"Partial data curation" is not free-riding though. As I noted above, I personally prefer a system where co-authorship involves a more substantial, intellectual involvement - but the idea to incentivize and reward people who spend most of their time on, e.g., data collection and curation, is valid.

As a disclaimer, I am a co-author on a couple of GWAS papers (~200 authors), but in my experience people are largely aware that these don't count for much.

As you note, there are other issues with the GBD studies and IHME, but that they give co-authorship generously is not in itself problematic. You can have a debate about what merits co-authorship and I personally prefer the norm in the social sciences, but the medical science work differently

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

I have no problems recommending my own papers - most of the time I recommend several papers, one of which might be mine. When I point authors to one specific study, it is more often than not someone else's paper, so your chances of successfully inferring my identify are not that high

I think strictly speaking it might be possible. I was told for the Master I am involved in that there would be no budget for this - this is not exactly true, but even for our relatively well-funded Master spending a few hundred on travel cost would leave a sizable dent in the budget...

When applying for a job at (full) professor level, what would a "job market paper" mean, as a component of the application?

The term makes more sense for an entry-level position, when a newly-minted PhD (or ABD student) only has unpublished papers.

For prof job, just give them published articles?

In my (European) experience, no one asks for unpublished papers as part of the package. You are expected to present unpublished work as part of the application, so I guess whatever you prefer to present is your job market paper.

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou

(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)

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My mum, Jo, has very kindly designed, printed and cut some beautiful bookmarks to go with each purchase (for free).

This is pretty shocking to hear for a well-regarded journal

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If someone were interested in getting an intro of drug pricing and drug pricing policy in the US, what books or articles would you recommend?

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tbt the time a drunk was trying to insult one of the bouncers on the high street and got the devastating response "oh look, someone who doesn't matter has said something that isn't true". I often think about this when not replying to tweets

I am begging journalists to stop just repeating the phrase "pull factor" when it comes to a system which provides less than £50 a week to survive on, at best, per week, and denies people the right to work, among other things. The UK asylum system is not a "pull factor" by any measure.

This was just about a month ago, so I guess Greenland is not fully off the table?
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Not only is RFKjr spreading disinformation about vaccines, infection & health but advertising for flu/covid vaccines and support for clinical teams to address questions re vaccines is not happening either. ie disproportionately negative vaccine messages dominate which likely will reduce uptake

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n