Good stuff @jackhardwicke.bsky.social blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/01...

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Do you see the problem of performance sport? @jackhardwicke.bsky.social and i certainly do. So we put this special issue together. Do get in touch if you have an idea. Cheers, CRM think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

A snippet from a brief talk I gave last week about brain injury in sport 🧠. The full talk is on my YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@matthew_sha... Feel free to like and subscribe!

This has got be some of the worst negligence I’ve ever seen in sport. Eli Kotoa knocked unconscious in the WARM UP, allowed to play and sustain multiple brain injuries that lead to emergency surgery. It’s 2025

What’s the latest with Twitter these days?

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Only since I’ve started doing work on brain injury and sport have I been called an activist (multiple times), which tells me I’m finally doing something worthwhile with my research time, and I’m probably doing it right.

I used to think I was a vampire but on reflection I might not be.

I don’t know why more stand up comedians don’t just take up university lecturing. It’s basically crowd work with references.

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Someone who supports my work has paid for 3 books for me to give away! I'll double that - so I have *six* to give away!!! To enter just repost & comment below. I'll announce the winners on friday (1st Aug). Please do share, thanks. 🙏🤟🍻 More info on the book here - www.routledge.com/Doing-Good-S....

🧵New bit from me that’s been a nice side quest to develop my interviewing skills while exploring something I’m interested in, as a podcaster myself. Paper is open access so everyone can read it! 🎙️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

RUNIT is absolutely shameful. Society has never been more aware of the brain injury risks related to contact sport. CTE is mainstream terminology. RUNIT have taken the (well-evidenced) most dangerous part of a dangerous sport and made it a sport itself. Someone will die from this.

Some epistemology from me & @drcrmatthews.bsky.social This wasn’t really about biobanding or parents understanding of it, this was more about the critique of the tools typically used to “measure” such understanding. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

About time this guy was made to pay!

Enjoyed talking last week about the work I’m doing with @jackhardwicke.bsky.social and @drcrmatthews.bsky.social around brain injury and rugby

No child should acquire brain damage that is within adult control to prevent. Sport is no exception. New paper on this: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Update on the new book, new papers and a few workshops and lectures that are free to attend: mailchi.mp/de419fe5dc50...

Fucking hell, how hard is it. Tax. The. Rich.

Lol twitter

I have finally got hold of images from an MRI of my brain from last year! Any suggestions of who may be willing to look at it in relation to brain injury? @alanpearcephd.bsky.social any suggestions?

JD Vance is definitely Jonathan Gullis’ idol isn’t he, you just know it.

Is “ludicrous” an appropriate word to use in an academic review? Asking for a friend (genuinely 😂)

Damn, last week marked 14 years teaching. 2 FE colleges, 2 Universities, 4 cities, 2 countries. Must be time to write my autobiography?

Sport and exercise science isn't in a dire state because of replication concerns alone... It's the whole cadre of naïve empiricism, reliance on induction ("evidence based"), no or vague theory, flimsy predictions, weak use of null hypothesis testing (not just NP testing), the list goes on.

Does anyone have a good overview of science communication podcasts based in Norway. Doesn’t have to be Norwegian language, just the hosts (or a host) based in 🇳🇴 Obviously thinking of you @dsquintana.bsky.social and Everything Hertz

Is there a social science equivalent here?

WWE doesn’t have a Bluesky account. So now I’m not sure why I’m here.

I am keen to follow anyone working with / interested in brain injury in sport! Let me know who to hit up 🙌🏻