Paul Pharoah (R soul) 🇪🇺🇵🇬🇿🇦🇬🇧
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In no particular order; grumpy English uncle, public health person, genetic epidemiologist, dad, Arsenal supporter, hiker.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined June 2011
I've not been on Twitter for a reason. This is a quote from Musk directly threatening with violence ordinary citizens of the UK - a country he has no connection with. He also is calling for the downfall of an elected government. Stop using Twitter.
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#StandUpForScience Not posting much on Twitter these days, but this one worth it. Seen at the rally near UCLA campus @realDonaldTrump
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Says it all. Switching elsewhere is the right thing to do.
This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it. I’m now posting at https://t.co/Ks8LIz0Qmt. Since Elon Musk bought this
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If this doesn't persuade you that it is time to stop using Twitter..... Source reasonably trustworthy https://t.co/6Kx78q7IJg
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, Give up your fears... And get on over to BlueSky. There are no good reasons to continue to support Elon Musk and his deranged politics.
Just a reminder that you can find me on Bluesky. It's just like this place, but without the brainless 'patriots' who, ironically, can barely write in English. 😉 Link here and in bio: https://t.co/tbDNBYo0E0
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A thread with many sound reasons for the BBC license fee. None of them matter to someone like @zatzi who is not interested in things that make society better.
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This is what Nigel Farridge, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Badenoch etc wish for when they "take back control".
America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government
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I agree that people should move to Blue Sky.
Rather than just posting on X to complain about X, come join everyone over at the other place... Not sure where to start? https://t.co/7VPoluM2d8 has collated some handy starter packs to find out who's already there: stats: https://t.co/5bxTJA26Ex stats:
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It's hard to choose just one! Outdoor meals when hiking hungry are all so good :-)
What’s the best outdoor meal you’ve ever cooked or eaten? 🍳
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4/4 There is plenty of health outcomes that can justify limiting alcohol intake without adding cancer to the list. I'm interested in the thoughts of others. @siddhartha_kar @stevesphd
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3/4 However, the genetic instrument explains <0.5% of the variance in alcohol consumption. Nevertheless, I think that warnings on labels ought to be based on stronger evidence of causality.
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2/4 A Mendelian Randomisation analysis of UK Biobank data with n=75k cases found little evidence to support an association for genetically predicted alcohol consumption and all cancer risk (OR = 0.95, 0.84 - 1.07) with little evidence for any specific cancers.
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1/4 Lots of epi data find an association between alcohol consumption and risk of cancer and now the US Surgeon General is suggesting there should be cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks. But, are the associations causal? https://t.co/bkh1Kw1pts
reuters.com
Vivek Murthy said alcohol consumption increases the risk of at least seven types of cancer, but most U.S. consumers remain unaware of this.
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The PREDICT:breast prognostic and treatment benefit has been online for 14 years now and used 3.49 million times. v3 at https://t.co/Dbv3muigWP The tool is free and the work is unfunded; if anyone wants to donate towards to cost of running the website get in touch.
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Nowadays, an academic's main jobs in university are (i) to complete mandatory training courses, (ii) to answer emails & attend Teams meetings, (iii) to generate income that supports the ever growing cadre of senior administrators
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Worse than being an arbitrary threshold, it is an arbitrary threshold based on a profoundly uninteresting probability. A threshold based on the probability the null is true given the data would make more sense.
"Science is neutral and apolitical" says field that bases billions of dollars in decisions on p<0.05, a threshold from 100+ years ago that everyone just uses because everybody else is using it.
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...vilified and sometimes jailed.
Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass? https://t.co/j808263jNU
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Former FDA insider, Thomas Marciniak first raised questions about ticagrelor to me back in 2013 when I was investigations ed of @bmj_latest Marciniak has been dismissed as a lone wolf and rebel. Interesting to see his concerns resurface 10 yrs later. Thanks for tip @pash22
@bmj_latest Investigation Revives Questions About PLATO, Ticagrelor: PLATO investigators dismiss the paper as nothing new, but some clinicians say that, after 15 years, it’s hard not to have doubts. https://t.co/zyZFJfxuyN via @ToddNeale
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