@srvanderplas
Statistics professor, #rstats user and reluctant #python user. I love #quarto, #quilting, #crossstitch, #snark, and #dogs. Research in #forensics, #visualization and #datavis, and #reproduceableresearch.
"Experts interviewed for this story expressed concern that abusers in the ranks of law enforcement would soon be able to see their victims’ case information and addresses, and that a manifest of vulnerable children would become widely available in the government." www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...
You've seen that Anthropic chart going around? It reminded me how meaningless AI predictions are — yet how authoritative they seem. It's like "statistics theatre". I have opinions!
www.not-ship.com/the-problem-...
hey let’s send emails tomorrow, ok?
That's what everyone assumed anyways. RIP any idea that the government wouldn't sell your info to the highest bidder.... And that might have been better than DOGE profiting off of our data without the government making any money in return.
👉🏼 "SocSec Admin’s internal watchdog investig complaint that alleges frmr DOGE employee claimed he had access to 2 highly sensitive agency databases & planned to share the info w his priv. employer..if true..unprecedented breach of security protocols at agency that serves more than 70 mil Americans"
One in every 1,257 American residents.
This perfectly captures my feelings while interacting with Claude Code today
The problem isn't voter fraud, it's the frauds we're told to vote for.
To the person who gave me a cold just as spring is coming on:
I will find you and I will sneeze on you.
This has been the most rewarding work of my career. It's nothing like what I've done in my day jobs and it pushed me outside my comfort zone, but the minute I got involved it all seemed much easier. I know you can do it!
This is to say: if you're an attorney who's hesitated to take on habeas cases because you think you lack the knowledge, or you're worried about whether you'll really help, I PROMISE you can make a difference. I'm just a dipshit with a 7-year-old laptop and a bad attitude. If I can do it, so can you.
So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.
That's $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
Thousands of lives lost.
People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
Today the United States wasted another #1B on an illegal war in Iran, money that could have been spent on funding health care or providing SNAP benefits or cancer research or academic scholarships for minorities. I could go on and on but I think you get my point. #endtheiranwarnow
That's because they coddle them too much now. Back in my day, it only took 20 years for T-Rexes to fully mature, because they had discipline. Spare the rod, spoil the terrible tyrant lizard.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Spring forward... Fall back... whatever.
Can we just pick ONE & stick with it once & for ALL?!!! ⏰
Today, March 9th, is celebrated as 'Napping Day'. A NASA study among pilots found that short naps can increase performance by 34% and alertness by 54%. #onthisday #napping #naptime #statistics
I am ashamed I publisehed once in this journal.
can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives
“Our vision for a fully-funded public education, where a professor can write and teach freely, and can challenge every vapid, cruel argument federal and state governments make, sustains us. It’s what we’re fighting for.”
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
When your #rstats code runs perfectly fine on the first try
They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175
Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
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Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?
Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office
Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office
“A country that can instantly fund endless wars but debates every dime for healthcare and education doesn't have a budget issue--it has a values issue."
A billion dollars a day going towards the war in Iran so far.
The war on Iran is unfolding alongside a wave of mass layoffs in the US. These are not separate crises. They are two sides of the same offensive by the ruling class against the working class.
