If ancient Greek, octopodes presumably.
@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 20h agoAncient Greek Coins With Octopuses 🐙
Gareth Jones
@garethjones1.bsky.social
An epidemiologist, for the most part. www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gareth.jones Previously on Twitter @hteraG_senoJ
@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 20h agoReading an Agatha Christie, first published in 1956. Sad that this social commentary still holds, 70yrs later.
The Aberdeen Short Course in #Epidemiology is back. Taught online, over 3wks, this intensive online course providing a complete overview of key considerations in epidemiological study design and research methods. Further info: www.abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-course Please feel free to re-post.
Using Al to generate PowerPoint slides rarely results in good slides. Or, you're not very good at it. Design, quality and clarity seem to have gone out of the window. #ConferenceBugbears
Nice evening for it. Flying into Birmingham, ahead of tomorrow's BRITSpA Annual Scientific Meeting.
The USA commemorates the 2,977 lives lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Rightly so. But since then (until 2024, the most recent year with complete data), there have been >800,000 gun-related deaths in the USA. Where is their spectacular drone light show? www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · last mo.A drone light show featuring one drone for every life lost on 9/11 lit up the New York City sky. [📹 mickmicknyc] Original post
Not nearly a third. Just over a quarter. (Still shocking though.)
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last mo.Almost a third. Jesus.
This is 96 seconds of funny, followed by a brilliant lesson in document version control!
Elle Cordova@ellecordova.bsky.social · 2mo agoRough Draft vs Final Draft
But I don't understand ... I thought there was no point moving towards net zero, because China was so reliant on coal. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Solar Surpasses Coal as China’s Top Source of Power Capacity
Solar panels are now China’s top source of power capacity, surpassing coal in a key milestone for the country’s green-energy boom.
bloomberg.com
I must have seen this message a million times. I've read it. I understand it. Is there any way to turn it off.
Someone outside the office is whistling Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer.
Wednesday Addams' Murderous Point
ALT: Wednesday Addams' Murderous Point
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Always love the library at the Medical Society of London, for BRITSpA Executive Committee meetings. Has an appropriate level of gravitas and erudition.
These days, opinion is often given the same platform as scientific evidence. Jonathan Samet Winner - 2026 Kenneth Rothman Career Accomplishment Award #ser2026
En route to #SER2026 and Heathrow is horrible. It's absurdly hot, aircon seems to be broken, and the only fans available are football ones. I hope it's cooler in Phoenix. @societyforepi.bsky.social <Checks weather app> Bugger.
Another year, another Prime Ministerial election. If only there was a way - I don't know, every 4-5yrs or so - for the country to decide who they want as PM. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister and leader of Labour Party
Starmer will remain as PM until Labour chooses a new leader - at the latest, that will happen before Parliament returns in September, or sooner if there is no contest.
bbc.co.uk
Agree. Should be no change of PM (barring death, incapacity, etc.) until 1yr before the next general election. At that point, it's fair for the party to be able choose: is this the person we want leading us into the next election?
TheBossRoss 🧶@thebossross.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt still feels somewhat odd that a party can change its leader & if that leader also happens to be the prime minister, the country gets a new head of government without say or vote. [And before ye Labour supporters start shouting at me: Many of us criticised this about Truss & Sunak 😉]
Deadline = Next Monday. The form says 22-Jun-2025, but it's means 2026 ... obviously!
Gareth Jones@garethjones1.bsky.social · 5mo agoAbstract submissions for British Society for #Spondyloarthritis (BRITSpA) Annual Scientific Meeting closing soon. Deadline = June 22nd For info, and how to submit, see: britspa.co.uk/abstract-sub...
Iran's allocation of tickets revoked, and now a Somali referee barred from entering the USA. I hope World Rugby and the IOC are watching Between now and 2034 the Rugby World Cup (Men and Women) and the Olympics (Summer and Winter) are meant to be in the USA. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup 2026: Somali referee Omar Artan to miss tournament after being barred from entering US
Omar Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee at the World Cup finals, is dropped from the list of officials after he was denied entry to the United States.
bbc.co.uk
And the Epidemiology Group World Cup Sweepstake is out. I will be cheering for:
Abstract submissions for British Society for #Spondyloarthritis (BRITSpA) Annual Scientific Meeting closing soon. Deadline = June 22nd For info, and how to submit, see: britspa.co.uk/abstract-sub...
Abstract submissions for 2026 BRITSpA Annual Scientific Meeting (21st -22nd September 2026)
Submissions are welcome from members and non-members, relating to any aspect of spondyloarthritis. Any number of submissions may be made, providing the abstract has not been previously published or a...
britspa.co.uk
I'm happy with that. [Researcher, and chair of ethical review board.]
Darren Dahly@statsepi.bsky.social · 5mo agoMy much more radical opinion is that all ethical approvals for human/animal biomedical research should be openly published, and all papers resulting from those studies should be easily linked to the approval. This one *really* freaks people out and I suspect we all know why.
Excel workbooks, especially those large or complex, work soooo much slower in Teams/SharePoint, compared to those stored locally. I know people died, and that's tragic. But this is right up there as one of the worse pandemic legacies.