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Darren Dahly
@statsepi.bsky.social
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Epidemiologist + Statistician | Clinical Research Facility - University College Cork | UCC School of Public Health | #ClinicalTrials #Epidemiology #Statistics #RStats #WBE #IDSurveillance
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · Sep 15
Thanks again to @avrilkennan.bsky.social for the opportunity to share some thoughts on research integrity and methodological rigor with a room full of Irish health research funders via @hrci.bsky.social. 🙏

youtu.be/5q8l-OV9Msc
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taniel.bsky.social
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.

ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.

We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
boltsmag.org Bolts @boltsmag.org · Nov 28
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.

But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
For a very particular reason, ALAN DERSHOWITZ, I’m thinking about how the Harvard Law Faculty, which Dersh is a member of, were VERY vocal about how Harvard’s mee Obama-era title IX standards were too stringent and “unfair” to accused perpetrators
redpencilscript.bsky.social Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 1d
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
statsepi.bsky.social
😳
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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durlauf.bsky.social
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.

www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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tjmahr.com
new #rstats blogpost: readtextgrid now uses C++ (and ChatGPT helped) www.tjmahr.com/readtextgrid...
readtextgrid now uses C++ (and ChatGPT helped)
Text parsing and thoughts about LLM-assisted R development
www.tjmahr.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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gavinyamey.bsky.social
One of the best pieces of science journalism of 2025 is Jon Cohen’s terrifying article on how Trump/RFK Jr/their crew of MAGA/MAHA dudes, like Jay Bhattacharya, have dismantled US pandemic preparedness (www.science.org/content/arti...)

Then read Jay’s astoundingly stupid “pandemic prevention plan”😢
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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statsepi.bsky.social
We did a thing. 😬
cellpress.bsky.social Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 2d
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.

Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA

@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
First page of Opinion piece: "Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism"
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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robin.berjon.com
Excellent @euobserver.com oped from @krisshrishak.bsky.social on how EC leadership is running high on AI fumes and immolating public money.
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
Von der Leyen caught in AI hype trap while Tech bros cash in
Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Commission are fueling the AI hype, claiming AI could reach human-level reasoning next year. When asked for evidence, they cited tech CEOs’ essays, prompting scientists...
euobserver.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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mcbridetd.bsky.social
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
statsepi.bsky.social
Oh look, more food scientists with zero experience of clinical or public health nutrition telling everyone they should eat a healthy diet. Thank you for your service! 🫡
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Nice paper! Reminds me (in spirit) of this from Steven Greenberg a few years ago. A paper I recommend to everyone!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Understanding belief using citation networks
Citation is a powerful method for establishing belief. Published statements gain credibility when followed by citations. Citation in its purest form consists of the scholarly connection of authors' i....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
statsepi.bsky.social
Anyone that happens to have a fake dataset lying around to be accidentally submitted should probably not be trusted to then provide you with the real one. HT @deevybee.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The potential and limits of scrutiny in medical research
In a recent lecture Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, talked about how setbacks driven by misinformation can be temporary and how evidence and data can rebuild confidence. He was speaking...
www.bmj.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
statsepi.bsky.social
It's mind-numbing how anyone could view city journal as operating in good faith. But many do.
kgandersen.bsky.social Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 1d
A new approach to pandemic preparedness:

1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym

Simple - 🤷‍♂️.

www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook
The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.
www.city-journal.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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dsquintana.bsky.social
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉

As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Transparent and comprehensive statistical reporting is critical for ensuring the credibility, reproducibility, and interpretability of psychological research. This paper offers a structured set of guidelines for reporting statistical analyses in quantitative psychology, emphasizing clarity at both the planning and results stages. Drawing on established recommendations and emerging best practices, we outline key decisions related to hypothesis formulation, sample size justification, preregistration, outlier and missing data handling, statistical model specification, and the interpretation of inferential outcomes. We address considerations across frequentist and Bayesian frameworks and fixed as well as sequential research designs, including guidance on effect size reporting, equivalence testing, and the appropriate treatment of null results. To facilitate implementation of these recommendations, we provide the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology (TSRP) Checklist that researchers can use to systematically evaluate and improve their statistical reporting practices (https://osf.io/t2zpq/). In addition, we provide a curated list of freely available tools, packages, and functions that researchers can use to implement transparent reporting practices in their own analyses to bridge the gap between theory and practice. To illustrate the practical application of these principles, we provide a side-by-side comparison of insufficient versus best-practice reporting using a hypothetical cognitive psychology study. By adopting transparent reporting standards, researchers can improve the robustness of individual studies and facilitate cumulative scientific progress through more reliable meta-analyses and research syntheses.
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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wiringthebrain.bsky.social
Calibrating scientific skepticism www.wiringthebrain.com/2018/07/cali... - I wrote this a few years ago in relation to claims of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in humans, but the issues relate equally to the kind of microbiome studies we assess in the paper linked below...
Calibrating scientific skepticism – a wider look at the field of transgenerational epigenetics
I recently wrote a blogpost examining the supposed evidence for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (TGEI) in hu...
www.wiringthebrain.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
statsepi.bsky.social
What every city needs. More bricks.
frankoconnor.bsky.social Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 18h
RIP Bishop Lucey Park
Only green space in city centre is no longer a green space
Seriously how did this cost €7million?
Its depressing & says Cork says f*ck biodiversity & climate
Ironically the one redeeming feature is that the railings & gates are gone to make it thoroughfare
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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frankoconnor.bsky.social
RIP Bishop Lucey Park
Only green space in city centre is no longer a green space
Seriously how did this cost €7million?
Its depressing & says Cork says f*ck biodiversity & climate
Ironically the one redeeming feature is that the railings & gates are gone to make it thoroughfare
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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ciaraioch.bsky.social
Last year's Christmas cards will also be restocked, and can be ordered at the link (will also begin to ship towards the end of November) www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Digital mock-up of last year's Christmas card design, featuring a cosy scene that includes some well-loved details from an old - and new - Irish Christmas, with the greeting “Nollaig Shona” on the front (which means Merry Christmas in Irish). #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #TraditionalArt
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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statsepi.bsky.social
Valuable reporting here from @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for @science.org, adding context and other important voices to our perspective piece (linked further below, with @wiringthebrain.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social)

www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
statsepi.bsky.social
Surely the university's higher purpose is *not* to teach people how to use tools, but instead to teach people how to understand for themselves whether they *should* use them.
olivia.science Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 1d
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
As one Massachusetts school administrator recently said; this moment with AI is remarkably like the moment when we were introduced to asbestos. Yes, it had some remarkably promising characteristics – fireproofing! – and had some real utility in science, research, and industrial applications. But a profit-driven industry bullied us into inserting it everywhere; into our homes and schools and public spaces, before we really understood the risks. This resulted in decades, if not centuries, of illness, injuries, deaths, and the astronomical financial burden of trying to remove the stuff. As you, the leaders and policymakers in our schools, craft an AI policy for our district, we the undersigned call on you to: 1. Ban AI tools into the classroom, protect our students and teachers from de-skilling and allow them the space and time to engage in assignments themselves. 2. Resist any direct financial relationship or contracts with AI providers, as well as the “training” they might offer. 3. Provide a digital literacy curriculum to help students navigate the current digital landscape, and promote critical engagement with technology. 4. Guarantee that anywhere generative AI has already entered our classrooms or curriculum, an opt-out will allow students and teachers to refuse the use of these products at no risk to their grades, progress or employment.
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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mjamurphy.bsky.social
Our paper looking at aflatoxin contamination rates in formal & informal maize flour in Kenya is now out in PlosOne

More on this issue soon!
Aflatoxin contamination of maize flour in Kenya: Results from multi-city, multi-round surveillance
Foodborne illness is a major source of the global burden of disease, but public monitoring of hazards in food systems is overwhelmingly focused on the formal sector in high income countries. We contri...
journals.plos.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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by-cjewett.bsky.social
Always cool when this happens. Story in 🧵--->
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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theipaper.com
Claims that autism could be caused by problems with the gut microbiome have caught media attention but some microbiologists are sceptical trib.al/fgv5oLv
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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downwithdan.bsky.social
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM