An introduction to psychometric theory with applications in R by William Revelle #RStats https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/psychology.html#an-introduction-to-psychometric-theory-with-applications-in-r

WHO is warning of a deepening health crisis across the Middle East ⚠️ Only 37% of required funding has been secured for 2026. Health systems are under extreme strain—and the consequences could last generations. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @who.int @iaeaorg.bsky.social

“There was no time to process, only to move, to respond, to try to save lives.” Safa Bleik was at a hospital in Beirut when Israeli forces launched strikes across Lebanon on 8 April. She shares what it was like in the emergency room:

It’s great that the Artemis crew have travelled further from earth than any other humans but in this moment in history it reminds me of this quote from Carl Sagan

Thanks Vic Cogger for your leadership of the Anzac Institute! Looking forward to what you will do in your next role as director of the Sydney Biomedical Accelerator @sydney.edu.au and Sydney Local Health District #SBA

A cool paper on improving use of Goal Setting - using the #TDF by Sarah Brighton-Hall @natashalannin.bsky.social Alison Wighton Kylie Gough, Catherine Dean & Katharine Scrivener #GoalSetting doi.org/10.1080/0963...

We love you @the-matildas.bsky.social ! #wac26 played hard done good!

Never feel guilty explaining your symptoms to your health care provider. You have a right to ask, and a right to explore all options of care. Today’s daily dose.

In 2024, 4.9 million children under five died. But even one is too many. We need: - Stronger primary health care. - Resources directed to where children are most at risk. - Governments honoring the commitments they've already made. Child survival cannot wait 🔗 bit.ly/3PbJak9

If you’re an immigrant, if you’re first generation, if you’re a woman, a scientist of color, trans, or gay, you belong in science. - Maya English, PhD student, GETUP UAW #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction

📣🆕 Jack Wilson, Matthew Sunderland, Siobhan O’Dean, Tim Slade, Danielle Dawson, Olivia Dobson, Janni Leung, @garyckchan.bsky.social, Maree Teesson, Wayne Hall, Nicola Newton, @vale-addiction.bsky.social, @emilystockings.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Alcohol companies use zero-alcohol ads to get around advertising rules. It looks harmless. It isn’t. These campaigns serve as brand reminders for alcohol - including for children and weaken protections designed to reduce harm. An excellent @theguardian.com short 🔽 www.youtube.com/shorts/Nzg7r...

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Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection. The more times someone is infected, the higher their risk of developing Long COVID. Reducing infections is one of the most important ways to protect long-term health. The Five Pillars of Protection help lower risk by layering prevention strategies:

If anyone waiting for NHMRC to announce investigator grants can tolerate a LOTR joke

This a great piece of investigative journalism. @rollingstone.com This should be required reading for scientists and ethicists. Ethics matter, especially in science. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Don’t shrink yourself, don’t censor yourself, don’t count yourself out, don’t change your company’s policies, don’t purge your research program, don’t modify your language, don’t sit back when you want to speak up. This is OUR America. We don’t do all that here. @timothysnyder.bsky.social

@russgl.bsky.social is celebrating an anniversary for a webtool created with partners from @cumedicalschool.bsky.social, @washumedicine.bsky.social, & @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social to demystify #ImpSci. Read More about Webtool: tinyurl.com/3s45jcay #ACCORDSCommunity

Great to be at the new Centre for Child and Adolescent Health Research planning day @sydney.edu.au such an amazing collaboration of consumers clinicians and researchers

Now out in Psychological Medicine (led by Jodi Gilman and myself). "Impulsivity-related predictors of adolescent substance use initiation" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Great material for any presentation on survivor bias!

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on our NIH-funded R01 which is a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (13-20) doing EMA and passive text sensing! Please apply, especially if you have experience in the analysis OR collection of these data. PLEASE SHARE!! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32132

Great to be at the launch of my buddy Sophie Isobel's book on trauma informed care www.routledge.com/Trauma-Infor... #traumainformedcare

This is why we say there can be no science-as-usual now. This passage is from Peter Drucker’s essay in the Atlantic about the crossroads that science stood at during Nazism. Science doesn’t just need funding — it needs the fundamental freedoms that come with democracy. Freedom of speech. (1/3🧵)

Wow this is one of the neatest applications of test theory and clever modelling to shine light on variation between self report and task results. Thanks @natehaines.bsky.social looking forward to reading the paper!

Great to see the Whitlams playing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra this evening. So many good songs but youtu.be/7B49zI5UrAQ?... had all its sting! #whitlams #bangamblingadvertising

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

An introduction to psychometric theory with applications in R by William Revelle #RStats https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/psychology.html#an-introduction-to-psychometric-theory-with-applications-in-r

Can we audit the equity impact of our research interventions and service designs? Yes., we can, and perhaps this paper will help! doi.org/10.1186/s430...

The HiTOP Society will have its first free-standing conference this year on June 4-6. The Call for Abstracts is now open, and we hope you'll consider submitting your HiTOP-related work! www.hitop-system.org/hitop-2026-c...

It’s intuitively obvious that ads for zero-alcohol products that share a parent brand (e.g. Guinness 0, Heineken 0.0) are also ads for the alcoholic brand. Now we have clear evidence that teenagers see it that way too. New study on zero alcohol marketing 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mums who drank during pregnancy call for universal alcohol warnings: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-10/mums-drank-pregnancy-alcohol-warning-labels/106154908

thank you for sharing these powerful, raging, perfect words this is a combined version bsky.app/profile/calm...

A 24-year-old NSW border resident says dismissive treatment in hospitals, long waits for care and limited access to services has pushed her away from support.

Mental health is shaped by social and structural factors—yet too often, mental health policies fail to address them.

funding lotteries have been waiting for this moment

Israel’s government says it will suspend the licenses of dozens of humanitarian groups operating in Gaza beginning Thursday, which relief workers say will lead to deeper suffering and difficulty receiving medicine. https://wapo.st/4qxbFWC

The Israeli government says the organisations have not met new requirements, which include recognising Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and banning any so-called "de-legitimisation" of Israel.

"Why did I act embarrassed about something that had finally given me the passionate spark I had been looking for in science?" Check out one of our top #ScienceWorkingLife essays of 2025: https://scim.ag/4jr2yok

A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.

Proof

⚠️ 2025: WHO forecasts a global shortfall of 11.1 million health workers by 2030. While the nursing workforce has grown to almost 30 million worldwide, inequalities between countries are a barrier to achieving universal health coverage.

Very sad news!

Seeking safety is not a crime.

The personal and societal consequences of dyslexia can be catastrophic. At every grade level, dyslexic students are more likely to be suspended, expelled, or placed in juvenile detention. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Persistent Long COVID. Millions face ongoing exhaustion and disabling symptoms, with setbacks that repeatedly derail daily life. Time authorities fully recognised LC — especially as an occupational injury for healthcare workers who sacrificed so much for us all. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

By mapping the meanings of the words used to communicate emotions across more than one-third of the planet’s spoken languages, a study in Science found that there is significant variation in how emotions are expressed across cultures. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4pQGxBB

👋 Meet Helina Tsegaye! She is a counsellor with us in Tigray, Ethiopia. Helina has an important message to share: “The brain is part of the body; just as the stomach can get sick, so can the mind. It is important to seek professional help when needed. Mental health care saves lives.”