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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 23h

This is a nice paper. It faces down a common problem: in order to explain to why a common approach cannot work even in theory, we first need to teach a framework in which regression is not magic that tells us which variables on right cause the variable on left. It's exhausting.

Anyway great paper!

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 1d

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Analyses of ‘change scores’ do not estimate causal effects in observational data

AbstractBackground. In longitudinal data, it is common to create ‘change scores’ by subtracting measurements taken at baseline from those taken at follow-u

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 37m

I'm way ahead of you. bsky.app/profile/stat...

Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone from the Nobel needs to reach me, I'll be at the Dunnes having a chicken roll.

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 38m

😄

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 40m

Please be assured that I take no pleasure from how hilarious this is.

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About Chairman Abraham George - Republican Party of Texas

Abraham George Abraham George is a living example of the American dream. Born in Kerala, India, to Christian parents who were both preachers of the Gospel, Abraham accepted Jesus Christ […]

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Duncan Lamont @duncanlamont2.bsky.social · 2h

🫣 Profits are for wimps. Revenues are for losers. Ideas sell, not fundamentals

Over half the Nasdaq market is loss making. About 1-in-8 companies have no revenues

There are a lot more in these camps than in the past

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 4h

AN IMPOSSIBLE VISION FOR CORK

*ahem*

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10h

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10h

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5h

Worth reading. And a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3IYbvaK

The Royal Society should be protecting science, not Musk

The esteemed club risks becoming a bystander as reason and rationality come under attack

www.ft.com

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 5h

Labour aren't appeasing Reform. Labour are full to the brim with conservative, career-politicians that actually want these policies. Or that's what I think anyway.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

The NHS and social care would cease to function under UK govt’s new rules on foreign staff.

Workers will have to wait – from 5 to 10 years – before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain, claim any benefit, childcare, or housing support, despite paying taxes

Govt appeasing Reform.

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 5h

Eric Feigl-Ding did this lol.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 14h

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 17h

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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David Firth @firthstat.bsky.social · 19h

But don't forget that there's actually a discussion meeting even *before* that, tomorrow (8 Oct): 'Statistical exploration of the Manifold Hypothesis' by N Whiteley et al. Details at rss.org.uk/training-eve...

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 19h

An 8 year-old blog post on causal thinking in epidemiology that I'm sharing for no particular reason (ICYMI).

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Cause vs. Consequence |

Principal Statistician | Senior Lecturer

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 19h

Yet we still have social media "experts" from academic organizations insisting we must stay on twitter because it has more users. To be honest, most academic organizations will also fail to get much out of bluesky, & should focus efforts on LinkedIn. Bsky best for developing personal peer networks

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 20h

Bluesky vs. X engagement comparisons tell familiar story.

Example: My colleague @johngramlich.bsky.social has similar # of followers on each site. Last week, he had a popular post about sports gambling, a topic of interest across political ideology.

X: 59 retweets
B: 1,234 total reposts

Image of a post about sports gambling from John Gramlich that received 59 retweets on X.

Image of a post about sports gambling from John Gramlich that received 1,234 reposts on Bluesky (815 regular reposts & 419 quote-reposts.

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 21h

Exactly that.

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 22h

Stanford, Hopkins, Harvard, Oprah, UCSF

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22h

RFK Jr, & the 5 MAHA/MAGA MDs & PhDs who he has charged to do his bidding (Drs Bhattacharya, Makary, Kulldorff, Oz & Prasad), are joyfully dismantling the US vaccine system brick by brick while spending much time on right wing podcasts & Fox News being anti-vaxx celebrities living their best lives 😔

Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social · 1d

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In the midst of a measles epidemic that killed 3 people, RFK Jr. reminds us that vaccines don't save lives.

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 22h

Issue 16 of RDM Weekly is out! 📬

It includes:
- Data is Not Available Upon Request @ianhussey.mmmdata.io
- AI Generated Participants in Social Science @jamiecummins.bsky.social @science.org
- Why’s it Hard to Teach Data Cleaning? @randyau.com
and more!

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RDM Weekly - Issue 016

A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 1d

Phenomenally good thread.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.

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James O’Sullivan @jamesosullivan.bsky.social · 19d

Delighted to share that the Department of #DigitalHumanities @ucc.ie will host a digital artist as part of the first @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Digital Artist in Residence pilot programme.

Applications are now open!
Enquiries to @stephenroddy.bsky.social

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Arts Council Digital Artist in Residence at University College Cork (Pilot) - The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone from the Nobel needs to reach me, I'll be at the Dunnes having a chicken roll.

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 1d

Now he will win. Because that's how it is here. It's simply too funny not to do, so that's what will happen. I don't make the rules.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

The counting of votes will proceed as normal, the returning officer said, “in line with the rules for the counting of votes as set out in the 1993 Act”.

http://jrnl.ie/6837130

Jim Gavin will be on the ballot and votes will be counted as normal, returning officer confirms

Gavin made the shock announcement late on Sunday night to withdraw from the presidential election.

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 1d

The NHS deprescribes their excellent deprescribing program

www.bmj.com/content/391/... @bmj.com $locked

#pharmsky

“Fantastic” deprescribing programme closes due to lack of funding

The National Polypharmacy Programme, a successful patient safety programme set up by doctors and pharmacists and run by the NHS’s Health Innovation Network to cut the number of medicines patients take...

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Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social · 1d

Adding my voice to the chorus battling to retain an increased focus on people, culture, and environment in the next REF... wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ba...

The battle for people, culture and environment

Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

And we have even less protection here. Trump can't fire judges who have constitutional protection. A government here could pass a law allowing them to do so with a majority of one in the Commons.

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

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