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Dorothy Bishop
@deevybee.bsky.social
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Retired professor of psychology at University of Oxford. Interests in developmental neuropsychology and improving science. Blogs at deevybee.blogspot.com
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Open Science Workshop - detecting errors and misconduct in science
Dates: 20-22 October
Location: Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Registration link: tinyurl.com/3xkd8twf
ONLY PHYSICAL ATTENDENCE POSSIBLE! NO ONLINE POSSIBILITIES.
September 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Oh, Linked In. How little you know me!
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Huge variability documented in how publishers respond when informed about a problematic body of work by a research group. www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
#publishers #retractions
Bar chart showing % of articles retracted, with expression of concern, or no action from different publishers. 100% no action from Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer; 100% retraction from Taylor and Francis.
August 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Well, this Satan in the Ashmolean is quite fit, though perhaps an acquired taste. Donated by Jeffrey Archer!
Bronze statue of a pensive and very muscular Satan, complete with wings and scaly claws
August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This is the only one I'm happy to share - you will of course recognise it! I have your Tubemapper book and get great enjoyment from trying to copy effects - makes me really look hard at scenes I've walked past for years when living in London. You'll like the extra reflection on glass table!
painting based on Luke Abgaimoni's cover picture for Tube Mapper project. Underground train with reflections on rainy platform - strong red colours of doors and blue panel.
August 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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A surprising visitor to my bathroom (in Oxford UK). Anyone know what it is?
thin pale green insect with very long antennae and long hind legs. About 5 cm long
July 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Not sure if it's just the heat that's making me crabby, or leg cramps, but I'm so fed up with Data Availability Statements that aren't worth the paper they are written on, e.g. my comment here: pubpeer.com/publications...
text of Data Sharing statement saying authors will share if they approve a proposal by those requesting the data, and there's mention also of signed data access agreement.
June 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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She's done it! Through extreme heat, wind and rain! Please do sponsor the most intrepid Maggie Snowling
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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@stuartbuck.bsky.social on what I think we should term the Department of Ghastly Government Inefficiency and Excess.
"Doggie Doo" toy corgi: "feed and walk your little pup. When he makes a mess you clean it up"
June 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Great lecture. And glad to see he’s willing to comment on role of Elon Musk
May 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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spent yesterday seeing research from the perspective of a participant. Discussed it with one of the people testing me, and we agreed it’s remarkable that thousands of people agree to be scanned for hours for no reward - rather like blood doning - restores faith in humanity @ukbiobank.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Dorothy in Hume hat
May 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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First magnolias of the year
March 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Final call for registration for meeting on research #fraud.

Talks and discussion sessions with sleuths, research integrity experts, and more. Online and in person options.

www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)

#ResearchIntegrity #Oxford
March 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Interested in how we can tackle the scourge of research fraud? And meeting people in the delightful city of Oxford? Join us at the FAIRS meeting in April - in-person and online options.
More details and booking form: www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)
March 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Wowzers!
Tweet sequence on X. Geoffrey Hinton: I think Elon Musk should be expelled from the British Royal Society. Not because he peddles conspiracy theories and makes Nazi salutes, but because of the huge damage he is doing to scientific institutions in the US. Now let's see if he really believes in free speech. Elon Musk: Only craven, insecure fools care about awards and memberships. History is the actual judge, always and forever. Your comments above are carelessly ignorant, cruel and false. That said, what specific actions require correction? I will make mistakes but endeavor to fix them. Mar 2nd pm
March 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Register now for our FAIRS meeting - online and in person options. Great speakers, great location, important topic!
www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)
#researchintegrity #fraud
@lexbouter.bsky.social @WCRIFoundation
Flyer for conference - summary of information as on website https://www.sjcfairsmeeting.com/
February 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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This is a perfect response:
However, what we have is no action and no comment. Attenborough rightly lauds the Royal Society for its principles of intellectual independence and open debate, but there has been no open debate on this matter. He also rightly reminds us of the Society’s Latin motto Nullius in verba – “Take nobody’s word for it”. But in this instance, ironically, the Royal Society is asking us to do just that – take their word without any explanation of their decision.
February 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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i haven’t a clue about flower arranging, but sometimes the flowers just do something artistic of their own accord
February 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Love this quote by Jacob Bronowski about the idealised view of the scholar. Then I think about Elon Musk, FRS
"... they do not make wild claims, they do not cheat, they do not try to persuade at any cost, they appeal neither to prejudice nor to authority, they are often frank about their ignorance, their disputes are fairly decorous, they do not confuse what is being argued with race, politics, sex or age, they listen patiently to the young and to the old who both know everything. These are the general virtues of scholarship, and they are particularly the virtues of science".
February 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Well, re that tomato paper, now there's a notice re "concerns regarding the use of non-standard derivatives of established technical terms" - but still no recognition of the fact it's such arrant nonsense that integrity of reviewers and editor must come into question. www.mdpi.com/2305-6290/6/...
January 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Nothing to see here. Just Elon Musk FRS retweeting an incendiary statement about @royalsociety.org's Foreign Member Anthony Fauci at the point when Trump removed Fauci's protection.
Need for preemptive pardon amplified when Musk previously tweeted "prosecute Fauci".
Tweet by @DefiyantlyFree: Nothing says "Trust the Science" quite like a blanket preemptive pardon
January 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Here's an easy one for a seasonal #OxPicQuiz - can you recognise where it is?
#Procreate
Sandstone building with turret above and big oak door below. Snowy street with lamposts and trees in front.
December 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Where does @elsevierconnect.bsky.social get its information from?
December 13, 2024 at 7:50 AM
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In Jul 2023, @retractionwatch.com noted that Masoud Afrand stepped down as editor of Scientific Reports. retractionwatch.com/2023/07/19/j...
But, here he is: still listed as an editor on the journal website.
This amplifies concerns noted here: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/10/an-o...
December 11, 2024 at 8:58 AM