Here's his Google Scholar scholar.google.com/citations?hl...

Connor Ewing@cmewing.bsky.social · 7d ago

I refuse to believe that the most egregious case yet of academic AI-slop involves a guy whose last name is "No slop" spelled backwards. Simply cannot be true.

Our new paper is also feated in Nature news: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Prozac use for childhood depression skewed by single flawed medical trial

One small study in Iran swayed meta-analyses in favour of antidepressant use in children, researchers say.

nature.com

Martin Plöderl@ploederl.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 Paper Alert 🚨 Our new study on the impact of a single small zombie trial on fluoxetine's overall efficacy estimation is out. With great colleagues @floriannaudet.bsky.social @richlyus.bsky.social and Gert van Valkenhoef 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧟 A longer 🧵 (1/n)

More phds I would like to do! Clinical academics - is it number 2 or number 3!

Alice Reid@amrcampop.bsky.social · 2w ago

Interested in a PhD in historical demography/population studies at @camunicampop.bsky.social, @camunigeography.bsky.social, Cambridge University? We have 3 suggested topics (see thread): contact me to discuss, or to suggest your own idea. Apply by early December for funded places.

Highly recommend Where the Light Sings broadcasts from lighthouses around the UK. Incredibly moving especially the Cornish St Agnes part. Wonderful variety of music and stories expertly curated 👏 #bbcradio3 #wherethelightsings #bbcsounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/sched...

BBC Sounds - Radio 3 - Schedules, Saturday, 26 September 2026

View the daily broadcast schedule for Radio 3. Find out what's on now and what's up next, or see schedules up to 7 days ahead.

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Why on earth did we, as a field, allow the word "agent" to be used the way it currently is?

Young people’s health is an economic asset. Improving it could unlock an additional £7.3bn in economic output every year. Our new briefing sets out how earlier, joined-up support can help more young people stay in, or return to, education, employment and training ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4rw864F

www.theguardian.com/society/2026... This will only be meaningful if it is measured by two year to conclusion: formulation or diagnosis. Time to first encounter is appropriate for other NHS metrics, but not meaningful here.

NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses

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@theguardian.com I am not a robot but you are. I received 3 emails from you yesterday reporting 3 different chatbot messages which I didn’t have (last contacted you a few months ago) and it is not my language style…. I am unable to let you know about this other than here. Very odd….

Little Brazilian girl realising that I spoke a different language. Asked her friend, in Portuguese: “Can he understand me when I speak normally?” “No” “Can he see me?”

London pub unveils 'Beer Tapestry' to celebrate Bayeux exhibition. An eight-metre embroidered "Beer Tapestry" tracing the history of brewing through the ages adorns The Museum Tavern pub opposite the British Museum, as London welcomes visitors to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition

Whose outcomes count? Standardised autism research tools are almost all developed and validated in Western high income countries. This tool inequity affects "which studies are possible, which outcomes are recognised, and whose knowledge is treated as credible". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...

Australia's under-16 social media ban, three months on. 86% of under-16s had still used a restricted platform in the past week. 📱 The study didn't measure mental health, the thing the Act was sold on. buff.ly/8RZSEPT #SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth

· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #HiddenCurriculum · #AcademicCareers · 👇 “Universities must teach new graduate students the ‘hidden curriculum’ of how academic careers actually work—from funding to networking—starting on day one.”

The First Career Conversation Every PhD Student Deserves | The Scientist

Universities must teach new graduate students the “hidden curriculum” of how academic careers actually work—from funding to networking—starting on day one.

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This is a very valuable read.

Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

This looks like an amazing idea. Need some charity consortium to set this up and make some profit from it? @ageuk.bsky.social @barnardos.org.uk

@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#ReTuna opened in 2015 beside a municipal #recycling centre. Residents can bring furniture, clothes, toys, books, electronics and household objects to a special collection depot. Staff first separate items that can be used again, then distribute them among the mall’s businesses. #ActOnClimate

#MedSky 😳

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ketchup in slices. American cuisine, are you ok?

Great grandparents: one set of options - grumpy women working in unpaid roles….

Dinah Rose KC@dinahrose.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great Grandparents: A cabinet maker in the East End, or the Governor-General of New Zealand.

I'm down a rabbit hole on combination utensils. There's my beloved SPORK, but then we get into the much more exotic combos: This one's called a FORKCHOP, designed by Donald BonAsia in Los Angeles, available now through a variety of online retailers.

Congratulations to Professor Ramani Moonesinghe OBE, who has been appointed Deputy National Medical Director for NHS England. Read more 👉 https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/news/professor-ramani-moonesinghe-obe-appointed-deputy-national-medical-director

Very true and also applies to how we can design NHS services that are accessible for all.

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Like this from @timharford.ft.com on how inclusive design principles can often help all users, not those just seen as traditionally excluded www.ft.com/content/4d8e...

Now do this everywhere else.

Pickwick The Dodo@lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I love this. Grosvenor Square reopens as biodiverse city haven www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is beautifully done. Have a look.

Greg Annandale@gregannandale.com · 3mo ago

I made an animation which shows the effects of air pollution on pedestrians waiting to cross the road, along with what can be done to reduce its harmful effects: stepback.gregdev.com Thank you to @ianwalker.bsky.social for the inspiration for doing so during a conversation a couple of weeks' back!

France is turning school playgrounds into living classrooms. Instead of leaving children surrounded by hot concrete and open asphalt, several schools are replacing traditional yards with small forests, ponds, shaded gardens, and natural play areas that feel cooler during increasingly hot summers

These could be added to public ‘cool’ spaces. See NY extending opening hours of their outdoor pool during heatwave for this.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Labour MPs call on water firms to save Britain’s lost lidos

This free fabulous interactive tool is both fascinating and essential. You can click on any location in the world and see its average weather and how it's changed over time. The data shown is from where I grew up & the heating is obvious. Do share! era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=50.86&ln...

David Hockney (1937-2026): “The world is very very beautiful if you look at it, but most people don’t look very much”

This Korean paper asmr artist that I’ve been following for a while made a TikTok of her healing Van Gogh 🥹 Her account name is paper pepper www.tiktok.com/@paper__pepp...

"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

Efficacy of fluoxetine vs placebo in RCTs with/out additional psychotherapy (CBT or some other form). No difference (my calcs). It's said that that combination therapy (drug+therapy) has the best outcome. Thoughts?