Epidemiologist. Causal inference researcher and trainer. Currently visiting @yalesph.bsky.social
See my Intro to Causal Inference Course: https://www.causal.training/
See the Causal Inference Interest Group: https://ciig-seminar.github.io
Peter Tennant
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This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.
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Being an academic in the UK is to be told that your research having a real-world impact is hugely important... only for you to wake up every day with the government announcing a new stupid policy clearly devoid of any fact-based evidence or underpinning research to justify it.
I would trust a Gen Alpha over a Boomer to see through harmful slop on the internet, and it’s not even close.
When I meet people in the real world, they have 0% - and I mean zero - knowledge of the disaster unfolding in British HE. Even if their kids are actually at uni. They look at me as if I've gone mad. This is why. 👇
Why is the universities crisis being ignored?
Essential piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...
Banning and curfewing social media for the young will not save society from the wider harms of misinformation, intolerance, and incitement.
We need to regulate. Restrict the more harmful features of social media. Make social media companies accountable for misinformation and harm.
