
Alfred Brendel.
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen:
Genesis
Steve Hackett
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
Genesis
Steve Hackett
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
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Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change,
political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the
altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Anyway it's not "the last five decades" unless you think the world is about to end. It's "the most recent five decades".
Terminological imprecision on Bluesky these days is absolutely out of control.
Terminological imprecision on Bluesky these days is absolutely out of control.
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Anyway it's not "the last five decades" unless you think the world is about to end. It's "the most recent five decades".
Terminological imprecision on Bluesky these days is absolutely out of control.
Terminological imprecision on Bluesky these days is absolutely out of control.
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CRC incidence and mortality may also have reversed in the youngest cohorts, at least in England.
I've commented on this before. There's been a lot of interest in the rising incidence of colo-rectal cancer in young adults in many countries. This figure is a plot of incidence and mortality rates in England over time relative to a baseline rate in 1974. I last showed it with data to 2021. 1/n
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
CRC incidence and mortality may also have reversed in the youngest cohorts, at least in England.
Quite
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Quite
Turned out not to be much of a debate.
Yay, P-value debates on BlueSky.
S-Values are much more interpretable than P-values, yet adoption seems near impossible. I wonder what it would take to make the leap? #statssky #episky #rstats #statistics
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Turned out not to be much of a debate.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this interview. I have not always agreed with Ken Clarke's politics, but he comes across as a politician with both wisdom an integrity. Political characteristics that seems to have been in hiding for a decade.
“The honest truth is, I don't think Rachel Reeves is up to the job of Chancellor," says Ken Clarke.
"She made the wrong choice of taxation in the last budget, and made no attempt to cut public spending"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/ken-...
"She made the wrong choice of taxation in the last budget, and made no attempt to cut public spending"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/ken-...
Ken Clarke: ‘Rachel Reeves not up to the job as Chancellor - she’s deceiving herself’ | The News Agents
Lord Ken Clarke, former Conservative chancellor, tells The News Agents why he believes Rachel Reeves is “not up to the job” ahead of her second budget.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this interview. I have not always agreed with Ken Clarke's politics, but he comes across as a politician with both wisdom an integrity. Political characteristics that seems to have been in hiding for a decade.
Yay, P-value debates on BlueSky.
S-Values are much more interpretable than P-values, yet adoption seems near impossible. I wonder what it would take to make the leap? #statssky #episky #rstats #statistics
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yay, P-value debates on BlueSky.
The difficulty with interpreting a P-value comes from it being a conditional probability. How is it easier to interpret a transformed conditional probability? If H0 is true then a large S is a surprise. If H1 is true a large S may/may not be a surprise and a small S may/may not be a surprise.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The difficulty with interpreting a P-value comes from it being a conditional probability. How is it easier to interpret a transformed conditional probability? If H0 is true then a large S is a surprise. If H1 is true a large S may/may not be a surprise and a small S may/may not be a surprise.
What is the point of asking the public questions like this that they are unable to answer in an informed way? The effects of this tax will be complex and it is unlikely that respondents will have much idea what those effects will be.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What is the point of asking the public questions like this that they are unable to answer in an informed way? The effects of this tax will be complex and it is unlikely that respondents will have much idea what those effects will be.
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Reform is a party that says things that appeal to racists, fields racist candidates, fawns over racist world leaders, made a convicted racist guest of honour at their conference, and whose leader refuses to outright deny having racially abused people.
If only there were a word for such a party.
If only there were a word for such a party.
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reform is a party that says things that appeal to racists, fields racist candidates, fawns over racist world leaders, made a convicted racist guest of honour at their conference, and whose leader refuses to outright deny having racially abused people.
If only there were a word for such a party.
If only there were a word for such a party.
Believing that it is cruel to be be deprived of a large sum of money you have done absolutely nothing to earn is entitlement extraordinare. The cruelty is to those who don't inherit and are disadvantaged as a result.
I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
We were hit with a £148k inheritance tax bill when mum died at 97 - it's disgusting
Jill Lemon has labelled inheritance tax as 'cruel', 'horrible' and 'unfair'
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Believing that it is cruel to be be deprived of a large sum of money you have done absolutely nothing to earn is entitlement extraordinare. The cruelty is to those who don't inherit and are disadvantaged as a result.
I have a problem with this use of the term elite, which means a select group that are superior in terms of qualities. These people are not superior in most ways that matter. Replace the term with overrated and it makes much more sense.
Lame Duck à l’Orange.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I have a problem with this use of the term elite, which means a select group that are superior in terms of qualities. These people are not superior in most ways that matter. Replace the term with overrated and it makes much more sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's nice to see how ridiculously worked up some of the MAGA people are.
It's nice to see how ridiculously worked up some of the MAGA people are.
Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem? | Ellie Violet Bramley
The outrage a J Crew jumper has provoked shows that the US right’s sense of masculinity is far more fragile than it would care to admit, says freelance writer Ellie Violet Bramley
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's nice to see how ridiculously worked up some of the MAGA people are.
It's nice to see how ridiculously worked up some of the MAGA people are.
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We are looking for a new Chair of our Department of Imaging. Please RP! www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/940419/c... #imaging #radiology
Chair of the Department of Imaging - Los Angeles, California job with Cedars Sinai Medical Center | 940419
Cedars-Sinai Health System seeks a collaborative and strategic leader to serve as chair of the Department of Imaging
www.nejmcareercenter.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are looking for a new Chair of our Department of Imaging. Please RP! www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/940419/c... #imaging #radiology
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This isn’t institutional capture. It’s a parallel epistemic system built outside medicine, using influencer dynamics, curated anecdotes, and spiritualised autonomy to replace verification, deliberation, and accountability.
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This isn’t institutional capture. It’s a parallel epistemic system built outside medicine, using influencer dynamics, curated anecdotes, and spiritualised autonomy to replace verification, deliberation, and accountability.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Why does someone not sue these charlatans for damages for peddling lies and misinformation.
Why does someone not sue these charlatans for damages for peddling lies and misinformation.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Why does someone not sue these charlatans for damages for peddling lies and misinformation.
Why does someone not sue these charlatans for damages for peddling lies and misinformation.
A brown football kit (Brentford) just looks wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A brown football kit (Brentford) just looks wrong.
Do people eat mints any more?
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do people eat mints any more?
There goes my bonus.
Aren't you supposed to go into the office and not hang out in the local restaurants?
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
There goes my bonus.
I generally enjoy reading The Onion, but joking about suicide is utterly tasteless.
Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I generally enjoy reading The Onion, but joking about suicide is utterly tasteless.
I've just realised that this is my first first-author manuscript for 9 years.
1/2 Our update of the PREDICT breast prognostic and treatment benefit model is now published by BMC Research Notes.
rdcu.be/ePXTJ
rdcu.be/ePXTJ
PREDICT breast v4.0: an update to the PREDICT breast prognostic model
rdcu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I've just realised that this is my first first-author manuscript for 9 years.
One of endless moments...
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of endless moments...
Labour have managed to achieve in 18 months something that took the Tories a decade of lies and corruption. Spectacular incompetence.
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Labour have managed to achieve in 18 months something that took the Tories a decade of lies and corruption. Spectacular incompetence.