@ericrscott.com
Scientific Programmer & Educator. Part of @cct-datascience. #rstats, #tea, #foraging, #tucson, #UniversityOfArizona
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Incredible headline.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Incredible headline.
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Having two papers retracted for data fraud (allegedly by a co-author) can be awkward to explain in a highly competitive interview process…
July 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Having two papers retracted for data fraud (allegedly by a co-author) can be awkward to explain in a highly competitive interview process…
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My health insurance is going up $125/month 😡
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My health insurance is going up $125/month 😡
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A New Thread on NIH Forward Funding
I recently posted an analysis of forward funding of NIH grants from 2015-25.
This analysis was flawed and should be ignored. I apologize for the misleading information
I present an analysis of my error and a revised analysis which I am confident is right.
1/25
I recently posted an analysis of forward funding of NIH grants from 2015-25.
This analysis was flawed and should be ignored. I apologize for the misleading information
I present an analysis of my error and a revised analysis which I am confident is right.
1/25
a cartoon moose in a tuxedo is standing next to a squirrel and saying this time for sure .
ALT: a cartoon moose in a tuxedo is standing next to a squirrel and saying this time for sure .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A New Thread on NIH Forward Funding
I recently posted an analysis of forward funding of NIH grants from 2015-25.
This analysis was flawed and should be ignored. I apologize for the misleading information
I present an analysis of my error and a revised analysis which I am confident is right.
1/25
I recently posted an analysis of forward funding of NIH grants from 2015-25.
This analysis was flawed and should be ignored. I apologize for the misleading information
I present an analysis of my error and a revised analysis which I am confident is right.
1/25
Is it Julia? I'm guessing Julia. (also, yes this sounds fun)
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Is it Julia? I'm guessing Julia. (also, yes this sounds fun)
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Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
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A short story about our heroes inside NIH:
Between a Trump-imposed freeze on grant-making in Jan/Feb and new political hurdles in spring & early summer, NIH was in trouble.
By the end of June, NIH was 8,300 grants and $3.1 billion behind its FY24 pace. Morale was in the toilet. Things were bleak.
Between a Trump-imposed freeze on grant-making in Jan/Feb and new political hurdles in spring & early summer, NIH was in trouble.
By the end of June, NIH was 8,300 grants and $3.1 billion behind its FY24 pace. Morale was in the toilet. Things were bleak.
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A short story about our heroes inside NIH:
Between a Trump-imposed freeze on grant-making in Jan/Feb and new political hurdles in spring & early summer, NIH was in trouble.
By the end of June, NIH was 8,300 grants and $3.1 billion behind its FY24 pace. Morale was in the toilet. Things were bleak.
Between a Trump-imposed freeze on grant-making in Jan/Feb and new political hurdles in spring & early summer, NIH was in trouble.
By the end of June, NIH was 8,300 grants and $3.1 billion behind its FY24 pace. Morale was in the toilet. Things were bleak.
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It's like we're being water boarded by stupidity.
November 20, 2024 at 5:46 PM
It's like we're being water boarded by stupidity.
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So the president posts a video of himself shitting all over Americans, proceeds to demolish a large part of the White House, and then pardons a convicted criminal who paid him billions of dollars? All in less than a week?
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So the president posts a video of himself shitting all over Americans, proceeds to demolish a large part of the White House, and then pardons a convicted criminal who paid him billions of dollars? All in less than a week?
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This is how a dictatorship works
Trump: "It looks like we're gonna have a Communist as the mayor of New York. But here's the good news -- he's gotta go through the White House. Everything goes through the White House. At least this White House it does."
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is how a dictatorship works
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POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
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holy crap
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
holy crap
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There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
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woohoo this was super easy to do for course website Nº2 #QuartoPub - now I'm finally in compliance with Georgia rules
PDF: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/PMAP-8551-HE...
Site: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com
Code: github.com/andrewheiss/...
PDF: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/PMAP-8551-HE...
Site: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com
Code: github.com/andrewheiss/...
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
woohoo this was super easy to do for course website Nº2 #QuartoPub - now I'm finally in compliance with Georgia rules
PDF: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/PMAP-8551-HE...
Site: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com
Code: github.com/andrewheiss/...
PDF: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/PMAP-8551-HE...
Site: datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com
Code: github.com/andrewheiss/...
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No compact! Protect our campus!
Learn what’s at stake from faculty,staff, students, and community members at the UA Against the Compact Teach-In.
📆 Wednesday, Oct 15
⏰ 11am to 1pm
📍 North of the Student Union, Stage 2
Learn what’s at stake from faculty,staff, students, and community members at the UA Against the Compact Teach-In.
📆 Wednesday, Oct 15
⏰ 11am to 1pm
📍 North of the Student Union, Stage 2
October 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
No compact! Protect our campus!
Learn what’s at stake from faculty,staff, students, and community members at the UA Against the Compact Teach-In.
📆 Wednesday, Oct 15
⏰ 11am to 1pm
📍 North of the Student Union, Stage 2
Learn what’s at stake from faculty,staff, students, and community members at the UA Against the Compact Teach-In.
📆 Wednesday, Oct 15
⏰ 11am to 1pm
📍 North of the Student Union, Stage 2
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Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.
Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed
According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.
www.blackenterprise.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.
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Faculty chair slams 'dirty compromises' White House asks of University of Arizona tucson.com/news/local/e...
Faculty chair slams 'dirty compromises' White House asks of University of Arizona
White House asks the U of A and eight other universities to pledge support for President Trump's political priorities in return for priority access to federal funds.
tucson.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Faculty chair slams 'dirty compromises' White House asks of University of Arizona tucson.com/news/local/e...
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Column: The University of Arizona has distinguished itself as compliant collaborators with the Trump administration's takeover of higher ed. No wonder they were invited to be among the president's 9 special pets. Fortunately, this "compact" is easy to reject.
tucson.com/news/local/s...
tucson.com/news/local/s...
Tim Steller's column: U of A's eager collaboration made it a Trump target
For Star subscribers: When the Trump administration has demanded something, the University of Arizona's president has been eager to please. Now he must summon the courage to stand up to
tucson.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Column: The University of Arizona has distinguished itself as compliant collaborators with the Trump administration's takeover of higher ed. No wonder they were invited to be among the president's 9 special pets. Fortunately, this "compact" is easy to reject.
tucson.com/news/local/s...
tucson.com/news/local/s...
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@uarizona.bsky.social
Do NOT capitulate!
Do NOT capitulate!
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
@uarizona.bsky.social
Do NOT capitulate!
Do NOT capitulate!
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To Alumni: University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, & the University of Virginia:
alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...
alumni.controlshift.app
October 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
To Alumni: University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, & the University of Virginia:
alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
Every day is AI hate day!
October 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Every day is AI hate day!
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somehow they managed to do the free press but worse
behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
October 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
somehow they managed to do the free press but worse
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The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉
This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.
Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...
BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
#RStats
This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.
Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...
BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
#RStats
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉
This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.
Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...
BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
#RStats
This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.
Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...
BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
#RStats
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Why so many #rstats packages unnecessarily link `$(FLIBS)`? I'd guess 90% packages that do this never need it. Maybe a tutorial everyone follows, i.e., copy-pasta of an example `Makevars`?
Also see linking LAPACK, when only BLAS needed, but a bit more understandable.
Also see linking LAPACK, when only BLAS needed, but a bit more understandable.
September 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Why so many #rstats packages unnecessarily link `$(FLIBS)`? I'd guess 90% packages that do this never need it. Maybe a tutorial everyone follows, i.e., copy-pasta of an example `Makevars`?
Also see linking LAPACK, when only BLAS needed, but a bit more understandable.
Also see linking LAPACK, when only BLAS needed, but a bit more understandable.