Amelia McNamara
@amelia.mn
Associate professor of statistics and data science at the University of St Thomas. Into data visualization and reproducible research, obsessed with R. pronoun.is/she
website: amelia.mn
mastodon: @vis.social/@amelia
website: amelia.mn
mastodon: @vis.social/@amelia
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Using asbestos as a metaphor for the current industry-driven AI push is genius.
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Using asbestos as a metaphor for the current industry-driven AI push is genius.
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I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
Update #33: The lawsuit is over! | Stand Against Proctorio's SLAPP!
linkletter.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
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Twin cities friends: I'll be speaking tomorrow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science on how AI disrupts the sometimes precarious balance of scientific incentives.
Excited to welcome @lmesseri.bsky.social, @cameronbuckner.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com to campus a week from today for the “AI and the Nature of Science: Concepts and Controversies” event. 14.11.25, 1400 - 1800.
AI and the Nature of Science
Bringing together cutting-edge perspectives and helping set an agenda for future research and application
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Twin cities friends: I'll be speaking tomorrow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science on how AI disrupts the sometimes precarious balance of scientific incentives.
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I know some folks were asking for something like this (@meshm.bsky.social iirc) So I made a quick dot density map of the first choice Minneapolis mayoral results. This allows you to see two things that choropleth maps can't show... umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I know some folks were asking for something like this (@meshm.bsky.social iirc) So I made a quick dot density map of the first choice Minneapolis mayoral results. This allows you to see two things that choropleth maps can't show... umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
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If you've stopped masking in public for whatever reason, now is a really good time to start again
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If you've stopped masking in public for whatever reason, now is a really good time to start again
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all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
I am SO excited for the Women in AI and Data Science event at the U of M on November 3. sites.google.com/umn.edu/wiad... In particular, I can't wait for @alexhanna.bsky.social's keynote, which I am sure will bring a critical perspective on AI.
WiADS '25
Join the Data Science and AI Hub for a day dedicated to amplifying the voices of women, non-binary, and gender-diverse professionals in AI and data science. Experience inspiring talks, engaging storie...
sites.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I am SO excited for the Women in AI and Data Science event at the U of M on November 3. sites.google.com/umn.edu/wiad... In particular, I can't wait for @alexhanna.bsky.social's keynote, which I am sure will bring a critical perspective on AI.
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Quarto friends! I need your help:
We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.
1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.
1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
Epic: are we production yet · Issue #63 · quarto-dev/quarto-markdown
We need to check against many large sites to get a good sense for the impact of this new syntax in practice. autogenerated qmd quartodoc-generated sites (tbd meet with @machow) sites quarto.org Shi...
github.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Quarto friends! I need your help:
We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.
1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.
1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
Rare opportunity to pick up a copy of Mary Eleanor Spear's Charting Statistics: www.ebay.com/itm/19776587... Need to learn about Spear? nightingaledvs.com/credit-where...
Pardon Our Interruption...
www.ebay.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Rare opportunity to pick up a copy of Mary Eleanor Spear's Charting Statistics: www.ebay.com/itm/19776587... Need to learn about Spear? nightingaledvs.com/credit-where...
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*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
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I have been saying this for 3 years now; it is evident from even a theorerical understanding of these systems' operations. But ppl keep claiming it's not true or not important, or could be patched over, & so I keep hoping each time an "AI" company CEO comes out & admits will be the one that sticks
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I have been saying this for 3 years now; it is evident from even a theorerical understanding of these systems' operations. But ppl keep claiming it's not true or not important, or could be patched over, & so I keep hoping each time an "AI" company CEO comes out & admits will be the one that sticks
Motion City Soundtrack-- one of my favorite bands-- just released a new album, and wouldn't you know it, a song mentions statistics! m.youtube.com/watch?v=A7y8... (okay, the lyric is "I flunked statistics" but still)
September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Motion City Soundtrack-- one of my favorite bands-- just released a new album, and wouldn't you know it, a song mentions statistics! m.youtube.com/watch?v=A7y8... (okay, the lyric is "I flunked statistics" but still)
Today marks one year of my sibling being bedridden from long covid (not leaving bed for any reason). They are part of the #millionsmissing from post-viral conditions. www.meaction.net
#MEAction Network
Our movement fights for all people with ME/CFS and Long COVID to have access to compassionate and effective care. Join us!
www.meaction.net
September 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today marks one year of my sibling being bedridden from long covid (not leaving bed for any reason). They are part of the #millionsmissing from post-viral conditions. www.meaction.net
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"Many chefs I know get upset at me … But this is the truth: If you can’t cook everything you make in a microwave thats a skill issue. You need to learn now because when everything is cooked in a microwave you’ll be out of a job."
www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t... (h/t @olivia.science )
www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t... (h/t @olivia.science )
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…
www.colincornaby.me
August 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Many chefs I know get upset at me … But this is the truth: If you can’t cook everything you make in a microwave thats a skill issue. You need to learn now because when everything is cooked in a microwave you’ll be out of a job."
www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t... (h/t @olivia.science )
www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t... (h/t @olivia.science )
JSM session on Teaching Data Storytelling in the Age of AI is starting now! My talk is called Are Graphical User Interfaces the answer to AI? and the slides are here: www.amelia.mn/presentation...
August 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
JSM session on Teaching Data Storytelling in the Age of AI is starting now! My talk is called Are Graphical User Interfaces the answer to AI? and the slides are here: www.amelia.mn/presentation...
I was just listening to @thecurrent.org and heard Your Direction by Goose. I caught the lyric "You wait around for a statistical ripple." I'll have to add that to my list of songs that mention stats!
August 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I was just listening to @thecurrent.org and heard Your Direction by Goose. I caught the lyric "You wait around for a statistical ripple." I'll have to add that to my list of songs that mention stats!
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The systemic wage abuse of care workers is so infuriating. Care workers make it possible for us to live in our communities. For family to have support so they're not on their own. For people to be safe. They should be making so much more and getting much more robust labor protections overall.
“Under one of the Labor Department’s proposals, an estimated 3.7 million workers employed by home care agencies could be paid below the federal minimum wage — currently $7.25 per hour — and made ineligible for overtime pay if they aren’t covered by corresponding state laws.”
Trump's Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces
The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations adopted under previous presidential administrations.
apnews.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The systemic wage abuse of care workers is so infuriating. Care workers make it possible for us to live in our communities. For family to have support so they're not on their own. For people to be safe. They should be making so much more and getting much more robust labor protections overall.
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Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.
June 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.
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It's so frustrating when, as a person who still masks to prevent viral spread (COVID, measles, bird flu, etc), that when you ask people about taking even the *minimal* steps when at the *maximum* risk, like...
June 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's so frustrating when, as a person who still masks to prevent viral spread (COVID, measles, bird flu, etc), that when you ask people about taking even the *minimal* steps when at the *maximum* risk, like...
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XKCD has a Tukey quote for Tukey's 110th birthday
xkcd.com/3104/
Many of his specific inventions have been made obsolete over time, but he was a major contributor to data analysis and visualisation being serious and respectable parts of statistics research
xkcd.com/3104/
Many of his specific inventions have been made obsolete over time, but he was a major contributor to data analysis and visualisation being serious and respectable parts of statistics research
Tukey
xkcd.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
XKCD has a Tukey quote for Tukey's 110th birthday
xkcd.com/3104/
Many of his specific inventions have been made obsolete over time, but he was a major contributor to data analysis and visualisation being serious and respectable parts of statistics research
xkcd.com/3104/
Many of his specific inventions have been made obsolete over time, but he was a major contributor to data analysis and visualisation being serious and respectable parts of statistics research
Ten years ago today I defended my PhD dissertation. escholarship.org/uc/item/1mm9... Skimming it again, I have a bit of that cringe-y feeling, like listening to your voice on the answering machine. But surprisingly, a lot of it holds up!
Bridging the Gap Between Tools for Learning and for Doing Statistics
Author(s): McNamara, Amelia Ahlers | Advisor(s): Gould, Robert L; Paik Schoenberg, Frederick R | Abstract: Computers have changed the way we think about data and data analysis. While statistical progr...
escholarship.org
May 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ten years ago today I defended my PhD dissertation. escholarship.org/uc/item/1mm9... Skimming it again, I have a bit of that cringe-y feeling, like listening to your voice on the answering machine. But surprisingly, a lot of it holds up!