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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 16h

Enlightening, inspiring, and quite moving. Bravissimo.

Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 5d

Advancing teaching and learning in a time of war.

New For the Love of Science vlog about how students at The Kyiv School of Economics are learning while their city is under attack.

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Learning in a Time of War

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 18h

of the people, by the people, for the people...

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 22h

Corby checked in with Stolz. “I go, ‘Hey, do you ever feel like you need a rest day?’” he said.

“He goes, ‘Rest day? I don’t need no stinking rest days.’”

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The 75-Year-Old Wizard Behind America’s 21-Year-Old Olympic Sensation

Legendary coach Bob Corby thought he was done with speedskating. Superstar Jordan Stolz pulled him back to the rink.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 23h

Vassily Kandinsky: "Unequal"

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

I hope that a college athlete getting a ninth year of eligibility has already defended their dissertation proposal.

Montana LB Tuliaupupu granted 9th year of eligibility by NCAA

Montana linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu will return for the 2026 season after being granted a ninth year of eligibility by the NCAA.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d

"'This decision by CBER, which did not identify any safety or efficacy concerns with our product, does not further our shared goal of enhancing America's leadership in developing innovative medicines,' said Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna."

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d

If the Winter Olympics have you thinking you'd like to visit Milan then consider joining us there in July.

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d

Attempting to convince the statistical establishment to abandon p<.05 decision criteria.

MachinePix @machinepix.bsky.social · 1d

Moving quarried marble with wheel loaders.

MachinePix @machinepix.bsky.social · 1d

Moving quarried marble with wheel loaders.

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d

Instructive reading

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Why Doctors Can’t Agree on How to Diagnose Alzheimer’s

Divergent diagnostic criteria is raising concerns that some patients are being misdiagnosed and unnecessarily treated.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 2d

A few AI skeptics remain

www.thefarside.com/2026/02/10/2

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d

Major news outlets: Please consider prominently reporting what this all-star team of researchers has found.
www.nber.org/papers/w34791

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d

An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d

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To a Mouse

I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee Wi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill…

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d

Robert Burns's To a Mouse ("best laid schemes") offers a timely reflection on being forcibly dispossessed of one's home in the cold of winter.

American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD 1845 Francis Ysidro Edgeworth b (d 13 Feb 1926) President RSS 1912-14. His work anticipated many key ideas in modern mathematical statistics such as ANOVA, least squares detrending & significance testing. Sadly, his obscure writing style limited the accessibility and impact of his work 1/3

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d

camel, eye of needle, etc. etc.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

“It’s blindingly obvious that the Trump administration has no interest in our learning more about Epstein. It’s also blindingly obvious the web of corruption and complicity around Epstein was large and intricate, and that there is much more we deserve to know.”

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Trump at the Pearly Gates

Why the president thinks he’s going to Heaven.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

“It’s blindingly obvious that the Trump administration has no interest in our learning more about Epstein. It’s also blindingly obvious the web of corruption and complicity around Epstein was large and intricate, and that there is much more we deserve to know.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-at-t...

Trump at the Pearly Gates

Why the president thinks he’s going to Heaven.

www.thebulwark.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

"The words 'Processed food kills' and 'Eat real food' flash as Mr. Tyson and his son bite into apples."

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

Tyson: "I recommend human ear as part of a balanced, protein-rich diet."

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

When Mike Tyson and RFK Jr. are your country's leading voices on health what could possibly go wrong?

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A Super Bowl Message From MAHA and Mike Tyson: ‘Processed Food Kills’

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

"OFF THE MARKET"

Malone: “I’m not deaf to the calls that we need to get the Covid vaccine mRNA products off the market. All I can say is, stay tuned and wait for the upcoming A.C.I.P. meeting. If the F.D.A. won’t act, there are other entities that will.”

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

Living every day steeped in so much paranoia and ignorance cannot be easy.

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Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots

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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 5d

Advancing teaching and learning in a time of war.

New For the Love of Science vlog about how students at The Kyiv School of Economics are learning while their city is under attack.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqF...

Learning in a Time of War

YouTube video by For the Love of Science

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

George Stigler and Gary Becker, AER (1977): "De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum"
www.jstor.org/stable/1807222

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 6d

Adajar, Berndt, and Conti discuss commonalities of Simpson's diversity index with measures of concentration (e.g. HHI) familiar to economists.
www.nber.org/papers/w26512

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 6d

Simpson published this letter in Nature in 1949.

American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 7d

#OTD 2019 Edward Simpson d (b 10 Dec 1922) The Simpson of Simpson's paradox (& featured in an episode of The Simpsons). A Bletchley Park code breaker with Alan Turing 1942-5, in 2017, aged 95, he contributed 2 book chapters to The Bletchley Park Codebreakers on the crypt-analytic process Banburismus