Bonnie LaFleur
@statscience.bsky.social
Statistician, scientist, runner, environmentalist
Has anyone developed any LLM or AI algorithms to make sure we will pass the AI workflows (e.g., not using forbidden terms) in our NIH, NSF, and DoD grant applications?
March 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Has anyone developed any LLM or AI algorithms to make sure we will pass the AI workflows (e.g., not using forbidden terms) in our NIH, NSF, and DoD grant applications?
I did a thing, signed up for a little run ultrasignup.com/m_entrants_e...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I did a thing, signed up for a little run ultrasignup.com/m_entrants_e...
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Always listen to AOC…
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WATCH as AOC lays out the Republican plan.
February 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Always listen to AOC…
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This is a very impressive story. People listened to him, and his predictions were so accurate. Climate models are great and necessary - but knowing what is going on in microclimates is now a necessity. #climatechange
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
This young Altadena weather guy had a growing following. In the Eaton fire, he saved lives
Neighbors looked to this 24-year-old Altadena weather guy for local forecasts. In the Eaton fire, he saved lives.
www.latimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is a very impressive story. People listened to him, and his predictions were so accurate. Climate models are great and necessary - but knowing what is going on in microclimates is now a necessity. #climatechange
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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🌫️🏃♂️ Running on Fumes
A new study finds higher race-day air pollution (PM2.5) slows marathon finish times - by 32 seconds for men and 25 seconds for women per µg/m³.
Faster runners are hit hardest.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s402...
#AirPollution #Running #SciComm 🧪
A new study finds higher race-day air pollution (PM2.5) slows marathon finish times - by 32 seconds for men and 25 seconds for women per µg/m³.
Faster runners are hit hardest.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s402...
#AirPollution #Running #SciComm 🧪
Running on Fumes: An Analysis of Fine Particulate Matter’s Impact on Finish Times in Nine Major US Marathons, 2003–2019 - Sports Medicine
Background Under controlled conditions and in some observational studies of runners, airborne fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5) is associated with exercise performan...
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January 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🌫️🏃♂️ Running on Fumes
A new study finds higher race-day air pollution (PM2.5) slows marathon finish times - by 32 seconds for men and 25 seconds for women per µg/m³.
Faster runners are hit hardest.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s402...
#AirPollution #Running #SciComm 🧪
A new study finds higher race-day air pollution (PM2.5) slows marathon finish times - by 32 seconds for men and 25 seconds for women per µg/m³.
Faster runners are hit hardest.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s402...
#AirPollution #Running #SciComm 🧪
One of the better experimental designs, sample size, and even used the STROBE criteria) if you are a novice runner, low heel-drop shoes are better for you -- if you are running in higher heel-drop shoes going to low-drop shoes quickly can be risky. 1/2 #Running
www.frontiersin.org/journals/spo...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/spo...
Frontiers | Accuracy of self-reported foot strike pattern detection among endurance runners
IntroductionFoot strike pattern is often associated with running related injury and the focus of training and rehabilitation for athletes. The ability to mod...
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January 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One of the better experimental designs, sample size, and even used the STROBE criteria) if you are a novice runner, low heel-drop shoes are better for you -- if you are running in higher heel-drop shoes going to low-drop shoes quickly can be risky. 1/2 #Running
www.frontiersin.org/journals/spo...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/spo...
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Thou shalt not promise lower grocery prices and then deliver war against Panama, Canada, and Greenland.
January 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thou shalt not promise lower grocery prices and then deliver war against Panama, Canada, and Greenland.
Reposted by Bonnie LaFleur
RIP Jimmy Carter, our 39th president
"I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something … my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can."
— Undated quote, cited by Carter's niece on Feb. 19, 2023. (AP)
"I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something … my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can."
— Undated quote, cited by Carter's niece on Feb. 19, 2023. (AP)
December 29, 2024 at 9:55 PM
RIP Jimmy Carter, our 39th president
"I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something … my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can."
— Undated quote, cited by Carter's niece on Feb. 19, 2023. (AP)
"I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something … my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can."
— Undated quote, cited by Carter's niece on Feb. 19, 2023. (AP)
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taxi drivers have taught neuroscientists about the brain for yrs
today, a new study shows they die at lower rates of alzheimer's — showing that strengthening the hippocampus may protect against the disease #neurosky
🧪🔬 ft. @hugospiers.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2024/12/16/a...
today, a new study shows they die at lower rates of alzheimer's — showing that strengthening the hippocampus may protect against the disease #neurosky
🧪🔬 ft. @hugospiers.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2024/12/16/a...
Taxi drivers are steering neuroscience toward better understanding Alzheimer's
A new study shows taxi drivers die at lower rates from Alzheimer’s disease than people with other professions.
www.statnews.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM
taxi drivers have taught neuroscientists about the brain for yrs
today, a new study shows they die at lower rates of alzheimer's — showing that strengthening the hippocampus may protect against the disease #neurosky
🧪🔬 ft. @hugospiers.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2024/12/16/a...
today, a new study shows they die at lower rates of alzheimer's — showing that strengthening the hippocampus may protect against the disease #neurosky
🧪🔬 ft. @hugospiers.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2024/12/16/a...
This reminds me of when I was estimating infection rates using medicaid and census data using the sum of variances theorem for the denominator. I ended up inadvertently proving that this was equivalent to the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel method. A fun week (because I did it twice). #statistics
December 5, 2024 at 2:42 PM
This reminds me of when I was estimating infection rates using medicaid and census data using the sum of variances theorem for the denominator. I ended up inadvertently proving that this was equivalent to the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel method. A fun week (because I did it twice). #statistics
Did you know running may delay cellular aging by several years? “adults running 30-40 mins per day, five days per week—had significantly longer telomeres than their counterparts” 💪 🏃🏃🏻♀️👟
Check out the study in preventive medicine. #running#longevity#health
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check out the study in preventive medicine. #running#longevity#health
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Physical activity and telomere length in U.S. men and women: An NHANES investigation
The principal objective was to determine the extent to which physical activity (PA) accounts for differences in leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in a l…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Yes!
Signal is famous for knowing as little about its users as possible. The app isn’t hoarding metadata, tracking you, or showing you ads.
President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social sees a shift underway as the monoliths of big tech lose popularity and the old economics of Silicon Valley become brittle.
President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social sees a shift underway as the monoliths of big tech lose popularity and the old economics of Silicon Valley become brittle.
With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’
At WIRED’s The Big Interview event, the president of the Signal Foundation talked about secure communications as critical infrastructure and the need for a new funding paradigm for tech.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Yes!
My colleague Sam Livingstone is currently advertising an EPSRC funded PhD project on “Next generation adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms” at UCL.
ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io/2025-26-proj...
Suitable candidates can contact Sam directly for more information (samuel.livingstone@ucl.ac.uk)
ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io/2025-26-proj...
Suitable candidates can contact Sam directly for more information (samuel.livingstone@ucl.ac.uk)
Next generation adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms
ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io
December 3, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Vulnerable people across the globe are bearing the brunt of #climatechange
On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims
On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims
As ICJ hears landmark climate case, Grenada’s PM says vulnerable nations expect a long, hard fight for aid
It’s a macabre picture: tombs, headstones and wreaths, lovingly selected by family members, floating into the oblivion of the ocean, and with them…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Vulnerable people across the globe are bearing the brunt of #climatechange
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"We need a robust response that matches, competes and wins against the extreme right’s anti-immigrant, anti-democratic narratives.”
Fightback begins as new political group launches to hit Trump agenda head-on
An immigration advocacy group born out of Donald Trump's first administration has launched a new political arm to fight back against his plans for a second term.Immigration Hub intends to push back ag...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:25 PM
"We need a robust response that matches, competes and wins against the extreme right’s anti-immigrant, anti-democratic narratives.”
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BioGRID Build 4.4.240 is released with data from 86,032 publications including 2,824,633 interactions (2,192,664 unique), 31,144 chemical interactions and 1,128,339 unique PTMs 🧪 @biogrid.bsky.social
#interactome #datasharing #openscience #opendata #openaccess #NIH #ORIP
#interactome #datasharing #openscience #opendata #openaccess #NIH #ORIP
BioGRID Version 4.4.240 Released
The BioGRID\'s curated set of data have been updated to include interactions, chemical associations, and post-translational modifications (PTM) from 85,077 publications. These additions bring our tota...
thebiogrid.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:23 AM
BioGRID Build 4.4.240 is released with data from 86,032 publications including 2,824,633 interactions (2,192,664 unique), 31,144 chemical interactions and 1,128,339 unique PTMs 🧪 @biogrid.bsky.social
#interactome #datasharing #openscience #opendata #openaccess #NIH #ORIP
#interactome #datasharing #openscience #opendata #openaccess #NIH #ORIP
Last manuscript of the year (?) submitted. Whew. One more grant for 2024 and that will be a wrap!
November 30, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Last manuscript of the year (?) submitted. Whew. One more grant for 2024 and that will be a wrap!
Reposted by Bonnie LaFleur
Everyday physical activity may provide short-term benefits for cognitive health, equivalent to reversing 4 years of cognitive aging. A #neurology professor discusses his research: https://buff.ly/4icMFR7 (Jonathan G. Hakun, Penn State) #psychology #exercise #healthyaging
Light exercise can yield significant cognitive benefits, new research shows
The study shows cognitive processing speed increased even when participants were moderately active.
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November 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Everyday physical activity may provide short-term benefits for cognitive health, equivalent to reversing 4 years of cognitive aging. A #neurology professor discusses his research: https://buff.ly/4icMFR7 (Jonathan G. Hakun, Penn State) #psychology #exercise #healthyaging