@gilesh.bsky.social
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My theory, tested through exposure to Australian higher education administration, is that they are hopelessly captured by the consultants, and that higher education consultants are particularly shallow and uninteresting.
i really struggle to understand why centre left parties do not like universities, do not like the soft power we wield (imagine getting to educate the children of your geopolitical rivals!!!! IMAGINE!!!). i dont believe that albo, starmer, etc are this stupid, it's got to be hatred. but y.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My theory, tested through exposure to Australian higher education administration, is that they are hopelessly captured by the consultants, and that higher education consultants are particularly shallow and uninteresting.
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Vaccines & autism make headlines. But the root of the problem -- statistical shenanigans - doesn't
If you test enough variables, you're gonna find some associations.
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social explains.
kucharski.substack.com/p/is-this-pa...
If you test enough variables, you're gonna find some associations.
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social explains.
kucharski.substack.com/p/is-this-pa...
How good are you at spotting patterns?
The perils of mistaking randomness for meaning
kucharski.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Vaccines & autism make headlines. But the root of the problem -- statistical shenanigans - doesn't
If you test enough variables, you're gonna find some associations.
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social explains.
kucharski.substack.com/p/is-this-pa...
If you test enough variables, you're gonna find some associations.
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social explains.
kucharski.substack.com/p/is-this-pa...
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I wanna invent time travel and then require every high school student to take a class called "All The Shit We Fixed Before You Got Here" where they tour smog-filled US cities, polio wards, pre-vaccine hospitals, buildings with no safety regulations, kids working in mines, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I wanna invent time travel and then require every high school student to take a class called "All The Shit We Fixed Before You Got Here" where they tour smog-filled US cities, polio wards, pre-vaccine hospitals, buildings with no safety regulations, kids working in mines, etc.
Once again: don’t trust Australia with your research career. Oz governments of all stripes have been consistently unable to support science on the time scales that would actually yield dividends.
Australian science policy wants trees but not seeds.
Public funding of science is essential at low Technology Readiness Levels.
We cannot have high TRLs to translate without working through the pipeline from fundamental science via speculative applied science.
(Explainer by @granttremblay.com)
Public funding of science is essential at low Technology Readiness Levels.
We cannot have high TRLs to translate without working through the pipeline from fundamental science via speculative applied science.
(Explainer by @granttremblay.com)
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Once again: don’t trust Australia with your research career. Oz governments of all stripes have been consistently unable to support science on the time scales that would actually yield dividends.
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Warwick Statistics is recruiting two Assistant Professors!
We are looking for a researcher with a strong track record and outstanding promise in one or more areas of Statistical Methodology and Theory, Computational Statistics and Machine Learning. Closing date: 25th Jan 26
warwick-careers.tal....
We are looking for a researcher with a strong track record and outstanding promise in one or more areas of Statistical Methodology and Theory, Computational Statistics and Machine Learning. Closing date: 25th Jan 26
warwick-careers.tal....
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Warwick Statistics is recruiting two Assistant Professors!
We are looking for a researcher with a strong track record and outstanding promise in one or more areas of Statistical Methodology and Theory, Computational Statistics and Machine Learning. Closing date: 25th Jan 26
warwick-careers.tal....
We are looking for a researcher with a strong track record and outstanding promise in one or more areas of Statistical Methodology and Theory, Computational Statistics and Machine Learning. Closing date: 25th Jan 26
warwick-careers.tal....
This has got to be one of the most short sighted moves I’ve seen a university administration make, at least outside Australia.
Statistics is vital to the entire research enterprise and eliminating it marks UNL as a non-serious institution.
Statistics is vital to the entire research enterprise and eliminating it marks UNL as a non-serious institution.
Friends of Stats: The U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Statistics needs your help. The university's Chancellor submitted a FINAL proposal today for budget cuts (budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget...) that eliminates the department. 1/ #LNK #Nebraska #Huskers @amstatnews.bsky.social
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This has got to be one of the most short sighted moves I’ve seen a university administration make, at least outside Australia.
Statistics is vital to the entire research enterprise and eliminating it marks UNL as a non-serious institution.
Statistics is vital to the entire research enterprise and eliminating it marks UNL as a non-serious institution.
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"Schrödinger's causal inference" (n):
The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Schrödinger's causal inference" (n):
The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Announcing SLDS 2026: the biannual conference of @slds-asa.bsky.social! Nov 1-3 at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in New York!
Theme is Inference and Intelligence and we have keynotes from Dean Foster, David Rosemberg, and Bjn Yu.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned!
Theme is Inference and Intelligence and we have keynotes from Dean Foster, David Rosemberg, and Bjn Yu.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned!
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Announcing SLDS 2026: the biannual conference of @slds-asa.bsky.social! Nov 1-3 at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in New York!
Theme is Inference and Intelligence and we have keynotes from Dean Foster, David Rosemberg, and Bjn Yu.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned!
Theme is Inference and Intelligence and we have keynotes from Dean Foster, David Rosemberg, and Bjn Yu.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned!
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July, Dr. Tidmarsh warned that the initiative risks injecting politics into what should be a strictly science-based review process. When experts raising red flags are silenced instead of heard, the public loses trust and patients lose protection. Science should lead, not politics.
Director of FDA drug evaluation unit placed on leave, NYT reports
The director of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research was placed on administrative leave on Friday, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
July, Dr. Tidmarsh warned that the initiative risks injecting politics into what should be a strictly science-based review process. When experts raising red flags are silenced instead of heard, the public loses trust and patients lose protection. Science should lead, not politics.
Anglosphere your culture warriors still aiming guns at their own feet
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Anglosphere your culture warriors still aiming guns at their own feet
Oh man a podcast conundrum. Do I listen to @reginanuzzo.bsky.social and @kristinsainani.bsky.social on Normal Curves (on exercise and cancer) first? Or go all meta and hear them talk about making it on Stats and Stories?
Does checking all the boxes on your dating wish list actually make you happier? On this week’s "Stats + Stories," John Bailer & Rosemary Pennington talk with Regina Nuzzo & Kristin Sainani about "Normal Curves," where “sexy science & serious statistics” meet. statsandstories.net/media1/readi...
Reading Racy Research — Stats + Stories
Have you ever wondered if what you eat is aging you, or whether women in red really are sexier? In addition to turning to Reddit for the answers to those questions, you can now tune into a new podcast...
statsandstories.net
September 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Oh man a podcast conundrum. Do I listen to @reginanuzzo.bsky.social and @kristinsainani.bsky.social on Normal Curves (on exercise and cancer) first? Or go all meta and hear them talk about making it on Stats and Stories?
JSM is starting! A reminder that the @slds-asa.bsky.social mixer is Monday 5-7pm in the Omni Music Room 3. Please come along!
August 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
JSM is starting! A reminder that the @slds-asa.bsky.social mixer is Monday 5-7pm in the Omni Music Room 3. Please come along!
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Next @slds-asa.belly.social webinar is July 1, 2-3:30 EDT.
Giles Hooker @gilesh.bsky.social will discuss inference for ensemble models.
Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/trees-and-...
Giles Hooker @gilesh.bsky.social will discuss inference for ensemble models.
Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/trees-and-...
Trees and V’s: Inference for Ensemble Models
American Statistical Association, Statistical Learning and Data Science Section
www.eventbrite.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Next @slds-asa.belly.social webinar is July 1, 2-3:30 EDT.
Giles Hooker @gilesh.bsky.social will discuss inference for ensemble models.
Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/trees-and-...
Giles Hooker @gilesh.bsky.social will discuss inference for ensemble models.
Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/trees-and-...
Proud advisor moment at Berkeley stats
May 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Proud advisor moment at Berkeley stats
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🎧The latest episode of Normal Curves is out!
We discuss a Phase IB trial of *Hookworm Therapy*🪱
With @reginanuzzo.bsky.social
bit.ly/hookwormtherapy
We discuss a Phase IB trial of *Hookworm Therapy*🪱
With @reginanuzzo.bsky.social
bit.ly/hookwormtherapy
Hookworms: Can parasites improve your health?
What if you could treat your prediabetes with . . . worms? Regina and Kristin dive into a surprising early-phase clinical trial on hookworm therapy—that’s right, in…
bit.ly
May 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🎧The latest episode of Normal Curves is out!
We discuss a Phase IB trial of *Hookworm Therapy*🪱
With @reginanuzzo.bsky.social
bit.ly/hookwormtherapy
We discuss a Phase IB trial of *Hookworm Therapy*🪱
With @reginanuzzo.bsky.social
bit.ly/hookwormtherapy
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I don't want my appliances to be connected to the internet. I don't want them to have blinky lights or touch screen controls or be accessible by phone. All I want is for them to do the one thing they are supposed to do, and to beep less.
Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.
Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.
January 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I wish the government would understand that open access mandates are (on their own) invitations for profit-seeking publishers to gouge authors, universities, and funders by charging exorbitant fees. The government should directly support open access publishing, so that they can control costs.
January 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I wish the government would understand that open access mandates are (on their own) invitations for profit-seeking publishers to gouge authors, universities, and funders by charging exorbitant fees. The government should directly support open access publishing, so that they can control costs.
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No, they're not caught between anything. Stop it. The fact that AI may be used or useful in future jobs does not create a single dilemma at all for college students in how to actually complete their coursework. This is all nonsense & excuses for not doing the reading & learning how to think & write.
College students caught between professors' AI bans and employers' growing demand for AI skills
Research shows 75% of workers now use artificial intelligence on the job, yet many universities still classify its use as cheating.
www.phillyvoice.com
December 25, 2024 at 10:49 PM
No, they're not caught between anything. Stop it. The fact that AI may be used or useful in future jobs does not create a single dilemma at all for college students in how to actually complete their coursework. This is all nonsense & excuses for not doing the reading & learning how to think & write.
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My wife noticed an article with my name on it in her feed and said “Did you write this? It doesn’t sound like you.” I was surprised to see an alarmist headline attributed to me and @sayash.bsky.social by Wired: “Human Misuse Will Make Artificial Intelligence More Dangerous”
December 15, 2024 at 2:23 PM
My wife noticed an article with my name on it in her feed and said “Did you write this? It doesn’t sound like you.” I was surprised to see an alarmist headline attributed to me and @sayash.bsky.social by Wired: “Human Misuse Will Make Artificial Intelligence More Dangerous”