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Applied #statistician based in Whadjuk Noongar Boodja.
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hammancheez.bsky.social
It was a better time
Grandpa Simpson saying “8i saved my files on the computer which was the style at the time” and a picture of him yelling at a cloud labelled “onedrive”
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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bharrap.bsky.social
🚨 #statssky job alert 🚨

ANU's Statistical Support Network is hiring! Looks like a mix of statistical consulting and developing educational materials.

IMO the best part would be working with the wonderful Professor Alice Richardson!

jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/course-...
Course Coordinator - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Academic Level BSalary package: $121,598 – 137,870 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full-time, Continuing (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hours will be consider...
jobs.anu.edu.au
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Want a 2.5 minute primer on the ingenuity of randomised controlled trials?

Of course you do.
December 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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xkcd.com
Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/
Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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scientistmum.bsky.social
An honour to be on ABC #Radio National with Robyn Williams on The Science Show sharing my #research, #teaching, as a #femalescientist inspired by pioneering #womeninscience - #BridgetOgilvie

🎙️Listen here (from 44:33):👂🏻
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

#rinawong #DrRina #rinafu
December 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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scientistmum.bsky.social
I ll be on ABC National #Radio today with Robyn Williams on The Science Show, 12 pm local time, on digital live radio, tune in!
#DrRina #rinawong #rinafu #scicomm #community #STEMEducation #lecturer #scientist
December 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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timeshighered.bsky.social
Opinion: The fact that now-established academics survived a system built on overwork does not make it fair or well designed. We must change it, says Yu Tao #academicsky #ECRs
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/lets-not-pass-down-pain-we-endured-early-career-researchers
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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emitanaka.org
Have you got a PhD in Statistics (or related field) and experience in Statistical Consulting? A continuing position at the Australian National University is now open 🇦🇺🦘🐨.

Would love to get an #rstats person if possible ☺️

Apply by 18 Jan 👉 jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/course-... #statssky #statsky
Course Coordinator - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Academic Level BSalary package: $121,598 – 137,870 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full-time, Continuing (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hours will be consider...
jobs.anu.edu.au
December 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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bmj.com
Doug Altman was an internationally renowned statistician who served as The BMJ’s chief statistical adviser.

Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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rsimmon.bsky.social
Insightful post by @darraghmurray.bsky.social about the public backlash when the Australian Bureau of Meteorology changed the color palette for rain radar data:

thedatavist.substack.com/p/colour-as-...

#dataviz #cartography 📊🗺️
Colour as Strategy and Aesthetics: What the Bureau of Meteorology’s Radar Teaches About Data Visualisation
An ill-fated radar redesign reminds us that colour decisions are never cosmetic, they define how data is read and believed.
thedatavist.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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quantitude.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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rmcelreath.bsky.social
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.

I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
course schedule as a table. Available at the link in the post.
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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caseybriggs.com
We're looking for an Election Researcher to help prepare election materials & cover election results. You’ll help manage key databases, produce research materials, and dive into electoral research. This is a unique elections and data role at ABC News

Full details: careers.abc.net.au/en/job/50515...
ABC Careers - Job Details - Election Researcher
Apply now Job no: 505156 Work type: Contract Full Time Location: Sydney Categories:
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December 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
shihchingfu.com
We wrapped up #ASC2025 yesterday, yet I still can't wipe the smile off my face. It was a great week of talks, science, and statistics, but my highlight was meeting the wonderful community we have in #statistics. I hope everyone had a great time in #Perth. I'm looking forward to #ASC2028 in Adelaide.
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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daxkellie.bsky.social
If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:

daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...

All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏

#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
Title slide with text: A guide to writing good code for the busy scientist Black text over stripey pale brown-green background
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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topepo.bsky.social
We’ve released two new tidymodels #rstats packages for feature selection: filter and important.

tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...
Two New tidymodels Packages
Two new tidymodels packages focus on supervised feature selection.
tidyverse.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
shihchingfu.com
I'm looking forward to #ASC2025 hosted at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social from 1-5/12: 8 keynotes, 4 streams, 250+ delegates, ~90 early career & student statistician talks. Full program: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75429/.... I'm speaking & on LOC so I'll be #superbusy! #statistics #conference
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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scientistmum.bsky.social
Over the moon to receive the #Premier's Science Award -STEM Educator of the Year -Tertiary. Truly humbled. Thanks to my family, peers, mentors for journeying with me, my #students for making the #educator I am today.
#WASciAwards #rinawong #STEMEducation #DrRina #rinafu #DrRina
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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scientistmum.bsky.social
Wonderful evening at the Premier 's Science Awards as a Finalist. Catching up with colleagues, 2024 winner Dr Alexandra Yeung, Dr Kat Ross, Cass Rowles and Prof. David Blair.
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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scientistmum.bsky.social
Truly amazing - #biomedical engineer Dr Daniel Timms invented the world's first total #artificial #heart. A powerful story of love, grief, #resilience. Really privileged to meet Dr Timms and to hold this precious, #revolutionary invention in my hands. Thank you to the #ASMR.
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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bharrap.bsky.social
Come along to my slightly silly and hopefully informative talk on how data go from some scribbles on a paper questionnaire to a nice, clean dataset

Thanks to the ARDC for having me!

#databs #rstats

📅 Nov 5 at 12pm AEDT
📍 Online webinar
🔗 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/where-do-d...
Where do data come from & other difficult questions your children might ask
Join us to learn about data cleaning and management in the Mayi Kuwayu study.
www.eventbrite.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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danlewer.bsky.social
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
A "methods primer" article in the journal "BMJ Medicine", titled "Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors"
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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emitanaka.org
I wrote a paper about "Examining the Interface Design of Tidyverse" 📝

TL;DR to follow in future 😊

arxiv.org/abs/2510.10382
Examining the Interface Design of Tidyverse
The tidyverse is a popular meta-package comprising several core R packages to aid in various data science tasks, including data import, manipulation and visualisation. Although functionalities offered...
arxiv.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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quarto.org
Quarto 1.8 is available! 🎉

New features include: ✨ Light & dark mode support for brand colors and logos 📦 Brand extensions for sharing across projects ♿ HTML accessibility checks with Axe-core 🔧 Access to execution context from code cells

Full details: quarto.org/docs/blog/po...
Quarto 1.8 – Quarto
Quarto 1.8 improves brand support, introduces brand extensions, adds HTML accessibility checks, and gives access to execution context.
quarto.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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bharrap.bsky.social
I clearly had a lot of thoughts/feelings from reading Terry's blog post, so I wrote one of my own

It ended up being a bit of a stream-of-thought post but I think it captures some of my worries

benharrap.com/post/2025-10...

#statssky #episky #academicsky
October 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM