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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 7h

I have a blanket exactly the same as that! Well, I did. It's Sophie's office blanket now, and yes, it must be kneaded before she settles down.

Tuxedo cat asleep on a fluffy brown blanket

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 8h

There's one of those huge garden centres near me. The plants are shuffled off to one side, almost as if they're an embarrassment, to make room for the clothes, furniture, cafe, food hall, greetings cards, gifts and general tat. Oh, and there's a huge Aisle of Death' for the Roundup, insecticides etc

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 8h

Street cat, Dubrovnik bus station. Clearly in kitten, or perhaps already nursing. I know the downsides of urban feral cat colonies but it still gladdens my heart to see people looking out for them (in this case, a lady who produced sardines from a surprisingly smart handbag). #Caturday #tabby

Pregnant/nursing tabby she cat eating small fish off the paving at an urban bus station

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 1d

The whole yourself/myself thing makes me wince.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

Ha ha! That was a long time you spent with the fish bones - you'll never be the same again. Alex pre-fish and post-fish

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

Made me laugh.Undignified snort - good thing there's only me and the cat here.
I've had some seriously large cod from medieval Edinburgh, but not large enough to warrant a pun like that.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

I really hope this detail is included in the accession record!

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

That's so sweet. I kept my children's baby teeth for reference and when they found out, years later, 'weird' was among the words they used! I've never needed the teeth though

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

Very nice indeed, and custodian is exactly the right term I think.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

I've got an assemblage with a lot of large cod to record today and, as always, when I bring out my modern cod skull for comparison I find it easy to imagine it's a dragon skull, found on a beach of Earthsea or some other classic fantasy land.

A cleaned cod skull lying on a dark blue cloth. It looks very dragonish.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

I love it when reference material has a story. Sometimes sad stories, of course, but this sounds like a happy encounter!

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

Hi Nate, she knew because shed deciduous teeth are smaller and the roots have resorbed, also she's an experienced horsewoman and knows when her young horses shed their teeth and the permanent ones erupt. She taught me a lot about horses, including how to tell their age by looking at their teeth.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

Gosh, that's going to need sharp eyes!
My mum used to save the deciduous horse teeth she found in the mangers for me - I've got a bag full. Considerably easier to spot them though.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

He also recorded a symphonic metal concept album about Charlemagne. What a guy.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 3d

An effective way to neutralise a dangerous enemy. Horses, take note.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 4d

I'm absolutely prepared to believe that a horse would refuse to step over the grave of a vampire. They are indeed sensitive creatures who will also dance down the middle of the road to avoid a crisp bag on the path.

Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 4d

LOCATING A VAMPIRE GRAVE according to folk belief, you should lead a WHITE HORSE around the graveyard. Horses are thought to be sensitive to spirits thus the horse will refuse to step over the grave of a VAMPIRE. Ideally, a virgin boy should ride the horse! #31DaysOfHalloween #FairytaleTuesday

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TiCL 🍃💚🍃 @ticl.me · 5d

Today, a really #greattree for you 🤩

The Holme Lacy pear tree 🍐

Probably the oldest pear tree in the world (and, at one time, almost certainly the biggest)

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB 🏆🌳 🇬🇧
#GreatTreesof #Herefordshire

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 5d

Fascinating stuff! I drive through Holme Lacy once a week, didn't know about this pear tree and orchard. I'll check it out soon

Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 7d

Responses to Jonathan Jones' sneering review of Máret Ánne Sara's installation in the Turbine Hall. Hope he reads them.
A city-boy reading of the Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara’s work | Exhibitions | The Guardian share.google/oq9z8em8nupZ...

A city-boy reading of the Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara’s work | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to Jonathan Jones’s Tate Modern review, including the charge that the artworks ‘fail to impose themselves on the venue’s vast space’

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 7d

Another Annual Review, and my "Learn R" goal is carried forward again. After so many false starts, maybe this will be the year I finally nail it?

Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 8d

Here are two "I can't believe these are free" online stats texts books that cover both underlying principles and practical applications in R that I regularly refer to.

Learning Statistics with R
learningstatisticswithr.com

Doing Meta-Analysis with R bookdown.org/MathiasHarre...

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Learning statistics with R: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners. (Version 0.6.1)

Danielle Navarro (bookdown translation: Emily Kothe)

2019-01-11

Overview

Learning Statistics with R covers the contents of an introductory statistics class, as typically taught to undergraduate psychology students, focusing on the use of the R statistical software. The book discusses how to get started in R as well as giving an introduction to data manipulation and writing scripts. From a statistical perspective, the book discusses descriptive statistics and graphing ﬁrst, followed by chapters on probability theory, sampling and estimation, and null hypothesis testing. After introducing the theory, the book covers the analysis of contingency tables, t-tests, ANOVAs and regression. Bayesian statistics are covered at the end of the book.

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Welcome!
Welcome to the online version of “Doing Meta-Analysis with R: A Hands-On Guide”.

This book serves as an accessible introduction into how meta-analyses can be conducted in R. Essential steps for meta-analysis are covered, including pooling of outcome measures, forest plots, heterogeneity diagnostics, subgroup analyses, meta-regression, methods to control for publication bias, risk of bias assessments and plotting tools.

Advanced, but highly relevant topics such as network meta-analysis, multi-/three-level meta-analyses, Bayesian meta-analysis approaches, and SEM meta-analysis are also covered.

The programming and statistical background covered in the book are kept at a non-expert level. A print version of this book has been published with Chapman & Hall/CRC Press (Taylor & Francis)

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 10d

"...that may be something to consider in any future food-labelling schemes or policies, as I am sure many consumers would like to know whether they are eating a cow that had tuberculosis."

Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 10d

From the Bovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger Culling debate 13/10
"I was surprised to learn that culled cows that are found to have one visible lesion can enter the food chain if the lesioned area is removed. Those with two or more lesions are deemed unsafe and cannot enter the food chain " cont

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 13d

Bones of many ducks.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 16d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Prof Emma Flynn @profemmaflynn.bsky.social · 14d

Timeline cleanse: spotted in Edinburgh City Centre this morning. #otter #nature #Edinburgh

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