Andy Tattersall
@andytattersall.bsky.social
Open Research Communications Specialist .
Trouble-shooter, techy, writer, podcaster, works in health research.
Research communications and impact trainer - consultant for hire.
https://www.andytattersall.com/
https://linktr.ee/andy_tattersall
Trouble-shooter, techy, writer, podcaster, works in health research.
Research communications and impact trainer - consultant for hire.
https://www.andytattersall.com/
https://linktr.ee/andy_tattersall
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I'm launching two online academic writing workshops and retreats to help researchers, students, teachers and professionals to kick their 2026 new year writing habits into gear.
I've run hundreds of popular writing retreats at the University of Sheffield, starting back in 2015.
bit.ly/3K6OdjJ
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I've run hundreds of popular writing retreats at the University of Sheffield, starting back in 2015.
bit.ly/3K6OdjJ
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Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
He had to up his game to ensure he got some of the Christmas dinner
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
He had to up his game to ensure he got some of the Christmas dinner
Looks like we may have a candlelit Xmas Eve. Major power cut to about 8 houses on our lane since last night. A big hole with men outside. The Xmas food may not survive, but there are many worse things in the world. Grateful that there’s a warm cafe a mile away from here with hot coffee and food.
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Looks like we may have a candlelit Xmas Eve. Major power cut to about 8 houses on our lane since last night. A big hole with men outside. The Xmas food may not survive, but there are many worse things in the world. Grateful that there’s a warm cafe a mile away from here with hot coffee and food.
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[blogged] Why Ghost References Still Haunt Us in 2025—And Why It's Not Just About LLMs aarontay.substack.com/p/why-ghost-...
Why Ghost References Still Haunt Us in 2025—And Why It's Not Just About LLMs
Ghost references existed long before LLMs. This post examines how Google Scholar's [CITATION] mechanism and web pollution may undermine RAG verification.
aarontay.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
[blogged] Why Ghost References Still Haunt Us in 2025—And Why It's Not Just About LLMs aarontay.substack.com/p/why-ghost-...
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When projects finish, they materials disappear from the face of the web (not that we're going anywhere).
We have our own @know-ph.bsky.social @figshare.com collection of outputs. Infographics, videos, blogs, podcasts, all published CC-BY.
You can view it here.
figshare.com/collections/...
We have our own @know-ph.bsky.social @figshare.com collection of outputs. Infographics, videos, blogs, podcasts, all published CC-BY.
You can view it here.
figshare.com/collections/...
NIHR KNOW-PH Collection
This is a collection containing outputs created as part of of the NIHR KNOW-PH project. Knowledge for Public Health is the NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research-funded public health knowledge mobilisation team. KNOW-PH for short, the team aims to move research evidence generated by NIHR closer to local and national public health decision making. Find out more here: https://www.know-ph.ac.uk/ NIHR Award ID: NIHR159057
figshare.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
When projects finish, they materials disappear from the face of the web (not that we're going anywhere).
We have our own @know-ph.bsky.social @figshare.com collection of outputs. Infographics, videos, blogs, podcasts, all published CC-BY.
You can view it here.
figshare.com/collections/...
We have our own @know-ph.bsky.social @figshare.com collection of outputs. Infographics, videos, blogs, podcasts, all published CC-BY.
You can view it here.
figshare.com/collections/...
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Christmas reading:
The junkification of research - Rhodes & Linnenluecke (Organization, 2025)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #academicsky
Pictured: the downward spiral of junkification ⬇️
The junkification of research - Rhodes & Linnenluecke (Organization, 2025)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #academicsky
Pictured: the downward spiral of junkification ⬇️
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Christmas reading:
The junkification of research - Rhodes & Linnenluecke (Organization, 2025)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #academicsky
Pictured: the downward spiral of junkification ⬇️
The junkification of research - Rhodes & Linnenluecke (Organization, 2025)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #academicsky
Pictured: the downward spiral of junkification ⬇️
Feeling the @digital-science.com @altmetric.com Love, after being cited among various luminaries as part of their end of year report.
I insist that from now on that @culturebullet.com and @lukegeorge.bsky.social continue to call me St Andy of Tattersall.
I insist that from now on that @culturebullet.com and @lukegeorge.bsky.social continue to call me St Andy of Tattersall.
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Feeling the @digital-science.com @altmetric.com Love, after being cited among various luminaries as part of their end of year report.
I insist that from now on that @culturebullet.com and @lukegeorge.bsky.social continue to call me St Andy of Tattersall.
I insist that from now on that @culturebullet.com and @lukegeorge.bsky.social continue to call me St Andy of Tattersall.
Several interesting takeaways from @altmetric.com last webinar of 2025 with the edutaining double act of @culturebullet.com @lukegeorge.bsky.social
Including various papers that gained far more attention here than X - even ones about right wing populism.
Including various papers that gained far more attention here than X - even ones about right wing populism.
December 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Several interesting takeaways from @altmetric.com last webinar of 2025 with the edutaining double act of @culturebullet.com @lukegeorge.bsky.social
Including various papers that gained far more attention here than X - even ones about right wing populism.
Including various papers that gained far more attention here than X - even ones about right wing populism.
Love this. @knowablemag.bsky.social brilliant use of the comic format to show the journey of the human sperm, featuring the brilliant @allanpacey.bsky.social
A few months ago I worked with
@adance.bsky.social to create a science comic for @knowablemag.bsky.social about the journey sperm makes to reach the egg. Little did I know that that this would involve me being immortalised in cartoon form. Check it out .... knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
@adance.bsky.social to create a science comic for @knowablemag.bsky.social about the journey sperm makes to reach the egg. Little did I know that that this would involve me being immortalised in cartoon form. Check it out .... knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Journey to the egg: How sperm navigate the path to fertilization
COMIC: Male cells must survive twisty passages, strong currents and immune attacks; millions enter, but only one can finish
knowablemagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Love this. @knowablemag.bsky.social brilliant use of the comic format to show the journey of the human sperm, featuring the brilliant @allanpacey.bsky.social
I recorded the keynote I gave for the Social Media in Higher Education conference at @lancasteruni.bsky.social last week.
I'd spent a lot of time putting this together and had invested a good few hours updating my data which will be of interest to many.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3V...
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I'd spent a lot of time putting this together and had invested a good few hours updating my data which will be of interest to many.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3V...
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#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next
YouTube video by Andy Tattersall
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I recorded the keynote I gave for the Social Media in Higher Education conference at @lancasteruni.bsky.social last week.
I'd spent a lot of time putting this together and had invested a good few hours updating my data which will be of interest to many.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3V...
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I'd spent a lot of time putting this together and had invested a good few hours updating my data which will be of interest to many.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3V...
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Merry Xmas everyone.
Here’s my tribute to the John Lewis Christmas advert
Here’s my tribute to the John Lewis Christmas advert
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Merry Xmas everyone.
Here’s my tribute to the John Lewis Christmas advert
Here’s my tribute to the John Lewis Christmas advert
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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
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New measure of academic impact just dropped: number of citations received to papers that chatgpt created and fraudulently attributed to you.
These are all the 42 papers Google Scholar has found citing "our" paper that we never wrote - who knows how much actual human touch went into them? scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...
scholar.google.com.vn
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New measure of academic impact just dropped: number of citations received to papers that chatgpt created and fraudulently attributed to you.
Reposted by Andy Tattersall
These are all the 42 papers Google Scholar has found citing "our" paper that we never wrote - who knows how much actual human touch went into them? scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...
scholar.google.com.vn
December 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
These are all the 42 papers Google Scholar has found citing "our" paper that we never wrote - who knows how much actual human touch went into them? scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...
Well this is not a good sign....
I do a bit of research communications work for Death Star Inc and this happens.
I do a bit of research communications work for Death Star Inc and this happens.
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Well this is not a good sign....
I do a bit of research communications work for Death Star Inc and this happens.
I do a bit of research communications work for Death Star Inc and this happens.
Sign up for the next @know-ph.bsky.social webinar in January where we explore the importance and often neglected health impact assessments for housing developers, communities and key decision makers in England.
Final shout for this year with our up and coming webinar in Jan 2026.
Highlighting the importance of health impact assessments
Join our own Fiona Marshall and @joelangley.bsky.social on Jan 20th at 1pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/highlighti...
Highlighting the importance of health impact assessments
Join our own Fiona Marshall and @joelangley.bsky.social on Jan 20th at 1pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/highlighti...
Highlighting the importance of health impact assessments
Added Value: Highlighting the importance of health impact assessments for housing developers, communities and key decision makers in England
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sign up for the next @know-ph.bsky.social webinar in January where we explore the importance and often neglected health impact assessments for housing developers, communities and key decision makers in England.
Do you want to hit the ground running in 2026 as an academic writer?
I'm running 2 affordable writing retreats/workshops in January.
You'll learn a lot over both days and you'll get words written. If you don't, I'll give you a full refund.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/online-ac...
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I'm running 2 affordable writing retreats/workshops in January.
You'll learn a lot over both days and you'll get words written. If you don't, I'll give you a full refund.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/online-ac...
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Online Academic Writing Retreats
The purpose of these workshops and online retreats is to give you practical skills and habits to empower yourself to be a more habitual writer. You will learn tried and tested techniques to enhance y...
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Do you want to hit the ground running in 2026 as an academic writer?
I'm running 2 affordable writing retreats/workshops in January.
You'll learn a lot over both days and you'll get words written. If you don't, I'll give you a full refund.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/online-ac...
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I'm running 2 affordable writing retreats/workshops in January.
You'll learn a lot over both days and you'll get words written. If you don't, I'll give you a full refund.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/online-ac...
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Shout out to St Andy of Tattersall who had a cameo on our End of Year webinar slides @andytattersall.bsky.social
#HaloEffect #AcademicSky #Altmetrics
#HaloEffect #AcademicSky #Altmetrics
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Shout out to St Andy of Tattersall who had a cameo on our End of Year webinar slides @andytattersall.bsky.social
#HaloEffect #AcademicSky #Altmetrics
#HaloEffect #AcademicSky #Altmetrics
Another live sketch from my #SocMedHE25 keynote about the death of academic X - thanks @debbaff.bsky.social for the skills
@socmedhe.bsky.social @andytattersall.bsky.social #socmedhe25 loved your keynote today 😀 here are my little scribbles as promised #sketchnotes
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Another live sketch from my #SocMedHE25 keynote about the death of academic X - thanks @debbaff.bsky.social for the skills
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Shadow-drop: our first mobile app! @digital-science.com
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/brief...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/brief...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Shadow-drop: our first mobile app! @digital-science.com
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/brief...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/brief...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Love the scribe from my #SocMedHE25 keynote this morning - there is a second scribe to share later. The death of academic X and what happened next.
December 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Love the scribe from my #SocMedHE25 keynote this morning - there is a second scribe to share later. The death of academic X and what happened next.
Summing up academic social media - how institutions stayed on board a sinking ship - in late 2022, in one image - from my #SocMedHE25 keynote
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Summing up academic social media - how institutions stayed on board a sinking ship - in late 2022, in one image - from my #SocMedHE25 keynote
Reposted by Andy Tattersall
Reposted by Andy Tattersall
The transitions from Academic twitter to other social media platforms by academics and HE institutions. How can we make it better? A keynote at the #SocMedHE25 by @andytattersall.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The transitions from Academic twitter to other social media platforms by academics and HE institutions. How can we make it better? A keynote at the #SocMedHE25 by @andytattersall.bsky.social