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srvanderplas.bsky.social
Susan Vanderplas
@srvanderplas.bsky.social
730 followers 400 following 51 posts
Statistics professor, #rstats user and reluctant #python user. I love #quarto, #quilting, #crossstitch, #snark, and #dogs. Research in #forensics, #visualization and #datavis, and #reproduceableresearch.
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d
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aaronsojourner.org
Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Mar 15
Hang together or hang separately.
rondeibert.bsky.social
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · Mar 15
More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign
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More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign
More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs his officials say exclud...
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 1d
And I had so little time to assemble it that I didn't have time to remove the snark!
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 1d
If you're curious about our department's defense, you can read about it here: srvanderplas.github.io/2025-stat-ap....
Statistics: An Essential Department for a Modern R1 University
srvanderplas.github.io
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 1d
Today is the day we defend the #stats department against the #unl #administration. If you haven't yet left a comment apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu..., please do so and explain how silly it is to cut #statistics in this day and age. Hear us make our case at 3 Central today: unl.zoom.us/j/99178278682.
Fall 2025 Budget Reduction Feedback Form | Academic Planning Committee | Nebraska
apc.unl.edu
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 1d
If you're curious about our department's defense, you can read about it here: srvanderplas.github.io/2025-stat-ap....
Statistics: An Essential Department for a Modern R1 University
srvanderplas.github.io
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aaronsojourner.org
Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d
Hang together so that you don't handmg separately.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
New from @jeremymberg.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
"Silence may protect an institution from becoming an early target, but history shows that it increases the likelihood that that institution (and many others) will be become targets over time."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 2d
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 2d
Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
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OG Antifa founder’s girlfriend. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 2d
RFK Jr is The Grinch Who Stole Bris-mas.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d
Commentary: A plea to protect our children www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/06/c...
Commentary: A plea to protect our children
Vaccination requirements kept our communities safe. Do not listen to anti-vaccine rhetoric. Do not gamble with your child’s health.
www.orlandosentinel.com
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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d
Frantic, Last-Second Study Finds Old-Fashioned Donut Better For You Than Bavarian Cream https://theonion.com/frantic-last-second-study-finds-old-fashioned-donut-be-1819811037/
Frantic, Last-Second Study Finds Old-Fashioned Donut Better For You Than Bavarian Cream
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 8d
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

#UNL is planning to eliminate the #statistics department using bad #statisticalAnalysis (srvanderplas.github.io/2025-stat-ap... -- it includes Cauchy variables, bad interpretation, and failure to ID a population).

Public Comment: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu...
As $27.5 million in cuts loom over UNL, students hope to save programs
Students in programs up for elimination shared their concerns with how the loss of their programs would hurt the state. The potential cuts are in response to the state legislature allocating less fund...
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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 6d
This may be the best response to much of the junk science being pushed by the trumpies in the US. 🧪🌎🐟⚒️ #TeamFish
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 8d
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

#UNL is planning to eliminate the #statistics department using bad #statisticalAnalysis (srvanderplas.github.io/2025-stat-ap... -- it includes Cauchy variables, bad interpretation, and failure to ID a population).

Public Comment: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu...
As $27.5 million in cuts loom over UNL, students hope to save programs
Students in programs up for elimination shared their concerns with how the loss of their programs would hurt the state. The potential cuts are in response to the state legislature allocating less fund...
nebraskapublicmedia.org
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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 9d
If you like data, birds, and making cool stuff, Jer is your guy! 👇🏼
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 10d
I've opened up some membership tiers for Binoculars to Binomials.

If you'd like to support this work, get a monthly newsletter full of 🪶 + 📊 + 🎨 magic, and get in on new courses, trips and retreats from the ground floor, you can sign up:

binoculars-to-binomials.disco.co/memberships
Binoculars to Binomials A hybrid space for mindful learning about birds, data and creative possibility.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 9d
Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no.

Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.
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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 9d
Adrian is brave and courageous. He stood by his moral consciousness. Manipulating statistics for personal or political gain is a sure way of losing trust. Honestly, listen more to the statisticians.
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neorsd.org
NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 10d
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy. Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.
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noamross.net
Noam Ross @noamross.net · 10d
The Damage Done: @marianneguenot.bsky.social tells the story of clinical trials derailed by the administration's reckless science policy, across kidney disease, HIV, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. Years of work and money thrown away, at times just short of a cure.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The damage done - Nature Medicine
When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 12d
Also, leave a comment in support of units you think it's crazy to cut here: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu...

Feel free to suggest cutting the chancellor and/or president instead of departments like EDAD and Statistics (&others) that support NE's residents and economy!!
Fall 2025 Budget Reduction Feedback Form | Academic Planning Committee | Nebraska
apc.unl.edu
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Melodyvacc @melodyvacc.bsky.social · 12d
Save our university!

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You Can’t Do that With Statistics - The Bugeater
In my last post, I mentioned how incomplete Academic Analytics (AA) is at capturing every faculty member’s productivity. In this post, I’m going to be discussing the problems with how the AA data is b...
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 13d
It can still delete user files, though! Or grab data from your system and phone home.
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 13d
It's a bit terrifying to give AI the ability to run commands on your system!
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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 14d
Does painting cows with stripes prevent fly bites? Researchers who studied this win Ig Nobel prize
A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebralike stripes on cows reduced fly bites are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels.
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