Alex Diaz-Papkovich
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Alex Diaz-Papkovich
@alexandr.bsky.social
Statistician and mathematician. Postdoc working on population genetics at the Data Science Institute at Brown University. UWaterloo, Carleton, and McGill alum. Skeets are my own. He/him.

https://github.com/diazale
Yep, I've got quite a few pinball collisions like that, e.g.: www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/2023/03/05/o...
Owen Sound Vehicle Collision Results In Gas Leak
Owen Sound Police say a two-vehicle collision that severed a natural gas line resulted in a three-hour road cl...
www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Yep, it's one of my favourite books (and one I read while collecting this data!) Definitely made me think about things like snow removal and how/where infrastructure is prioritized (e.g. commuter routes vs errand routes)
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Some of the questions I've had while collecting data:
* Should 17-year-olds be allowed to drive a Hummer H3?
* What is a "non life threatening injury"?
* Are you safe from cars while sleeping in bed?
* How many people die in parking lots?
* What happens when snowplows get too big?
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Alex Diaz-Papkovich
Give Jamie Loftus a Golden Globe you cowards
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Reposted by Alex Diaz-Papkovich
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C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
they had grok rewrite the article "race and genetics" to make it sound like race as a concept is supported by genomic studies that can be used interchangeable with genetics (it's not, and genomics researchers explicitly advise against this, e.g. see this Nature Genetics article)
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I actually never biked in the winter (tiny apartment without winter bike storage) but would jog in the lanes in the winter
October 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM