Diederik Stapel was a massive watershed moment in psychology. However, he was -- and let's be slightly glib here -- some guy from The Netherlands who wrote social psychology papers. The full accounting of the Eysenck case is approx, at minimum, TWO STAPELS. retractionwatch.com/2025/12/03/n...

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

Happy Advent! !!!🎄✨ Day 2. Today's puzzle is about paper mills' red flags! Do you spot the problem? papermills.tilda.ws/advent2025

America: Did you order the code Red? Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID! America: Uhm, it’s a crime. Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.

"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."

Superb and enlightening, if quite disturbing webinar. The recording is now up on the @chemistryworld.com YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWj5...

“Up to 41,000 apartments with planning permission lying idle in system” 41,000 ready-to-go on site with full Planning Permission..a fact ignored by those looking to blame Planning system for the housing crisis. The deregulation agenda is strong, don’t be misled www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

I know far too many people who have been knocked off their bikes, and not once has it happened because of poor visibility or because they were not lit up enough. In each case, it was the fault of dangerous driving and/or dangerous infrastructure.

We are recruiting an information systems manager to support our data management and stewardship efforts. 13-month contract on 53k/year, but I'll be looking to extend the role contingent on renewed funding for our CRF. Small, close-knit team + flexible working arrangements.

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

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

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

When it comes to communicating your point to a diverse audience, this example is right up there 👏👏👏

US sanctions on ICC judges should trouble us all www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

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.

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.

The playbook for this (and more) is outlined in the book below.

Our group are looking to #hire an Information Systems Manager to join us in Cork as we expand electronic data capture supports offered through REDCap. Opportunity to work across a wide variety of #HealthResearch projects. 🕛 Deadline: 12 noon, Friday 12th December my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.

For researchers using the wonderful REDCap electronic data capture/research data management system, Chapter 5 of hbiostat.org/rflow has new sections on automatic interfaces between REDCap and R. #rstats

Introduction to Data Stewardship Microcredential (DH5001) has just launched at UCC (online/in-person). Duration: 13 weeks Closing date for applications: 25th Jan 2026 Starting: 9 Feb 2026 Cost: €1000 Practical, professional skills in research data management. Register: www.ucc.ie/en/dh5001/

I liked it more when Black Mirror was set in the future

What every city needs. More bricks.

There's a roundabout in Cork where even during the worst traffic, drivers unfailingly allow others to merge in a "zip" by local custom. Driving through it restores my faith in society, every time. I just found out it's known as the "soundabout", and that's just wonderful.

Hard copy printed out and post-it notes at the ready! "Our impression is that autism-microbiome research is an example of a field that has generated its own momentum, without necessarily going anywhere"

Cork City Council's annual reminder that parking enforcement is just for Christmas and not for the other eleven months of year

We did a thing. 😬

Just to draw your attention to the HPSC's truly excellent data hub for respiratory illnesses. A great investment in disease surveillance capacity paying off. @hpscireland.bsky.social respiratoryvirus.hpsc.ie

ooof this feels like most every university rn

TFW the data are so fraudulent* you have to learn how to create colour-coded spreadsheets in R to show all the patterns 😂 *allegedly. (is this enough? don't sue me xx)

Hope he’s okay. Can’t help but notice RFK making the speediest possible exit directly away from the man in need of support. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Secretary for Health and Human Services of the great USA

A meme template is born

Seven years ago, and last year.

One thing that always identifies charlatans - they blame patients when their treatment fails.

There are a lot, really a lot, of Irish institutions, public bodies and politicians who need to follow suit. Far too many still there, and there is zero excuse for remaining on that rancid platform. www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

This bears repeating.

This video shows the exact moment the garda van was set alight in Citywest last Tuesday night. Aside from the arson of the garda van. The so called 'patriots' set the tricolour on fire to commit the arson. (Video credit Padraig O'Reilly Photojournalist)

On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts. What service he has given us. Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25

Reliable healthcare starts with reliable data. Data managers in Registered CTUs ensure the accuracy, integrity, & security of data enabling evidence-based decisions to be made into treatment options. Find guidance here ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/is-data-mana... #WorldEBHCDay #UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials

🔺️ ⚠️ Heads up for Cork Nth Central voters who normally vote at the Hall at Trinity Church, end of Summerhill: works there mean your polling station has moved to City Hall. That is stated on your polling card, but the change is not well flagged. Reposts appreciated. People may miss out. #aras25

Does your polling station have rhubarb tart? Yeah, I didn't think so 😏 #Áras25 bsky.app/profile/news...

Thanks to everyone across the Network who collaborated on the two new pieces of data management guidance released today. And there’s more to follow! Download your copies here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/is-data-mana... #UKCTUNetwork #DISOG2025

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