Research methods in environmental health. Can't write. Works with words anyway. Editor-in-Chief, Evidence-Based Toxicology. Other stuff too. https://linktr.ee/paulwhaleyhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mumxr6ny6s2tMy ancestors so suck it up and get back to the plough, losers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumxr6ny6s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mumga6w6as27oh shit no john redwood calls it this, reverse reverse [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumga6w6as27https://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mumg2dka5227It's the Bayeux *Embroidery*, you fools! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumg2dka5227https://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3muhtp4iqek2cSpoiler alert: Noah tried to do research with editors. I feel like someone should've warned him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhtp4iqek2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mu35w6z46224WE ARE HIRING. We are seeking another Associate Editor for our team. Excellent critical appraisal and written communications skills are a must. Early-career researchers strongly encouraged: aptitude and enthusiasm more important than experience. https://editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recruitment/associate-editor-needed-for-evidence-based-toxicology/27 Aug 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu35w6z46224https://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3msfsx32sck2qOpen Research would be a hell of a lot easier to do if, when I logged into the infrastructure for doing it, it actually worked at a decent speed with a decent interface a decent percentage of the time. Bah.06 Aug 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfsx32sck2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3msdadnfezc2xTo everyone I said "It won't be so bad, just use the software, it's good to be on top of your accounts blah blah blah". Sorry! 😬 (I am right, by the way, it is good to be on top of accounts, and software is worth investing in. But not *this* way. Oh no, not this way. What a fuck up.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdadnfezc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3msd7qaxwhs2rThat's my Making Tax Digital done. It cost about 1300 quid this year to sort out, in extra accountancy fees for set-up and submission. It'll be 800 a year thereafter. I can afford this, luckily, but adding this cost to a sole trader on 50k turnover is really bad, IMO. Or doing it themselves? 🤮05 Aug 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msd7qaxwhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3msbm5pa7bs2pi did indeed [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbm5pa7bs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mrfowsttdk2eBig news for the Rothman-Dahly Evidence Pyramid. After introducing it to other participants in today's GRADE Ontology project group call, it is supposedly to become part of the AORN Evidence Model as of... immediately! Stick that in your REF case study @statsepi.bsky.social (and credit me!) https://static.klipy.com/ii/4493325008d34b7bf8cd6813cd5c1619/45/44/PO4bGT9tPZTL8oP.gif?hh=498&ww=498&mp4=iZkbhpuecJX11YslAL7&webm=8daniyOK9P5xYyd5Ysn24 Jul 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfowsttdk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mrczhf3d622hSince you're a bunch of absolute nerds, you're going to thoroughly enjoy a dose of heavy definitional work that sets up a tool for assessing the external validity of in vitro studies. Have fun, but not too much fun! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230026001583?dgcid=author23 Jul 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrczhf3d622hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mr5y65york2gRegCheck is going straight into the editorial triage workflow for testing at EBT https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tebt20 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5y65york2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mr5xu5lq2c2gcouldn't count binface stand against infantino?21 Jul 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5xu5lq2c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mqocw5cg5s2fI'm pleased to be on the Editorial Committee for @sci-integrity.com and I recommend you read the latest issue of REACH. Especially if, like me, you were not able to attend the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity - everything there is in here! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqocw5cg5s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mpjpfmil222mAhh this is so great I'm gonna have to do my own. Poor old Mondrian. :D [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jun 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjpfmil222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mnullbz2w22q@twpiggott.bsky.social To get you in the mood for the World Cup! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnullbz2w22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mnrn2bn2wk2nRecommend reading Silverchair's sober analysis of the state of peer-review in 2026. "Before accepting a crisis narrative ... the report asks for evidence. What the report finds is more complicated, and (hopefully) more useful, than a simple alarm." https://www.silverchair.com/news/the-numbers-behind-the-noise/08 Jun 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrn2bn2wk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mnkzipx7pk2xThree bloody cheers for @pollytoynbee.bsky.social, the best defence of selective screening programs I have read in a long, long time. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/05/talking-down-science-dangerous-consequences-prostate-cancer-screening?CMP=share_btn_url05 Jun 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkzipx7pk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mnflvuhlls2mI like this take, it helps make sense of the avalanche of I'm not sure exactly what to call it that has in the last year made academic LinkedIn a haystack of bullshit and a needle of information. (Neal Stephenson in Anathem did, in fact, call it bullshit and you should all read that book.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnflvuhlls2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3ml6n27yazs27Tangentially, I think this is a structural problem for researchers as well - I feel acutely disadvantaged by not having a university infrastructure around me. However, that infrastructure comes with its own demands that may not ultimately be a net benefit (so I try to fret less about that). 1/2 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6n27yazs27https://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mkrth35bc222preach [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrth35bc222https://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mkb3dxgans2vJust to get this on the record, the term "chinfluencers", used to describe researchers who develop high-profile social media accounts by relentlessly posting dubiously helpful science commentary, is mine. Thank you for your attention.24 Apr 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb3dxgans2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mimr2724322nThis is what the kids call a deep cut. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimr2724322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mgfpmxxerc2lI'm sorry, but "Hitler Lewis"? It only gets better when you discover one of his main co-authors is Innocent Benjamin. https://cen.acs.org/research-integrity/ethics/Chemist-35-papers-retracted-within/104/web/2026/0306 Mar 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfpmxxerc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dangerwhale.bsky.social/post/3mgfjd4rer22tthe brutality [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:2njf2xcghamd2koejbwxzei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfjd4rer22t