Alexis Karamanos
@akara89.bsky.social
Senior public health analyst at Barnet council. PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from UCL.
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The level of worry in Spartanburg “appears to be correlated with whether or not one believes in the general efficacy of vaccines, an ‘anti-vax’ notion that has been spearheaded in part by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s health secretary.”
RFK Jr & his lackeys are getting what they wanted😢
RFK Jr & his lackeys are getting what they wanted😢
“If there’s some way to prevent it, you ought to do it,” the governor said, surveying the social destruction his party had deliberately precipitated for partisan gain while remaining too cowardly to identify the obvious “way.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
A Measles Outbreak Brings With It Echoes of the Pandemic
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The level of worry in Spartanburg “appears to be correlated with whether or not one believes in the general efficacy of vaccines, an ‘anti-vax’ notion that has been spearheaded in part by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s health secretary.”
RFK Jr & his lackeys are getting what they wanted😢
RFK Jr & his lackeys are getting what they wanted😢
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“Moving to a situation where cars are not considered the fastest and most convenient mode of transportation will take ambition and imagination. But the alternative is a very expensive dependency, which clogs up the UK economy.”
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Moving to a situation where cars are not considered the fastest and most convenient mode of transportation will take ambition and imagination. But the alternative is a very expensive dependency, which clogs up the UK economy.”
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
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Harvard CS50’s Intro to R Programming – Full University Course
YouTube video by freeCodeCamp.org
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Made with #RStats and #QuartoPub (with a tiny bit of JavaScript helping out 🤩) 👇
The statistical performance indicators data from the World Bank for 2024 has been released today, and I've been working on a little interactive explainer 📊
Check it out here: nrennie.rbind.io/statistical-...
#DataViz #ggplot2
Check it out here: nrennie.rbind.io/statistical-...
#DataViz #ggplot2
December 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Made with #RStats and #QuartoPub (with a tiny bit of JavaScript helping out 🤩) 👇
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Multi cancer detection tests
Till we've better evidence definitely more hype than hope in my view
Good show @debscohen.bsky.social
Multi cancer detection tests
Till we've better evidence definitely more hype than hope in my view
Good show @debscohen.bsky.social
File on 4 Investigates - Multi-Cancer Testing - Hype or Hope? - BBC Sounds
Could multi-cancer detection tests help improve earlier diagnosis for NHS patients?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Multi cancer detection tests
Till we've better evidence definitely more hype than hope in my view
Good show @debscohen.bsky.social
Multi cancer detection tests
Till we've better evidence definitely more hype than hope in my view
Good show @debscohen.bsky.social
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Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change,
political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the
altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Happening in England too bsky.app/profile/stat...
Especially when you consider this (from recent CMO report) www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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As well as the moral case for lifting children out of poverty, there’s a powerful economic case for abolishing the two-child cap. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Abolishing the two-child benefit limit would be a great investment | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Abolishing the Two-Child Benefit limit and overall Benefit Cap is good policy not just for ethical reasons but because investment in children pays off.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
As well as the moral case for lifting children out of poverty, there’s a powerful economic case for abolishing the two-child cap. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Listen to the Reith Lectures -very good even in the censored version. Please boost the Streisand effect.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Listen to the Reith Lectures -very good even in the censored version. Please boost the Streisand effect.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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This hex-map breaks down the share of 15-24 year-olds in Germany and the regional contrast is hard to miss.
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This hex-map breaks down the share of 15-24 year-olds in Germany and the regional contrast is hard to miss.
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
Jo Wolff lecture very worth a watch, lots of enlightening observations - I can only recommend it - then again I am biased as he refers to my favourite authors and thinkers of that time ❤️
Thanks Thomas! I don’t think it will be broadcast. Might be recorded. There are a few of my lectures on YouTube. This one has the highest production values!
Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hC...
Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hC...
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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🧵 1/ Our new study, @jamanetworkopen.com from MAGNET4EUROPE funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social shows physician burnout & turnover remain alarmingly high in 6 European countries + US. Nearly 30% of European physicians and 24% in the US intend to leave their hospital within a year.
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🧵 1/ Our new study, @jamanetworkopen.com from MAGNET4EUROPE funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social shows physician burnout & turnover remain alarmingly high in 6 European countries + US. Nearly 30% of European physicians and 24% in the US intend to leave their hospital within a year.
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Wes Streeting’s chaotic and incoherent approach to reforming #NHS
NHS England’s abolition was abysmally handled + management cuts in ICBs
Worse nothing the Govt has done addresses the ongoing exodus of GP partners, of shift hospital to community
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
NHS England’s abolition was abysmally handled + management cuts in ICBs
Worse nothing the Govt has done addresses the ongoing exodus of GP partners, of shift hospital to community
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Performance Tracker 2025: NHS | Institute for Government
NHS performance is improving, but a complex and haphazardly planned reform package might slow progress.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Wes Streeting’s chaotic and incoherent approach to reforming #NHS
NHS England’s abolition was abysmally handled + management cuts in ICBs
Worse nothing the Govt has done addresses the ongoing exodus of GP partners, of shift hospital to community
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
NHS England’s abolition was abysmally handled + management cuts in ICBs
Worse nothing the Govt has done addresses the ongoing exodus of GP partners, of shift hospital to community
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Huge thanks to @markpetticrew.bsky.social @kristinakim.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social for partnership on a new review article: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
@lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @socsocmed.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @felly500.bsky.social
@lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @socsocmed.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @felly500.bsky.social
The Politics and Profit of Disinformation in Public Health
Disinformation is a coordinated or deliberate effort to knowingly circulate misinformation (i.e., false information) to gain money, power, or reputation. While most public health research has focused ...
www.annualreviews.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Huge thanks to @markpetticrew.bsky.social @kristinakim.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social for partnership on a new review article: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
@lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @socsocmed.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @felly500.bsky.social
@lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @socsocmed.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @felly500.bsky.social
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A pretty entertaining gallery of misleading visualizations + discussion
www.vislies.org/2024/gallery/
(already a year old, but I only discovered it through this year's VIS conference)
www.vislies.org/2024/gallery/
(already a year old, but I only discovered it through this year's VIS conference)
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A pretty entertaining gallery of misleading visualizations + discussion
www.vislies.org/2024/gallery/
(already a year old, but I only discovered it through this year's VIS conference)
www.vislies.org/2024/gallery/
(already a year old, but I only discovered it through this year's VIS conference)
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Excellent book by Ginafranco Pacchioni, The Overproduction of Truth, about how science has changed during his lifetime and how rapid expansion has created many problems
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
#misconduct #hyperproductivity #publishing #citations
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
#misconduct #hyperproductivity #publishing #citations
global.oup.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Excellent book by Ginafranco Pacchioni, The Overproduction of Truth, about how science has changed during his lifetime and how rapid expansion has created many problems
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
#misconduct #hyperproductivity #publishing #citations
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
#misconduct #hyperproductivity #publishing #citations
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‘ERC grants aimed at early career researchers saw a 22 per cent increase in applicants compared with last year, with a record 4,807 proposals. Nearly 250 of those came from outside Europe, including 169 from the US — nearly triple the 2024 figure.’
on.ft.com/490NR8k
on.ft.com/490NR8k
Trump’s university backlash drives US researchers towards Europe
EU grant applications hit record in 2025 amid surge in interest from American academics
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
‘ERC grants aimed at early career researchers saw a 22 per cent increase in applicants compared with last year, with a record 4,807 proposals. Nearly 250 of those came from outside Europe, including 169 from the US — nearly triple the 2024 figure.’
on.ft.com/490NR8k
on.ft.com/490NR8k
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Yes! This is much better than all the stupid "make November more miserable" initiatives
I am trying something in November. National novel-reading month, basically. It is the PERFECT month for reading (at least in the Western hemisphere).
naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...
November is for reading
or: a month of sheer luxurious intellectual pleasure
naomialderman.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Yes! This is much better than all the stupid "make November more miserable" initiatives
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New tutorial out! 🚀 Learn how to chat with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini inside R using the {ellmer} package.
Covers safe API setup, workflow integration, and structured outputs for text + images.
👉 alfredohs.com/posts/ellmer...
#RStats #LLMs #DataScience
Covers safe API setup, workflow integration, and structured outputs for text + images.
👉 alfredohs.com/posts/ellmer...
#RStats #LLMs #DataScience
The ELLMER Package
A tutorial for using the R Ellmer package for API access to LLMs
alfredohs.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New tutorial out! 🚀 Learn how to chat with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini inside R using the {ellmer} package.
Covers safe API setup, workflow integration, and structured outputs for text + images.
👉 alfredohs.com/posts/ellmer...
#RStats #LLMs #DataScience
Covers safe API setup, workflow integration, and structured outputs for text + images.
👉 alfredohs.com/posts/ellmer...
#RStats #LLMs #DataScience
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Garbage in, garbage out.
Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’
Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.
www.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Garbage in, garbage out.
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Join us on November 18 - 9 am PT | 12 pm ET | 6 pm CET, for 8th Reproducibility Rounds: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡?. Registration at: stanford.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Join us on November 18 - 9 am PT | 12 pm ET | 6 pm CET, for 8th Reproducibility Rounds: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡?. Registration at: stanford.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Applied Machine Learning Using mlr3 in R by Bernd Bischl, Raphael Sonabend, Lars Kotthoff and Michel Lang
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/machine%20learning.html#applied-machine-learning-using-mlr3-in-r
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/machine%20learning.html#applied-machine-learning-using-mlr3-in-r
October 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Applied Machine Learning Using mlr3 in R by Bernd Bischl, Raphael Sonabend, Lars Kotthoff and Michel Lang
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/machine%20learning.html#applied-machine-learning-using-mlr3-in-r
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/machine%20learning.html#applied-machine-learning-using-mlr3-in-r
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Reminds me of this…
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reminds me of this…
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