Dr Gabriella Kountourides (Κουντουριδου)
@gkountourides.bsky.social
Award winning science communicator 📣Statistician in online safety. PhD in periods at the University of Oxford🩸Prev: Care International Thailand
@nhm_london. Has pet rabbits & ADHD✡️🇨🇾 🎗️
@nhm_london. Has pet rabbits & ADHD✡️🇨🇾 🎗️
The day I realised I can't pronounce 'lure'...
Angler fish are incredible for so many reasons, the depth they live at, their bio luminescent lures, and their extraordinary mating habits.
I’ve got a TikTok account- check it out www.tiktok.com/@drgabriella...
#evolution #sciencecommunication #scicomm
Angler fish are incredible for so many reasons, the depth they live at, their bio luminescent lures, and their extraordinary mating habits.
I’ve got a TikTok account- check it out www.tiktok.com/@drgabriella...
#evolution #sciencecommunication #scicomm
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The day I realised I can't pronounce 'lure'...
Angler fish are incredible for so many reasons, the depth they live at, their bio luminescent lures, and their extraordinary mating habits.
I’ve got a TikTok account- check it out www.tiktok.com/@drgabriella...
#evolution #sciencecommunication #scicomm
Angler fish are incredible for so many reasons, the depth they live at, their bio luminescent lures, and their extraordinary mating habits.
I’ve got a TikTok account- check it out www.tiktok.com/@drgabriella...
#evolution #sciencecommunication #scicomm
The day I realised I can't pronounce 'lure'...
Angler fish are incredible for so many reasons, the depth they live at, their bio luminescent lures, and their extraordinary mating habits.
I’ve got a TikTok account- check it out www.tiktok.com/@drgabriella...
#evolution #sciencecommunication #scicomm
Angler fish are incredible for so many reasons, the depth they live at, their bio luminescent lures, and their extraordinary mating habits.
I’ve got a TikTok account- check it out www.tiktok.com/@drgabriella...
#evolution #sciencecommunication #scicomm
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The day I realised I can't pronounce 'lure'...
Angler fish are incredible for so many reasons, the depth they live at, their bio luminescent lures, and their extraordinary mating habits.
I’ve got a TikTok account- check it out www.tiktok.com/@drgabriella...
#evolution #sciencecommunication #scicomm
Angler fish are incredible for so many reasons, the depth they live at, their bio luminescent lures, and their extraordinary mating habits.
I’ve got a TikTok account- check it out www.tiktok.com/@drgabriella...
#evolution #sciencecommunication #scicomm
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💥Nerdy Girls at Oxford!
@drjenndowd.bsky.social @gkountourides.bsky.social @sandylaping.bsky.social @dririnih.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk #hightable
@drjenndowd.bsky.social @gkountourides.bsky.social @sandylaping.bsky.social @dririnih.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk #hightable
February 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I must be living in a dystopian future. Some alternate version of me is reading about what is going on in the world in a gripping dystopian novel. That must be what is happening now.
February 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I must be living in a dystopian future. Some alternate version of me is reading about what is going on in the world in a gripping dystopian novel. That must be what is happening now.
‘OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor’
Oh dear. OpenAI is upset their intellectual property is being used without their permission or compensation. How ironic. #openai #ai #deepseek
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
Oh dear. OpenAI is upset their intellectual property is being used without their permission or compensation. How ironic. #openai #ai #deepseek
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
www.ft.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
‘OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor’
Oh dear. OpenAI is upset their intellectual property is being used without their permission or compensation. How ironic. #openai #ai #deepseek
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
Oh dear. OpenAI is upset their intellectual property is being used without their permission or compensation. How ironic. #openai #ai #deepseek
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
I'm redrafting a paper (revise and resubmit) and I'd forgotten how magically efficient I become at all my chores the moment there's writing to be done.
#academia
#academia
December 29, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I'm redrafting a paper (revise and resubmit) and I'd forgotten how magically efficient I become at all my chores the moment there's writing to be done.
#academia
#academia
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This video about periods by @gkountourides.bsky.social is worth a watch.
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December 17, 2024 at 3:30 AM
This video about periods by @gkountourides.bsky.social is worth a watch.
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🚨 A major milestone in online safety.
Sites and apps must now start taking action to protect people from illegal harm online.
Key measures include:
🔒 Senior accountability for safety
🛠️ Improved content moderation and reporting systems
🛡️ Protecting children from abuse
Sites and apps must now start taking action to protect people from illegal harm online.
Key measures include:
🔒 Senior accountability for safety
🛠️ Improved content moderation and reporting systems
🛡️ Protecting children from abuse
December 16, 2024 at 7:13 AM
🚨 A major milestone in online safety.
Sites and apps must now start taking action to protect people from illegal harm online.
Key measures include:
🔒 Senior accountability for safety
🛠️ Improved content moderation and reporting systems
🛡️ Protecting children from abuse
Sites and apps must now start taking action to protect people from illegal harm online.
Key measures include:
🔒 Senior accountability for safety
🛠️ Improved content moderation and reporting systems
🛡️ Protecting children from abuse
Reposted by Dr Gabriella Kountourides (Κουντουριδου)
Humoral versus cellular immunity. What is that all about?
It is old, it was a hotly debated issue, but actually on a practical level less relevant. The relevance is now more for educational purposes as a foundation to understand immunology.
1/10
It is old, it was a hotly debated issue, but actually on a practical level less relevant. The relevance is now more for educational purposes as a foundation to understand immunology.
1/10
May 12, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Humoral versus cellular immunity. What is that all about?
It is old, it was a hotly debated issue, but actually on a practical level less relevant. The relevance is now more for educational purposes as a foundation to understand immunology.
1/10
It is old, it was a hotly debated issue, but actually on a practical level less relevant. The relevance is now more for educational purposes as a foundation to understand immunology.
1/10
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Can #periods sync with the moon or our friends?
While it’s a popular idea, the science says no- this is a myth!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEq5...
@gkountourides.bsky.social
#menstrualcycle #mythbusting #healthcommunication
While it’s a popular idea, the science says no- this is a myth!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEq5...
@gkountourides.bsky.social
#menstrualcycle #mythbusting #healthcommunication
Can periods sync with the moon or our friends?
YouTube video by Those Nerdy Girls
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Can #periods sync with the moon or our friends?
While it’s a popular idea, the science says no- this is a myth!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEq5...
@gkountourides.bsky.social
#menstrualcycle #mythbusting #healthcommunication
While it’s a popular idea, the science says no- this is a myth!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEq5...
@gkountourides.bsky.social
#menstrualcycle #mythbusting #healthcommunication
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Our JSS article is out!
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
December 1, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Our JSS article is out!
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
Reposted by Dr Gabriella Kountourides (Κουντουριδου)
The {marginaleffects} package is an EXTREMELY useful tool for R & Python users that revolutionises the interpretation of models with complicated non-linear features.
Be sure to check out this introduction from @vincentab.bsky.social, @noahgreifer.bsky.social. and @andrew.heiss.phd!
#EpiSky
Be sure to check out this introduction from @vincentab.bsky.social, @noahgreifer.bsky.social. and @andrew.heiss.phd!
#EpiSky
Our JSS article is out!
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
December 2, 2024 at 12:19 AM
The {marginaleffects} package is an EXTREMELY useful tool for R & Python users that revolutionises the interpretation of models with complicated non-linear features.
Be sure to check out this introduction from @vincentab.bsky.social, @noahgreifer.bsky.social. and @andrew.heiss.phd!
#EpiSky
Be sure to check out this introduction from @vincentab.bsky.social, @noahgreifer.bsky.social. and @andrew.heiss.phd!
#EpiSky
For Ofcom's Data Week, our Head of Statistics, Douglas Cameron, interviewed the UK National Statistician, Professor Sir Ian Diamond! When asked about the most common misconception about statistics, he replied, "That they’re always right."
November 27, 2024 at 11:16 AM
For Ofcom's Data Week, our Head of Statistics, Douglas Cameron, interviewed the UK National Statistician, Professor Sir Ian Diamond! When asked about the most common misconception about statistics, he replied, "That they’re always right."
Made a majestic friend on my commute home
November 26, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Made a majestic friend on my commute home
I ended up massively reducing my engagement on twitter over the past couple years…for obvious reasons. Finding it hard to bring the habit back here. Though I really want to build a community here, Twitter brought me so much joy, friends and academic contacts, hoping to recreate something similar!
November 25, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I ended up massively reducing my engagement on twitter over the past couple years…for obvious reasons. Finding it hard to bring the habit back here. Though I really want to build a community here, Twitter brought me so much joy, friends and academic contacts, hoping to recreate something similar!
Seeing lots of posts about Roblox, here’s a short thread on what it is and why it’s in the spotlight.
Roblox, a $27 billion online gaming platform, mostly used by children, lets users & amateur developers create games. Its appeal? A revolving door of new games.
This thread includes mentions of CSAM.
Roblox, a $27 billion online gaming platform, mostly used by children, lets users & amateur developers create games. Its appeal? A revolving door of new games.
This thread includes mentions of CSAM.
Roblox: Inflated Key Metrics For Wall Street And A Pedophile Hellscape For Kids – Hindenburg Research
hindenburgresearch.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Seeing lots of posts about Roblox, here’s a short thread on what it is and why it’s in the spotlight.
Roblox, a $27 billion online gaming platform, mostly used by children, lets users & amateur developers create games. Its appeal? A revolving door of new games.
This thread includes mentions of CSAM.
Roblox, a $27 billion online gaming platform, mostly used by children, lets users & amateur developers create games. Its appeal? A revolving door of new games.
This thread includes mentions of CSAM.
Reposted by Dr Gabriella Kountourides (Κουντουριδου)
“There are 7 key tactics that industry uses to hold back public health progress”
- Prof Mark Petticrew of LSHTM
@lshtm.bsky.social
- Prof Mark Petticrew of LSHTM
@lshtm.bsky.social
November 11, 2024 at 12:56 PM
“There are 7 key tactics that industry uses to hold back public health progress”
- Prof Mark Petticrew of LSHTM
@lshtm.bsky.social
- Prof Mark Petticrew of LSHTM
@lshtm.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Gabriella Kountourides (Κουντουριδου)
starter pack of academic imposters and it's just you
November 16, 2024 at 10:56 AM
starter pack of academic imposters and it's just you
Reposted by Dr Gabriella Kountourides (Κουντουριδου)
How to pronounce #rstats symbols:
~ squiggle
<- pretentious equals
; mouthless wink
%>% poop
! AHH (you have to shout it)
$ cha ching
[ subset
[[ subset and I really mean it!
(reposting an old tweet sparked by @amelia.mn)
~ squiggle
<- pretentious equals
; mouthless wink
%>% poop
! AHH (you have to shout it)
$ cha ching
[ subset
[[ subset and I really mean it!
(reposting an old tweet sparked by @amelia.mn)
November 14, 2024 at 3:30 PM
How to pronounce #rstats symbols:
~ squiggle
<- pretentious equals
; mouthless wink
%>% poop
! AHH (you have to shout it)
$ cha ching
[ subset
[[ subset and I really mean it!
(reposting an old tweet sparked by @amelia.mn)
~ squiggle
<- pretentious equals
; mouthless wink
%>% poop
! AHH (you have to shout it)
$ cha ching
[ subset
[[ subset and I really mean it!
(reposting an old tweet sparked by @amelia.mn)
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We must stand against the arbitrary categorization of continuous variables!
... and that's why I'm proud to announce my support of abolishing time zones in favor of the time gradient
... and that's why I'm proud to announce my support of abolishing time zones in favor of the time gradient
November 14, 2024 at 1:15 PM
We must stand against the arbitrary categorization of continuous variables!
... and that's why I'm proud to announce my support of abolishing time zones in favor of the time gradient
... and that's why I'm proud to announce my support of abolishing time zones in favor of the time gradient
Tuning into the UN World Data Forum's panel on trust, protection, & ethics in data. Interesting debate format: panellists must take opposing views on Qs:
-National stats systems should set ethical data standards
-Once trust is lost, it is hard to rebuild
-Existing laws should govern data ownership
-National stats systems should set ethical data standards
-Once trust is lost, it is hard to rebuild
-Existing laws should govern data ownership
November 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Tuning into the UN World Data Forum's panel on trust, protection, & ethics in data. Interesting debate format: panellists must take opposing views on Qs:
-National stats systems should set ethical data standards
-Once trust is lost, it is hard to rebuild
-Existing laws should govern data ownership
-National stats systems should set ethical data standards
-Once trust is lost, it is hard to rebuild
-Existing laws should govern data ownership
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If you're keen to learn content verification for fact-checking and open source investigations, this is a step-by-step guide on how to verify images and videos that I posted a while ago.
Once you familiarise yourself with reverse search, you'll become much better at spotting online misinformation.
Once you familiarise yourself with reverse search, you'll become much better at spotting online misinformation.
THREAD: How to verify online images
Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements.
So here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of images you see on your social media feeds with major elections coming up this year.
Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements.
So here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of images you see on your social media feeds with major elections coming up this year.
November 14, 2024 at 12:56 AM
If you're keen to learn content verification for fact-checking and open source investigations, this is a step-by-step guide on how to verify images and videos that I posted a while ago.
Once you familiarise yourself with reverse search, you'll become much better at spotting online misinformation.
Once you familiarise yourself with reverse search, you'll become much better at spotting online misinformation.
Do all mammals #menstruate?
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
November 13, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Do all mammals #menstruate?
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
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🎈 In #Zurich with no plans for tomorrow evening?
Why not learn to make fancy figures using #RStudio and #ggplot2? 📈
Join me at the #R-Ladies workshop (open to everyone)!
www.meetup.com/rladies-zuri...
📍 @ethzurich.bsky.social + University of Zurich
#PhDSkills #researchproductivity #WomeninSTEM
Why not learn to make fancy figures using #RStudio and #ggplot2? 📈
Join me at the #R-Ladies workshop (open to everyone)!
www.meetup.com/rladies-zuri...
📍 @ethzurich.bsky.social + University of Zurich
#PhDSkills #researchproductivity #WomeninSTEM
Visualising data with ggplot2 – Preparing figures for publication and outreach, Do., 14. Nov. 2024, 18:30 | Meetup
The visualisations we use to present our findings matter as much as the text, if not more. We will walk through the steps to create beautiful figures that can make posters,
www.meetup.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:37 PM
🎈 In #Zurich with no plans for tomorrow evening?
Why not learn to make fancy figures using #RStudio and #ggplot2? 📈
Join me at the #R-Ladies workshop (open to everyone)!
www.meetup.com/rladies-zuri...
📍 @ethzurich.bsky.social + University of Zurich
#PhDSkills #researchproductivity #WomeninSTEM
Why not learn to make fancy figures using #RStudio and #ggplot2? 📈
Join me at the #R-Ladies workshop (open to everyone)!
www.meetup.com/rladies-zuri...
📍 @ethzurich.bsky.social + University of Zurich
#PhDSkills #researchproductivity #WomeninSTEM