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calankh

@calankh.bsky.social

scientist, reader, gamer, mom, vegetarian, crocheter, gardener. she/her. opinions my own.

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Tapani Hopkins@tapani-hopkins.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The language is that of Statistics, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: One Model to rule them all, One Model to find them, One Model to fit them all and in the GLM bind them."

Tapani Hopkins@tapani-hopkins.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm inserting a comment in the manuscript about us using one overall statistical model, not fitting lots of separate models. And feeling sorely tempted to write "one model to fit them all and in the analyses bind them".

Mike Wiser@drmikewiser.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My primary academic conference is in a few weeks. I have given a good number of conference presentations over the years, and possibly moderated even more often than I've presented. Advice for anyone who wants it, in a thread:

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I understand folks are scared but I want you to think about the mechanics of this. There are more polling places (>100k) than ICE and CBP agents combined, so they can only pick a few districts to try to intimidate. Now what happens when cell phone footage of that goes online in the early morning?

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 6mo ago

i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Cen Galdre@cengaldre.com · 10mo ago

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

emily sunshine@threnody.northsky.social · 11mo ago

so: what do we need you to do? two things. 1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. [you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't] This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt. [you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't] Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it. [you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't] I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.
Ross Macfarlane@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 11mo ago

An antidote to despair and cynicism -- academics studying countries facing autocratic takeovers document that more than half of these episodes lead to "U-turns" and more than 90% result in strengthened democracies. Up to us to make it so! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

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a grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾@chasesolidago.bsky.social · 2y ago

The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data

a illustration of our standard kitchen onion, Allium cepa, from 1586. Handcolored engravinga black and white photograph of a white man in a suit, holding stalks of some plant, possibly corn or some sort of grain. Photo depicts Nikolai Vavilov (1887 - 1943)
George Penney@georgepenney.bsky.social · 2y ago

(Thread) In an alternate universe I and my lovely partner Tony write rom coms under the name Evie Snow. For a decade now, we've received regular emails from an elderly church lady in the Midwest US who writes gratuitously steamy emails to us, always about Tony, always about him being a centaur. (1)