Dr. Michael Salter-Townshend 📊🖥️🧬
@mststats.bsky.social
statistics Associate Prof in UCD 🇮🇪 working on problems in genetics, social networks, etc. 🏃🏻➡️🚲
maths.ucd.ie/~mst
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If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
There's lots of interesting reading in vol 122 No 48 of @pnas.org. There's a focus on canine genetics, with several really interesting articles in there. Two of these report results on introgression between domestic dogs and wild relatives (wolves and dingoes) using MOSAIC maths.ucd.ie/~mst/MOSAIC/
MOSAIC
MOSAIC is a tool for modelling multiway admixture using dense genotype data. See our 2019 paper in Genetics for details or start with this post for a short and simple lay summary.
maths.ucd.ie
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There's lots of interesting reading in vol 122 No 48 of @pnas.org. There's a focus on canine genetics, with several really interesting articles in there. Two of these report results on introgression between domestic dogs and wild relatives (wolves and dingoes) using MOSAIC maths.ucd.ie/~mst/MOSAIC/
Genuinely impressed with the food policy for #PopGroup 59! This should be default for all conferences and events @popgroup2026.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Genuinely impressed with the food policy for #PopGroup 59! This should be default for all conferences and events @popgroup2026.bsky.social
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Excitement is building for our conference on Friday! Please register asap if you have not done so. See ishg.ie/conference/ for details on speakers, registration, directions and more!
Conference – ISHG
ISHG 2025 will be held on the 12th September 2025 in the Iontas Theatre in National University of Ireland Maynooth
ishg.ie
September 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Excitement is building for our conference on Friday! Please register asap if you have not done so. See ishg.ie/conference/ for details on speakers, registration, directions and more!
I'm delighted to say that I was promoted to Associate Professor in UCD this month. The process involves quite a bit of investment, but encouragement and support from colleagues - especially Heads of School Ted Cox (former) and
@nialfriel.bsky.social (current ) - made it possible.
@nialfriel.bsky.social (current ) - made it possible.
July 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm delighted to say that I was promoted to Associate Professor in UCD this month. The process involves quite a bit of investment, but encouragement and support from colleagues - especially Heads of School Ted Cox (former) and
@nialfriel.bsky.social (current ) - made it possible.
@nialfriel.bsky.social (current ) - made it possible.
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🎓 More graduation joy from CRT! A huge congrats to Matt Nagle, Thais Pacheco, and Prabhleen Kaur, who successfully completed their PhDs at @ucddublin.bsky.social 👏Hats off as well to their supervisors! Wishing all three graduates the very best in their next adventures #CRT #UCD @researchireland.ie
July 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🎓 More graduation joy from CRT! A huge congrats to Matt Nagle, Thais Pacheco, and Prabhleen Kaur, who successfully completed their PhDs at @ucddublin.bsky.social 👏Hats off as well to their supervisors! Wishing all three graduates the very best in their next adventures #CRT #UCD @researchireland.ie
"It is, for me, the act of writing about a book that causes it to stay read." Very well put point. Using AI for coursework will have a hugely negative effect on student learning.
Mark O'Connell: Using ChatGPT to write an essay is a bit like using a fork lift to lift weights
Mark O'Connell: Using ChatGPT to write an essay is a bit like using a fork lift to lift weights
Just as you can’t get someone, or something, to work out for you, there is nobody and nothing that can think on your behalf
www.irishtimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"It is, for me, the act of writing about a book that causes it to stay read." Very well put point. Using AI for coursework will have a hugely negative effect on student learning.
How fair is a coin toss actually? | Newstalk www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
How fair is a coin toss actually? | Newstalk
Have you ever wondered how fair the coin toss actually is?Research has shown that perception of ...
www.newstalk.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How fair is a coin toss actually? | Newstalk www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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On the show today: Are you too old for this?; @profmeredithjones.bsky.social on no-eyelash men; @jokerrigan1.bsky.social on Fairy Forts; Banning smartphones; @feljin.ie on the public toilet crisis; World news; @mststats.bsky.social on is coin tossing fair?
May 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
On the show today: Are you too old for this?; @profmeredithjones.bsky.social on no-eyelash men; @jokerrigan1.bsky.social on Fairy Forts; Banning smartphones; @feljin.ie on the public toilet crisis; World news; @mststats.bsky.social on is coin tossing fair?
Happy to see our paper on "Using an agent-based model to inform sampling design for animal social network analysis" published this week rdcu.be/efjkF Great work from Dr Prabhleen Kaur as part of her PhD on animal social networks with @ucdwildlife.bsky.social and @damienfarine.bsky.social
Using an agent-based model to inform sampling design for animal social network analysis
rdcu.be
March 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy to see our paper on "Using an agent-based model to inform sampling design for animal social network analysis" published this week rdcu.be/efjkF Great work from Dr Prabhleen Kaur as part of her PhD on animal social networks with @ucdwildlife.bsky.social and @damienfarine.bsky.social
#stpatricksday #parade dino floats! Got a sneak preview of these yesterday at Dublin Zoo
March 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#stpatricksday #parade dino floats! Got a sneak preview of these yesterday at Dublin Zoo
March 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Always annoyed when a journal allows submission of latex source and even builds the pdf on its system, but then requests a word document after acceptance...
February 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Always annoyed when a journal allows submission of latex source and even builds the pdf on its system, but then requests a word document after acceptance...
#StormEowyn vs our garden wall. Wall is swaying, doesn't look good.
January 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#StormEowyn vs our garden wall. Wall is swaying, doesn't look good.
As we near the end of this cold snap I can't help but wonder: how does Batman operate his various gizmos while wearing gloves?
January 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
As we near the end of this cold snap I can't help but wonder: how does Batman operate his various gizmos while wearing gloves?
Thoroughly enjoyed my brief visit to Derry city this week to examine a PhD thesis in Ulster University. Couldn't leave without walking the walls and seeing the sights.
December 18, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed my brief visit to Derry city this week to examine a PhD thesis in Ulster University. Couldn't leave without walking the walls and seeing the sights.
Just completed a survey on AI use in research training and innovation in UCD. Very concerning none of the questions mention the huge environmental impact of AI tools such as LLMs like chatGPT, Gemini, etc.
December 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Just completed a survey on AI use in research training and innovation in UCD. Very concerning none of the questions mention the huge environmental impact of AI tools such as LLMs like chatGPT, Gemini, etc.
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Went for a 7 foot #christmastree this year so I wasn't looking forward to lugging it home over the shoulder like usual. Wheelie bin to the rescue! Couldn't have been easier and no needles all over the car. The tree sellers were kind enough to wrap our sons up as well...
December 9, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Went for a 7 foot #christmastree this year so I wasn't looking forward to lugging it home over the shoulder like usual. Wheelie bin to the rescue! Couldn't have been easier and no needles all over the car. The tree sellers were kind enough to wrap our sons up as well...
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If you or a member of your family use a bike to commute, please read this before you vote on Friday. #ge24.
Thank you, Irish Cycling Campaign 🙏
Thank you, Irish Cycling Campaign 🙏
Irish Cycling Campaign has unveiled the Strong, Mediocre & Weak Parties in Active Travel as per the Manifestos for General Election 2024.
#greenparty, @labourpartyireland.bsky.social & @socialdemocrats.bsky.social are top of the class. ⭐️
Analysis & results below
cyclist.ie/2024/11/iris...
#greenparty, @labourpartyireland.bsky.social & @socialdemocrats.bsky.social are top of the class. ⭐️
Analysis & results below
cyclist.ie/2024/11/iris...
Irish Cycling Campaign unveils the Strong, Mediocre and Weak Parties in Active Travel as per the #GE2024 Manifestos
Irish Cycling Campaign unveils the Strong, Mediocre and Weak Parties in Active Travel as per the Manifestos for General Election 2024 PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MON 25 NOV …
cyclist.ie
November 26, 2024 at 10:24 PM
If you or a member of your family use a bike to commute, please read this before you vote on Friday. #ge24.
Thank you, Irish Cycling Campaign 🙏
Thank you, Irish Cycling Campaign 🙏
I'm on the way to spend a few days in Oxford this week to build some sims to explore intense selection and highly skewed numbers of progeny in a heavily inbred population...
November 26, 2024 at 8:25 AM
I'm on the way to spend a few days in Oxford this week to build some sims to explore intense selection and highly skewed numbers of progeny in a heavily inbred population...
The best thing about freezing weather is you can just run everywhere without getting sweaty. I reckon I've saved close to half an hour today!
November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
The best thing about freezing weather is you can just run everywhere without getting sweaty. I reckon I've saved close to half an hour today!
Great to see and proof the deposit return scheme is really working: "Now most bottles found on the shore are either old with a pre-tethered cap, or milk bottles".
Marine litter, including plastic bottles, cans and drink container lids, is in decline along the country's foreshores, according to Coastwatch Ireland
Marine litter on Irish shores declining - survey
Marine litter, including plastic bottles, cans and drink container lids, is in decline along the country's foreshores, according to Coastwatch Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 22, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Great to see and proof the deposit return scheme is really working: "Now most bottles found on the shore are either old with a pre-tethered cap, or milk bottles".