Tim Cross

RT @dcsandbrook: Be honest. You changed the title because you are total drips and didn’t have the courage to say no to a handful of mad Ame…

RT @FondOfBeetles: This has happened because female cyclists, supported by their male colleagues and athletes from other sporting disciplin…

RT @runthinkwrite: ... They also endorse F/O in a leader - that's the way out of the mess.... https://t.co/4Sq0evgKF0

RT @runthinkwrite: This piece in @TheEconomist is a good survey, which concludes that sports regulation is in a mess... https://t.co/7o9exA…

RT @SwipeWright: Instagram took down one of my posts for violating their rules on "hate speech." What was the thing I posted? A figure fr…

RT @runthinkwrite: Blimey. Please read section 6 of the project report: "The overwhelming majority of people who considered fairness and…

RT @OceansClimateCU: To help contextualize the newly released #IPCC Report, here's 800,000 years of Earth's CO2 history in 30 seconds. http…

Medical authorities in Britain, Finland and Sweden are pulling back from puberty blockers & cross-sex hormones for kids w/ gender dysphoria. They worry there's little evidence they work (plus evidence they cause harm) In America, doctors orgs are just avoiding the question

SEGM @segm_ebm

We are disappointed by AAP's decision to disallow our booth at the upcoming AAP conference in October 2021. Our appeal was also rejected with no explanation. The politicization of gender medicine is jeopardizing the long-term health of gender diverse youth.https://t.co/RI6hyoKZXc

Ujah tested positive for two SARMs, a newish type of drug that tries to give the effects of anabolic steroids (bigger muscles; faster recovery etc) with fewer side-effects. Good overview of SARMs if you want the nerdy details: https://t.co/0NCoAUkSnY https://t.co/7Wbu9qE8aS

Not many athletes test positive *during* a big competition. Testing procedures are (mostly) known, drug half-lives are known, you know you'll be tested. So dopers ease off the juice before big events. One expert described in-competition testing to me as "basically an IQ test"

Athletics Integrity Unit @aiu_athletics

The AIU has started disciplinary proceedings against 4 athletes asserted to have breached anti-doping rules @Tokyo2020 , following testing by @IntTestAgency. Sadik Mikhou 🇧🇭 Benik Abramyan 🇬🇪 Mark Otieno Odhiambo 🇰🇪 Chijindu Ujah 🇬🇧 👁️⬇️ https://t.co/qjMyEDfwTY #AIUNews https://t.co/l0dUBaFOC9

RT @JoelMasonHJ: At Rio 2016, there were 99 national records set in track and field events. In Tokyo, there were 151. My latest blog recaps…

RT @UniofOxford: Annual CO₂ emissions: 1816-2019 Tracking carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and cement…

RT @TadeuszGiczan: A short thread about what is perhaps the most successful cyber attack in the history of any nation state conducted by a…