Bob O’Hara
@bobohara.bsky.social
Hiding on social media from unpleasant people. Prof of statistics at NTNU in Norway
ORCID: 0000-0001-9737-3724
ORCID: 0000-0001-9737-3724
Reposted by Bob O’Hara
You know when things started to go wrong with in the world?
When we stopped carving good puppers onto our furniture.
When we stopped carving good puppers onto our furniture.
February 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
You know when things started to go wrong with in the world?
When we stopped carving good puppers onto our furniture.
When we stopped carving good puppers onto our furniture.
Reposted by Bob O’Hara
Winning the TikTok challenge in the 1550s: having a live video of being robbed by the Devil himself.
![An image from a 1550s broadside showing a woman being robbed by the Devil. The broadside is titled "in wunderbarliche seltzame wahrhafftige geschicht/ [...]on einem Pfaffen vnd seiner Kellerin/ wie im sie der Teufel angesicht seiner augen hinweg fůrt : Ordentlich beschriben in reimens weiss/ vnd zů einer warnung allen frommen Mägdten oder Töchteren / H.W.V.S." and can digitally be accessed here: https://www.e-manuscripta.ch/zuzneb/content/titleinfo/2723768](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwym6cglvbd5odxfkykn2uh2/bafkreidxrpxz4msnhxfcqb3qmnjue3nve5qvelh3e4izpnmofthlhjwfzm@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Winning the TikTok challenge in the 1550s: having a live video of being robbed by the Devil himself.
Well, that changed quickly
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February 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Well, that changed quickly
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Thanks to years of austerity, even a luge is too big for us to be good with
Yes! Britain leads the world in precipitous decline! #skeleton
February 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Thanks to years of austerity, even a luge is too big for us to be good with
Bit of a slow start there
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February 13, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Bit of a slow start there
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That was easy.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:27 AM
That was easy.
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It appears that “to moon” has a very different meaning in British and American English. One that is very funny
Connections
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February 11, 2026 at 6:58 AM
It appears that “to moon” has a very different meaning in British and American English. One that is very funny
Connections
Puzzle #976
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I’m happy with the symmetry of this one
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February 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM
I’m happy with the symmetry of this one
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Easy. Well, Wordle was being kind
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February 10, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Easy. Well, Wordle was being kind
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I think I had eliminated almost every word.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I think I had eliminated almost every word.
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Reposted by Bob O’Hara
Fazzie: "I have this great feeling of ennui all of a sudden."
While I don’t know if any Muppets break the second fourth wall on Television or Movies …
There is this one camera test where Kermit and Fozzie ad lib being abstract entities …
There is this one camera test where Kermit and Fozzie ad lib being abstract entities …
Muppet Movie 1979 camera test: The banter is so hilariously improvised.
YouTube video by LifeIsSublime
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Fazzie: "I have this great feeling of ennui all of a sudden."
Whew. Getting tight there
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February 8, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Whew. Getting tight there
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Reposted by Bob O’Hara
"if you have a crotch related problem a drag queen has already solved it" maintains its perfect track record
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"if you have a crotch related problem a drag queen has already solved it" maintains its perfect track record
Reposted by Bob O’Hara
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
Yay. Hard work to go through all the combinations
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February 7, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Yay. Hard work to go through all the combinations
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Reposted by Bob O’Hara
"One Toolbox, Many Tools: A Practitioner’s Guide to Latent Variable Modelling for Community Ecology"
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
"One Toolbox, Many Tools: A Practitioner’s Guide to Latent Variable Modelling for Community Ecology"
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
Finally completed our 1002 piece jigsaw puzzle
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Finally completed our 1002 piece jigsaw puzzle
How to avoid a deep chasm. With a bit of luck, of course
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February 6, 2026 at 6:33 AM
How to avoid a deep chasm. With a bit of luck, of course
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Reposted by Bob O’Hara
New article on #gllvm by Audun Rugstad.
An approachable guide (equations omitted) on model-based ordination for community ecologists.
Full of practical tips and recommendations, examples, and reoroducible code in the appendix.
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
An approachable guide (equations omitted) on model-based ordination for community ecologists.
Full of practical tips and recommendations, examples, and reoroducible code in the appendix.
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
One Toolbox, Many Tools: A Practitioner’s Guide to Latent Variable Modelling for Community Ecology
doi.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
New article on #gllvm by Audun Rugstad.
An approachable guide (equations omitted) on model-based ordination for community ecologists.
Full of practical tips and recommendations, examples, and reoroducible code in the appendix.
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
An approachable guide (equations omitted) on model-based ordination for community ecologists.
Full of practical tips and recommendations, examples, and reoroducible code in the appendix.
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
Sometimes I wish my lucky guess was earlier
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February 5, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Sometimes I wish my lucky guess was earlier
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Reposted by Bob O’Hara
Ohhhhhhh, that’s who Gary Larson was drawing
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Ohhhhhhh, that’s who Gary Larson was drawing
Reposted by Bob O’Hara
From @privateeyenews.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
From @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Reposted by Bob O’Hara
Reminder: if anyone, particular ECRs, is interested in helping to refresh the Data Management booklet, please get in touch ASAP. Details of how to get involved in the thread below. @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org.
After last year's successful refresh of the BES Reproducible Code guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...), this year we're going to refresh the Data Management guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...). Exciting! See below for how to get involved...
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Reminder: if anyone, particular ECRs, is interested in helping to refresh the Data Management booklet, please get in touch ASAP. Details of how to get involved in the thread below. @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org.
Quick one today. As in, got lucky
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February 4, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Quick one today. As in, got lucky
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Reposted by Bob O’Hara
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As a responsible journalist I should make you aware of this correction that was appended to the "Melania" review I posted...
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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