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Dorothy Bishop
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Retired professor of psychology at University of Oxford. Interests in developmental neuropsychology and improving science. Blogs at deevybee.blogspot.com

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Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop is a British psychologist specialising in developmental disorders specifically, developmental language impairments. She is Emeritus Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford, where she worked from 1998 until her retirement in 2022. She is an honorary fellow of St John's College, Oxford. .. more

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

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Dave Gooding @davegooding.bsky.social · 1d
A community I can relate to.
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas

Yes, that's a spine

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艾米莉 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her) @emilyenco.bsky.social · 1d
Merychippus!
Artist rendition of Merychippus from Encyclopedia Britanncia, with an added christmas hat.

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 2d
Christmas Stress? Family driving you crazy?
Take a deep breath and contemplate this gorgeousness:
Fra Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), Madonna

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Lucy Munro, Michael Larkin

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Franglaise @franglaise.bsky.social · 2d
I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas

He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic

Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates

He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
Dark attic room with stone walls, cardboard on floor with single mattress & antique coffee table (random)

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Steven French, Will Lowe

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Tim Flanagan @timflanagan.bsky.social · 2d
Since it's a tense time of year 🫠

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Ed Hawkins, Elizabeth Stokoe

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 2d
Parents & anyone else up early on Christmas morning: there’s a bright pass of the International Space Station over the UK, just after 6.15.

Well, I say it’s the ISS. Could be Santa heading home…

Exact timings for where you are at www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary....
ISS - Visible Passes
Satellite predictions and other astronomical data customised for your location.
www.heavens-above.com

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 2d
If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.

Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices

archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
archive.is

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 2d
“Pray tell, the Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”

“Well…”
A bottle of wine, a Picpoul de Pinet. It’s called ‘Baron de Badassière’.

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d
Pretty soon no one will be allowed into the US.
Post Secretary Marco Rubio • O @SecRubio G... For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship. Today, @StateDept will take steps to bar leading figures of the global censorship-industrial complex from entering the United States. We stand ready and willing to expand this list if others do not reverse course.

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 3d
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 3d
Finally! Another key paper by Sylvain Lesné re purported key Alzheimer’s-related protein amyloid-beta *56 is retracted. Validates findings by @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social Matthew Schrag et al www.science.org/doi/full/10.... my original story: www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 3d
I finally got some time to flesh out my rant about these headlines...
TL;DR: age differences ≠ aging
jenndowd.substack.com/p/does-adole... #demography #episky #medsky #neurosky
Does adolescence really last until age 32?
Those “turning points” in brain aging aren’t quite what you think
jenndowd.substack.com

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 3d
becuzimawsum

I am proud to reveal the new Trump Battleship

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 3d
Tom &Barbara Goode, Margot and Gerry Leadbetter. Reckon I’ll be fine

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 3d
In Sept. 2025, the US FDA via a press conference w/ Trump & top officials, announced intent to approve Wellcovorin as a treatment for some pts w/ autism or autistic features.

The FDA plan to expand indications for Wellcovorin wasn't issued w/a typical application submission or addit'l data by GSK.🛟
The FDA’s Leucovorin Approval
This Viewpoint explores the US Food and Drug Administration’s plan to approve leucovorin for patients with autism and the potential implications for evidentiary standards.
jamanetwork.com

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 3d
this is a delight.
Bulgaria!
telescoper.bsky.social Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @telescoper.bsky.social · 3d
Well, they're all named, just not with the correct names...
ukcsi.bsky.social ClearSkyImaging.co.uk @ukcsi.bsky.social · 4d
For those who know the UK:
Chatgpt is equally at home with screwing around with borders and names.
I asked it to "Generate a map of the United Kingdom with all the counties named" 🤣

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop

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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @telescoper.bsky.social · 3d
Well, they're all named, just not with the correct names...
ukcsi.bsky.social ClearSkyImaging.co.uk @ukcsi.bsky.social · 4d
For those who know the UK:
Chatgpt is equally at home with screwing around with borders and names.
I asked it to "Generate a map of the United Kingdom with all the counties named" 🤣

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 3d
Stuck is what they are

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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 3d
Today the Swiss announced they don't have an agreement with Springer Nature -- swissuniversity tried to secure a deal and failed in the face of the extreme rise in publishing fees.

When the game is rigged, it's better to stop playing.

🧵 to understand the drain of scientific publishing👇

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d
No 10 'sticking to red lines' on UK-EU customs union after Streeting comments

news.sky.com/story/no-10-...
No 10 'sticking to red lines' on UK-EU customs union after Streeting comments
The health secretary appeared to leave the door open to joining a customs union - in what is being seen as a challenge to the PM.
news.sky.com

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Sofia Stathi

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 3d
This Christmas Day join us for #JoinIn on Bluesky. Just use or look for the #JoinIn hashtag. Lovely people coming together for chat and cheer - especially for those who may be alone or troubled at Christmas, or just looking for a bit of fellowship. See you there!
Please share
#JoinIn on Christmas Day

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 4d
Closeup photograph of hoar frost on tree branch.

#MacroMonday #MinimalMonday #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #macro #closeup #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature
Black and white closeup photograph of hoar frost on tree branch. A vertical picture of the main tree branch going from bottom left to upper right with smaller branches going off of the main branch. You can see texture of the tree bark with hoar frost on the high areas. Thicker hoar frost is on top and sides of branches. Background is dark gray. Photo by Kort Duce

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 4d
Mary and Joseph praying over Jesus in the manger, or
TWO T. REXES FIGHTING OVER A TABLE SAW?

Once seen, cannot be unseen.
It's one of those white cutouts that people put up in their yards that is supposed to show Joseph and Mary praying over a baby Jesus with a round halo above his head, and a star just behind the structure.

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 4d
MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure

Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 4d
Oxford University Hospitals Trust has refurbished 17 abandoned bicycles for its staff to use. Bikes left on hospital grounds are repaired by prisoners in Aylesbury and Peterborough as part of a corporate social responsibility scheme called Recirculate.

www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
Clare Howard, who received a bike through the scheme two years ago, collecting a bike for a colleague (via OUH)

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Angu Walters 🖌 African Paintings @artcameroon.bsky.social · 4d
Painting of the Day. The Flutist V
> > www.artcameroon.com/painting/the...
This dazzling bright art print made from a painting from Africa depicts a flutist and singer. The artist, Angu Walters, also belongs to a band and often paints musicians. Here is a painting so sparkling it sings.
$125

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 4d
It was only in the 1960s Lawrence Toynbee began to get noted as an exhibitor with a run of shows at the Leicester Galleries in London. He was a fine painter and educator. This work shows 'Ice Skating, Oxford,' from around 1962.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 4d
Thinking lots about baking lately. Wittgenstein apparently once wrote that ‘Raisins may be the best part of a cake; but a bag of raisins is not better than a cake.’ @nigelwarburton.bsky.social calls this Wittgenstein's 'critique of pure raisin', which rather made my day. @wiglet1981.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"