John Mullahy

@johnmullahy.bsky.social

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UW-Madison, Univ. of Galway, NBER

C.V.: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/kkaquhtv5b2og4yo6md5p34f7q7gx1ju

Banner image: Free Clinic (detail), Jacob Lawrence, 1937

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Mathematics 17%

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 13h

By keeping the interview off CBS it's a shame that no one was able to see it.

(The current youtube view count is 2,640,663.)

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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 19h

JFB was not only her father's biographer but also wrote about her father's connections with W.S. Gosset ("Student").

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R.A. Fisher: The Life of a Scientist

Buy R.A. Fisher: The Life of a Scientist on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 19h

Also father of the late Joan Fisher Box, who was the wife of the late George ("All models are wrong but some are useful") Box.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d

Operation Warp Speed → Operation Slam on the Brakes

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...

Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs

www.nytimes.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d

"to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services"
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d

Current HHS leadership enjoying a good laugh at their department's quaint mission statement.

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Reposted by John Mullahy

Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 1d

Happy ‘Only Substantive Emails Are From Your International Colleagues’ Day to those who celebrate

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American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD 1933 Egon Pearson & Jerzy Neyman publish 'On the problem of the most efficient tests of statistical hypotheses' introducing the Neyman-Pearson lemma: the most powerful test is the likelihood ratio test; the most efficient test controls error by maximizing power for a given significance level.

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 2d

Georgia O'Keeffe spent summers at UVA, 1912-1916.

archive.news.virginia.edu/content/virg...

The Virginia Years: The Untold Story of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Time at UVA

When O’Keeffe arrived at UVA, she was nearly ready to give up art. Her five summers here changed her life, as she found a new mentor, a new abstract style and lasting inspiration to fuel one of the ar...

archive.news.virginia.edu

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 2d

Today in Wisconsin it's an unusually warm 52 hectares.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Peter Navarro: "It's the perfect Trump economy in 2026 ... we're seeing stock market over $50,000"

Reposted by John Mullahy, Lindsay M. Tedds, Simon Lester , and 2 more John Mullahy, Lindsay M. Tedds, Simon Lester, Timothy D. McBride, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Peter Navarro: "It's the perfect Trump economy in 2026 ... we're seeing stock market over $50,000"

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 2d

www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

The Ivies Are Having Second Thoughts About Investing in Private Equity

A crowded field and subpar returns have frustrated America’s wealthiest universities, some of private-capital firms’ most-loyal clients.

www.wsj.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d

Courage and patriotism arise in many different forms during wartime.

www.wsj.com/world/on-the...

On the Ground With Crews Battling to Keep the Lights On in Ukraine

Emergency-repair teams and power-station workers fight around the clock to restore power and heating under constant Russian attacks.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, John Mullahy, Daniel W. Drezner , and 3 more Gavin A. Schmidt, John Mullahy, Daniel W. Drezner, Simon Lester, Klaus Oschema, Aviel Roshwald

Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 3d

Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where The Sun Goes At Night

Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night

After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.

www.theatlantic.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d

Eye-opening. Evidently clinical diagnoses/predictions—however derived—still have a long way to go.

www.wsj.com/health/welln...

My Doctors Blamed My Itch on Perimenopause. It Was Cancer.

Two years, 11 doctors and one diagnosis later, I’ve learned a lot about how medicine can miss women’s symptoms.

www.wsj.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d

One can hope

Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 4d

Blue Over Red
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4855

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Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 4d

Blue Over Red
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4855

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

Author who's been waiting over two years for a first decision reacts to colleagues who got a conditional acceptance three months after initial submission.

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

Meme-worthy

www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

Did Controversial Judging Cost U.S. Figure Skaters a Gold Medal?

In notoriously subjective ice dance, the Olympic title came down to the Americans, their French rivals and the only people whose opinions mattered: the nine judges.

www.wsj.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

This recalls the 2018 and 2019 reports by Burns and Pauly on Detecting BS in Health Care.

(It's probably time for an update, given the vast amount of healthcare BS that's emerged since 2019.)

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

Valuable insights, particularly if your interests involve equity.
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

FDA press release
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FDA Approves First-of-Its-Kind Device to Treat Pancreatic Cancer

content.govdelivery.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

Would FDA's discussion/decision about approval and the subsequent soaring of shares been any different had the 95% CI been [0.66, 1.01]?

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

[0.68, 0.99]

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

"The approval comes after a Phase 3 clinical trial met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant improvement in median overall survival.

Shares soared 53% to $16.04 in after-hours trading."

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Novocure Gets FDA Approval for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment; Shares Soar

The Swiss biopharmaceutical company’s shares jumped in after-hours trading after it said the FDA approved its Optune Pax product.

www.wsj.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d

Wall St. Journal editorial...

www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...

Opinion | Vinay Prasad’s Vaccine Kill Shot

Does the White House know the harm he’s doing to public health?

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 6d

Enlightening, inspiring, and quite moving. Bravissimo.

Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 11d

Advancing teaching and learning in a time of war.

New For the Love of Science vlog about how students at The Kyiv School of Economics are learning while their city is under attack.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqF...

Learning in a Time of War

YouTube video by For the Love of Science

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 6d

of the people, by the people, for the people...

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 6d

Corby checked in with Stolz. “I go, ‘Hey, do you ever feel like you need a rest day?’” he said.

“He goes, ‘Rest day? I don’t need no stinking rest days.’”

www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

The 75-Year-Old Wizard Behind America’s 21-Year-Old Olympic Sensation

Legendary coach Bob Corby thought he was done with speedskating. Superstar Jordan Stolz pulled him back to the rink.

www.wsj.com

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 6d

Vassily Kandinsky: "Unequal"

www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/P...

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