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One of the most pleasant surprises of the past 20 years was the transformation of Wikipedia into arguably the most reliable general information source freely accessible to the public. It’s not perfect — I’ve certainly seen errors — but it’s kind of shockingly good.

One might consider a donation.
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027.

With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.

I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.

The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Australia is on track to become the first country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035.

Zero (0) cervical cancer cases were diagnosed in Australian women under 25 in 2021 - the first time since records began.

Put simply, Vaccines Work.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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@carpentries.carpentries.org also rejected a similar offer that would require them to give up any DEI work. Let's put our money where our morals are and support them: carpentries.org/support/
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October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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If you are an #rstats user in the greater SLC area, join us IN PERSON next Tues, Sept 30 for some networking and data science chat!

We are meeting at a place called Thieves Guild Cidery, which, yes, is a DnD-themed tavern. ⚔️🎲🐉

www.meetup.com/slc-rug/even...
Networking and social gathering, Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 4:00 PM | Meetup
Our September meetup will be an in-person gathering for local SLC area folks! We will meet at Thieves Guild Cidery near downtown to spend time networking, having some DnD-t
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September 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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I'm writing up a brief history of the tidyverse? What do you want to know about it? #rstats
November 25, 2024 at 3:24 PM