Prof Neil Martin
@thatneilmartin.bsky.social
I suppose I'd best get on and fill this in. Psychologist, Prof, writer, former head of department and university research integrity advisor. Research and consultancy: smell/taste; food; horror; comedy; the brain. Email: [email protected]
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And so, it begins! (again). NEWS. The 8th edition of Psychology will be out in 2026! This means, I think, that I should start writing it.
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Today I published a replication outlining concerns with "Instrumentally Inclusive" by Turnbull-Dugarte and López Ortega (2024, APSR).
I document seemingly idiosyncratic and ad hoc choices made by the authors that create a pattern of statistically significant results consistent with their theory.
I document seemingly idiosyncratic and ad hoc choices made by the authors that create a pattern of statistically significant results consistent with their theory.
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today I published a replication outlining concerns with "Instrumentally Inclusive" by Turnbull-Dugarte and López Ortega (2024, APSR).
I document seemingly idiosyncratic and ad hoc choices made by the authors that create a pattern of statistically significant results consistent with their theory.
I document seemingly idiosyncratic and ad hoc choices made by the authors that create a pattern of statistically significant results consistent with their theory.
In a sentence I never thought I'd write, an email from John Wilsher arrives...
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In a sentence I never thought I'd write, an email from John Wilsher arrives...
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Reg Varney's memorabilia under the hammer
Reg Varney's memorabilia under the hammer
Including his script for the 1971 On The Buses movie
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November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reg Varney's memorabilia under the hammer
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
Experts say, the French delicacies are likely to be sold via shell companies.
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Experts say, the French delicacies are likely to be sold via shell companies.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
An horrendous journey because of a signal points muck up at Archway which meant the Northern Line was suspended and we all had to swamp the buses. Having a case and standing, I spent a good two minutes staring at a bus stop sign outside honking on about unwanted touching on public transport.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
An horrendous journey because of a signal points muck up at Archway which meant the Northern Line was suspended and we all had to swamp the buses. Having a case and standing, I spent a good two minutes staring at a bus stop sign outside honking on about unwanted touching on public transport.
You can buy a church AND a vestry in Ammanford for under £60k
If you own a £2m house in London, you could buy a house as good or better anywhere else for far less, and you would have a ton of spare cash, so stop whining.
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You can buy a church AND a vestry in Ammanford for under £60k
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Psychology of ownership versus renting: Brief research review: https://osf.io/6vxbk
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Psychology of ownership versus renting: Brief research review: https://osf.io/6vxbk
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The scandal of medical research still failing to adopt the Registered Report format for trial publications.
Great example of failure to weed out Questionable Research Practices by clinical trial register (preregistration)+ journal review + multiple systematic reviews + guideline development process
Great example of failure to weed out Questionable Research Practices by clinical trial register (preregistration)+ journal review + multiple systematic reviews + guideline development process
The stuff you find when you actually read the RCTs in a systematic review...
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The scandal of medical research still failing to adopt the Registered Report format for trial publications.
Great example of failure to weed out Questionable Research Practices by clinical trial register (preregistration)+ journal review + multiple systematic reviews + guideline development process
Great example of failure to weed out Questionable Research Practices by clinical trial register (preregistration)+ journal review + multiple systematic reviews + guideline development process
You don’t say..,
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
You don’t say..,
On a train, and my public service announcement of the day is that some conversations on a phone really, really don’t need to be had and that new smartphones with highly sensitive AI built in should self destruct when they detect bibble in a moving environment.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
On a train, and my public service announcement of the day is that some conversations on a phone really, really don’t need to be had and that new smartphones with highly sensitive AI built in should self destruct when they detect bibble in a moving environment.
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i mean not to prejudge this, but the cyber expert is likely to say 'yeah you hit publish, mate'
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
i mean not to prejudge this, but the cyber expert is likely to say 'yeah you hit publish, mate'
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'Rye Lane' by Mark Pearson
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November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
'Rye Lane' by Mark Pearson
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markpearsonartist.com
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November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Every time I walk past this cafe on Bethnal Green Road I think it embodies all the ways modern London annoys me
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Every time I walk past this cafe on Bethnal Green Road I think it embodies all the ways modern London annoys me
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BREAKING: This was well worth getting to see. Yes, it's not great, but definitely interesting to see how many of the longstanding rumours about it were - and weren't - true.
At last, for the first time ever anywhere, the most sought after holy grail in television comedy - Oh No, Not Them, the 1989 unseen US pilot of The Young Ones. patreon.com/posts/143210147
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November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
BREAKING: This was well worth getting to see. Yes, it's not great, but definitely interesting to see how many of the longstanding rumours about it were - and weren't - true.
Go on. You first.
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Go on. You first.
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
The amble home. Always look up.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The amble home. Always look up.
There will never be another. I went to Maryon's funeral today. A proper celebration of an amazing person. She knew so many people from a variety of hinterlands. I have been to a few funerals and nothing sums up the absoluteness of death and loss than looking at a coffin.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There will never be another. I went to Maryon's funeral today. A proper celebration of an amazing person. She knew so many people from a variety of hinterlands. I have been to a few funerals and nothing sums up the absoluteness of death and loss than looking at a coffin.
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Fun Tip: Pretend you’re at a hotel buffet every morning by holding your plate while you’re waiting for your toast.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Fun Tip: Pretend you’re at a hotel buffet every morning by holding your plate while you’re waiting for your toast.
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Do you like a spooky story at Christmas time? If so join me, @neilbuttery.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social & @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social at the next @serveitforthfest.bsky.social event for a Christmas Feast of the Uncanny on 11 December 2025
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Do you like a spooky story at Christmas time? If so join me, @neilbuttery.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social & @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social at the next @serveitforthfest.bsky.social event for a Christmas Feast of the Uncanny on 11 December 2025
I think it tells you a lot, not that you needed telling a lot, about #newsnight that it labelled Gillian Tett as "Columnist, Financial Times" rather than "PROVOST, KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE". A kilner jar of naff media Herberts talking to themselves.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I think it tells you a lot, not that you needed telling a lot, about #newsnight that it labelled Gillian Tett as "Columnist, Financial Times" rather than "PROVOST, KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE". A kilner jar of naff media Herberts talking to themselves.