Brendan Palmer
@bapalmer.bsky.social
Former virologist. Current Senior Manager of Data Services | #rstats #ReproducibleResearch
"Some of my best friends use spreadsheets"
"Some of my best friends use spreadsheets"
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Superb and enlightening, if quite disturbing webinar. The recording is now up on the @chemistryworld.com YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWj5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWj5...
Restoring integrity: tackling fraud and data manipulation in scientific research
YouTube video by Chemistry World
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Superb and enlightening, if quite disturbing webinar. The recording is now up on the @chemistryworld.com YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWj5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWj5...
Whilst often run with good intentions, "Be Safe, Be Seen" campaigns ignore the key road safety issue, namely increasingly poor driving behaviour.
This is the scene at the busiest junction next to UCC grounds Every. Single. Day.
#CorkCity
@corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
@irishcycle.com
This is the scene at the busiest junction next to UCC grounds Every. Single. Day.
#CorkCity
@corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
@irishcycle.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Whenever I see campaigns such as this, I'm reminded of the 2021 tweet from Surrey Poilce
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Whenever I see campaigns such as this, I'm reminded of the 2021 tweet from Surrey Poilce
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
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One pair of numbers nicely illustrates where the Irish housing crisis actually originates.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
One pair of numbers nicely illustrates where the Irish housing crisis actually originates.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
Worst ever? What about the Man U circus tent?
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Worst ever? What about the Man U circus tent?
I somehow read that as "rogue velociraptor accent".
Sounded pretty interesting there for a minute.
Sounded pretty interesting there for a minute.
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I somehow read that as "rogue velociraptor accent".
Sounded pretty interesting there for a minute.
Sounded pretty interesting there for a minute.
Another one that I frequently revisit.
"Across the 241 studies, 223 unique combinations of analytic techniques were observed. In other words, there were nearly as many unique analysis pipelines as studies in the sample".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Across the 241 studies, 223 unique combinations of analytic techniques were observed. In other words, there were nearly as many unique analysis pipelines as studies in the sample".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The secret lives of experiments: Methods reporting in the fMRI literature
Replication of research findings is critical to the progress of scientific understanding. Accordingly, most scientific journals require authors to rep…
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November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Another one that I frequently revisit.
"Across the 241 studies, 223 unique combinations of analytic techniques were observed. In other words, there were nearly as many unique analysis pipelines as studies in the sample".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Across the 241 studies, 223 unique combinations of analytic techniques were observed. In other words, there were nearly as many unique analysis pipelines as studies in the sample".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...