Steve Pratt
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This is one of the most remarkable academic debacles I've ever seen.
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...
pubpeer.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is one of the most remarkable academic debacles I've ever seen.
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
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"Mob want to see mob"
New research led by Stephen Harfield at UQ has found that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people prefer First Nations health clinics.
Read the article below, or the journal article here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#PublicHealth @publichealthaus.bsky.social
New research led by Stephen Harfield at UQ has found that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people prefer First Nations health clinics.
Read the article below, or the journal article here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#PublicHealth @publichealthaus.bsky.social
‘Mob want to see mob’: First Nations health clinics a priority for young Indigenous peoples
A University of Queensland (UQ) study has examined factors supporting or hindering young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from accessing primary healthcare services.The study, 'Mob want to...
nit.com.au
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Mob want to see mob"
New research led by Stephen Harfield at UQ has found that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people prefer First Nations health clinics.
Read the article below, or the journal article here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#PublicHealth @publichealthaus.bsky.social
New research led by Stephen Harfield at UQ has found that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people prefer First Nations health clinics.
Read the article below, or the journal article here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#PublicHealth @publichealthaus.bsky.social
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“Mates channel MacGyver in rescue of galah trapped in power pole in WA’s north” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Impressive that ABC News managed to get wrong both MacGyer’s decade and the actor who played him.
Impressive that ABC News managed to get wrong both MacGyer’s decade and the actor who played him.
Mates take matters into their own hands to rescue trapped galah
A lifetime sailor says his experience problem-solving with limited resources helped figure out how to rescue a galah trapped in an 8-metre-tall power pole.
www.abc.net.au
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“Mates channel MacGyver in rescue of galah trapped in power pole in WA’s north” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Impressive that ABC News managed to get wrong both MacGyer’s decade and the actor who played him.
Impressive that ABC News managed to get wrong both MacGyer’s decade and the actor who played him.
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Private Eye hits the nail on the head
July 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Private Eye hits the nail on the head
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Manual #wheelchair users, how often are you replacing bearings? What else is wearing out? What brands (of parts) are working for you?
(boost please!)
(boost please!)
May 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Manual #wheelchair users, how often are you replacing bearings? What else is wearing out? What brands (of parts) are working for you?
(boost please!)
(boost please!)
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Supplement
Murru Minya: a national exploration of ethical research and research ethics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
✍️ Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
OPEN ACCESS https://buff.ly/4aH22hy
Murru Minya: a national exploration of ethical research and research ethics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
✍️ Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
OPEN ACCESS https://buff.ly/4aH22hy
February 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Supplement
Murru Minya: a national exploration of ethical research and research ethics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
✍️ Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
OPEN ACCESS https://buff.ly/4aH22hy
Murru Minya: a national exploration of ethical research and research ethics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
✍️ Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
OPEN ACCESS https://buff.ly/4aH22hy
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This is all true and it's one of the reasons why I love and also hate taxonomy.
There are MULTIPLE BITS of taxonomy that are basically slapping a label on a collective shrug.
Because we just gotta put things into BUCKETS. But nature? Abhors a bucket.
There are MULTIPLE BITS of taxonomy that are basically slapping a label on a collective shrug.
Because we just gotta put things into BUCKETS. But nature? Abhors a bucket.
It will not surprise any of you to learn, I think a lot about taxonomy.
The current system we use (Linnean classification) groups animals by common descent, and uses similarity of structures and the fossil record to try and do so accurately. "How closely related are these, in evolutionary terms?"
The current system we use (Linnean classification) groups animals by common descent, and uses similarity of structures and the fossil record to try and do so accurately. "How closely related are these, in evolutionary terms?"
It is wild to think that these two animals are as distant from each other in evolution as, say, Bears and Hyenas.
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is all true and it's one of the reasons why I love and also hate taxonomy.
There are MULTIPLE BITS of taxonomy that are basically slapping a label on a collective shrug.
Because we just gotta put things into BUCKETS. But nature? Abhors a bucket.
There are MULTIPLE BITS of taxonomy that are basically slapping a label on a collective shrug.
Because we just gotta put things into BUCKETS. But nature? Abhors a bucket.
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“Sometimes one just has to acknowledge that a banana isn’t an egg.”
Going to be stealing that for a variety of contexts.
Going to be stealing that for a variety of contexts.
December 29, 2024 at 4:59 PM
“Sometimes one just has to acknowledge that a banana isn’t an egg.”
Going to be stealing that for a variety of contexts.
Going to be stealing that for a variety of contexts.
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"The research did not prove that the chocolate itself was responsible for this health benefit; it could be something else about the people who ate dark chocolate that made them less likely to develop diabetes." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/w...
Could Dark Chocolate Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes?
A new study suggests that it might. We asked experts if that’s too good to be true.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:54 AM
"The research did not prove that the chocolate itself was responsible for this health benefit; it could be something else about the people who ate dark chocolate that made them less likely to develop diabetes." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/w...
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Tim Minchin: ‘Maybe scrolling the traumas of the world is not in itself a moral act’
Tim Minchin: ‘Maybe scrolling the traumas of the world is not in itself a moral act’
The comedian, actor and Matilda songwriter on the benefits of quitting social media and why happiness is like an orgasm
Tim Minchin does not arrive at lunch with the highest hopes. He has only had a couple of hours’ jet-lagged sleep, for a start. And,…
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Tim Minchin: ‘Maybe scrolling the traumas of the world is not in itself a moral act’
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The Great Grocery Squeeze
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Great Grocery Squeeze
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:04 PM
The Great Grocery Squeeze
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The fact it finished early is irrelevant. In fact, slow over rates can contribute to that. It means captains don’t have to find as many overs and their bowlers stay fresher.
Don’t think Ben Stokes is overly impressed with the ICC
December 3, 2024 at 9:01 PM
The fact it finished early is irrelevant. In fact, slow over rates can contribute to that. It means captains don’t have to find as many overs and their bowlers stay fresher.
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Seems Fairfax papers are now reduced to a platform for Liberals to smear community independents without fact-checking or scrutiny.
If there's a more pointless waste of space in federal parliament than Paul Fletcher I can't think of them.
If there's a more pointless waste of space in federal parliament than Paul Fletcher I can't think of them.
December 1, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Seems Fairfax papers are now reduced to a platform for Liberals to smear community independents without fact-checking or scrutiny.
If there's a more pointless waste of space in federal parliament than Paul Fletcher I can't think of them.
If there's a more pointless waste of space in federal parliament than Paul Fletcher I can't think of them.
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A year ago I decided I was going to take a break from alcohol for December. I don't know if I really had a *problem* problem - I was perfectly functional - but it was a habit that had become pretty deeply entrenched, and I kind of wanted to prove to myself that I could. 🧵/1
December 1, 2024 at 11:09 AM
A year ago I decided I was going to take a break from alcohol for December. I don't know if I really had a *problem* problem - I was perfectly functional - but it was a habit that had become pretty deeply entrenched, and I kind of wanted to prove to myself that I could. 🧵/1
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Inexplicably, it is that time again! Your annual reminder that every Christmas, all proceeds from White Wine In The Sun go to charity. Specifically, these legends: @aspectaus.bsky.social.
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White Wine In The Sun (2021) by Tim Minchin: BACK
YouTube video by Tim Minchin
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November 30, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Inexplicably, it is that time again! Your annual reminder that every Christmas, all proceeds from White Wine In The Sun go to charity. Specifically, these legends: @aspectaus.bsky.social.
youtu.be/x1rw1fx170s?...
youtu.be/x1rw1fx170s?...
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Incredible scenes in QLD — terminating truth telling in an Olympics bill.
November 28, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Incredible scenes in QLD — terminating truth telling in an Olympics bill.
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Can anyone help clear up some confusion re the social media ban? Will my 8-year-old get to keep her existing SportsBet account? She’s sweating on a 20-leg multi and can NOT afford to be kicked out @albomp.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Can anyone help clear up some confusion re the social media ban? Will my 8-year-old get to keep her existing SportsBet account? She’s sweating on a 20-leg multi and can NOT afford to be kicked out @albomp.bsky.social
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Decolonisation, Indigenous health research and Indigenous authorship: sharing our teams’ principles and practices
https://buff.ly/3Z1EqyB
#medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
https://buff.ly/3Z1EqyB
#medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
Decolonisation, Indigenous health research and Indigenous authorship: sharing our teams’ principles and practices
Two Australian-based Aboriginal-led research teams that facilitate reclamation, reconstitution and restoration of Indigenous Knowledges illustrate nine principles of Indigenous epistemology justice…
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November 26, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Decolonisation, Indigenous health research and Indigenous authorship: sharing our teams’ principles and practices
https://buff.ly/3Z1EqyB
#medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
https://buff.ly/3Z1EqyB
#medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
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I love this story 👇😁
One of my favorite moments ever in a theater was a benefit screening of STAR WARS a TV station I worked for did back in 1993.
We had to do it early on a Saturday morning, as all the ticket and concession proceeds would go to the Juvenile Diabetes foundation, and this made accounting easier.
We had to do it early on a Saturday morning, as all the ticket and concession proceeds would go to the Juvenile Diabetes foundation, and this made accounting easier.
November 26, 2024 at 10:04 AM
I love this story 👇😁
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#BREAKING 🚨 Independent MP Monique Ryan has told the federal parliament 6 News is the "only" news channel for young people's interests and perspectives in Australia, criticising the social media ban
WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=6-mc...
WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=6-mc...
youtube.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:04 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 Independent MP Monique Ryan has told the federal parliament 6 News is the "only" news channel for young people's interests and perspectives in Australia, criticising the social media ban
WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=6-mc...
WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=6-mc...
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Dismissing batters LBW in a men's Test match in Perth
1 batter - 108 bowlers
2 batters - 26 bowlers
3 batters - 3 bowlers
4 batters - JASPRIT BUMRAH v AUS 2024
#AUSvIND
1 batter - 108 bowlers
2 batters - 26 bowlers
3 batters - 3 bowlers
4 batters - JASPRIT BUMRAH v AUS 2024
#AUSvIND
November 24, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Dismissing batters LBW in a men's Test match in Perth
1 batter - 108 bowlers
2 batters - 26 bowlers
3 batters - 3 bowlers
4 batters - JASPRIT BUMRAH v AUS 2024
#AUSvIND
1 batter - 108 bowlers
2 batters - 26 bowlers
3 batters - 3 bowlers
4 batters - JASPRIT BUMRAH v AUS 2024
#AUSvIND
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Eyerolling at the tantrum horseshit coming from media people who deliberately debased themselves to ride the Twitter algorithm to feel important, now complaining about a non-algo Bluesky. A really pathetic version of "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression" shtick
November 24, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Eyerolling at the tantrum horseshit coming from media people who deliberately debased themselves to ride the Twitter algorithm to feel important, now complaining about a non-algo Bluesky. A really pathetic version of "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression" shtick