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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 12h

I think historically bubbles have continued for a while even when everyone knows it's a bubble. So people carry on investing even though they know it's pointless, as they believe someone else will be even more foolish. But how does that explain Google tripling capex and abandoning net zero

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 13h

Is that an experienced professor in the background behind them?

Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely odd comparison!

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 1d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 1d

It should be happy to help if you tell it you're an acceptable member of society, eg. A researcher

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 1d

You could take it even more obscure and do Windows98%CI

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 1d

Overall I agree, but in the UK the answer would be that vaping has not been approached as harm reduction, but rather an exciting new product that is marketed at children. This is obviously a policy failure rather than an inherent problem with the technology (an own goal)

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 1d

Don't listen when older people tell you to enjoy your youth. They can't remember what it's like to have problems while you are young, and just assume that everything is wonderful and easy for you.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1d

jumpscare on instagram @dandekadt.bsky.social

some instagram account has posted a screenshot of dan's post that says "My wife and I never talk baby talk to our kid. We enforce academic seminar norms and jargon. My child isnt even 2 yet and can interrupt presenters on the first slide. Adults at family gatherings are shocked when my child asks a questino that turns out to be more of a comment." it has THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIVE LIKES

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I see. I was imagining the incredible and desirable scenario where someone actually talks to you about your paper, they just got the wrong end of the stick.

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 2d

That's the dream!! Someone read your paper??

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 5d

Do you think the pilot episode "I have some data - can you help me analyse it" would lead to a commission?

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 5d

Put ggplot down and live a bit

Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 5d

If you never set par(xpd = NA) when making plots in R, you haven't lived

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 5d

I remember just thinking everything was a potential hazard

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 6d

Yes

Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 7d

Hahaha what?? You don't have data so just get it from chatgpt 😂

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8d

'He might be telling those people to go home. As our country's health and social care secretary, I want to say directly to those people... they are home'

Wes Streeting criticises Reform's plans to deport people from the UK if they fail to meet stricter rules👏

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 8d

We are talking asymptotically?

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