Adam Kleczkowski
@aklecz.bsky.social
Mathematician and statistician working on human, animal and plant diseases. Likes reading, writing and music.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1384-4352
Google scholar tinyurl.com/akleczkowski/
Articles authory.com/AdamKleczkowski/
Blog statisticallyinsignificant.blog
ORCID: 0000-0003-1384-4352
Google scholar tinyurl.com/akleczkowski/
Articles authory.com/AdamKleczkowski/
Blog statisticallyinsignificant.blog
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Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
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The pandemic was a mass-disabling event and one of the reasons it has largely vanished from day to day political discourse is that those in power don't want to acknowledge the long term care needs it produced.
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The pandemic was a mass-disabling event and one of the reasons it has largely vanished from day to day political discourse is that those in power don't want to acknowledge the long term care needs it produced.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
How not to apply for a PhD?
On my reply to an AI-generated request:
statisticallyinsignificant.blog/2025/11/04/a...
On my reply to an AI-generated request:
statisticallyinsignificant.blog/2025/11/04/a...
AI – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Part 4
How not to use ChatGPT when applying for jobs I occasionally receive very nice letters from scientists seeking to join my group at the University of Strathclyde. Very often, the e-mails come from p…
statisticallyinsignificant.blog
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How not to apply for a PhD?
On my reply to an AI-generated request:
statisticallyinsignificant.blog/2025/11/04/a...
On my reply to an AI-generated request:
statisticallyinsignificant.blog/2025/11/04/a...
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Few experiences are more stressful, spooky, uncanny & disruptive for the Neurodivergent than international travel.
Here's why it's the stuff of nightmares, & how the travel industry can change that. (& may be starting to.)
This felt good to write, at last.
www.businesstraveller.com/insights/fea...
Here's why it's the stuff of nightmares, & how the travel industry can change that. (& may be starting to.)
This felt good to write, at last.
www.businesstraveller.com/insights/fea...
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Few experiences are more stressful, spooky, uncanny & disruptive for the Neurodivergent than international travel.
Here's why it's the stuff of nightmares, & how the travel industry can change that. (& may be starting to.)
This felt good to write, at last.
www.businesstraveller.com/insights/fea...
Here's why it's the stuff of nightmares, & how the travel industry can change that. (& may be starting to.)
This felt good to write, at last.
www.businesstraveller.com/insights/fea...
One very special aspect of being an academic is seeing younger colleagues graduating with a PhD or MSc.
Being able to help them in their journey to achieve their life goals is such a privilege.
Thank you to my November 2025 graduates at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Being able to help them in their journey to achieve their life goals is such a privilege.
Thank you to my November 2025 graduates at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One very special aspect of being an academic is seeing younger colleagues graduating with a PhD or MSc.
Being able to help them in their journey to achieve their life goals is such a privilege.
Thank you to my November 2025 graduates at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Being able to help them in their journey to achieve their life goals is such a privilege.
Thank you to my November 2025 graduates at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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This @royalsociety.org report has not received nearly the attention it deserves.
Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬
Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬
Climate change economics: Summary report | Royal Society
A summary report on a Royal Society climate change economics conference.
royalsociety.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This @royalsociety.org report has not received nearly the attention it deserves.
Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬
Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬
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“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
October 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
As usual, a great pleasure to be at the @planthealthscot.bsky.social annual conference.
A poster on Ips typographus, and a talk on #AI in #planthealth #PlantScience
A poster on Ips typographus, and a talk on #AI in #planthealth #PlantScience
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
As usual, a great pleasure to be at the @planthealthscot.bsky.social annual conference.
A poster on Ips typographus, and a talk on #AI in #planthealth #PlantScience
A poster on Ips typographus, and a talk on #AI in #planthealth #PlantScience
AI – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Part 2
It is going to be a very short post today. We increasingly see that companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google are starting to use our personal data and content we create to train generative AI …
statisticallyinsignificant.blog
September 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What a feeling - just submitted to @ukri.org a large £3m grant application with 5 universities/collaborators.
It is my third application this year, first as a PI, total value £7m.
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
It is my third application this year, first as a PI, total value £7m.
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What a feeling - just submitted to @ukri.org a large £3m grant application with 5 universities/collaborators.
It is my third application this year, first as a PI, total value £7m.
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
It is my third application this year, first as a PI, total value £7m.
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
theconversation.com/we-risk-a-de...
An article describing how AI is changing the scientific publication landscape. A combination of AI writing and predatory publishing leads to a deluge of "resmearch" - or rather "research slop".
An article describing how AI is changing the scientific publication landscape. A combination of AI writing and predatory publishing leads to a deluge of "resmearch" - or rather "research slop".
We risk a deluge of AI-written ‘science’ pushing corporate interests – here’s what to do about it
We have to tighten up on what research policymakers rely on, and also the inner workings of peer review.
theconversation.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
theconversation.com/we-risk-a-de...
An article describing how AI is changing the scientific publication landscape. A combination of AI writing and predatory publishing leads to a deluge of "resmearch" - or rather "research slop".
An article describing how AI is changing the scientific publication landscape. A combination of AI writing and predatory publishing leads to a deluge of "resmearch" - or rather "research slop".
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An autumn in Scotland – Chopin, 1848 bylines.scot/society/an-a...
An autumn in Scotland – Chopin, 1848
A poetic ode to Chopin and his Scottish benefactor Jane Stirling
bylines.scot
September 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
An autumn in Scotland – Chopin, 1848 bylines.scot/society/an-a...
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Here are some of the false or misleading claims RFK Jr. made during yesterday’s hearing:
ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-checkin...
ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-checkin...
Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s testimony during Thursday's hearing
The HHS secretary repeated several false and misleading claims.
ca.news.yahoo.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here are some of the false or misleading claims RFK Jr. made during yesterday’s hearing:
ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-checkin...
ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-checkin...
Science Under Siege: A Talk With Peter Hotez and Michael Mann
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Science Under Siege: A Talk With Peter Hotez and Michael Mann
Lysenko comes to America
open.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Science Under Siege: A Talk With Peter Hotez and Michael Mann
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Well, you're the FDA Commissioner, so tell us. What do the data say?
No? Here, I'll help you.
Thread [1/5 ]
CDC: deaths within 42 days of mRNA vaccination were below background (expected) rates in every age group, including ages 6 months–17 years
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
No? Here, I'll help you.
Thread [1/5 ]
CDC: deaths within 42 days of mRNA vaccination were below background (expected) rates in every age group, including ages 6 months–17 years
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
September 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Well, you're the FDA Commissioner, so tell us. What do the data say?
No? Here, I'll help you.
Thread [1/5 ]
CDC: deaths within 42 days of mRNA vaccination were below background (expected) rates in every age group, including ages 6 months–17 years
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
No? Here, I'll help you.
Thread [1/5 ]
CDC: deaths within 42 days of mRNA vaccination were below background (expected) rates in every age group, including ages 6 months–17 years
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
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www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie... #Treemortality Forests in Patagonia are experiencing high levels of tree mortality most likely linked to increasing temperatures and severity of droughts
Registran episodios de mortalidad masiva de árboles en bosques patagónicos
Se formó una red de más de un centenar de investigadores y voluntarios para monitorear el crecimiento de árboles en todo el país
www.eldestapeweb.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie... #Treemortality Forests in Patagonia are experiencing high levels of tree mortality most likely linked to increasing temperatures and severity of droughts
On genAI bubble:
"Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
F. Herbert, Dune
"Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
F. Herbert, Dune
September 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
On genAI bubble:
"Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
F. Herbert, Dune
"Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
F. Herbert, Dune