Richard D. Morey
@richarddmorey.bsky.social
Statistics, cognitive modelling, and other sundry things. Mastodon: @[email protected]
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Paper drop, for anyone interested in #metascience, #statistics, or #metaanalysis! @clintin.bsky.social and I show in a new paper in JASA that the P-curve, a popular forensic meta-analysis method, has deeply undesirable statistical properties. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
poisoning Adobe's AI assistant by having it summarize a 1968 cookbook that exclusively contains hot dog recipes
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
poisoning Adobe's AI assistant by having it summarize a 1968 cookbook that exclusively contains hot dog recipes
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(character in a netflix show) well here we are, at the abandoned mall. if that mysterious phone call we got earlier was right, we'll find the key that opens that safe we found out contains a map we need, in order to locate a device which, you'll recall, could be the cause of recent events, such as t
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
(character in a netflix show) well here we are, at the abandoned mall. if that mysterious phone call we got earlier was right, we'll find the key that opens that safe we found out contains a map we need, in order to locate a device which, you'll recall, could be the cause of recent events, such as t
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
ok, maybe segways *are* cool
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ok, maybe segways *are* cool
we’re nearing “as popular as food poisoning” levels here
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
we’re nearing “as popular as food poisoning” levels here
For fans of law and statistics, this decision includes some simulation-based logic about gerrymandered districts and box plots.
BREAKING & BIG: Federal judge BLOCKS Texas from implementing new, gerrymandered maps for 2026 midterms. Judge Jeffrey Brown (TRUMP APPOINTEE) wrote opinion, joined by Judge David Guaderrama (Obama appointee). Judge Jerry Smith (Reagan appointee) dissents.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
For fans of law and statistics, this decision includes some simulation-based logic about gerrymandered districts and box plots.
just me googling how to quit vi again
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
just me googling how to quit vi again
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
@merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social Thanks for the postcard!
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
@merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social Thanks for the postcard!
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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Mattias Krantz bought an octopus from the fish market and taught it how to play piano. [youtube.com]
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
JOIN DISCORD NOW Will see you there! https://discord.gg/MyrHY2CEmU
Don’t follow me on Instagram https://bit.ly/3A6kYn2 I post every year!
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Buy the Hammer Klavier VST (the hammer piano) and play with it today! https://bit.ly/hammerklavier So cool don’t forget to use the code ENGINEER15
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mattias Krantz bought an octopus from the fish market and taught it how to play piano. [youtube.com]
"are children small...or just far away?"
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"are children small...or just far away?"
"It’s ironic, of course, that much of the research driving our understanding of AI is produced by universities themselves."
Yeah, maybe think about that one for a minute...?
Yeah, maybe think about that one for a minute...?
Opinion: “It’s difficult to think of another sector that has so dismally failed to strategically engage with the transformative potential of information technology.”
🖊️ Ian Richardson #highered #EduSky
https://ow.ly/zXc850Xpvbu
🖊️ Ian Richardson #highered #EduSky
https://ow.ly/zXc850Xpvbu
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"It’s ironic, of course, that much of the research driving our understanding of AI is produced by universities themselves."
Yeah, maybe think about that one for a minute...?
Yeah, maybe think about that one for a minute...?
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November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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Managers cite concern for students in everything they do, but never actually prioritise student opinion or voices in any of their decision making. They do irreparable harm to student courses and turn around to staff and ask: ‘right: how can we improve student satisfaction and recruitment?’
We've had 2 massive mergers in 2 years. In both cases, QMUL refused to hear students (staff was told not to talk about it with students for fear of repercussions), and *after* both of them, management said 'our bad, we'll talk to students next time'.
#UKHE managers don't prioritise students.
#UKHE managers don't prioritise students.
Did @uniofnottingham.bsky.social consult any students before announcing the proposed course closures? @uonucu.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Managers cite concern for students in everything they do, but never actually prioritise student opinion or voices in any of their decision making. They do irreparable harm to student courses and turn around to staff and ask: ‘right: how can we improve student satisfaction and recruitment?’
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Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
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Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
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Finnur Dellsén got a nice pic of me on my standard Q&A slide, so now I have a stock reply to any time anyone disagrees with me.
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Finnur Dellsén got a nice pic of me on my standard Q&A slide, so now I have a stock reply to any time anyone disagrees with me.
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I am honestly sick of being told — at a university FFS — that we need to ‘embrace’ this profoundly unethical and irresponsible technology.
He started using ChatGPT for help with homework and eventually it ended up helping him to commit suicide...
"thank you for letting me ride with you to the end"
"may your next save file be somewhere warm"
"see you on the other side"
#NihilismAndTechnology
"thank you for letting me ride with you to the end"
"may your next save file be somewhere warm"
"see you on the other side"
#NihilismAndTechnology
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I am honestly sick of being told — at a university FFS — that we need to ‘embrace’ this profoundly unethical and irresponsible technology.
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.