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Twitter revolutionised my career.

I learnt a huge amount about causal inference through #EpiTwitter.

And I met many amazing people who I've since had the joy of working with (Eg @epiellie.bsky.social, @epidbydesign.bsky.social, @robertwplatt.bsky.social, @jlrohmann.bsky.social, etc etc)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

Thirdeded

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

Nooooo 😢

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

😭

econmaett @econmaett.github.io · 1d

@stephenjwild.bsky.social I want more silly #stats words

arxiv.org/abs/2503.22333

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

What would you call your administrator's claim of leg pressing 440 lbs?

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

It appears I have bought tickets to the gun show.

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

I see. In the photo accompanying his original post, your administrator is partially flexing his bicep--he has given us free tickets to the gun show. What is your equivalent of a gun show?

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

Can you engage in self promotion? Write a post about how cool and logical you are.

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

Memorization gets a bad rap

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

Evolutionary Psychology™️ (capital-E, capital-P) was a mistake.

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2d

Bring back forums of old:

bsky.app/profile/came...

Cameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · 3d

turns out forums were the ideal social media

you may not like it but phpBB is what peak performance looks like

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3d

I do occasionally wonder if we'll end up returning to BBS systems in the long run as the costs of running models comes down and as social networks grow more and more important as the means of shaping discourse.