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Look, over there! A streaker! – Qualitative study examining streaking as a behaviour change technique for habit formation in recreational runners tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… loved this collab with @sdombrowski! Most interesting title of any of my publications! #healthpsychology

‘It was so inspiring’ – ecstatcic fans sing praises of victorious lionesses. Watching it with family was so much fun. They were brilliant. Penalty shoot-outs were nail-biting. theguardian.com/football/2025/…

Wales do beaches well.

‘I want to be a Lioness’: research shows more girls than ever engaging with football. It is such a joy to read this! 👏👏🤩🤩 theguardian.com/football/2025/…

Interesting episode on #exercise and mental health. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whe…

I seem to have become the ‘memory’ replacement for some people in my life. I’ve got my own stuff to remember, people. I now say no to these requests.

Thanks to @ONS for updating their service manual page on 'Sex, gender and gender identity' service-manual.ons.gov.uk/content/langua…

Experience: I found a stranger under my hotel bed. This is the stuff of nightmares. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Felt good to get back to sewing. Pretty pleased. Managed to put aside from my mind the madness happening in the world for a couple of hours.

your intentions may be honourable @gilescoren but you are getting the science wrong. Screening is complex and counter intuitive. It can be easy to think that you are doing good while causing harm. If you'd like to discuss (even over lunch) - let me know.....

doctors need to know the sex of their patients for multiple clinical (safety) reasons. Sex is determined at conception and recognised often in utero and described at birth. It's not assigned like a random dicethrow. We know this.

massive cycling trip last week. esp brilliant thing was to ride with cyclists in their 60s and 70s smashing it every day. get this in GP too - older people (or course!) with busy/full/interesting lives. media is v negative on ageing (esp women). Real life offers much more. 💕🚵‍♀️

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

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a reflection. lots of talks recently. dozens of people say after 'totally agree but I am afraid to say so out loud'. And sorry, but this is part of the reason why rational critical evaluations of evidence are now described as 'provocative'. It should be normal.

Notes from mid 2025, politely describing the failures of medicine to critically evaluate interventions before enthusiastically adopting them is now classed as ‘provocative’

Academic Social Research Secondment* x four (specifically qualitative research) Department for Work and Pensions Remote working (anywhere in the UK) £46,786 - £55,729 Closes 18/07 * - note that this is a SECONDMENT civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

If you have PROMs/PREMs expertise or lived experience please participate in this study qualtrics.flinders.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_2c… I rated the relevance & impact of fear of cancer recurrence as high, as it's cancer survivors' #1 unmet need, leads to⬇️mental health & QOL but is not routinely measured

“Yet nothing was done to investigate my disability or protect me from what I now realise was a dangerous environment for over 20 years. That failure is now being quietly buried.” What?! theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

It’s a beautiful day on campus!