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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 8h

Standardizing cauchy random variables.

Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 8h

Good luck keeping Ebola or Plague or Bird flu at bay without the CDC. 🦠🎉

Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 8h

I get it. It's just that if those kids aren't part of society the brainwashing sticks a lot harder 😬😭😞.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 13h

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 10h

Kicking them out removes the negative consequences of the stupidity and the hope they'll learn to doubt antivax rhetoric. Part of the problem is that society now seems to allow for separate but unequal, when we need to get back to collective society. Those kids matter. So do vaxxed kids.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 13h

This is still a pretty narrow statement focused on research. Membership organizations that include red-state publics are being very careful about their statements, although the AAU has a bit of leeway because of its prestige.

Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 22h

I missed this yesterday: the AAU has come out against the compact. I am pleasantly surprised. I think it makes it pretty hard for any university to accept the deal now, with a possible exception of Texas. www.aau.edu/newsroom/pre...

We have significant concerns, however, about any compact or policy that could damage or depart from our nations competitive merit base system for research grant funding. That system has been the foundation for science and and innovation for decades. Since World War II that special partnership among the federal government, industry, and research universities has fueled tremendous growth in our economy and educated the next generation of highly skilled American workforce contributed to the health of our people and made our nation more safe and secure.

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Dr. Sarah J. Zuckerman @drszuckerman.bsky.social · 12h

Well then, President Gold had better reject this nonsense when it finally gets down to NU

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 13h

This is still a pretty narrow statement focused on research. Membership organizations that include red-state publics are being very careful about their statements, although the AAU has a bit of leeway because of its prestige.

Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 22h

I missed this yesterday: the AAU has come out against the compact. I am pleasantly surprised. I think it makes it pretty hard for any university to accept the deal now, with a possible exception of Texas. www.aau.edu/newsroom/pre...

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Ashland Forest Dweller @vaforestdweller.bsky.social · 11h

Puppies! Gotta love ❤️ #dogs. 🐶

Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 21h

Best in show 😂🤣😂🤣

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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 10h

Or agencies that assemble statistics, as those are supposed to be independent and politically neutral.

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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 10h

It isn't the kids fault their parents are idiots. And in some cases parents use laws aimed at abortion notification to keep them from consenting to vaccines long after they are teens.

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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 10h

That happens every couple of years. In 1906 after the SF earthquake, plague moved from rats to squirrels, and has been endemic in the western US ever since, living in e.g. prairie dog colonies. The Barbary plague is a great book if the history interests you.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22h

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Mar 15

Hang together or hang separately.

Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · Mar 15

More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign
apnews.com/article/trum...

More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign

More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs his officials say exclud...

apnews.com

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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 2d

And I had so little time to assemble it that I didn't have time to remove the snark!

Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 2d

If you're curious about our department's defense, you can read about it here: srvanderplas.github.io/2025-stat-ap....

Statistics: An Essential Department for a Modern R1 University

srvanderplas.github.io

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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the day we defend the #stats department against the #unl #administration. If you haven't yet left a comment apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu..., please do so and explain how silly it is to cut #statistics in this day and age. Hear us make our case at 3 Central today: unl.zoom.us/j/99178278682.

Fall 2025 Budget Reduction Feedback Form | Academic Planning Committee | Nebraska

apc.unl.edu

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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 2d

If you're curious about our department's defense, you can read about it here: srvanderplas.github.io/2025-stat-ap....

Statistics: An Essential Department for a Modern R1 University

srvanderplas.github.io

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 2d

Hang together so that you don't handmg separately.
bsky.app/profile/donm...

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

New from @jeremymberg.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
"Silence may protect an institution from becoming an early target, but history shows that it increases the likelihood that that institution (and many others) will be become targets over time."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back

donmoynihan.substack.com

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 3d

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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OG Antifa founder’s girlfriend. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 3d

RFK Jr is The Grinch Who Stole Bris-mas.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3d

Commentary: A plea to protect our children www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/06/c...

Commentary: A plea to protect our children

Vaccination requirements kept our communities safe. Do not listen to anti-vaccine rhetoric. Do not gamble with your child’s health.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Frantic, Last-Second Study Finds Old-Fashioned Donut Better For You Than Bavarian Cream https://theonion.com/frantic-last-second-study-finds-old-fashioned-donut-be-1819811037/

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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 10d

nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

#UNL is planning to eliminate the #statistics department using bad #statisticalAnalysis (srvanderplas.github.io/2025-stat-ap... -- it includes Cauchy variables, bad interpretation, and failure to ID a population).

Public Comment: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu...

As $27.5 million in cuts loom over UNL, students hope to save programs

Students in programs up for elimination shared their concerns with how the loss of their programs would hurt the state. The potential cuts are in response to the state legislature allocating less fund...

nebraskapublicmedia.org

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