Animation just allows for so much more use of visual metaphor and colour without risking pulling people out of immersion
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Animation just allows for so much more use of visual metaphor and colour without risking pulling people out of immersion
I still love it, although it is very of its time (you might have to explain that children used to be allowed out unsupervised 🙂). However, the effects could be a barrier to enjoyment; it's at the limits of what is possible with puppets, which can make what is supposed to feel wondrous feel silly
You know what trend I would love to see? Animated remakes of classic but flawed live action films. "Del Toro's stop-motion Neverending Story". "Miyazaki's Cloud Atlas"
A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best
Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best
Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!
I feel like pickled turnips would be a killer topping
Anyone who can share some non-doom content?
A pic of your pet
A nature picture
Pic of delicious food you had/made
A project you‘re excited about (private or professional)
A funny joke you heard
Everything is greatly appreciated! 🤗
Wide landscape photo of huge sandstone mountains, taken on a lookout platform. Morning mist covers the hills
Photo looking across at of an old bright yellow building on top of a castle wall on a high plateau looking down hundreds of meters to the valley below. There is a large Plateau mountain in the distance.
Close-up photo of many types of lichen and moss growing on an old stone wall. Colours range from bright orange to iridescent green
Just visited Saxon Switzerland in Germany. Breathtaking vistas, deep sense of history *and* very high quality bryophyte communities
The issue is Western Europe and NA tried saying who's allowed to have kids and it *did not* go well.
This is like someone drawing a frowny face on their pet rock then feeling sorry for it
lobsters fighting meme, both lobsters and the cheering people all labeled "STATISTICIAN"
these memes are fresh
Picture of a small white cat staring out a window at a very large and unconcerned turkey sitting on the deck
Our cat was convinced that she could take one if we just gave her a chance
(we didn't own a car, so we just got to enjoy the spectacle)
When we moved to Wisconsin, our landlord didn't warn us of the pack of 8 wild turkeys that camped out in the intersection by our house. They feared nothing and no one, and caused half hour long traffic jams on our tiny residential street
"limitless and delicious bread and beer" was a major selling point about coming to Germany for our sabbatical, and I have not been disappointed!
I had a version with a third spiderman labelled "Gaussian processes" but I couldn't find it
Meme picture of two Spidersman pointing at each other, one labelled "penalized smooths" and the other labelled "random effects"
Andrew McDonald and I were just talking stats memes, and I was reminded of my proudest creation
iDiv Leipzig is organizing a symposium for early career researchers from all fields interested in scientific integrity & reproducibility.
Some good stuff, e.g.: @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social on generative AI for science, @rmcelreath.bsky.social on a guerilla approach to scientific workflow.>
Thank you! We worked very hard to make it clear without compromising on accuracy, and I'm glad it paid off
There's a couple papers on using it for estimating fish abundances (authors' names are escaping me). I would look for papers on spatial stock assessment
It's an old friend. Although I once tried to code up a tweedie likelihood, and it was then I realized my friend had dark secrets that I was happier not delving into
🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update.
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
Apparently it's actually fries... Although I've been assured that it's only food for children (it does seem to be Naples specific). Pizza with thin-sliced potatoes is amazing though, and pear + goat cheese pizza is a staple for us; I'd like to try it with gorgonzola
www.mashed.com/1416368/fren...
As someone who grew up playing in abandoned combines, it's got to be the cemetery one; number one is just common sense
I love it too! But somehow most of the world seems unwilling to accept that pineapple belongs on pizza.
I have recently learned that it's common in Italy to put fries on pizza though, so I am more skeptical now about Italian dedication to the purity of pizza
I will probably get told off for sharing this - but it does give some perspective on why I was under so much pressure to leave Monkey Cage - I accept my career is dead so….
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
We must never let it revealed to the world that Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian invention
I don't mind cod tongues, but they are very much an acquired taste (I also really like Jig's dinner, but see above). I am genuinely surprised that toutons have not caught on as a food craze though. So good, and easy / cheap to make
Newfoundland has a lot of distinct foods, but not a lot I think would do well went exported. However, I do think that someone could make a killing starting a touton food truck
I feel like the Irish have the worst of it; I've never seen an Irish restaurant that wasn't a slightly grubby looking pub called something like "Shamrock's Charm"