Siobhan McAndrew
@siobhanmcandrew.bsky.social
Policy economist, here for methods/cultural updates
Dar duthchas 7 darb foghlaim croinic
Ex-Sheffield Methods Institute; U. Bristol; U. Manchester; HMT
Former V. Prof, Policy Institute, KCL
Honorary SL, U. Sheffield
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Dar duthchas 7 darb foghlaim croinic
Ex-Sheffield Methods Institute; U. Bristol; U. Manchester; HMT
Former V. Prof, Policy Institute, KCL
Honorary SL, U. Sheffield
As Maigh Eo mise
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In the midst of the darkest of times, a hero stands up for what is right. The brutal, deliberate attack against Jewish Australians celebrating Hanukkah at #Bondi Beach today is an abomination. For those murdered while celebrating the 1st day of the Festival of Lights, may their memory be a blessing.
This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
December 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
In the midst of the darkest of times, a hero stands up for what is right. The brutal, deliberate attack against Jewish Australians celebrating Hanukkah at #Bondi Beach today is an abomination. For those murdered while celebrating the 1st day of the Festival of Lights, may their memory be a blessing.
Career objective unlocked! I'm on the SSC 😀
ideas.repec.org/s/boc/bocode...
And - there's ANOTHER tab export module posted *on the same day*! Will look at their .ado when I have time
Theirs is more for univariate stats, going further with formatting
Mine is specifically useful for crosstabs >>
ideas.repec.org/s/boc/bocode...
And - there's ANOTHER tab export module posted *on the same day*! Will look at their .ado when I have time
Theirs is more for univariate stats, going further with formatting
Mine is specifically useful for crosstabs >>
Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics | IDEAS/RePEc
ideas.repec.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Career objective unlocked! I'm on the SSC 😀
ideas.repec.org/s/boc/bocode...
And - there's ANOTHER tab export module posted *on the same day*! Will look at their .ado when I have time
Theirs is more for univariate stats, going further with formatting
Mine is specifically useful for crosstabs >>
ideas.repec.org/s/boc/bocode...
And - there's ANOTHER tab export module posted *on the same day*! Will look at their .ado when I have time
Theirs is more for univariate stats, going further with formatting
Mine is specifically useful for crosstabs >>
This weekend there are two Christmas shows and four children's parties
The Puritans had a point
The Puritans had a point
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This weekend there are two Christmas shows and four children's parties
The Puritans had a point
The Puritans had a point
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Why aren't families having more babies?
This brand new paper argues that part of the reason is because childcare is so expensive.
"A 10% increase in the price of childcare leads to a 5.7% decrease in the birth rate"
abigaildow.com/assets/docs/...
This brand new paper argues that part of the reason is because childcare is so expensive.
"A 10% increase in the price of childcare leads to a 5.7% decrease in the birth rate"
abigaildow.com/assets/docs/...
December 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Why aren't families having more babies?
This brand new paper argues that part of the reason is because childcare is so expensive.
"A 10% increase in the price of childcare leads to a 5.7% decrease in the birth rate"
abigaildow.com/assets/docs/...
This brand new paper argues that part of the reason is because childcare is so expensive.
"A 10% increase in the price of childcare leads to a 5.7% decrease in the birth rate"
abigaildow.com/assets/docs/...
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Me vibe coding. “Wow … fck me … really? … amazing! … crap why didn’t that work … no it didn’t work … no it didn’t ... no that doesn’t work either … nup … no that’s the same thing … no …”
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Me vibe coding. “Wow … fck me … really? … amazing! … crap why didn’t that work … no it didn’t work … no it didn’t ... no that doesn’t work either … nup … no that’s the same thing … no …”
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I'm about 40 pages into Suga's memoirs and so far it's mostly a continuation of his first book, i.e. the work of politics is making bureaucrats do things for the people.
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm about 40 pages into Suga's memoirs and so far it's mostly a continuation of his first book, i.e. the work of politics is making bureaucrats do things for the people.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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👀 Here's Stuart Buck with some GOOD news about the research system
"When all institutions look the same, their output tends to be the same as well. Tens of thousands of scientists (usually government-funded) labor within the same constraints, incentives, and pressures to conform.
If we want to […]
"When all institutions look the same, their output tends to be the same as well. Tens of thousands of scientists (usually government-funded) labor within the same constraints, incentives, and pressures to conform.
If we want to […]
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mastodon.online
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
👀 Here's Stuart Buck with some GOOD news about the research system
"When all institutions look the same, their output tends to be the same as well. Tens of thousands of scientists (usually government-funded) labor within the same constraints, incentives, and pressures to conform.
If we want to […]
"When all institutions look the same, their output tends to be the same as well. Tens of thousands of scientists (usually government-funded) labor within the same constraints, incentives, and pressures to conform.
If we want to […]
Something I've been working on in my spare time over the past few weeks - hopefully useful!
github.com/smmcandrew/t...
It's a tool for producing exploratory data analysis at scale to Excel, ready-formatted. I used it to export 3500 formatted pairs of crosstabs last night
github.com/smmcandrew/t...
It's a tool for producing exploratory data analysis at scale to Excel, ready-formatted. I used it to export 3500 formatted pairs of crosstabs last night
GitHub - smmcandrew/tabbitR: Weighted crosstabulations written to Excel
Weighted crosstabulations written to Excel. Contribute to smmcandrew/tabbitR development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Something I've been working on in my spare time over the past few weeks - hopefully useful!
github.com/smmcandrew/t...
It's a tool for producing exploratory data analysis at scale to Excel, ready-formatted. I used it to export 3500 formatted pairs of crosstabs last night
github.com/smmcandrew/t...
It's a tool for producing exploratory data analysis at scale to Excel, ready-formatted. I used it to export 3500 formatted pairs of crosstabs last night
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At the annual commemoration (a little early this year) in Mount Jerome for Professor Ludwig Hopf, a friend and colleague of Einstein, who fled the Nazis for a job in Trinity College Dublin but died suddenly, within months of arrival, on the winter solstice of 1939.
December 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
At the annual commemoration (a little early this year) in Mount Jerome for Professor Ludwig Hopf, a friend and colleague of Einstein, who fled the Nazis for a job in Trinity College Dublin but died suddenly, within months of arrival, on the winter solstice of 1939.
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“If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere”
Seamus Heaney on “The Troubles”
Me on the Dublin weather these days
Photo of my boy running under western skies on Inis Mór one summer …
Seamus Heaney on “The Troubles”
Me on the Dublin weather these days
Photo of my boy running under western skies on Inis Mór one summer …
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere”
Seamus Heaney on “The Troubles”
Me on the Dublin weather these days
Photo of my boy running under western skies on Inis Mór one summer …
Seamus Heaney on “The Troubles”
Me on the Dublin weather these days
Photo of my boy running under western skies on Inis Mór one summer …
My curse upon you, world:
Woe to you who do not understand your own life
And who do not understand yourself
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, c.1655
Woe to you who do not understand your own life
And who do not understand yourself
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, c.1655
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
My curse upon you, world:
Woe to you who do not understand your own life
And who do not understand yourself
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, c.1655
Woe to you who do not understand your own life
And who do not understand yourself
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, c.1655
Extremely proud of my former University of Bristol QStep student Chante Joseph - who stood out even as a second-year UG for her professionalism and excellence
I'd heard about this viral article but hadn't realised it was one of hers!
www.vogue.co.uk/article/is-h...
I'd heard about this viral article but hadn't realised it was one of hers!
www.vogue.co.uk/article/is-h...
Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?
“Being partnered doesn’t affirm your womanhood anymore,” writes Chanté Joseph. “It is no longer considered an achievement and, if anything, it’s become more of a flex to pronounce yourself single.’
www.vogue.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Extremely proud of my former University of Bristol QStep student Chante Joseph - who stood out even as a second-year UG for her professionalism and excellence
I'd heard about this viral article but hadn't realised it was one of hers!
www.vogue.co.uk/article/is-h...
I'd heard about this viral article but hadn't realised it was one of hers!
www.vogue.co.uk/article/is-h...
My husband's youngest daughter (7yo): 'Daddy, what is it like, the life of a boy?' (the precise phrasing)
His answer: 'it's like the life of a girl. But easier'
His answer: 'it's like the life of a girl. But easier'
October 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My husband's youngest daughter (7yo): 'Daddy, what is it like, the life of a boy?' (the precise phrasing)
His answer: 'it's like the life of a girl. But easier'
His answer: 'it's like the life of a girl. But easier'
An unusually leaden Start the Week right now
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An unusually leaden Start the Week right now
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Reminded me of the perfect coincidence in Turkey this summer: a call for rain prayers after a long drought was made just as the Meteorology Service warned of three days of heavy rain across the country
www.nber.org/system/files...
h/t Arpit Gupta
www.nber.org/system/files...
h/t Arpit Gupta
October 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reminded me of the perfect coincidence in Turkey this summer: a call for rain prayers after a long drought was made just as the Meteorology Service warned of three days of heavy rain across the country
www.nber.org/system/files...
h/t Arpit Gupta
www.nber.org/system/files...
h/t Arpit Gupta
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It was a Corkman even who first debunked the Protocols of Zion
Philip Graves - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
October 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It was a Corkman even who first debunked the Protocols of Zion
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New newsletter. I couldn't get this survey result from 2016 out of my head, so I wrote about it https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/when-half-the-population-dont-trust
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New newsletter. I couldn't get this survey result from 2016 out of my head, so I wrote about it https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/when-half-the-population-dont-trust
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Though I do grumble that the Guardian tends to write about men like we're farm animals, there is a lot of sense in this. I've learned a lot about being a friend from other friends who are good at making things happen.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Want more friends? A better social life? Be like my 85-year-old buddy Gerry
Friendship falters due to the belief it should just happen on its own. The solution: make a conscious effort to be social
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Though I do grumble that the Guardian tends to write about men like we're farm animals, there is a lot of sense in this. I've learned a lot about being a friend from other friends who are good at making things happen.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Very sad news. I first heard of him via a brilliant, hilarious piece for the Guardian years ago. A huge loss!
Ní bheidh a leitheid arís ann is an overused phrase, but it could not be more apt than with Manchán Magan. He would tell you a story about the origin of the phrase, and why it's used more in certain parts of the country than others. He crammed so much into his 55 years, /1
October 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Very sad news. I first heard of him via a brilliant, hilarious piece for the Guardian years ago. A huge loss!
I love this museum - have taken my daughters
Manchester Jewish Museum opened in 1984, but is housed in a Grade II listed 1874 (former) Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in Cheetham Hill, which has been beautifully restored as part of the development of the museum.
www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/collections/...
www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/collections/...
Manchester Jewish Museum — Our Synagogue
Our Grade II* Listed Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue serves as both a major museum exhibit and a stunning performance space.
www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I love this museum - have taken my daughters
‘There was comedy at all times’: Andrew O’Hagan on 15 years of funny, frank and champagne-fuelled friendship with Edna O’Brien
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
‘There was comedy at all times’: Andrew O’Hagan on 15 years of funny, frank and champagne-fuelled friendship with Edna O’Brien
In the last decades of her life, the two novelists became close friends. He recalls their intense bond, their last trip to Ireland and her memories of being romanced by Richard Burton
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
‘There was comedy at all times’: Andrew O’Hagan on 15 years of funny, frank and champagne-fuelled friendship with Edna O’Brien
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...