@ruthtunn.bsky.social
Will the forthcoming £2000 limit to salary sacrifice for NI purposes also affect student loan repayments? (i.e., 9% repayment on any amount over £2k that was previously sacrificed?)
February 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Will the forthcoming £2000 limit to salary sacrifice for NI purposes also affect student loan repayments? (i.e., 9% repayment on any amount over £2k that was previously sacrificed?)
Dammit autocorrect, I did actually mean emmental health, stop pun blocking me
September 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dammit autocorrect, I did actually mean emmental health, stop pun blocking me
There's nothing you can do, it's a feta-ccompli. Protect your mental health and let it go(uda)
September 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There's nothing you can do, it's a feta-ccompli. Protect your mental health and let it go(uda)
Can't help noticing "Ah, Caramel" has the same scansion as "O, Canada".
Ah, caramel
Our favourite gooey treat
Sticks in our teeth whenever we thee eat
Ah, caramel
Our favourite gooey treat
Sticks in our teeth whenever we thee eat
September 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Can't help noticing "Ah, Caramel" has the same scansion as "O, Canada".
Ah, caramel
Our favourite gooey treat
Sticks in our teeth whenever we thee eat
Ah, caramel
Our favourite gooey treat
Sticks in our teeth whenever we thee eat
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
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The CONSORT and SPIRIT statements for randomized trials have been updated for 2025 and published in JAMA, with a new focus on open science principles and guidance on trial registration, data access, and conflict of interest reporting.
➡ CONSORT 2025: ja.ma/3Yyu0Hh
➡ SPIRIT 2025: ja.ma/3YjFfn8
➡ CONSORT 2025: ja.ma/3Yyu0Hh
➡ SPIRIT 2025: ja.ma/3YjFfn8
April 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The CONSORT and SPIRIT statements for randomized trials have been updated for 2025 and published in JAMA, with a new focus on open science principles and guidance on trial registration, data access, and conflict of interest reporting.
➡ CONSORT 2025: ja.ma/3Yyu0Hh
➡ SPIRIT 2025: ja.ma/3YjFfn8
➡ CONSORT 2025: ja.ma/3Yyu0Hh
➡ SPIRIT 2025: ja.ma/3YjFfn8
Following on from the recent CONSORT 2025 publication, SPIRIT 2025 has now landed 🥳
It's aligned with CONSORT for streamlined reporting; open science is front & center; and PPI makes a welcome appearance. Plus much more!
🎂 Happy trial protocol reporting, y'all🎂
It's aligned with CONSORT for streamlined reporting; open science is front & center; and PPI makes a welcome appearance. Plus much more!
🎂 Happy trial protocol reporting, y'all🎂
NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @BMJ.com, @JAMA.com, @thelancet.bsky.social, @PLoS.org, and @natmedicine.bsky.social.
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
April 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Following on from the recent CONSORT 2025 publication, SPIRIT 2025 has now landed 🥳
It's aligned with CONSORT for streamlined reporting; open science is front & center; and PPI makes a welcome appearance. Plus much more!
🎂 Happy trial protocol reporting, y'all🎂
It's aligned with CONSORT for streamlined reporting; open science is front & center; and PPI makes a welcome appearance. Plus much more!
🎂 Happy trial protocol reporting, y'all🎂
CONSORT 2025 has landed! Including, among other changes, new items on reporting:
⚕️patient and public involvement
💉intervention delivery
☠️harms
❓missing data handling
👐data sharing
💰author conflicts of interest
...and an enhanced emphasis on open science practices.
New website: consort-spirit.org
⚕️patient and public involvement
💉intervention delivery
☠️harms
❓missing data handling
👐data sharing
💰author conflicts of interest
...and an enhanced emphasis on open science practices.
New website: consort-spirit.org
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
CONSORT 2025 has landed! Including, among other changes, new items on reporting:
⚕️patient and public involvement
💉intervention delivery
☠️harms
❓missing data handling
👐data sharing
💰author conflicts of interest
...and an enhanced emphasis on open science practices.
New website: consort-spirit.org
⚕️patient and public involvement
💉intervention delivery
☠️harms
❓missing data handling
👐data sharing
💰author conflicts of interest
...and an enhanced emphasis on open science practices.
New website: consort-spirit.org
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This year #WorldHealthDay focuses on maternal and newborn health. @npeu-ctu.bsky.social’s research on pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn babies is crucial to public and population health sciences, clinical care, and health policy development.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/bPrcoEl
#HopefulFutures
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/bPrcoEl
#HopefulFutures
April 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This year #WorldHealthDay focuses on maternal and newborn health. @npeu-ctu.bsky.social’s research on pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn babies is crucial to public and population health sciences, clinical care, and health policy development.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/bPrcoEl
#HopefulFutures
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/bPrcoEl
#HopefulFutures
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Black women in the UK are still more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts.
@samaralinton.com explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
@samaralinton.com explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
Why are black women still more likely to die in childbirth?
Black women in the UK are still more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts. Samara Linton explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
The UK has one of the lowest mater...
www.bmj.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Black women in the UK are still more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts.
@samaralinton.com explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
@samaralinton.com explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
Utterly horrifying yet entirely unsurprising. Kudos to the researchers doing this work and the journalists reporting it.
New and devastating reporting from my colleagues showing just how dangerous it has become to be pregnant and in Texas after the state banned abortion.
Please read and share:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Please read and share:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Utterly horrifying yet entirely unsurprising. Kudos to the researchers doing this work and the journalists reporting it.
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📢 COS seeks new members for its Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group! This volunteer group includes community members from diverse academic backgrounds & global regions with expertise in research methodology, reporting guidelines, & preregistration.
Apply here: www.cos.io/blog/appl...
Apply here: www.cos.io/blog/appl...
Applications Open: Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group
As part of efforts to recognize and appreciate volunteer contributors, the Center for Open Science (COS) is inviting new applications to its Preregistration Template Working Group.
www.cos.io
February 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📢 COS seeks new members for its Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group! This volunteer group includes community members from diverse academic backgrounds & global regions with expertise in research methodology, reporting guidelines, & preregistration.
Apply here: www.cos.io/blog/appl...
Apply here: www.cos.io/blog/appl...
"Declaration: The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest"
February 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Declaration: The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest"
'Eighty per cent of respondents thought policymakers lack sufficient understanding of science — but 73% said that researchers don’t understand how policy works. “It’s a constant tension between the scientifically illiterate and the politically clueless”'
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?
A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 3:46 PM
'Eighty per cent of respondents thought policymakers lack sufficient understanding of science — but 73% said that researchers don’t understand how policy works. “It’s a constant tension between the scientifically illiterate and the politically clueless”'
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
doi.org/10.1038/d415...