Cameron Patrick
@cameronpat.bsky.social
biostatistician @ University of Melbourne Statistical Consulting Centre. enjoyer of multiple imputation, RCTs, and DAGs. always graph your data. also runs, bikes, hikes, etc. he/him #BiInSci 🏳️🌈
https://cameronpatrick.com/
https://cameronpatrick.com/
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A modest proposal
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A modest proposal
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A wizard doesn't have never-explained piercings! He explains his piercings precisely when he means to.
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A wizard doesn't have never-explained piercings! He explains his piercings precisely when he means to.
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Gandalf the White returns in a blaze of glory to turn the tide of Helm’s Deep: he has come back largely unchanged from straying out of thought and time except for a single, never-explained nipple piercing
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Gandalf the White returns in a blaze of glory to turn the tide of Helm’s Deep: he has come back largely unchanged from straying out of thought and time except for a single, never-explained nipple piercing
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Unironically the one place I support automated policing with harsh enforcement is traffic violations
Speeding, reckless driving, and DUIs should absolutely fuck you over, preferably by a percentage of your annual income, and have very few strikes before you become a permanent public transit user
Speeding, reckless driving, and DUIs should absolutely fuck you over, preferably by a percentage of your annual income, and have very few strikes before you become a permanent public transit user
A man is dead after he was struck by an SUV while walking his dogs Saturday morning in Hopkinton, RI. Police say the driver was arrested. She had previously been arrested over 100 times. on.nbcboston.com/XEE5YAX
Man walking his dogs fatally struck by car in Hopkinton, RI; driver arrested
A man was walking his dog Saturday morning when he was hit and killed by an SUV in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and the driver involved has been arrested
on.nbcboston.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Unironically the one place I support automated policing with harsh enforcement is traffic violations
Speeding, reckless driving, and DUIs should absolutely fuck you over, preferably by a percentage of your annual income, and have very few strikes before you become a permanent public transit user
Speeding, reckless driving, and DUIs should absolutely fuck you over, preferably by a percentage of your annual income, and have very few strikes before you become a permanent public transit user
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this tastes awful, here try it
i don't know why you'd choose that one when this is still available
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
this tastes awful, here try it
a three hour timezone difference is just enough to fuck you up
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
a three hour timezone difference is just enough to fuck you up
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This commercial for French's Mustard from 1987 is equal parts charming and also kinda unsettling, but what strikes me is the work that went into the absolutely delightful puppetry and practical effects for a *mustard commercial*!! Imagine that today??
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This commercial for French's Mustard from 1987 is equal parts charming and also kinda unsettling, but what strikes me is the work that went into the absolutely delightful puppetry and practical effects for a *mustard commercial*!! Imagine that today??
i have no idea who this person is but i presume the earlier rounds of intervews will be conducted by Dr. Tuna and Dr. Cod
“he wasn’t tripping balls, he’s just autistic” is frankly insulting spin
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
i have no idea who this person is but i presume the earlier rounds of intervews will be conducted by Dr. Tuna and Dr. Cod
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The scientist-statistician was one of the most common professions in 21st century universities. In this era, statistics was seldom conducted by trained statisticians. Instead, subject experts, who possessed hard- and software, were responsible for tasks ranging from study design to causal inference
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The scientist-statistician was one of the most common professions in 21st century universities. In this era, statistics was seldom conducted by trained statisticians. Instead, subject experts, who possessed hard- and software, were responsible for tasks ranging from study design to causal inference
I wouldn’t put it past Miyazaki to put a gender swap swamp in a future game
Poison swamps are of course a classic, and cursed swamps have their place, but I kind of want swamps for all of the other random status ailments that pop up in console RPGs. I want to see the swamp where touching the water turns you into an atheist.
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I wouldn’t put it past Miyazaki to put a gender swap swamp in a future game
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Going to apply and my cover letter will just say ‘The Matrix is Toy Story mixed with Baudrillard and industrial music’.
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Going to apply and my cover letter will just say ‘The Matrix is Toy Story mixed with Baudrillard and industrial music’.
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Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
this is the fundamental problem in Aus too: people want “housing affordability” but “house prices go down” is treated as armageddon so the only politically feasible option is “how about we subsidise demand”
See also “the median voter is a homeowner who gets wealthier as housing prices rise”
The median voter in the United States has either Medicare, so “universal healthcare” just means “pay more in taxes” or employer healthcare that is good enough they’re leery of major changes
This is not a big mystery!
This is not a big mystery!
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
this is the fundamental problem in Aus too: people want “housing affordability” but “house prices go down” is treated as armageddon so the only politically feasible option is “how about we subsidise demand”
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
if you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
if you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
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there's a parallel between nonprofit world and academia, where there's a constant tide of idealistic, hopeful people coming in the door, and the people on top are able to lever that commitment to The Cause to extract from them in a way that's harder when everyone's just there to make a buck
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
there's a parallel between nonprofit world and academia, where there's a constant tide of idealistic, hopeful people coming in the door, and the people on top are able to lever that commitment to The Cause to extract from them in a way that's harder when everyone's just there to make a buck
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Oh is the goatsee sculpture his peace prize?
President Trump with this year’s Kennedy Center honorees which include Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gene Simmons, and Gloria Gaynor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Oh is the goatsee sculpture his peace prize?
peer review 🤝 dating
rejection wrapped?
December 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
peer review 🤝 dating
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I cannot evangelize enough for @zotero.org for citation management. It's a game changer. If you're a student, and you're writing a paper right now, and you're NOT using Zotero, I ask you...why? Why are you making things harder than they need to be?
a woman is sitting at a desk with her arms outstretched in front of a map on the wall .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a desk with her arms outstretched in front of a map on the wall .
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I cannot evangelize enough for @zotero.org for citation management. It's a game changer. If you're a student, and you're writing a paper right now, and you're NOT using Zotero, I ask you...why? Why are you making things harder than they need to be?
feels like a good time of year and life to have an existential crisis right about now, idk
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
feels like a good time of year and life to have an existential crisis right about now, idk
as a mansplainer, I will always post well actually
the difference between posting good and posting well
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
as a mansplainer, I will always post well actually
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the difference between posting good and posting well
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
the difference between posting good and posting well
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An answer came directed in a writing unexpected
(And I think the same was written in a thumbnail dipped in tar)
‘’twas his shearin’ mate who wrote it and verbatim I will quote it
“Clancy’s gone to Queensland droving and we don’t know where he are”
(And I think the same was written in a thumbnail dipped in tar)
‘’twas his shearin’ mate who wrote it and verbatim I will quote it
“Clancy’s gone to Queensland droving and we don’t know where he are”
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
An answer came directed in a writing unexpected
(And I think the same was written in a thumbnail dipped in tar)
‘’twas his shearin’ mate who wrote it and verbatim I will quote it
“Clancy’s gone to Queensland droving and we don’t know where he are”
(And I think the same was written in a thumbnail dipped in tar)
‘’twas his shearin’ mate who wrote it and verbatim I will quote it
“Clancy’s gone to Queensland droving and we don’t know where he are”
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Automatically replacing <3 with a heart emoji is a hate crime against millennials
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Automatically replacing <3 with a heart emoji is a hate crime against millennials
this could never be me, I spent my 20s going to gigs without ear plugs
No, but sometimes I'm haunted by an otolaryngologist who was *amazed* by my ears. I was around 25 and went for a quick free check up. He said my ears look like I'm "in high school". So now I keep wondering if I've been walking around with these above average perfect ears and doing nothing with it.
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
this could never be me, I spent my 20s going to gigs without ear plugs