Despite increasing use of observational data in public health, researchers are still hesitant to use strong causal language (for fear of overpromising). New paper and comment in @bmj.com sets out new guidance on appropriate use/misuse of causal language www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Over the course of 2025, UKB researchers were forced to move all of their data analysis to the cloud rather than working with local copies. What was the effect of this move on scientific output? Here is a simple first pass at answering that question.

Alt S2 opening storyline for Blackbeard that just occurred to me: Upset about Stede having left him, trying to reinvent himself while having a broken heart, he gets drunk one night, grabs a knife, and gives himself bangs. Everyone must compliment his new look because they’re terrified of him.

We are seeking candidates for a PhD position in biostatistics at the University of Oslo! The project is on methods for casual inference and event history analysis, motivated in particular by the study of vaccine effects. See the full call for more details. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

So the mathematician's answer is that humans have either seven or eight holes. Topologically speaking, our bodies are less like Swiss cheese and more like a carefully constructed onesie for an octopus. 9/10

Catherine Hyde, contemporary UK artist, photographer, writer and award-winning illustrator #WomensArt #Solstice #December21st #ArtAdvent

It's 20 December and here in London we have 17 hours of darkness. so, as I do, I commend to you Sing For The Coming of the Longest Night, co-written by me & my bff @krfabian.bsky.social: a solstice poly romance, complete with jolly vicars, haunted theremins, & deep, sweet, weird-ancient magic. ❄️🎄🏳️‍🌈

Updatedletter, I know go into soem emperical results as well: zenodo.org/records/1800...

New paper: "Alcohol consumption and risk of cancer: a Mendelian randomization analysis of four biobanks and consortium data" out at BMC Medicine: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Lots of interesting findings! Brief thread:

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

This is beautiful. Art saving lives.

Friend shared a letter they have sent to girl guides. It ended with something that hit me hard: I will continue to do my best, I just wish you could have done so too. :'(

Did you know that there's a wide range of scholarships, grants and bursaries at Cambridge for postgraduate study? Here are just a few of them. Tap for a complete guide: https://bit.ly/4oOClBT 🚨 The deadline for most courses is early December so apply now.

I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵

The work of contemporary #printmaker Andrea Rich #womensart

'Saguaro Dusk' by contemporary US Impressionist style painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

I built a DAG diagram with garden hoses for teaching. Pictured: a collider bias diagram, inspired by a blocked pipe situation I experienced (which I credit with giving me the intuition though it also ruined my belongings in the flooded cellar).

Well done @eliasallara.bsky.social! Burden of cardiovascular diseases in England (2020–24): a national cohort using electronic health records data. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New pre-print "Mendelian randomization in a multi-ancestry world: reflections and practical advice" led by @amymariemason.bsky.social on - arxiv.org/abs/2510.17554

I know Professor Laura Gray at the University of Leicester has done a lot on this: leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/laura-gray-b...

My current embroidery project is nearly done, so I'm looking for something new to do with my hands. Does anyone have any custom embroidery they want? SMALL PRINT: - Cost : donation to a trans or refugee charity of your choice - Needs to use mostly only materials I have

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

I clearly had a lot of thoughts/feelings from reading Terry's blog post, so I wrote one of my own It ended up being a bit of a stream-of-thought post but I think it captures some of my worries benharrap.com/post/2025-10... #statssky #episky #academicsky