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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett

@malcolmbarrett.malco.io

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Ph.D., epidemiology. research software engineer @ Stanford Health Policy. living in Ann Arbor. open-source data science. causal inference. doing poems on aircrafts. approximately Bayesian. formerly Posit, Apple, AmeriCorps. 心を燃やせ。sic semper tyrannis. .. more

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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · Jul 9

Link broke! Here is the current link: www.r-causal.org/chapters/04-...

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 8h

I can’t begin to tell you how much research, policy, and programming revolve around the use of NHANES data. Again, you think these lay offs don’t affect you? Think again- money gets allocated based, in part, on what these data show. This is stunning

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Kelly Bodwin @kellybodwin.com · 1d

Despite all the uncertainty right now in American Higher Ed, our department is hiring!

jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...

Happy to answer any questions you have - it's a wonderful place to work. 🥰

(Note: this is a tenure-track TEACHING position, not a good fit for research-only goals.)

Cal Poly - Details - Tenure Track Position - Statistics

jobs.calpoly.edu

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Gregory Morgan 🇺🇸🇳🇿 @drgregorymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Rare white whale sighted in New Zealand:
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Rare white humpback whale spotted off coast of Kaikōura

Could it be the world-famous Migaloo who hasn’t been spotted in five years?

www.stuff.co.nz

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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 1d

It’s actually confounder and E <- C -> O

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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 2d

Did you pre-register your birthday party so you really know if you’re having fun or not?

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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 2d

That means you get a third deviation free! Happy birthday and also happy Friday

Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 2d

On Friday as a lil treat

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Chelsea Parlett @chelseaparlett.bsky.social · 2d

My job would be so much easier if correlation was causation😔

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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 6d

Uh oh I give out cheat sheets in my classes. Am I the problem with academic integrity??

Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 6d

hold on y'all, mall is a package for nlp processing not doing things for you. this is actually a strong use case of llms

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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 7d

TIL!

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 9d

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...

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Charlie Gao @shikokuchuo.net · 9d

mirai 2.5.1 released.

mirai.r-lib.org

This is a patch release, but brings a new synchronous mode: `daemons(sync = TRUE)` runs your code in the same process. This means you can now drop into a browser session *within* your mirai #rstats code!

p.s. amazing hex stickers made by someone @posit.co!!

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 9d

I'm looking for a doctoral student with Bayesian background to work on Bayesian workflow and cross-validation (see my publication list users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... for my recent work) at Aalto University.

Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...

ELLIS PhD Program: Call for Applications 2025

The ELLIS mission is to create a diverse European network that promotes research excellence and advances breakthroughs in AI, as well as a pan-European PhD program to educate the next generation of AI...

ellis.eu

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 12d

seven-year-old: “who’s voice is that”

me: “Bob Dylan”

7yo: “is that yr friend”

me: “no a singer”

7yo: “not a very good singer”

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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 12d

My Alma mater has not historically shown much moral fortitude in the face of a big pile of money so I don’t have high hopes about this. Hopefully they find a little spine.

laist.com/news/educati...

USC asked to commit to Trump values to gain preference for grants. Newsom threatens state funding

USC says it’s reviewing the letter also sent to eight other prestigious schools nationwide. California's governor vowed that any California universities that sign will lose state funding.

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Everyday ggplot2 extension 📊🛠 @ginareynolds.bsky.social · 13d

📊💿🧡🎉 Exciting news!!

'Release party' tomorrow Friday Oct 3rd at 3pm Eastern for #ggplot2 v4.0.0!

With developer and maintainer @teunbrand! bit.ly/join-gg-exte...

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 14d

WHOA I just discovered the kbd shortcode in #QuartoPub, which automatically creates an OS-specific element, You can specify different OSes and it'll show them in an HTML title element, or expand them in print formats - documentation here: quarto.org/docs/authori...

---
title: "Magical `kbd` shortcode"
format:
html: default
typst: default
---

Press {{< kbd mac=Command-Shift-K win=Ctrl-Shift-K linux=Ctrl-Shift-K >}} to render the document; use {{< kbd mac=Command-Shift-P win=Ctrl-Shift-P linux=Ctrl-Shift-P >}} to open the Command Palette in Positron

Magical kbd shortcode
Press ⌘⇧K to render the document; use ⌘⇧P to open the Command Palette in Positron (with a title element showing all the other OS-specific shortcuts)

Typst PDF with
Magical kbd shortcode
Press Command-Shift-K (mac), Ctrl-Shift-K (linux), Ctrl-Shift-K (windows) to render the document; use Command-Shift-P (mac), Ctrl-Shift-P (linux), Ctrl-Shift-P (windows) to open the Command Palette in Positron

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 14d

✨ We launched a new installation page for DuckDB!

🚀 The new page lets you install the latest stable DuckDB release with just one or two clicks. If the defaults don't fit your use case, no worries: alternative download methods remain available for many clients.

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 14d

🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in!

#rstats

ggplot2 styling

This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.

www.tidyverse.org

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 15d

This week on Counting Stuff. Layoffs! I'm in search for a job now! It sucks but here we are!

Now's the ideal time to give me money in exchange for time or a project. Or if you just have leads in quantitative/data/researchy positions across NYC or remotely

www.counting-stuff.com/looking-for-...

Looking for work, surprise edition

I always told my wife this newsletter was my backup plan...

www.counting-stuff.com

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pyOpenSci @pyopensci.org · 16d

Want your #Python code to be easier to share + reuse? 📦

Join pyOpenSci + #StanfordOSPO for an online workshop:
Create a Python package: make your code easier to share and use

🗓 Thu, Oct 2 · 10 AM MT / 9 AM PT
🔗 pyopensci.org/events/pyopensci-stanford-create-python-package-workshop.html

pyOpenSci Workshop: Create a Python package – Stanford Open Source Program Office

Python packaging can be tricky to navigate. pyOpenSci will lead a pilot workshop on creating your first Python package. The goal of this workshop is to help scientists learn how to package and make co...

pyopensci.org

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Malcolm 朝精 Barrett @malcolmbarrett.malco.io · 16d

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and

a checkbox on a website that says "keep me logged in"

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 16d

Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 17d

{redoc}, my R package for reversible R Markdown documents that enables two-way workflows with MS Word, needs a new name! Weigh in: github.com/redoc-dev/re... #rstats

A new name for a new era · redoc-dev redoc · Discussion #79

Thanks to support from the R Consortium and the Tribal Exchange Network, we're bringing {redoc} back, with a plan for stable release, including some Quarto support, in the first half of 2026. BUT i...

github.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17d

me navigating RFK’s new barriers to get my vaccines (administrative burden?)

dr. spaceman tells liz lemon If you want a shot, you're going to have to dance for it. (he’s filling a flu vaccine syringe)

liz lemon dancing, badly, in front of the good doctor trained at the ho chi minh medical school

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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 19d

Just registered for the @rconsortium.bsky.social's 'How to use `pointblank` to understand, validate, and document your data' online workshop. I'm looking forward to learning more from @richmeister.bsky.social.

Sign up here: r-consortium.org/webinars/how...

#RStats #DataBS

How to use pointblank to understand, validate, and document your data – R Consortium

r-consortium.org

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 20d

BIG NEWS! We've updated the website of the Open Visualization Academy, where you can see all its contributors: openvisualizationacademy.org

This is the announcement in our newsletter: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/we-re-back...

#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVis 📊

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Alex Rossell Hayes @alxrh.bsky.social · 20d

I'm tickled pink to announce that player, my new R package, is now on CRAN! Kill time while your analysis scripts run with hangman, poker, 2048, and 7 other games! Plus, each game runs in the console, so it may look to the unsuspecting eye like you're actually working!

pkg.rossellhayes.com/player/

A game of hangman being played in the R console.

A game of 5-card draw video poker being played in the R console.

A game of 2048 being played in the R console.

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Al Sweigart @alsweigart.bsky.social · 21d

The video course that accompanies Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is free with this link: www.udemy.com/course/autom... You get lifetime access to the videos and forums.

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Programming Course

A practical programming course for office workers, academics, and administrators who want to improve their productivity.

www.udemy.com

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