Joseph Delaney
@jacd.bsky.social
Trying to figure out this whole Epidemiology thing on the West Coast of the US (Olympia, WA). Father of a great kid and and two cats. Lucky to have a tolerant partner.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
So went to pick up the child today and this wonderful news greeted me. Second major set of afterschool care disruptions and it is only six weeks into the school year!
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
So went to pick up the child today and this wonderful news greeted me. Second major set of afterschool care disruptions and it is only six weeks into the school year!
Children’s birthday parties take so many logistics that it is remarkable. On the other hand, the pizza run is chill and the pizza worker is super helpful, so there’s that
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Children’s birthday parties take so many logistics that it is remarkable. On the other hand, the pizza run is chill and the pizza worker is super helpful, so there’s that
I really love using the Sounder but I am a bit unclear why it makes sense to cancel regular service because of a baseball game. If the service is that fragile, shouldn’t we expand it?
October 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I really love using the Sounder but I am a bit unclear why it makes sense to cancel regular service because of a baseball game. If the service is that fragile, shouldn’t we expand it?
I will never understand why I rarely react to vaccines and my wife is just floored by them. We got flu and covid at the same clinic so it can’t be formulation issues, can it?
October 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I will never understand why I rarely react to vaccines and my wife is just floored by them. We got flu and covid at the same clinic so it can’t be formulation issues, can it?
There has been a lot of discussion of somebody else finishing George R R Martin's "A song of Ice and Fire". Some people are very defensive of George, but it is true that it is not great when a piece of media is not finished. But that happens all of the time. Look at the Wheel of Time TV show.
September 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There has been a lot of discussion of somebody else finishing George R R Martin's "A song of Ice and Fire". Some people are very defensive of George, but it is true that it is not great when a piece of media is not finished. But that happens all of the time. Look at the Wheel of Time TV show.
I have to say that the current uncertainty in the NIH’s long term trajectory has been a large hit to morale, both my own and my staff.
September 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I have to say that the current uncertainty in the NIH’s long term trajectory has been a large hit to morale, both my own and my staff.
Happy 4th of July to everyone. Let's hope that the new year of the Republic brings only good news.
July 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Happy 4th of July to everyone. Let's hope that the new year of the Republic brings only good news.
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Today at the blog. observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2025/06/prom...
Prometheus Unbound and the Great Pumpkin Theory of Technological Innovation
[I wrote this back in 2023 and only came across it recently, but it still feels relevant, particularly now that Klein is on the talk show ci...
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June 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Why the humanoid robot story matters
I realize we've had a lot of robot content on the blog recently, and a lot of readers—particularly those who don't follow us regularly—may ...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Today at the blog. observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2025/06/why-...
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“After adjusting for inflation, many academic employees are still being paid less now than they were in 2019-2020 — before the pandemic. Faculty members have taken the biggest hit: Median salaries for staff are now 2.8% less; non-tenure-track faculty, 7.6% less; and tenure-track faculty, 10.2% less”
Professors Say They Need a Raise. They Probably Won’t Get One.
Faculty salaries haven’t moved for over a decade, and draconian cuts to higher ed threaten to make things worse.
www.chronicle.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“After adjusting for inflation, many academic employees are still being paid less now than they were in 2019-2020 — before the pandemic. Faculty members have taken the biggest hit: Median salaries for staff are now 2.8% less; non-tenure-track faculty, 7.6% less; and tenure-track faculty, 10.2% less”
A thought provoking read
Why Do They Have It In For Biomedical Research? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-d...
Why Do They Have It In For Biomedical Research?
Here is a brief follow-up on the question TPM Reader MA addresses...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A thought provoking read
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Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺
April 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺
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The NIH Notice about the new indirect cost rate "plan"
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February 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The NIH Notice about the new indirect cost rate "plan"
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What do the "piranha" theorems about multiple interventions say about public health settings?
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The piranha and the polypill - Biased and Inefficient
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January 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
What do the "piranha" theorems about multiple interventions say about public health settings?
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A more reasonable conclusion would be that *within arm* changes in outcomes are often similar between treatment and "placebo" arms...which is of course true and why we use control groups in the first place. What a joke.
Treatment Effects in Pharmacological Clinical Randomized Controlled Trials are Mainly Due to Placebo - @jclinepi.bsky.social www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Treatment Effects in Pharmacological Clinical Randomized Controlled Trials are Mainly Due to Placebo
The placebo response in clinical trials has four components: regression to the mean (RTM), measurement artefacts, natural tendency (NT) of the disease, and the genuine placebo effect. Our objective is to determine what contributes to the size of the placebo-effect in clinical trials by meta-regressions of randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials.
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January 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A more reasonable conclusion would be that *within arm* changes in outcomes are often similar between treatment and "placebo" arms...which is of course true and why we use control groups in the first place. What a joke.
The child is super excited and up late. On any other night I would anticipate sleeping in tomorrow, with the child having exhausted themselves, but I have a sneaking suspicion of an early wake-up
December 25, 2024 at 5:58 AM
The child is super excited and up late. On any other night I would anticipate sleeping in tomorrow, with the child having exhausted themselves, but I have a sneaking suspicion of an early wake-up
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At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM
At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
A great picture of my wife and I except for my terrible timing with a blink
November 29, 2024 at 6:07 AM
A great picture of my wife and I except for my terrible timing with a blink
It looks like my son needs glasses. I am so used to always having and using them that I underestimated the trauma of a seven year old being told he was going to be different than all of this friends.
November 28, 2024 at 6:32 PM
It looks like my son needs glasses. I am so used to always having and using them that I underestimated the trauma of a seven year old being told he was going to be different than all of this friends.
My son suggested we all try screen time limits and I realized how much of my life is interacting with screens. Not sure I have a good alternative but I was sure surprised by how central they are to life
November 19, 2024 at 5:05 AM
My son suggested we all try screen time limits and I realized how much of my life is interacting with screens. Not sure I have a good alternative but I was sure surprised by how central they are to life
Optimus Prime has wandered into our house
November 13, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Optimus Prime has wandered into our house
The post-covid remote work environment has some really good points (I enjoy living in Olympia a lot) but I must admit that the number of Zoom meetings to replace in person interaction is definitely not a major upside.
November 12, 2024 at 5:52 PM
The post-covid remote work environment has some really good points (I enjoy living in Olympia a lot) but I must admit that the number of Zoom meetings to replace in person interaction is definitely not a major upside.
Finally getting to try out the great Pendragon campaign. Neat story so far but also a completely unique RPG experience (for both good and bad).
November 12, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Finally getting to try out the great Pendragon campaign. Neat story so far but also a completely unique RPG experience (for both good and bad).
At a basketball game with Toryn and Shannon. It is so cool to see how fast kids learn things and how kind everyone is being. It restores some hope in community
November 9, 2024 at 6:31 PM
At a basketball game with Toryn and Shannon. It is so cool to see how fast kids learn things and how kind everyone is being. It restores some hope in community