Richard Norman

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Hanging out with my friends this morning on the way to Centennial @parkrunaustralia.bsky.social

I liked this piece about the election. It’s old ground but the Australian system should be proud of both the AEC and the preferential voting system. You can express your actual preference without wasting your vote-simple but powerful.

Well, I for one look forward to the brave new world of WaPo pieces focusing on the lunacy of mass tariffs against friendly nations, and the ridiculousness of banning books

A Taxonomy for Assessing Whether HRQoL Value Sets Are Obsolete - PharmacoEconomics Providing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) value sets to enable estimation of quality adjusted life years (QALYs) is important in facilitating economic evaluation and in supporting reliable deci...

In this paper, @rich-norman.bsky.social and I & co-authors examine how to judge when a HRQoL value set becomes 'obsolete'. Some of the value sets used to estimate QALYs are very old. When do they cease to become a valid representation of societal preferences?
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When I was an undergraduate, student life was on campus. A lot is being lost in the shift to online learning | Judith Brett A talking head on a screen is not the same as a flesh and blood person standing in front of you

I liked this piece about the transition of campus life. The opportunity to immerse yourself in the University was great, and I think students today miss out on chunks of that experience.
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Haha yes sometimes I see them walking round the house and I wonder who these adults are in my home

Merry Christmas from my family to yours

Why do some men behave badly? I think I have the answer From an early age boys are treated as though they are smarter and more talented than girls. It can lead to a damaging overconfidence The stories come around with horrible frequency. The TV presenter of a certain age who prances around naked with nothing…

Why do some men behave badly? I think I have the answer

Fun first day at Curtin Malaysia after a much delayed flight over yesterday. Great to meet the very friendly local team and hear about their excellent research

Jacaranda season at Curtin 😍

Good morning at the inaugural Galup Reserve parkrun- beautiful flat course around the lake and great turnout and volunteer team.

Big news at the Swans. Longmire is so underrated partly because of his GF record. In a salary cap system in a non-traditional market, to keep them up the top for so long is remarkable.

The Right Has a Bluesky Problem The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.

As the left flees and X loses broader relevance, it becomes a more overtly right-wing site, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. But the right needs liberals on X in order to push conservative perspectives into the mainstream.