Rohan Alexander
@rohanalexander.bsky.social
I spend too much money on books. And too much time writing them. 🇦🇺🇨🇦.
https://rohanalexander.com
http://tellingstorieswithdata.com
https://rohanalexander.com
http://tellingstorieswithdata.com
4yo: I'm running away.
Me: Okay. Where are you going?
4yo: Ottawa.
*Speechless*
Me: Okay. Where are you going?
4yo: Ottawa.
*Speechless*
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
4yo: I'm running away.
Me: Okay. Where are you going?
4yo: Ottawa.
*Speechless*
Me: Okay. Where are you going?
4yo: Ottawa.
*Speechless*
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
The Toronto Population Network @tpn-uoft.bsky.social Seminar Series is happening this semester, with a great line-up, including @lucampesando.bsky.social, Orsola Torrisi, @mdhayward.bsky.social, and @jnobles.bsky.social! Starts next Tuesday. If you're in Toronto please come along!
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The Toronto Population Network @tpn-uoft.bsky.social Seminar Series is happening this semester, with a great line-up, including @lucampesando.bsky.social, Orsola Torrisi, @mdhayward.bsky.social, and @jnobles.bsky.social! Starts next Tuesday. If you're in Toronto please come along!
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
Ana Elisa Lopez, @rohanalexander.bsky.social and my paper, "Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education" is now available (the "Just Accepted" version) from Harvard Data Science Review: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/xv4hxs7u...
Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education
Forthcoming. Now Available: Just Accepted Version.
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Ana Elisa Lopez, @rohanalexander.bsky.social and my paper, "Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education" is now available (the "Just Accepted" version) from Harvard Data Science Review: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/xv4hxs7u...
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
In the wake of X’s deepfake controversy, it’s surprising and disappointing to see that still only 35% of MPs are on Bluesky.
Read more on MPs’ use of Bluesky: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
#cdnpoli
Read more on MPs’ use of Bluesky: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
#cdnpoli
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
In the wake of X’s deepfake controversy, it’s surprising and disappointing to see that still only 35% of MPs are on Bluesky.
Read more on MPs’ use of Bluesky: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
#cdnpoli
Read more on MPs’ use of Bluesky: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
#cdnpoli
This Wednesday 14 January 2026, noon (EST) Toronto Data Workshop hosts Amy Mann, Oxford University, on "Measuring the quality of mortality data in high-income settings". All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
This Wednesday 14 January 2026, noon (EST) Toronto Data Workshop hosts Amy Mann, Oxford University, on "Measuring the quality of mortality data in high-income settings". All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
Weird that my uni housemate is 40 tomorrow, when I'm still a care-free-20-something.
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Weird that my uni housemate is 40 tomorrow, when I'm still a care-free-20-something.
Incredible:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w...
90 Minutes to Give Baby Luna a New Heart
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Incredible:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w...
Lots of great links this week!
RDM Weekly is back with Issue 27! 📬
➡️ Can a CC License Constrain Fair Use or Other Copyright Limitations or Exemptions @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
➡️ Notion for Academic Research @rmkubinec.bsky.social
➡️ FAIR RDM Tutorial @lmu-osc.bsky.social
and more!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
➡️ Can a CC License Constrain Fair Use or Other Copyright Limitations or Exemptions @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
➡️ Notion for Academic Research @rmkubinec.bsky.social
➡️ FAIR RDM Tutorial @lmu-osc.bsky.social
and more!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
RDM Weekly - Issue 027
A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.
rdmweekly.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Lots of great links this week!
On Wednesday, 7 January, noon (EST), Toronto Data Workshop hosts Ciara Zogheib, University of Toronto, on "Government Data and AI Strategies: A Case Study of Technology Policies in Canada's Federal Service". All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
On Wednesday, 7 January, noon (EST), Toronto Data Workshop hosts Ciara Zogheib, University of Toronto, on "Government Data and AI Strategies: A Case Study of Technology Policies in Canada's Federal Service". All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
Nothing better than a reviewer's tick next to a paragraph.
January 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Nothing better than a reviewer's tick next to a paragraph.
Revisit the IJF’s 10 most-read stories of the year
Public service journalism
theijf.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The best books that I read in 2025:
![Boo, Katherine, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity"
Dryden, Ken, "The Game" [HT: Peter Loewen]
Gold, Alex, "DevOps for Data Science"
Hao, Karen, "Empire of AI" [I'd recommend reading Hao and Metz (see below) at the same time]
Huyen, Chip, "AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models"
Lee, Richard, "The !Kung San: Men, Women, and Work in a Foraging Society"
Metz, Cade, "Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World"
Powers, Richard, "The Overstory"
Tartt, Donna, "The Goldfinch"
Vogel, Ezra, "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China"
Wang, Dan, "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qgrllpa37ptdi6y6wx7o2oj3/bafkreighy4jxtdsgs5iuw6uigjuirmvcx5qxq4mbue5v76z7hp5htaakbi@jpeg)
December 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The best books that I read in 2025:
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
After a year of trying, I finally got my hands on some of the annual financial statements for the Eric Woodward Foundation. They've raised a lot of new questions about the Langley township mayor's pre-election pledges...
theijf.org/article/eric...
theijf.org/article/eric...
B.C. mayor’s foundation reported just $8,117 in donations over 5 years
Public service journalism
theijf.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
After a year of trying, I finally got my hands on some of the annual financial statements for the Eric Woodward Foundation. They've raised a lot of new questions about the Langley township mayor's pre-election pledges...
theijf.org/article/eric...
theijf.org/article/eric...
I can't believe Microsoft brought back Clippy. The king is dead; long live the king. 📎👑
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I can't believe Microsoft brought back Clippy. The king is dead; long live the king. 📎👑
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
New paper in Nature Human Behaviour.
I use a conjoint experiment to test multimodal large language models (MLLMs) for context-sensitive content moderation and compare with human subjects. Methodologically, this demonstrates how social science techniques can enhance AI auditing. 💻🤖💬
I use a conjoint experiment to test multimodal large language models (MLLMs) for context-sensitive content moderation and compare with human subjects. Methodologically, this demonstrates how social science techniques can enhance AI auditing. 💻🤖💬
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New paper in Nature Human Behaviour.
I use a conjoint experiment to test multimodal large language models (MLLMs) for context-sensitive content moderation and compare with human subjects. Methodologically, this demonstrates how social science techniques can enhance AI auditing. 💻🤖💬
I use a conjoint experiment to test multimodal large language models (MLLMs) for context-sensitive content moderation and compare with human subjects. Methodologically, this demonstrates how social science techniques can enhance AI auditing. 💻🤖💬
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
A short reflection on my childhood piano teacher, who taught me to read music, and as a consequence, indirectly taught me to love data analysis: www.monicaalexander.com/posts/2025-1...
Music, statistics, and the appreciation of order and chaos
Recently my childhood piano teacher passed away. Eric Mitchell, OAM (or, Mr Mitchell as he always was to us) grew up in Victoria, Australia. He studied in Paris, where he met and married a baroness, a...
www.monicaalexander.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A short reflection on my childhood piano teacher, who taught me to read music, and as a consequence, indirectly taught me to love data analysis: www.monicaalexander.com/posts/2025-1...
Super awesome
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Super awesome
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
PoliSci Friends- I'm updating some MRP-based public opinion estimates. Anyone willing to share micro data from recent nationally representative surveys you've run (e.g., CES modules) that ask one or more batteries of binary questions about the American public's issue/policy preferences?
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
PoliSci Friends- I'm updating some MRP-based public opinion estimates. Anyone willing to share micro data from recent nationally representative surveys you've run (e.g., CES modules) that ask one or more batteries of binary questions about the American public's issue/policy preferences?
Academia regularly has meetings with like 4/6 of these. 😬
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Academia regularly has meetings with like 4/6 of these. 😬
I get to meet Ken Benoit in-person today!
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I get to meet Ken Benoit in-person today!
Hang it in the Louvre.
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hang it in the Louvre.
Very happy to host Chris Barrie tomorrow at noon EST on "Reasoning models and synthetic data generation".
All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very happy to host Chris Barrie tomorrow at noon EST on "Reasoning models and synthetic data generation".
All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
Cannot make this up.
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Cannot make this up.
This Wednesday, 19 November 2025, noon (EST) on Zoom - utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970 - I'm hosting Mellissa Meisels, Yale, on "Strategic Campaign Attention to Abortion Before and After Dobbs". All welcome! Sign-up/details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This Wednesday, 19 November 2025, noon (EST) on Zoom - utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970 - I'm hosting Mellissa Meisels, Yale, on "Strategic Campaign Attention to Abortion Before and After Dobbs". All welcome! Sign-up/details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html