Thomas Pollet
@tvpollet.bsky.social
I study social relationships (and a bunch of random other things) with an interest in statistics. Views are my own. https://tvpollet.github.io/
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New preprint! - Optimising Cross-Institutional Comparisons in Large-Scale Student Surveys: An Illustration with the National Student Survey (NSS) in Russell Group Institutions osf.io/preprints/ps...
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My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it.
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?
How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 AM
My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it.
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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pretty stunning chart
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
pretty stunning chart
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If you are teaching any kind of statistics, probability or modeling classes, you'll love this website. Contains dozens of interactive simulations of random processes, with sliders, different visualizat options, and full numeric log ouput: www.randomservices.org/random/apps/...
February 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
If you are teaching any kind of statistics, probability or modeling classes, you'll love this website. Contains dozens of interactive simulations of random processes, with sliders, different visualizat options, and full numeric log ouput: www.randomservices.org/random/apps/...
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The Sony VAIO Mouse Talk from 2006 was a mouse and VOIP phone combo that could be used for Skype calls. The scroll wheel doubled as the volume control. What would you use as a mouse when someone called?
February 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The Sony VAIO Mouse Talk from 2006 was a mouse and VOIP phone combo that could be used for Skype calls. The scroll wheel doubled as the volume control. What would you use as a mouse when someone called?
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love a bit of continvouclous morging
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
love a bit of continvouclous morging
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The University of Dundee has still not ruled out compulsory redundancies until the summer.
This is despite the conditions of £40m funding explicitly stating that redundancies cannot go ahead until they have submitted a new strategy and workforce plan.
This is causing huge stress to all staff.
This is despite the conditions of £40m funding explicitly stating that redundancies cannot go ahead until they have submitted a new strategy and workforce plan.
This is causing huge stress to all staff.
February 16, 2026 at 9:19 AM
The University of Dundee has still not ruled out compulsory redundancies until the summer.
This is despite the conditions of £40m funding explicitly stating that redundancies cannot go ahead until they have submitted a new strategy and workforce plan.
This is causing huge stress to all staff.
This is despite the conditions of £40m funding explicitly stating that redundancies cannot go ahead until they have submitted a new strategy and workforce plan.
This is causing huge stress to all staff.
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From Essex over job cuts and the Southend closure, to Northumbria over attacks on TPS, and action at Strathclyde, Durham and London Met, disputes are spreading across UK HE. Different local issues, same underlying crisis of cuts, casualisation and pension attacks.
February 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
From Essex over job cuts and the Southend closure, to Northumbria over attacks on TPS, and action at Strathclyde, Durham and London Met, disputes are spreading across UK HE. Different local issues, same underlying crisis of cuts, casualisation and pension attacks.
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Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2 rejecting your paper
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2 rejecting your paper
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📢CALL FOR PAPERS
Bold, unconventional, theoretically sharp? Submit your abstract to the Demog-Crazy 2026 Award by 1 April 2026 😜.
Quetelet Journal rewards the paper that first amuses... then truly enlightens. Shortlisted authors submit full papers by 1 July 2026. ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Qu...
Bold, unconventional, theoretically sharp? Submit your abstract to the Demog-Crazy 2026 Award by 1 April 2026 😜.
Quetelet Journal rewards the paper that first amuses... then truly enlightens. Shortlisted authors submit full papers by 1 July 2026. ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Qu...
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
📢CALL FOR PAPERS
Bold, unconventional, theoretically sharp? Submit your abstract to the Demog-Crazy 2026 Award by 1 April 2026 😜.
Quetelet Journal rewards the paper that first amuses... then truly enlightens. Shortlisted authors submit full papers by 1 July 2026. ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Qu...
Bold, unconventional, theoretically sharp? Submit your abstract to the Demog-Crazy 2026 Award by 1 April 2026 😜.
Quetelet Journal rewards the paper that first amuses... then truly enlightens. Shortlisted authors submit full papers by 1 July 2026. ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Qu...
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College Graduate First Person In Family To Waste $160,000 https://theonion.com/college-graduate-first-person-in-family-to-waste-160-0-1819576137/
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
College Graduate First Person In Family To Waste $160,000 https://theonion.com/college-graduate-first-person-in-family-to-waste-160-0-1819576137/
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February 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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🇧🇷Beija-flor-estrela
🌎Heliodoxa aurescens
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O beija-flor-estrela é uma ave apodiforme da família Trochilidae.
📷 Frodoaldo Budke
🌎Heliodoxa aurescens
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O beija-flor-estrela é uma ave apodiforme da família Trochilidae.
📷 Frodoaldo Budke
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
🇧🇷Beija-flor-estrela
🌎Heliodoxa aurescens
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O beija-flor-estrela é uma ave apodiforme da família Trochilidae.
📷 Frodoaldo Budke
🌎Heliodoxa aurescens
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O beija-flor-estrela é uma ave apodiforme da família Trochilidae.
📷 Frodoaldo Budke
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🇧🇷Bacurau-tesourão
🌎Hydropsalis forcipata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O bacurau-tesourão é uma ave caprimulgiforme da família Caprimulgidae
📷 Adilson Constantini
🌎Hydropsalis forcipata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O bacurau-tesourão é uma ave caprimulgiforme da família Caprimulgidae
📷 Adilson Constantini
February 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
🇧🇷Bacurau-tesourão
🌎Hydropsalis forcipata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O bacurau-tesourão é uma ave caprimulgiforme da família Caprimulgidae
📷 Adilson Constantini
🌎Hydropsalis forcipata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O bacurau-tesourão é uma ave caprimulgiforme da família Caprimulgidae
📷 Adilson Constantini
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New neuromapr #rstats package is available from GitHub! Highly experimental, early adopters and bug identifiers are super welcome to report issues!
github.com/lcbc-uio/neu...
#neuroscience #rstats #neuroimaging
github.com/lcbc-uio/neu...
#neuroscience #rstats #neuroimaging
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New neuromapr #rstats package is available from GitHub! Highly experimental, early adopters and bug identifiers are super welcome to report issues!
github.com/lcbc-uio/neu...
#neuroscience #rstats #neuroimaging
github.com/lcbc-uio/neu...
#neuroscience #rstats #neuroimaging
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this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
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Study: 89% Of Husbands Planning To Surprise Wife On Valentine’s Day By Dressing As Naked, Chubby Cherub https://theonion.com/study-89-of-husbands-planning-to-surprise-wife-on-val-1823006999/
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Study: 89% Of Husbands Planning To Surprise Wife On Valentine’s Day By Dressing As Naked, Chubby Cherub https://theonion.com/study-89-of-husbands-planning-to-surprise-wife-on-val-1823006999/
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Stork-billed Kingfisher.
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia. This kingfisher is resident throughout its range.
📸: @rickriicky & @atiwkho
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia. This kingfisher is resident throughout its range.
📸: @rickriicky & @atiwkho
February 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Stork-billed Kingfisher.
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia. This kingfisher is resident throughout its range.
📸: @rickriicky & @atiwkho
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia. This kingfisher is resident throughout its range.
📸: @rickriicky & @atiwkho
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That's weird, she just told me that she didn't even race today.
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That's weird, she just told me that she didn't even race today.
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I'm turning Fridays into #frogfriday!
I'll do my best to post a photo or video of my frogs every Friday!
You're welcome to join if you have frogs as well! Just use the hashing #frogfriday!
We need more frogs on the skyline!
My gorgeous gray tree frog, Rupee
🐸🌲🌲🌱🐸💚🌱
I'll do my best to post a photo or video of my frogs every Friday!
You're welcome to join if you have frogs as well! Just use the hashing #frogfriday!
We need more frogs on the skyline!
My gorgeous gray tree frog, Rupee
🐸🌲🌲🌱🐸💚🌱
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I'm turning Fridays into #frogfriday!
I'll do my best to post a photo or video of my frogs every Friday!
You're welcome to join if you have frogs as well! Just use the hashing #frogfriday!
We need more frogs on the skyline!
My gorgeous gray tree frog, Rupee
🐸🌲🌲🌱🐸💚🌱
I'll do my best to post a photo or video of my frogs every Friday!
You're welcome to join if you have frogs as well! Just use the hashing #frogfriday!
We need more frogs on the skyline!
My gorgeous gray tree frog, Rupee
🐸🌲🌲🌱🐸💚🌱
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The "shared" editorial management system of journals, each with its own password that must have all the letters and symbols, has been the villain origin story of some postdocs, I heard.
This made me laugh! I hope everyone has a nice weekend.
#PhD #phdjokes #gradschool #GradSchoolJourney #gradschoollife #philsky
#PhD #phdjokes #gradschool #GradSchoolJourney #gradschoollife #philsky
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The "shared" editorial management system of journals, each with its own password that must have all the letters and symbols, has been the villain origin story of some postdocs, I heard.
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Today's frog is the salmon-striped frog. It was photographed today, and although it's alone on Valentine's day, it is happy with itself.
February 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Today's frog is the salmon-striped frog. It was photographed today, and although it's alone on Valentine's day, it is happy with itself.