Gill Petrokofsky
@greenwoodtree14.bsky.social
Oxford-based systematic review researcher, mainly for forestry, land-use and environmental challenges. Also keen on sport and music. They all connect!
Clear message. Stay alert!
February 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Clear message. Stay alert!
Reposted by Gill Petrokofsky
That would be because vaccines are safe and they do not cause autism
Lack of vaccines causes early death
The entire RFK team should be arrested and prosecuted for crimes against children!
Lack of vaccines causes early death
The entire RFK team should be arrested and prosecuted for crimes against children!
February 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
That would be because vaccines are safe and they do not cause autism
Lack of vaccines causes early death
The entire RFK team should be arrested and prosecuted for crimes against children!
Lack of vaccines causes early death
The entire RFK team should be arrested and prosecuted for crimes against children!
King Charles, Head of the armed forces: petition to cancel the state visit to USA. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
King Charles, Head of the armed forces: petition to cancel the state visit to USA. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Shameful anti-history behaviour of the Dept of the Interior. I gather the city of Philadelphia is suing. Good luck.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Shameful anti-history behaviour of the Dept of the Interior. I gather the city of Philadelphia is suing. Good luck.
The great Keith Kirby! www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/keit...
KEITH KIRBY
Something of an Oxford legend, QUAD hunts down the Old Man of Wytham for a proper chat
www.alumni.ox.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The great Keith Kirby! www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/keit...
Listening on radio to news, sounds like Tr*mp is at Davos launching his "Bored of Peace" initiative....sounds about right for this domestic and international peace-destroyer 🤔
January 22, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Listening on radio to news, sounds like Tr*mp is at Davos launching his "Bored of Peace" initiative....sounds about right for this domestic and international peace-destroyer 🤔
Annoying they still have (Twitter) 'X' as automatic Share options...No Bluesky
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Annoying they still have (Twitter) 'X' as automatic Share options...No Bluesky
Important research. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
Expert Comment: Chatbot-driven sexual abuse? The Grok case is just
Dr Federica Fedorczyk, Early Career Research Fellow at the Institute for Ethics in AI, works on AI regulation and ethics with a focus on the intersection between AI and the criminal justice system.
www.ox.ac.uk
January 18, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Important research. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
Lovely! On an otherwise horrible day.
THREAD.
A collection of random dogs I have met on my adventures in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to the photos in the alt text.
A collection of random dogs I have met on my adventures in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to the photos in the alt text.
January 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Lovely! On an otherwise horrible day.
Absolutely! And are we seeing embryonic distrust in evidence-based medicine (backed up by systematic reviews of RCTs, etc) here in the UK? With presumably equally valuable "Wellness" (snake oil?) market. Worrying. Post-truth, post-science.
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Absolutely! And are we seeing embryonic distrust in evidence-based medicine (backed up by systematic reviews of RCTs, etc) here in the UK? With presumably equally valuable "Wellness" (snake oil?) market. Worrying. Post-truth, post-science.
Such a good thread about fake-equivalence people never bothering to evidence their fake claims
Director Bhattacharya received an award from the Brownstone Institute.
He devoted some of his time to criticize the press, including about "taking sides" on global warming.
1/10
He devoted some of his time to criticize the press, including about "taking sides" on global warming.
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Such a good thread about fake-equivalence people never bothering to evidence their fake claims
This looks great! lanss.uk/opportunitie...
Scottish Woodlands Graduate Development Programme 2026
Scottish Woodlands are looking to recruit Graduates to train, mentor, and develop to become an integral part their succession management plan. For 2026,…
lanss.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:35 AM
This looks great! lanss.uk/opportunitie...
Reposted by Gill Petrokofsky
“Journeys are safer & smoother when we all work together”
Lovely common sense road rules ad from Wokingham Borough Council.
Lovely common sense road rules ad from Wokingham Borough Council.
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 AM
“Journeys are safer & smoother when we all work together”
Lovely common sense road rules ad from Wokingham Borough Council.
Lovely common sense road rules ad from Wokingham Borough Council.
Reposted by Gill Petrokofsky
🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
No excuse not to make (anonymised) data available WITH THE PAPER!
Disappointing that the data from this metaanalysis “may be available on request”. Why no open data?
Stopping obesity drugs means people regain weight and lose heart health benefits www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/w...
January 11, 2026 at 10:58 AM
No excuse not to make (anonymised) data available WITH THE PAPER!
Reposted by Gill Petrokofsky
Disappointing that the data from this metaanalysis “may be available on request”. Why no open data?
Stopping obesity drugs means people regain weight and lose heart health benefits www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/w...
Stopping obesity drugs means people regain weight and lose heart health benefits
Why the weight, and heart risks, return after stopping GLP-1 drugs.
www.statnews.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Disappointing that the data from this metaanalysis “may be available on request”. Why no open data?
Powerful words criticising both the Tr*mp administration and leadership of the NIH: "The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left" www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n... via @statnews.com
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Powerful words criticising both the Tr*mp administration and leadership of the NIH: "The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left" www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n... via @statnews.com
3. First up: woohoo! Amazing @guyshrubsole.bsky.social The Lost Rainforests of Britain: "At its centre is a huge tree overhanging a river, ivy encircling it like a coiled serpent; the base of its trunk is darkened with moss and mottled with bracket fungus" [describing an illustration by Alan Lee]
January 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
3. First up: woohoo! Amazing @guyshrubsole.bsky.social The Lost Rainforests of Britain: "At its centre is a huge tree overhanging a river, ivy encircling it like a coiled serpent; the base of its trunk is darkened with moss and mottled with bracket fungus" [describing an illustration by Alan Lee]
2.(Acknowledge a huge bias in this experiment - they're all books on my shelf, so I probably don't hate them!).
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
2.(Acknowledge a huge bias in this experiment - they're all books on my shelf, so I probably don't hate them!).
Because the world seems rather scary with random acts of unpleasantness dominating the news, I'm trying a silly experiment with my own bookcases to cite something that occurs at a series of random numbers (shelf number, position on shelf, page in book).
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Because the world seems rather scary with random acts of unpleasantness dominating the news, I'm trying a silly experiment with my own bookcases to cite something that occurs at a series of random numbers (shelf number, position on shelf, page in book).
Dangerous ignorance by Farage...and proud of it, seemingly. Aping RFK JR.
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Dangerous ignorance by Farage...and proud of it, seemingly. Aping RFK JR.
Reposted by Gill Petrokofsky
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Reposted by Gill Petrokofsky
#AI may indeed exacerbate our bad academic habits:
#LLM science summaries were nearly five times more likely than human-authored science summaries to contain broad generalizations (95% CI [3.06, 7.70], p < 0.001).
And newer models over-generalized more; not less!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#philSci
#LLM science summaries were nearly five times more likely than human-authored science summaries to contain broad generalizations (95% CI [3.06, 7.70], p < 0.001).
And newer models over-generalized more; not less!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#philSci
January 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
#AI may indeed exacerbate our bad academic habits:
#LLM science summaries were nearly five times more likely than human-authored science summaries to contain broad generalizations (95% CI [3.06, 7.70], p < 0.001).
And newer models over-generalized more; not less!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#philSci
#LLM science summaries were nearly five times more likely than human-authored science summaries to contain broad generalizations (95% CI [3.06, 7.70], p < 0.001).
And newer models over-generalized more; not less!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#philSci
Reposted by Gill Petrokofsky
At the Ancient Woodland: Past, Present and Future conference in Birmingham, one message was unmistakable: AW need protect under law and PAWs restoration needs to increase. Ancient woodland should be treated as irreplaceable, not optional scenery. See campaigns below
youtu.be/AWgtMwWCCBA?...
youtu.be/AWgtMwWCCBA?...
Ancient Woodland Restoration - A story of life and light.
YouTube video by Wood For The Trees
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December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
At the Ancient Woodland: Past, Present and Future conference in Birmingham, one message was unmistakable: AW need protect under law and PAWs restoration needs to increase. Ancient woodland should be treated as irreplaceable, not optional scenery. See campaigns below
youtu.be/AWgtMwWCCBA?...
youtu.be/AWgtMwWCCBA?...