Publishing in a journal means endorsing it. Where you publish reflects your values. Choose wisely. doi.org/10.52057/erj...

That's a wrap... Finished up with 495.1 miles covered according to my Apple Health app and with Snowdon today. The support from all quarters has been amazing and we've raised an incredible total raised (over £3500!).

Day 27... The penultimate day. Weather was pretty grim today but still got most of this done outside before the 400 mile drive to North Wales. Finishing off with Snowdon tomorrow and look at the amazing t shirt my wife made for me to wear! Donate to support here: www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Day 26 down... Bit of a weird one today with some miles on treadmill and outside AM, treadmill at lunch, then outside evening. Trying to see if I can get to 500 miles Saturday... It's gonna be close. Also kitty spotted. Donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

I wonder if there are strong Humeans in the "Causal Inference" world who prefer to call it "Constant Conjunction of Events Inference" behind closed doors 😂

This also contains the causal inference meta-take I’ve converged to: randomization definitely the closest thing to magic in causal inference, but it doesn’t always work out like we want it to, so you still gotta have that whole toolkit available to you.

Day 25 done... So close to the finish line. Stopped this evening for a quick outdoor workout with a view too. Close to the target donations too... Help us get there! www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Day 24... Donations slowly still trickling in but if you haven't donated yet what are you waiting for 😻 www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Anyone have full text and supplementary access to this they can share? Thanks! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

That's day 23... might get close to 500 miles by the end of the month after all. While I'm walking Kiki's enjoying her naps. Been slow on donations past few days... C'mon folks, keep the support coming! www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Day 22 down... We're up to 371.4 miles covered so far heading into final week of February. Feels like this week is the final sprint! Donate here and let's see if we can get to the £2000 target! www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

猫の日おめでとう (Happy Cat Day 22/2) Nyan Nyan Nyan! www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Day 21 down... Ended up running late with monthly Geek Day so not wanting to spend 3 hours walking home at 11pm in the rain opted for a lift home. Donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Day 20 and we're back baby! 😻 Throat is a little tickly still but otherwise feel great (the contrast from being unwell and going back to normal always makes normal feel so nice 😅). Got some good mileage today walking back into my old university to deliver a guest session for the masters students.

Nice succinct pre-print from a stellar cast: "The state and status of theory in psychological science" osf.io/preprints/ps...

FYI #PSE8 folks... will likely get to this next month after all the walking and fundraising for Cats Protection is finished up and I have a bit of free time!

Day 19... And at least we got a few miles in as compared to yesterday. Feeling alot better and hopefully another good night sleep and will be back near enough to 100% tomorrow 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Ended up taking all of yesterday to rest... Still feeling rough today, albeit maybe a little bit better. Will see how the day goes as to whether I'll walk later on but don't want to make things worse 🥲

Day 17 down and hit the 300 mile mark yesterday! Donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Day 16... Back to the long ones! Please keep the support for me and @catsprotection.bsky.social coming 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

In this post, Gelman gives 4 "sources" or "types" of priors. Can anyone shed some light in the 4th type? "Prior as unconditional distribution" #stats statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/05/21/p...

I was reminded last week whilst chatting at #PSE8 of the changes I had planned to make to the undergraduate dissertation module in an effort to promote learning about reproducibility, replicability, and transparency (but unfortunately never got to implement before leaving academia). 1/2

"What cat were you provided with in the Armed Forces of Ukraine?" Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line 📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/

Day 15... Apple Health definitely shafted me today... Morning walk alone was 7.3 miles when I mapped it out (from Trinity College to Papal Cross and back). Been the most obvious discrepancy in distance covered Vs recorded (others have been maybe up to a mile but today I think I'm missing 3-4 miles).

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Day 14 down... We just tipped over the halfway point to 500 miles today bang on time. At a total of 252.3 miles now. Donate here for the kitties: www.justgiving.com/page/james-s... @catsprotection.bsky.social

he is also literally walking the walk... for cats! www.justgiving.com/page/james-s... ❤️

What I find so impressive about @jamessteeleii.bsky.social is that he practices what he preaches. How many metascientists say 'we need better theory' without ever having improved a theory? How many say 'there is not one way to do good science' without showing us any way to do good science?

Day 13... Back from conference and now in Dublin for the weekend where hopefully I'll be getting the miles back up. Not far to go for £2000 target. Keep the donations coming please everyone! www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

POV: some exercise science bro is lecturing you on philosophy of science

Darwin is my spirit animal 😅

Day 12 down... Found another friendly kitty getting in some extra miles over lunch break. Bonus that my talk went down well today and inspired some wonderful discussion with attendees #PSE8 www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Our lab has the capacity to test ~500 uni students each semester If you’re a researcher in cognitive psychology or metascience and need data collection support, we’d love to collaborate. We can help collect high-quality data from a large student sample. Get in touch to discuss potential projects!

#PSE8 Hey all... The incomplete theory building and testing chapter link I shared may be broken so I'll re-upload as a preprint and reshare here when I get a moment. Thanks!

We continue with James Steele (wearing his 'stay calm and read Paul Meehl' shirt) who is in a high pace running us through his views on how we develop and test strong theories. #PSE8

Wow, we just tipped over the £1500 mark!!! Thanks everyone for your generosity... Let's see if we can get to £2000!!! Donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Day 11... First day of the Perspectives on Scientific Error Conference so short distance covered today. No stress though as I'll be catching back up on these few short days once back.

Day 10 down... Crossed 200 miles today with the longest one so far. Trying to get some extra miles to make up for lower mileage next few days whilst at #PSE8 conference in NL. Don't forget to donate and support! www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Binged Takopi's Original Sin Saturday evening... It was fantastic. I knew it was going to be painful, but man I cried hard. Had ordered dessert and had to answer the door to the deliveroo driver with tears still rolling down my cheeks 😅

Last year Science and Medicine in Football launched a new submission format: Preliminary Reports (you can read about them in the editorial here - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....). 1/3

Day 8 down... Missed posting a couple days here but 167.9 miles covered so far! Keep donations coming to support the kitties 😻 www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

You know whose name hasn't come up in any of the Epstein files? Himmel the Hero

Day 5... And that's 102.2 miles covered now for @catsprotection.bsky.social! Long slow plodding today with a shin injury (after clumsily nailing it on the footstool) but managed to get there.

We're about 10% of the way through extraction building the largest meta-analytic database of resting energy expenditure data as part of a big evidence synthesis project here at MacroFactor!

Day 4... Still roaming. This morning was a struggle with a bit of an injury... More donations and support would be very much welcomed 😸 www.justgiving.com/page/james-s... @catsprotection.bsky.social

Day 3... Still walking to support @catsprotection.bsky.social You support the kitties and I by donating here and sharing the link too www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Hey @mrrickygervais.bsky.social it would be amazing if you could share this post with your followers and help with the fundraising efforts... not sure we'll get to the incredible amounts you've donated but whatever I can raise will be amaing. Thanks 😽

For the Big Winter Roam this February I'm walking as far as I feasibly can to support @catsprotection.bsky.social. The work they do is incredible and very close to our heart. Please share and consider supporting as I try to cover 500+ miles this month!

Day 2... And yesterday we hit the £1000 mark for donations. Let's keep it going and see how high we can get. Please share far and wide www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...

Day 1 down... Keep the donations coming! Every little bit helps Cats Protection do so much great work. www.justgiving.com/page/james-s...