Brendan Palmer
@bapalmer.bsky.social
Former virologist. Current Senior Manager of Data Services | #rstats #ReproducibleResearch
"Some of my best friends use spreadsheets"
"Some of my best friends use spreadsheets"
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irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them
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If you're a victim of repeated flooding, you need to start looking at land use upstream.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 AM
If you're a victim of repeated flooding, you need to start looking at land use upstream.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
🙁
January 23, 2026 at 3:12 PM
🙁
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Unless you buy my things I won’t have any money, says man
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Unless you buy my things I won’t have any money, says man
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Saw this and wanted to pass it along in case anyone in Cork was looking for a native tree to plant. 🌳 Great initiative! #cork #togher #spéirgorm
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Saw this and wanted to pass it along in case anyone in Cork was looking for a native tree to plant. 🌳 Great initiative! #cork #togher #spéirgorm
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I swear this passage must have come down from Mount Sinai on a stone fucking tablet:
"Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS....blah blah tested for normality...blah blah if data were parametric...blah non-parametric...blah anova...blah post-hoc...significance was defined as p <0.05"
"Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS....blah blah tested for normality...blah blah if data were parametric...blah non-parametric...blah anova...blah post-hoc...significance was defined as p <0.05"
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I swear this passage must have come down from Mount Sinai on a stone fucking tablet:
"Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS....blah blah tested for normality...blah blah if data were parametric...blah non-parametric...blah anova...blah post-hoc...significance was defined as p <0.05"
"Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS....blah blah tested for normality...blah blah if data were parametric...blah non-parametric...blah anova...blah post-hoc...significance was defined as p <0.05"
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New sticker on my laptop says “You don’t have time to not get paid for that.”
January 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM
New sticker on my laptop says “You don’t have time to not get paid for that.”
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I'm old enough to remember a garda investigation of these paintings...
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I'm old enough to remember a garda investigation of these paintings...
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OK so now they’re consciously trying to make money from the CSAM-generating feature.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
OK so now they’re consciously trying to make money from the CSAM-generating feature.
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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12 papers retracted over Christmas from leading finance journals where an editor approved papers on which he was co-author. A very prolific and highly cited finance professor #academicsky #econsky www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
RETRACTED: ESG disclosure and internal pay gap: Empirical evidence from China | Richard Tol | 11 comments
Nine retractions on the day before Christmas, three more the day after
https://lnkd.in/eH2Tsf3f
https://lnkd.in/eSEvRxdt
https://lnkd.in/e9KC5wh2 | 11 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
12 papers retracted over Christmas from leading finance journals where an editor approved papers on which he was co-author. A very prolific and highly cited finance professor #academicsky #econsky www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
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The amount of grown men who hate Greta Thunberg really is startling.
December 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The amount of grown men who hate Greta Thunberg really is startling.
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“there are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller)
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
Criticism Is Literature. Why Is It Vanishing?, by Adam Morgan
What do the best book reviews do? What is the current state of the critical ecosystem? Chicago Review of Books founder Adam Morgan takes stock of book reviewing in the US.
worldliteraturetoday.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“there are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller)
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
I have a memory of an episode of @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social saying he saw cloudy olive oil in Dunnes and this indicates questionable purity 🤔
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I have a memory of an episode of @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social saying he saw cloudy olive oil in Dunnes and this indicates questionable purity 🤔
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The British state has used every method they can to isolate and break the spirits of the 8 prisoners who stand with Palestine.
They are now close to dying & the British state doesn't care.
Irish people know hunger strikes. We know British oppression.
We know colonialism.
Stand up, take Action 🇵🇸
They are now close to dying & the British state doesn't care.
Irish people know hunger strikes. We know British oppression.
We know colonialism.
Stand up, take Action 🇵🇸
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The British state has used every method they can to isolate and break the spirits of the 8 prisoners who stand with Palestine.
They are now close to dying & the British state doesn't care.
Irish people know hunger strikes. We know British oppression.
We know colonialism.
Stand up, take Action 🇵🇸
They are now close to dying & the British state doesn't care.
Irish people know hunger strikes. We know British oppression.
We know colonialism.
Stand up, take Action 🇵🇸
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The struggle goes on to this day, as it must.
A new generation rises.
A new generation rises.
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The struggle goes on to this day, as it must.
A new generation rises.
A new generation rises.
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I've been waiting to find out exactly how Trump was going to personally profit from the AI greed frenzy he has unleashed because there was no way he was *not* going to get a piece.
Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company to power AI
The all-stock deal comes amid growing energy needs for the tech sector.
www.aljazeera.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I've been waiting to find out exactly how Trump was going to personally profit from the AI greed frenzy he has unleashed because there was no way he was *not* going to get a piece.
Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
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President Catherine Connolly has welcomed Greta Thunberg to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
President Catherine Connolly has welcomed Greta Thunberg to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
This is why I'm not good in escape rooms!
Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is why I'm not good in escape rooms!
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Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
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They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
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We are delighted to present the brand-new, festive January issue! Now published online and reaching all our readers around the world soon: https://academic.oup.com/jrssig/issue
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We are delighted to present the brand-new, festive January issue! Now published online and reaching all our readers around the world soon: https://academic.oup.com/jrssig/issue
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Here's the full writeup, with #rstats examples of both: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Here's the full writeup, with #rstats examples of both: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...