Mathew Kiang
@mathewkiang.com
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Psst: I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A14CU-OTGBb7w8JqsVE1vKwapODTM_xpqQjbKK8T8RGC#did:plc:jyf67vqhj6ivlzlkvxqnsuyy
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Psst: I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A14CU-OTGBb7w8JqsVE1vKwapODTM_xpqQjbKK8T8RGC#did:plc:jyf67vqhj6ivlzlkvxqnsuyy
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This one might be of interest to demographers! On Wednesday Amy Mann will talk about her work (w/ me and @mathewkiang.com) on metrics for measuring the quality of cause of death data. We find huge variation in quality across the US.
This Wednesday 14 January 2026, noon (EST) Toronto Data Workshop hosts Amy Mann, Oxford University, on "Measuring the quality of mortality data in high-income settings". All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This one might be of interest to demographers! On Wednesday Amy Mann will talk about her work (w/ me and @mathewkiang.com) on metrics for measuring the quality of cause of death data. We find huge variation in quality across the US.
Anytype is a local-first version of notion. If you go down the notion-esque route but want to be able to work without constant internet access, I'd consider it.
January 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Anytype is a local-first version of notion. If you go down the notion-esque route but want to be able to work without constant internet access, I'd consider it.
2025: Did I publish as much as I wanted? Did I submit as many grants as I wanted? Did I code up as many cool things as I wanted? No.
But did I get to ride my bike as much as I wanted? Also no.
But did I get to ride my bike as much as I wanted? Also no.
January 1, 2026 at 10:42 PM
2025: Did I publish as much as I wanted? Did I submit as many grants as I wanted? Did I code up as many cool things as I wanted? No.
But did I get to ride my bike as much as I wanted? Also no.
But did I get to ride my bike as much as I wanted? Also no.
Phew — those mandatory workplace violence training sessions hitting different this year.
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Phew — those mandatory workplace violence training sessions hitting different this year.
Two years in a row — start of a tradition?
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Two years in a row — start of a tradition?
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📢 Join us for "How-To Tuesday: How to Define Your Research Agenda" with our President-Elect, Jennifer Karas Montez, on November 18, 2025, 12:00-12:45PM EST.
This event is complimentary and open to everyone.
📆 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This event is complimentary and open to everyone.
📆 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
📢 Join us for "How-To Tuesday: How to Define Your Research Agenda" with our President-Elect, Jennifer Karas Montez, on November 18, 2025, 12:00-12:45PM EST.
This event is complimentary and open to everyone.
📆 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This event is complimentary and open to everyone.
📆 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I am shocked that the guy who felt the need to publish a whole article about "why consulting for tobacco companies was no big deal really" also thought it was totally ok to contact a convicted sex offender — from his institutional email no less.
In between things I've been checking in on the emails that mention "university" and uhh did we all know about this connection?
![Screenshot from the Epstein Document Search which reads: House_Oversight_029401
From: Donald Rubin
Sent: 1/22/2017 7:31:32 PM
To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Republican health care experts dismiss Donald Trump's ideas
Importance: High
https://www.statnews.com/20 1 6/03/04/trump -repub cans-health-care/? s camp aign=trendmd
Jeffrey,
This cannot be true, can it? This guy must be as dumb about this stuff as a tampon laced with arsenic!!
HELP!
Great meeting yesterday — really enjoyed it.
And happy birthday again, Don
Donald B. Rubin
John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics
Department of Statistics, Harvard University
1 Oxford Street
Cambridge MA 02138
HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029401](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreiezajc6f2rgwxrdx2242izbelpumkgdruc52pzu236rhovlcyfmde@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I am shocked that the guy who felt the need to publish a whole article about "why consulting for tobacco companies was no big deal really" also thought it was totally ok to contact a convicted sex offender — from his institutional email no less.
Dude, you won't believe the embarrassing level of effort it took to make Fig 9.
October 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Dude, you won't believe the embarrassing level of effort it took to make Fig 9.
Last week, the child caught me doing The Mini crossword and asked me why I was doing "the duplo of crosswords". Now I only do the real NYT crossword until she falls asleep so I don't get shamed.
October 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Last week, the child caught me doing The Mini crossword and asked me why I was doing "the duplo of crosswords". Now I only do the real NYT crossword until she falls asleep so I don't get shamed.
It's that time of the year again. The mornings have a crisp edge. The smell of hot PSLs fills the air. The NIH SROs are sending out their "what to do if a government shutdown happens" emails. Magic is in the air.
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's that time of the year again. The mornings have a crisp edge. The smell of hot PSLs fills the air. The NIH SROs are sending out their "what to do if a government shutdown happens" emails. Magic is in the air.
I use Slack for precisely one thing.
September 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I use Slack for precisely one thing.
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Excellent coverage of our study out today on climate impacts on wildfire smoke and related health impacts.
It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse.
new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Record wildfire smoke kills more people each year than car crashes. It’s about to get worse.
The past six summers have been the smokiest on record. New research shows that smoke could become the costliest consequence of climate change for Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Excellent coverage of our study out today on climate impacts on wildfire smoke and related health impacts.
I'm just saying I've never took the day off work, went for a bike ride, enjoyed the summer inversion and then regretted it.
August 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm just saying I've never took the day off work, went for a bike ride, enjoyed the summer inversion and then regretted it.
Me too but I'm not above backing out.
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Me too but I'm not above backing out.
Given the situation at the NIH, constant chaos, and everything else that's happening right now, are we still volunteering for study section?
Just seems like whatever incentives existed before ("insiders' view" or prestige) no longer apply. (Obv, money is good and I am poor but I'm not *that* poor.)
Just seems like whatever incentives existed before ("insiders' view" or prestige) no longer apply. (Obv, money is good and I am poor but I'm not *that* poor.)
August 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Given the situation at the NIH, constant chaos, and everything else that's happening right now, are we still volunteering for study section?
Just seems like whatever incentives existed before ("insiders' view" or prestige) no longer apply. (Obv, money is good and I am poor but I'm not *that* poor.)
Just seems like whatever incentives existed before ("insiders' view" or prestige) no longer apply. (Obv, money is good and I am poor but I'm not *that* poor.)
Just in time for the bird migration, which will almost certainly bring bird flu cases back...
apnews.com/article/kenn...
apnews.com/article/kenn...
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
apnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just in time for the bird migration, which will almost certainly bring bird flu cases back...
apnews.com/article/kenn...
apnews.com/article/kenn...
I attended a summer camp for nerds during grad school and honestly to god one night somebody started the party with "Can I share my favorite Terry Tao theorem with you guys?"
August 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I attended a summer camp for nerds during grad school and honestly to god one night somebody started the party with "Can I share my favorite Terry Tao theorem with you guys?"
The Pearl quote is unsurprising and wildly on brand.
That Terry Tao needs to apply for funding is shocking. Dude should just be swimming in research money.
That Terry Tao needs to apply for funding is shocking. Dude should just be swimming in research money.
Math at UCLA suffered the greatest blow.
I spoke with Terry Tao—Fields Medalist and arguably the preeminent mathematician of his generation—who is apparently now doing his summer research in number theory without external funding.
I spoke with Terry Tao—Fields Medalist and arguably the preeminent mathematician of his generation—who is apparently now doing his summer research in number theory without external funding.
August 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Pearl quote is unsurprising and wildly on brand.
That Terry Tao needs to apply for funding is shocking. Dude should just be swimming in research money.
That Terry Tao needs to apply for funding is shocking. Dude should just be swimming in research money.
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"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
The piñata at this birthday party is made of some kind of mithril and adamantium alloy.
August 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Making travel decisions at this point in my career:
July 31, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Making travel decisions at this point in my career:
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The piñata at this birthday party is made of some kind of mithril and adamantium alloy.
July 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The piñata at this birthday party is made of some kind of mithril and adamantium alloy.