I mean I know this will never happen, because she's a crank and she's not getting anywhere near power, but this is still a profoundly depressing world view. What are we without the arts, without creativity, without imagination?

I know people are submitting AI-generated papers and some are AI-assisted, but… There were 26,646 new submissions to arXiv in September 2025.

The world produces enough food, yet billions lack access to healthy & sustainable diets. A new EAT–Lancet report presents a science-based approach to improve health, safeguard our environment & provide for a projected 9.6 billion people by 2050. 🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP

from worst to best versions (off the top of my head)

We're are now accepting applications for an exciting DPhil at the @oxprimarycare.bsky.social, *FUNDED* by the THRIVING Food Futures research hub! The project is about divisive policies, supervised by me, Dr Rachel Pechey @petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social lnkd.in/eezGaZZ3 Pls share! ✨

Interesting blog from @kdeloyde.bsky.social @bristoltarg.bsky.social following up their trial from a few years ago of the effect of adding alcohol-free beer options in pubs (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....). So what's been happening with those pubs and their alcohol-free offerings since?

🔊 Exciting research role available if you're interested in applying evidence synthesis to food policy and public health. Part of a @nihr.bsky.social study evaluating supermarket policies restricting the use of price promotions. Closes 8th October. Further details 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

🚨 NEW: Britain’s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population. Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵

As part of the celebrations of our 10th anniversary as a UCL Department, we have launched an inaugural lecture series. You can watch the first here and there will be more to come this academic year! www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...

I seem to have been discussing pilot and feasibility studies a lot this week. One question often asked is how big should my pilot/feasibility study be? 1/6 #MethodologyMonday #124

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.

Our updated @jclinepi.bsky.social starters pack! go.bsky.app/DNtLZWo

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

Very good article and thread about open alternatives to google scholar, which clearly will go away when its founder retires. The @barcelonadori.bsky.social movement is getting a lot if attention and OpenAlex.org a lot of support. The Lens currently looking for new home about.lens.org/expressions-...

Stumbled across a map of tobacco retail licence distribution in England in 1634 (for those wondering, the distribution in 21stC would be a blank map as no licence is needed to sell tobacco until government passes Tobacco and Vapes Bill)

This September, Dalston’s beloved Hackney Peace Mural celebrates its 40th birthday. Commissioned by the GLC and designed by artist Ray Walker, it’s a key survivor of the Community Art Movement of the 1970s and 80s. Click to back the anniversary party crowdfunder: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hackney-peac…

I don't understand much of the stats here or probably all of the implications, but I love this! Great work @fbartos.bsky.social and all. I also hope there are no triallists still clinging on to coin-flipping as a means of randomisation...

A true trailblazer in not just children's television in the UK, but television full stop. Richard Marson's biography of her is superb

Very happy to see a big paper from my PhD *OUT TODAY* We explored if there were inequalities in the attendance & effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions in an individual participant data meta-analysis. See the thread for findings 👇 bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...

We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for: The latest insights from Cochrane reviews 📖 Training and support for researchers 👩🏫 Information on research integrity, innovative methods and our global community 🌏

Congratulations to Professor Beth Jefferies on the @bpsofficial.bsky.social President's Award. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

A fantastic opportunity in our amazing department! Come and join us as Director of our Centre for Longitudinal Studies www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Bye, Ozzy. One of the best and most distinctive vocalists, as well as best humans ever. Glad I got to see him live a few times (including two so-called 'final ever' Sabbath gigs, albeit not the actual 'final ever' Sabbath gig) youtu.be/0lVdMbUx1_k?...

Our new pre-print presents the reporting, and racial and ethnic diversity of 58,000+ studies in clinicaltrials.gov, the largest global clinical study registry. Reporting of race and ethnicity to the registry began in 2009, and we analyzed data through 2024 #MedSky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Great to be @thekingsfund.bsky.social today for a workshop on AI use in evidence synthesis, organised by www.heec.co.uk First up is Ian Shemilt @eppicentre.bsky.social giving a brilliant overview of the current landscape. Emphasising caution, judicious use (with humans in the loop), and evaluation

Navigating research on the performance of generative LLM-based tools in health and social care? The freshly updated Living Map of Generative LLM-Based Tools for Health and Social Care Applications by @eppicentre.bsky.social is your compass. #AIHealth

We often talk about corporations influencing research, but what about governments? 🧐 New paper by PhD student Helen Senior shows govt-funded public health research isn’t immune to influence - both positive and negative. Check it out 👉https://tinyurl.com/yjpkhtfk

Good summary of a troubling incident at #Metascience2025, which gets at the heart of the longstanding concern about Big Tech weaving its way into science (and the associated complicity)

🎊Today England's Smokefree laws are 18 years old 🎊 This landmark legislation has led to significant health benefits by reducing exposure to second-hand smoke. 🚭 But more needs to be done to protect everyone from tobacco smoke exposure. (1/3)

Since last year, we've been working on a living evidence map of research on the performance of generative LLMs for healthcare tasks, led by my @eppicentre.bsky.social colleague Ian Shemilt. It's now up to version 5: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.... #AI #LLM #LLMs #ChatGPT

How it started How it's going

Excellent (albeit dispiriting!) thread on motonormativity. The problem is once you start seeing car dominance, you see it absolutely everywhere...

Simon Harris, the deputy head of Ireland’s government, has said the introduction of health-warning labels on alcohol will need to be delayed, because of concerns over trade tariff disputes with the United States. On Wednesday he said that: "We... (1/3) www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Looking for tools to help write health information more simply? Try the Health Literacy Editor. Our trial showed it helps people: ✔️ Lower the grade reading level ✔️ Use less jargon & passive voice ✔️ Score higher on expert health literacy ratings www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/health-liter...

Delighted to be quoted in today’s @theguardian.com as we launch @wcrf.org #CancerPreventionActionWeek. Most people don’t know alcohol increases cancer risk — but they have a right to. It’s time for mandatory warnings. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Air pollution must be recognised as a public health issue. Our report 'A breath of fresh air' highlights evidence on the increased range of health impacts linked to air pollution. The government needs to treat #airpollution as a serious & preventable health risk. 🔗 ow.ly/F3yq50Wc7wr #CleanAirDay

Accusing people advocating for more public and active transport options of not considering disabled people while ignoring the way that the current paucity of public and active transport options limit disabled people's mobility isn't disability justice advocacy, it's enforced car dependency advocacy.

Beautiful new book, if you’re interested in seaside architecture as it evolved from interwar classicism, through art deco and international modernism, to Festival of Britain-inspired mid-century style. Dr Kathryn Ferry is on here @seasideferry.bsky.social

This Pride Month, catch up with some of the SRI's latest LGBTQ+ research! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 👇

I wish everyone would stop leveraging the word 'utilising' and stop utilising the word 'leveraging'. I must confess I dabbled in a bit of 'utilising' in the past until I was told by someone sensible to just use using

See also 'leveraging'

Incorporating Non-Randomized Evidence in Cochrane Intervention Reviews: A Scoping Review - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Our free, inaugural online event 'Connecting People, Place & Practice in Environmental Psychology' is open to @bpsofficial.bsky.social members & the wider community interested in the intersection between people, places, and psychology. 02 July 2025 10:00am - 2:30pm www.bps.org.uk/event/connec...

Just published this paper. It reflects on searching and screening for RCTs in an education systematic review supported by machine learning. journals.uclpress.co.uk/lre/article/... Part of a special issue on systematic reviews within education. Great to publish with @alisonomara-eves.bsky.social ‬

Editors to underrepresented researchers: Put your country in the title. Global North authors: Don't bother. Everyone else: Cites the US/UK/Australia... study because it *sounds* universal and more generalizable. Result: Underrepresented voices stay invisible. #AcademicSky

It's @eupha.bsky.social European Public Health Week #EUPHW, and today is all about Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health. Together with many collaborators, we #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at aim to better understand the #digitalhealth divide to promote digital health for all 🧵 (1/12)

Since last year, we've been working on a living evidence map of research on the performance of generative LLMs for healthcare tasks, led by my colleague Ian Shemilt. It's now up to version 4, published today at the following link: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/EPPI-Vis/Rev... #AI #LLM #LLMs #ChatGPT

Delighted to see my colleague and friend (we met on Twitter!) @emmagarnett.bsky.social winning in Parks! That’s two brand new Green County Councillors in Oxford itself - we had none before the elections.

🚨'Space Syntax: Selected Papers by Bill Hillier' now available open access. Includes papers on architecture as a professional and research discipline through to later papers presenting a theory of the spatial structure of the city and its social functions. uclpress.co.uk/book/space-s...

Since last year, we've been working on a living evidence map of research on the performance of generative LLMs for healthcare tasks, led by my colleague Ian Shemilt. It's now up to version 4, published today at the following link: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/EPPI-Vis/Rev... #AI #LLM #LLMs #ChatGPT