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Paul Lawton
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#Epidemiology #Episky #Healthequity #Kidney #Nephsky #Auspol #FirstNations #Cycling (but not necessarily in that order). Melbourne, Australia. Own opinions, not advice, yada yada yada
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows: [scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech] 1 CHURCHILL: The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 2 CHURCHILL: Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. 3 CHURCHILL: If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun- BBC PRESENTER: Thank you prime minister 4 BBC PRESENTER: Mr hitler, your response? 5 HITLER [in the studio]: Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill 6 HITLER: What we are proposing - CHURCHILL: Hang on 7 HITLER: Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement - 8 CHURCHILL: What's he doing here BBC PRESENTER: It's important we hear both sides of the debate 9 CHURCHILL: This isn't a debate You don't debate fascists 10 HITLER: Oh here we go with ze Godwins law! 11 HITLER: Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'... CHURCHILL: Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit- 12 HITLER [standing up, saluting]: RAUSS! BBC PRESENTER: *Please* Mr Churchill let him speak [ends]
March 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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kazcooke.bsky.social
For those who will bear witness. For everyone who pretends there was benevolence from 'employers' & governments, and no slavery in Australia; who believes Tony Abbott's version of history. Debra Dank writes with beauty and anger of the truth we cannot dodge.
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
Friday essay: Debra Dank’s grandmother was a ‘drover’s boy’. Her stolen wages can’t be recovered
Stella Prize shortlisted author Debra Dank reflects on how her family’s lives were scarred by stolen wages and colonial violence – and on the complexities of apologies.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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altthenia.bsky.social
For those of you attending #GSA2025 in Boston, consider this panel of #NIH awardees, Drs. Alden Gross, @mariaglymour.bsky.social , @sfackley.bsky.social , and @bryandjames.bsky.social. Please remember to tag #geronsky and @geronsociety.bsky.social in your posts.
The "biggest baddest" bias in aging research: A spirited GSA debate.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Scientists point to a long list of findings that emerged out of fundamental research, the type of studies the US government is cutting, and went on to change the world. Nature lists a few of their examples. 🧪
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
go.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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melissasweetdr.bsky.social
Putting medical ethics to the test: an indepth reflection. The Plunkett Lecture by Dr Stephen Parnis
www.croakey.org/putting-medi...
Putting medical ethics to the test: an indepth reflection
*** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article includes mention of traumatic deaths *** Introduction by Croakey:
www.croakey.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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rheaultm.bsky.social
Highlights from my talk yesterday on Alport syndrome spectrum of disorders. (since no one posted it, I'll have to do it myself)

Variants in type IV collagen cause a wide spectrum of disease. #KidneyWk 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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melissasweetdr.bsky.social
Standing together for equity in emergency care & against the systemic racism that continues to harm Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
www.croakey.org/standing-tog...
Joint statement by AIDA, ACEM, RACP
Standing together for equity in emergency care
Introduction by Croakey: The Victorian Opposition and others recently sought to weaponise and politicise efforts by St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
www.croakey.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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menziesresearch.bsky.social
Congratulations to our Renal team on the launch of ‘What Makes a Good Life: Dialysis Models of Care 2015-2023’, in Darwin! This powerful book shares patient and community voices on kidney disease, resilience & care.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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statsepi.bsky.social
A structured database would have prevented the need for this laborious data cleaning. I'm just sayin'.
jessicacalarco.com Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10d
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph
November 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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alxndrmlk.bsky.social
Looking for a causality-related PhD program?

@tobigerstenberg.bsky.social might have something for you!

#CausalSky #StatSky
tobigerstenberg.bsky.social Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 24d
The Causality in Cognition Lab at Stanford University is recruiting PhD students this cycle!

We are a supportive team who happened to wear bluesky appropriate colors for the lab photo (this wasn't planned). 💙

Lab info: cicl.stanford.edu
Application details: psychology.stanford.edu/admissions/p...
October 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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drjenndowd.bsky.social
Looks like a great opportunity for pop health researchers... #demography #episky
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities
Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities
jobs.helsinki.fi
October 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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louiselocock.bsky.social
N.B. from a proper journal, not one of those ridiculous Great Barrington type 'journals'
October 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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nephrosage.bsky.social
EKFC or CKD-EPIASR-NB2009 formula. Which equation to use?
More info: academic.oup.com/ndt/article/...
@ndt-era.bsky.social, @hjanders.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
pauldlawton.bsky.social
Is this why they could not see or hear the obvious racism and lies in the Brexit campaign, & voted for it anyway?
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Oct 10
Millions of older Britons likely to have undiagnosed sight and hearing problems, study finds
Millions of older Britons likely to have undiagnosed sight and hearing problems, study finds
Those affected at risk of falls, mental ill-health and leading socially restricted lives, say doctors Millions of people aged 50 or over in the UK are predicted to have undiagnosed sight or hearing problems, prompting calls for that age group to have checkups more regularly. Doctors involved in the related research said the findings were “deeply concerning”, and warned that those affected were at risk of falls, mental ill-health and leading socially restricted lives. 6.7 million people in the UK aged 50 or over have trouble seeing out of one or both eyes 2.4 million of them are visually impaired in one eye 20.3 million people have some form of hearing loss in one or both ears 7.7 million people cannot hear clearly with both ears Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States
florianscheuer.bsky.social Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · Oct 10
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

🧵 1/7
October 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
pauldlawton.bsky.social
So read these & tell me why the Nobel Committee ignored @birmo.bsky.social for yet another year
davehooper.com Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · Oct 10
Recently finished reading this from @birmo.bsky.social and I enjoyed it. I was going to say that it’s not his usual style, but what is? He has such a diverse range of material it’s impossible to pigeon hole it. Anyway, go read it! www.amazon.com.au/Girl-Came-Co...
The Girl Who Came In From The Cold (Licensed to Love: The Agency Files)
The Girl Who Came In From The Cold (Licensed to Love: The Agency Files) eBook : Birmingham, J.P.: Amazon.com.au: Books
www.amazon.com.au
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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pengzell.bsky.social
peer review is
a process of
removing every sentence
every sentence
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October 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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melissasweetdr.bsky.social
Loss of peak health group raises many concerns and questions – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/loss-of-peak...
By Jason Staines
Loss of peak health group raises many concerns and questions
Jason Staines writes: The impending closure of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA), the national peak body for public
www.croakey.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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croakeynews.bsky.social
Loss of peak health group raises many concerns and questions www.croakey.org/loss-of-peak... #publichealth
Loss of peak health group raises many concerns and questions
www.croakey.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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alastairleyland.bsky.social
New book: 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 (free to download from link.springer.com/book/10.1007...) 1/7
Health Systems, Health Services and Inequality in Population Health
This open access book shows the scientific and policy-added value of combining health systems, health services and population health research.
link.springer.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Just finished reading this *excellent* article by Gabriel et al. which discusses which effects can be identified in randomized controlled trials. With DAGs!>

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Elucidating some common biases in randomized controlled trials using directed acyclic graphs Although the ideal randomized clinical trial is the gold standard for causal inference, real randomized trials often suffer from imperfections that may hamper causal effect estimation. Stating the estimand of interest can help reduce confusion about what is being estimated, but it is often difficult to determine what is and is not identifiable given a trial’s specific imperfections. We demonstrate how directed acyclic graphs can be used to elucidate the consequences of common imperfections, such as noncompliance, unblinding, and drop-out, for the identification of the intention-to-treat effect, the total treatment effect and the physiological treatment effect. We assert that the physiological treatment effect is not identifiable outside a trial with perfect compliance and no dropout, where blinding is perfectly maintained Table 1 showing the Identifiability of target estimands depending on whether there is blinding, full compliance, and no drop-out An example DAG from the paper. Fig. 4: A blinded trial with noncompliance. U are unobserved confounders, Z is treatment assignment, C is compliance, X is the realized treatment, S is the subject's physical and mental health status, Xself and Xcln are the treatment that the participant and the clinician believed the participant received, Y is the outcome.
October 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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National summit tackles wide-ranging barriers to health equity – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/national-sum...
By @mariemcinerney.bsky.social for Croakey Conference News Service
National summit tackles wide-ranging barriers to health equity
Introduction by Croakey: An upcoming national summit on equity is being promoted as an event "for those who believe in
www.croakey.org
September 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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drdemography.com
Social cohesion Australia is fraying. Not because of immigration. Social cohesion is eroding because of increasing inequality. Fear results. Hope must be restored for social cohesion to build. But hope is dead if uncertainty reigns. Uncertainty ends when the future feels assured.
drdemography.com Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · Sep 1
The term social cohesion has been said A LOT over the last few days. Most people using the term don’t know what it actually means. It’s not about assimilation or multiculturalism. It’s much broader, encapsulating class, social capital and inequality. www.abc.net.au/religion/and...
belonging (including pride in Australia and the importance of maintaining Australian culture and way of life); worth (sense of financial satisfaction); social justice and equity (fairness of and trust in government); participation (especially in political life, including voting); and acceptance and rejection, and the legitimacy of the system (especially in relation to immigration).
September 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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therealdwoo.bsky.social
WAKE THE FK UP

There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?
There's battle lines being drawn
youtu.be/YVhn1edWaDA?...
NEW 📀 For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield -4K- {Stereo} 1966
YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine
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August 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM