Matt Berkley
@mattberkley.bsky.social
Sentientism, food policy for desired/anticipated consumption patterns, plant-based food for climate, consumption behaviour, history and reporting of global goals, framing.
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Matt Berkley
@mattberkley.bsky.social
· Jan 20
A proposal for
Animal welfare including human health
Climate
Environment
Biodiversity
Economy
Governments provide free nutritional supplements (eg B12, DHA, EPA) and/or mandate fortification of foods
- to improve health and reduce cravings when people reduce/eliminate animal products from diet.
Animal welfare including human health
Climate
Environment
Biodiversity
Economy
Governments provide free nutritional supplements (eg B12, DHA, EPA) and/or mandate fortification of foods
- to improve health and reduce cravings when people reduce/eliminate animal products from diet.
Perhaps the Committee on Publication Ethics might include in its guidelines:
When an article is retracted, publishers should notify authors of all papers which have cited it.
When an article is retracted, publishers should notify authors of all papers which have cited it.
Whereas retractions usually expose scandals in science, citations to retracted articles are a bigger scandal, especially when they are post-retraction.
XeraRetractions web app: openscience.xera.ac/retractions
XeraRetractions web app: openscience.xera.ac/retractions
XeraRetractionTracker - Retracted Paper Database & Citation Tracker
Discover which papers cite retracted research. Comprehensive database updated daily with Retraction Watch data. Essential tool for research integrity.
openscience.xera.ac
January 25, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Perhaps the Committee on Publication Ethics might include in its guidelines:
When an article is retracted, publishers should notify authors of all papers which have cited it.
When an article is retracted, publishers should notify authors of all papers which have cited it.
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We might ask similar questions about training, orders, guidelines, discipline and whistleblowing at ICE.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We might ask similar questions about training, orders, guidelines, discipline and whistleblowing at ICE.
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Has anyone publicised incentive structures in ICE - such as quotas, targets and bonuses?
Is there scope for these systems to be challenged in court?
Is there scope for these systems to be challenged in court?
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Has anyone publicised incentive structures in ICE - such as quotas, targets and bonuses?
Is there scope for these systems to be challenged in court?
Is there scope for these systems to be challenged in court?
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RR: Rigorous Review.
RPR: Rigorous Part-Review.
Competent, useful critical appraisal does not necessarily need a "peer" as regards ability to assess more than one aspect of a research article - or to cover more than one aspect.
PRR: Positive Rigorous Review.
PR2: Positive Rigorous Part-Review.
RPR: Rigorous Part-Review.
Competent, useful critical appraisal does not necessarily need a "peer" as regards ability to assess more than one aspect of a research article - or to cover more than one aspect.
PRR: Positive Rigorous Review.
PR2: Positive Rigorous Part-Review.
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
RR: Rigorous Review.
RPR: Rigorous Part-Review.
Competent, useful critical appraisal does not necessarily need a "peer" as regards ability to assess more than one aspect of a research article - or to cover more than one aspect.
PRR: Positive Rigorous Review.
PR2: Positive Rigorous Part-Review.
RPR: Rigorous Part-Review.
Competent, useful critical appraisal does not necessarily need a "peer" as regards ability to assess more than one aspect of a research article - or to cover more than one aspect.
PRR: Positive Rigorous Review.
PR2: Positive Rigorous Part-Review.
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Could a US legal expert provide information/views on this, or give context -
What are the duties of members of the US armed forces if ordered to:
a) consider,
b) plan,
c) prepare for,
d) facilitate,
or
e) give purported justification for
action which would be unlawful if carried out?
What are the duties of members of the US armed forces if ordered to:
a) consider,
b) plan,
c) prepare for,
d) facilitate,
or
e) give purported justification for
action which would be unlawful if carried out?
January 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Could a US legal expert provide information/views on this, or give context -
What are the duties of members of the US armed forces if ordered to:
a) consider,
b) plan,
c) prepare for,
d) facilitate,
or
e) give purported justification for
action which would be unlawful if carried out?
What are the duties of members of the US armed forces if ordered to:
a) consider,
b) plan,
c) prepare for,
d) facilitate,
or
e) give purported justification for
action which would be unlawful if carried out?
Could a US legal expert provide information/views on this, or give context -
What are the duties of members of the US armed forces if ordered to:
a) consider,
b) plan,
c) prepare for,
d) facilitate,
or
e) give purported justification for
action which would be unlawful if carried out?
What are the duties of members of the US armed forces if ordered to:
a) consider,
b) plan,
c) prepare for,
d) facilitate,
or
e) give purported justification for
action which would be unlawful if carried out?
January 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Could a US legal expert provide information/views on this, or give context -
What are the duties of members of the US armed forces if ordered to:
a) consider,
b) plan,
c) prepare for,
d) facilitate,
or
e) give purported justification for
action which would be unlawful if carried out?
What are the duties of members of the US armed forces if ordered to:
a) consider,
b) plan,
c) prepare for,
d) facilitate,
or
e) give purported justification for
action which would be unlawful if carried out?
RR: Rigorous Review.
RPR: Rigorous Part-Review.
Competent, useful critical appraisal does not necessarily need a "peer" as regards ability to assess more than one aspect of a research article - or to cover more than one aspect.
PRR: Positive Rigorous Review.
PR2: Positive Rigorous Part-Review.
RPR: Rigorous Part-Review.
Competent, useful critical appraisal does not necessarily need a "peer" as regards ability to assess more than one aspect of a research article - or to cover more than one aspect.
PRR: Positive Rigorous Review.
PR2: Positive Rigorous Part-Review.
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
RR: Rigorous Review.
RPR: Rigorous Part-Review.
Competent, useful critical appraisal does not necessarily need a "peer" as regards ability to assess more than one aspect of a research article - or to cover more than one aspect.
PRR: Positive Rigorous Review.
PR2: Positive Rigorous Part-Review.
RPR: Rigorous Part-Review.
Competent, useful critical appraisal does not necessarily need a "peer" as regards ability to assess more than one aspect of a research article - or to cover more than one aspect.
PRR: Positive Rigorous Review.
PR2: Positive Rigorous Part-Review.
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Degenerative "AI".
January 3, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Degenerative "AI".
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Also: the more that statistics on serious attacks are dominated by those who know each other, the less relevance to most people's safety.
January 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Also: the more that statistics on serious attacks are dominated by those who know each other, the less relevance to most people's safety.
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It's perhaps worth noting that even when we don't know where we may be wrong, we may still be able to think about how to guess at sources of uncertainty - such as by thinking about
- how we've been biased in the past,
- what mistakes others have made,
- how we have defined key concepts and ...
- how we've been biased in the past,
- what mistakes others have made,
- how we have defined key concepts and ...
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 PM
It's perhaps worth noting that even when we don't know where we may be wrong, we may still be able to think about how to guess at sources of uncertainty - such as by thinking about
- how we've been biased in the past,
- what mistakes others have made,
- how we have defined key concepts and ...
- how we've been biased in the past,
- what mistakes others have made,
- how we have defined key concepts and ...
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Let's think of other ways to conceptualise this.
"Unlimited irresponsibility"
"Unlimited damage potential"
"Unlimited recklessness"
"Limited liability" concerns the welfare of the offender, rather than others.
"Unlimited irresponsibility"
"Unlimited damage potential"
"Unlimited recklessness"
"Limited liability" concerns the welfare of the offender, rather than others.
October 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Let's think of other ways to conceptualise this.
"Unlimited irresponsibility"
"Unlimited damage potential"
"Unlimited recklessness"
"Limited liability" concerns the welfare of the offender, rather than others.
"Unlimited irresponsibility"
"Unlimited damage potential"
"Unlimited recklessness"
"Limited liability" concerns the welfare of the offender, rather than others.
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Let's take a little time to consider what Trump and his allies may be doing behind the scenes, in the form for instance of instructions to agencies on surveillance.
February 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Let's take a little time to consider what Trump and his allies may be doing behind the scenes, in the form for instance of instructions to agencies on surveillance.
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If your government has a realistic plan in case of a sudden and massive disruption to fossil fuel supply (through war or otherwise):
It can probably use a lot of that plan now for the climate crisis.
If it doesn't have that plan:
It's probably failing on both counts.
It can probably use a lot of that plan now for the climate crisis.
If it doesn't have that plan:
It's probably failing on both counts.
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If your government has a realistic plan in case of a sudden and massive disruption to fossil fuel supply (through war or otherwise):
It can probably use a lot of that plan now for the climate crisis.
If it doesn't have that plan:
It's probably failing on both counts.
It can probably use a lot of that plan now for the climate crisis.
If it doesn't have that plan:
It's probably failing on both counts.
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SINO:
Science In Name Only.
Science In Name Only.
The fact that a journal claims an article is "peer-reviewed" is not good enough evidence for you, the reader or citer, to give an impression that there was meaningful review or that the article is trustworthy.
That would be poor research, unscientific, if there is little or no supporting evidence.
That would be poor research, unscientific, if there is little or no supporting evidence.
Yeah. And before this, half of reviewers were submitting trivial, short reviews that either said "looks good to me" or "this is excrement". This is why reviews should be part of the public record for any paper.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
SINO:
Science In Name Only.
Science In Name Only.
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Yes, it's important for people to understand climate effects of outsourcing to other countries (including both emissions and lost forests).
Also material footprint (end of article)
www.escoe.ac.uk/the-uks-hidd...
and pollution/habitat destruction effects of outsourced manufacturing/farming.
Also material footprint (end of article)
www.escoe.ac.uk/the-uks-hidd...
and pollution/habitat destruction effects of outsourced manufacturing/farming.
The UK’s hidden carbon footprint - ESCoE
Accounting for environmental impacts in trade By Anne Owen, Lena Killian and Rutger Hoekstra When […]
www.escoe.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Yes, it's important for people to understand climate effects of outsourcing to other countries (including both emissions and lost forests).
Also material footprint (end of article)
www.escoe.ac.uk/the-uks-hidd...
and pollution/habitat destruction effects of outsourced manufacturing/farming.
Also material footprint (end of article)
www.escoe.ac.uk/the-uks-hidd...
and pollution/habitat destruction effects of outsourced manufacturing/farming.
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"Adding up some domestic emissions that your largely service economy causes and going on about "net zero"
without
telling people each time what you are talking about
is a bit like
paying your poorer neighbour to burn your rubbish and implying you haven't caused any smoke."
Is that fair?
without
telling people each time what you are talking about
is a bit like
paying your poorer neighbour to burn your rubbish and implying you haven't caused any smoke."
Is that fair?
Let's reject the UK Government's misleading frame "Net Zero" and call it
"Territorial* Net Zero".
The fact that countries report TNZ to the UN doesn't mean the UK has to focus on what may (soon?) be only half its contributions to greenhouse gases, misleading on progress.
* or similar. Domestic?
"Territorial* Net Zero".
The fact that countries report TNZ to the UN doesn't mean the UK has to focus on what may (soon?) be only half its contributions to greenhouse gases, misleading on progress.
* or similar. Domestic?
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Adding up some domestic emissions that your largely service economy causes and going on about "net zero"
without
telling people each time what you are talking about
is a bit like
paying your poorer neighbour to burn your rubbish and implying you haven't caused any smoke."
Is that fair?
without
telling people each time what you are talking about
is a bit like
paying your poorer neighbour to burn your rubbish and implying you haven't caused any smoke."
Is that fair?
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Climate impacts of a country on others, in addition to domestic emissions, include impacts caused or partially caused outside its borders, through for example:
Outsourced emissions
Shipping, aviation
Subsidiaries
Financing pollution
Failure of companies/governments to warn of dangers
Military
Outsourced emissions
Shipping, aviation
Subsidiaries
Financing pollution
Failure of companies/governments to warn of dangers
Military
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Climate impacts of a country on others, in addition to domestic emissions, include impacts caused or partially caused outside its borders, through for example:
Outsourced emissions
Shipping, aviation
Subsidiaries
Financing pollution
Failure of companies/governments to warn of dangers
Military
Outsourced emissions
Shipping, aviation
Subsidiaries
Financing pollution
Failure of companies/governments to warn of dangers
Military
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Shall we call traditional peer review
(for example,
secret,
only involving a couple of reviewers who may not between them have all the required skills, knowledge and experience, and
unpaid)
initial peer review: IPR?
(for example,
secret,
only involving a couple of reviewers who may not between them have all the required skills, knowledge and experience, and
unpaid)
initial peer review: IPR?
January 13, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Shall we call traditional peer review
(for example,
secret,
only involving a couple of reviewers who may not between them have all the required skills, knowledge and experience, and
unpaid)
initial peer review: IPR?
(for example,
secret,
only involving a couple of reviewers who may not between them have all the required skills, knowledge and experience, and
unpaid)
initial peer review: IPR?
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Shall we say
"published article" (or "draft" if the authors prefer) instead of "preprint" if it's published on the internet,
and
"traditionally published" or "published with a claim of initial peer review" if it's traditionally "published"?
"published article" (or "draft" if the authors prefer) instead of "preprint" if it's published on the internet,
and
"traditionally published" or "published with a claim of initial peer review" if it's traditionally "published"?
Shall we call traditional peer review
(for example,
secret,
only involving a couple of reviewers who may not between them have all the required skills, knowledge and experience, and
unpaid)
initial peer review: IPR?
(for example,
secret,
only involving a couple of reviewers who may not between them have all the required skills, knowledge and experience, and
unpaid)
initial peer review: IPR?
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Shall we say
"published article" (or "draft" if the authors prefer) instead of "preprint" if it's published on the internet,
and
"traditionally published" or "published with a claim of initial peer review" if it's traditionally "published"?
"published article" (or "draft" if the authors prefer) instead of "preprint" if it's published on the internet,
and
"traditionally published" or "published with a claim of initial peer review" if it's traditionally "published"?
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If people expert in research methods publicise lists of research they have assessed as adequate and at least potentially significant, that might help focus attention on deserving work, and less on work that's very-difficult-to-assess-regardless-of-expertise.
bsky.app/profile/matt...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
In a field where evidence suggests that a high proportion of papers have serious flaws, a database of "potentially important" papers which appear *not* to have serious flaws might be useful, as well as identifying those that do.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
If people expert in research methods publicise lists of research they have assessed as adequate and at least potentially significant, that might help focus attention on deserving work, and less on work that's very-difficult-to-assess-regardless-of-expertise.
bsky.app/profile/matt...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Some astronomy words
Showsun/Sunshow/Revealsun/Sunreveal/Seesun/Sunsee/Uncoversun/Sununcover/HRS (Horizon Reveals Sun)
Hidesun/Suncover/Coversun/HHS (Horizon Hides Sun)
Showmoon/Hidemoon/Mooncover etc.
Showsun/Sunshow/Revealsun/Sunreveal/Seesun/Sunsee/Uncoversun/Sununcover/HRS (Horizon Reveals Sun)
Hidesun/Suncover/Coversun/HHS (Horizon Hides Sun)
Showmoon/Hidemoon/Mooncover etc.
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Some astronomy words
Showsun/Sunshow/Revealsun/Sunreveal/Seesun/Sunsee/Uncoversun/Sununcover/HRS (Horizon Reveals Sun)
Hidesun/Suncover/Coversun/HHS (Horizon Hides Sun)
Showmoon/Hidemoon/Mooncover etc.
Showsun/Sunshow/Revealsun/Sunreveal/Seesun/Sunsee/Uncoversun/Sununcover/HRS (Horizon Reveals Sun)
Hidesun/Suncover/Coversun/HHS (Horizon Hides Sun)
Showmoon/Hidemoon/Mooncover etc.
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Moonpass
The Moon always overtakes Earth on the outside.
This is usually a Full Moon; sometimes a Shademoon/Part Shademoon (lunar eclipse).
Passmoon
Earth always overtakes the Moon on the outside.
A New Moon; sometimes a total/partial Moonsun/Sunmoon/Sunblock (solar eclipse).
The Moon always overtakes Earth on the outside.
This is usually a Full Moon; sometimes a Shademoon/Part Shademoon (lunar eclipse).
Passmoon
Earth always overtakes the Moon on the outside.
A New Moon; sometimes a total/partial Moonsun/Sunmoon/Sunblock (solar eclipse).
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Moonpass
The Moon always overtakes Earth on the outside.
This is usually a Full Moon; sometimes a Shademoon/Part Shademoon (lunar eclipse).
Passmoon
Earth always overtakes the Moon on the outside.
A New Moon; sometimes a total/partial Moonsun/Sunmoon/Sunblock (solar eclipse).
The Moon always overtakes Earth on the outside.
This is usually a Full Moon; sometimes a Shademoon/Part Shademoon (lunar eclipse).
Passmoon
Earth always overtakes the Moon on the outside.
A New Moon; sometimes a total/partial Moonsun/Sunmoon/Sunblock (solar eclipse).
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Is the bigger threat "AI" or "IA", InAttention?
January 12, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Is the bigger threat "AI" or "IA", InAttention?
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"If
there are two steps in my argument
and
each has 70% probability
then
I am probably wrong.
70/100 x 70/100 = 4900/10000 = 49%."
web.archive.org/web/20081121...
there are two steps in my argument
and
each has 70% probability
then
I am probably wrong.
70/100 x 70/100 = 4900/10000 = 49%."
web.archive.org/web/20081121...
Social science and government aims: proposed standards for public goals
and research
web.archive.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 AM
"If
there are two steps in my argument
and
each has 70% probability
then
I am probably wrong.
70/100 x 70/100 = 4900/10000 = 49%."
web.archive.org/web/20081121...
there are two steps in my argument
and
each has 70% probability
then
I am probably wrong.
70/100 x 70/100 = 4900/10000 = 49%."
web.archive.org/web/20081121...
"If
there are two steps in my argument
and
each has 70% probability
then
I am probably wrong.
70/100 x 70/100 = 4900/10000 = 49%."
web.archive.org/web/20081121...
there are two steps in my argument
and
each has 70% probability
then
I am probably wrong.
70/100 x 70/100 = 4900/10000 = 49%."
web.archive.org/web/20081121...
Social science and government aims: proposed standards for public goals
and research
web.archive.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 AM
"If
there are two steps in my argument
and
each has 70% probability
then
I am probably wrong.
70/100 x 70/100 = 4900/10000 = 49%."
web.archive.org/web/20081121...
there are two steps in my argument
and
each has 70% probability
then
I am probably wrong.
70/100 x 70/100 = 4900/10000 = 49%."
web.archive.org/web/20081121...