Isabel Elaine Allen
@datacooker.bsky.social
sailor, biotech entrepreneur, biostatistician, runner, knitter, stats & analytics prof, musician, sabrmagician
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Yeesh
SCOOP: Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a... via @statnews.com
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down
Exclusive: Arena Bioworks, the buzzy research institute that launched with $500 million to support a decade of scientific R&D, is abruptly shutting down, STAT has learned.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Yeesh
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Competition is extremely intense among top AI companies to achieve computing breakthroughs that might indicate the eternally imminent arrival of AGI, so a post like this from such a high-ranking executive caught the industry’s attention.
The embarrassing episode sprouted from a misunderstood post, amplified by an OpenAI executive as proof of GPT-5’s mathematical prowess, but turned out not to be what it seemed.
https://sherwood.news/tech/openai-claimed-a-math-breakthrough-this-weekend-only-to-be-smacked-down/
https://sherwood.news/tech/openai-claimed-a-math-breakthrough-this-weekend-only-to-be-smacked-down/
OpenAI claimed a math breakthrough this weekend, only to be smacked down
The embarrassing episode sprouted from a misunderstood post, amplified by an OpenAI executive as proof of GPT-5’s mathematical prowess, but turned...
sherwood.news
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Competition is extremely intense among top AI companies to achieve computing breakthroughs that might indicate the eternally imminent arrival of AGI, so a post like this from such a high-ranking executive caught the industry’s attention.
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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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🔎 Meta-analysis and triangulation depend on credible science.
📈 TIME-AD’s latest paper, led by Dr. Sarah Ackley, examines 20,000+ abstracts using an LLM to determine whether P value trends reflect changes in p-hacking, publication bias, or statistical power.
Read it: tinyurl.com/3f3nuxma
📈 TIME-AD’s latest paper, led by Dr. Sarah Ackley, examines 20,000+ abstracts using an LLM to determine whether P value trends reflect changes in p-hacking, publication bias, or statistical power.
Read it: tinyurl.com/3f3nuxma
September 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🔎 Meta-analysis and triangulation depend on credible science.
📈 TIME-AD’s latest paper, led by Dr. Sarah Ackley, examines 20,000+ abstracts using an LLM to determine whether P value trends reflect changes in p-hacking, publication bias, or statistical power.
Read it: tinyurl.com/3f3nuxma
📈 TIME-AD’s latest paper, led by Dr. Sarah Ackley, examines 20,000+ abstracts using an LLM to determine whether P value trends reflect changes in p-hacking, publication bias, or statistical power.
Read it: tinyurl.com/3f3nuxma
How left-handedness, learning differences, seizures, and autoimmune disease influence both the clinical presentation and age at onset of Alzheimer’s disease—So great to finally see this published: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Neurodevelopment and neural environment inform Alzheimer's disease age at onset and phenotype
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
How left-handedness, learning differences, seizures, and autoimmune disease influence both the clinical presentation and age at onset of Alzheimer’s disease—So great to finally see this published: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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9/16/25 is a Pythagorean triple day! 3 squared + 4 squared = 5 squared! A right triangle. Read my classic story "The Square Root of Pythagoras" written with Paul Difilippo. www.rudyrucker.com/completestor...
completestories
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September 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
9/16/25 is a Pythagorean triple day! 3 squared + 4 squared = 5 squared! A right triangle. Read my classic story "The Square Root of Pythagoras" written with Paul Difilippo. www.rudyrucker.com/completestor...
Ugh - who taught this person statist?
oh noooo
September 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ugh - who taught this person statist?
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haha thank you @rlgrant.bsky.social. It's ok though...memes should be free!
August 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
haha thank you @rlgrant.bsky.social. It's ok though...memes should be free!
So true
Systematic reviews are the ultimate symbol of the unthinking box ticking evidence synthesis machine.
I gather we've passed the point where there are now more systematic reviews of RCTs than original RCTs.
What a wonderful achievement for humankind.
I gather we've passed the point where there are now more systematic reviews of RCTs than original RCTs.
What a wonderful achievement for humankind.
July 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
So true
Love this idea.
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Love this idea.
If you are in TimesSquare - see the billboard highlighting two of our UCSF Global Brain Health Fellows -amazing Elijah Rock sings songs you know by heart - and the artwork is by Kiggundu Rawdney. Have a listen. Funded in part by the Alzheimer’s Association.
June 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
If you are in TimesSquare - see the billboard highlighting two of our UCSF Global Brain Health Fellows -amazing Elijah Rock sings songs you know by heart - and the artwork is by Kiggundu Rawdney. Have a listen. Funded in part by the Alzheimer’s Association.
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WHO DID THIS?!? So amazing.
I don’t share this very often, but you guys deserve it.
May 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
WHO DID THIS?!? So amazing.
Maybe ChatGPT is just prescient and is predicting books these authors will write?
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Maybe ChatGPT is just prescient and is predicting books these authors will write?
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Resisting the urge to restart the negative binomial vs. Poisson wars...
April 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Resisting the urge to restart the negative binomial vs. Poisson wars...
Consider using a free textbook with your students- read the blog post:
Is it time to worry about the decline in higher education #OER awareness and use? We discussed why it may be a little early to worry in our OpenStax, Rice University blog post. openstax.org/blog/guest-p...
OpenStax | Free Textbooks Online with No Catch
OpenStax offers free college textbooks for all types of students, making education accessible & affordable for everyone. Browse our list of available subjects!
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April 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Consider using a free textbook with your students- read the blog post:
From @bayviewanalytics.bsky.social on OER (Open Educational Resources) - The Many Factors Influencing OER Awareness and Use #EduSky @openstax.org hewlett.org
openstax.org/blog/guest-p...
openstax.org/blog/guest-p...
OpenStax | Free Textbooks Online with No Catch
OpenStax offers free college textbooks for all types of students, making education accessible & affordable for everyone. Browse our list of available subjects!
openstax.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
From @bayviewanalytics.bsky.social on OER (Open Educational Resources) - The Many Factors Influencing OER Awareness and Use #EduSky @openstax.org hewlett.org
openstax.org/blog/guest-p...
openstax.org/blog/guest-p...
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Feels like some more people around here might want to see this and share your feedback. I'm sure the folks at Heritage Foundation would appreciate your honest opinions.
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Feels like some more people around here might want to see this and share your feedback. I'm sure the folks at Heritage Foundation would appreciate your honest opinions.
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Why else would universities be replacing all their epidemiologists with 'digital health scientists'?!
February 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Why else would universities be replacing all their epidemiologists with 'digital health scientists'?!
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Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...
Defense Against Dishonest Charts
This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.
flowingdata.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...
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Check out my letter on amyloid-targeting drugs in STAT!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/22/l...
A thread
#episky
www.statnews.com/2025/02/22/l...
A thread
#episky
Is there an amyloid mafia? STAT readers weigh in
“Lecanemab has given us more years together. That’s not ‘minute’ nor ‘minimal’ to me,” writes one reader in STAT’s letters to the editor this week.
www.statnews.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Check out my letter on amyloid-targeting drugs in STAT!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/22/l...
A thread
#episky
www.statnews.com/2025/02/22/l...
A thread
#episky
Is it p-hacking or sample size and power? Take a look.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Have efforts from epidemiologists to reduce reliance on P values reduced P hacking? Probably not.
Do decreases in the fraction of P values just below 0.05 necessarily imply less P hacking? No.
#episky #metascience
Have efforts from epidemiologists to reduce reliance on P values reduced P hacking? Probably not.
Do decreases in the fraction of P values just below 0.05 necessarily imply less P hacking? No.
#episky #metascience
Trends in the Distribution of P Values in Epidemiology Journals: Decreased P Hacking or Increased Power?
Epidemiologists have advocated for reporting confidence intervals and deemphasizing P values to address long-standing concerns about null-hypothesis statistical-significance testing, P hacking, and re...
www.medrxiv.org
February 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Is it p-hacking or sample size and power? Take a look.
Duh
Shocking news: "A STAT examination of company documents and expert interviews reveals that AI-powered biotechs like Absci and competitor Generate routinely aggrandize their AI abilities."
www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/a...
Two biotechs say they're using AI to conjure drugs from scratch. Their documents suggest otherwise
A STAT examination shows how AI-powered biotechs like Absci and Generate Biomedicines routinely aggrandize their AI capabilities.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Duh
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The ongoing A's debacle continues debacling with news the team's president, Dave Kaval, is resigning. Or as our fellows youths said in the 16th century,
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