Partial and (only slightly) more serious update on this IEEE just sort of choosing to not respond or acknowledge so that's cool. They must be busy encouraging more plagiarism so I get it

Derek Beaton@derek--beaton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today I officially became an academic* of our times: a pretty clear plagiarism case of one of my preprints turned into someone else's conference submission. Truly blessed that my work has *finally* been recognized and appreciated! *I'm no longer in academia

We're hiring in statistics, econometrics, ML, statistical computing, data vis, etc. It's a great place to work, which is why I've been here for more than 30 years! Details at bit.ly/3Tld8UV. Level is roughly equivalent to Assistant/Associate Prof in North America. #stats #datascience #rstats

per usual, this is a pizza account. Vaguely New Haven-ish. Blood orange cheddar, mozzarella, ricotta, squash blossoms (all obtained from the farmers market). Olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon zest

Today I officially became an academic* of our times: a pretty clear plagiarism case of one of my preprints turned into someone else's conference submission. Truly blessed that my work has *finally* been recognized and appreciated! *I'm no longer in academia

"What if a cocktail but it's pizza?" Dolce provolone, whiskey barrel smoked cheddar, cherries, orange and lime zest. then topped with a whiskey, bitters, citrus, and sugar glaze.

Tonight, the dough cooperated. Purple kholrabi, yellow squash, dolce provolone, olive oil. Finished with dill, korean pepper flakes, tallegio, and pear white balsamic vinegar.

Derek Beaton@derek--beaton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

we all know by now what this account is all about purple kholrabi, yellow squash, spring(early summer?) onions, fruilano, tallegio, celery salt, korean red pepper flakes. All on a particularly uncooperative dough (which is why we pivot to pans, kids)

we all know by now what this account is all about purple kholrabi, yellow squash, spring(early summer?) onions, fruilano, tallegio, celery salt, korean red pepper flakes. All on a particularly uncooperative dough (which is why we pivot to pans, kids)

One of the most delightful parts of this map is you can see the terminal layout of Logan airport.

Belt Publishing@beltpublishing.bsky.social · 5mo ago

One of my personal favorite maps from the upcoming Boston in 50 Maps: the proximity of Dunkin’ locations to one another. Dark purple means that from one location, you can drive to 20–30 other locations in 5–10 minutes! Woah. More info (and maps) here: beltpublishing.com/products/bos...

you can work out a lot of the problems with LLMs just from sort of intuition and a rough familiarity with how to run a PCA

In 2019, scientists velcro'd 3D glasses to European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) They didn't do this just to make them look cool as fuck, but in order to study their vision. Using a 3D theatre made for the cuttlefish, they were able to test if cuttlefish have stereo vision (they do!)

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers

A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

king5.com

Going back to the moon is a delight for humanity and, maybe someday if Pan Am comes back, me personally. *fingers crossed* (rockets and space and moon visits are so cool)

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

first of all: this sounds super neat second of all: damn, I missed my chance to claim CRAN real estate with "weird"

Rob Hyndman@robjhyndman.com · 7mo ago

A new paper on anomaly detection: robjhyndman.com/publications... The methods are implemented in the weird #rstats package.

Also this is clearly fiction and a superpower: someone can *think* in LaTeX

Derek Beaton@derek--beaton.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I like to read comics to disconnect. And then the new (Marvel) Ultimates goes and throws some LaTeX typesetting in the proper orientation for the character but backwards for the reader and I'm now just really stressed this won't compile correctly. I am not having a good time right now!

I like to read comics to disconnect. And then the new (Marvel) Ultimates goes and throws some LaTeX typesetting in the proper orientation for the character but backwards for the reader and I'm now just really stressed this won't compile correctly. I am not having a good time right now!

1/ Per occasional and sporadic reminder, this is a pizza account. In the last 8 days, I made 20 pizzas, 13 of them on Friday the 13th. All of them a regionally specialized style of Massachusetts: the south shore bar pie. Let's take a look at most of them, specific pizzas in the thread

We know what this account is all about.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

Periodic reminder that this is a pizza account. I don't make the rules.

We know what this account is about I do not need to remind you (but I will)

@fishtopher.bsky.social has great advice. I gave today to Annex Cat Rescue (annexcatrescue.ca). They do wonderful work. They helped a beautiful singing (screaming) lion find a home and helped me find my best (screaming) little buddy. Cat tax paid below.

Fishtopher and Friends@fishtopher.bsky.social · 10mo ago

fishtopher tuesday where fishtopher politely requests you donate what you are able (time, money, support) to your favorite animal rescues

There has to be a better name for this

Fascinating deploy story (I hope?). We launched a HR policies chatbot and I think some of the most extensive work was done on intent detection to prevent these cases below. It wasn't easy! It's a hard problem!

Emily Moin@emilymoin.com · 11mo ago

Doctor LLMs don't want you to know this one weird trick

The stats behind the Chinese transition to renewables are absolutely staggering (300 nuclear plants of energy generation created per year!). Actually we do have the solution to carbon emissions, and the economics are now undeniable. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics

The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising

economist.com

Occasional reminder that this is actually a pizza account South shore bar style (45% hydration, 10% oil). Di Napoli tomatoes, scarmoza, nduja

For more than 9 years, I have remained irrationally angry that Dunkin' Donuts does not exist in Canada

*slaps roof of powerpoint* you should see how many slides this machine can cram into 60 minutes (the answer, currently, is 160 and likely to go up)

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · last yr.

I have 76 slides for a 45-minute presentation. Don't worry, some of them are duplicates with emphasis, because I don't trust animations to be well-timed.

A friend's dad was the fire fighter supervising pyro at Fenway Park for The Rolling Stones (2005?). Got us in, last minute, for free. Basically at the stage. Turned around and saw, if I recall correctly, that Doug Flutie and Arnold Schwarzenegger had worse seats than 2 broke college kids

Greg@gsarafan.bsky.social · last yr.

What is your biggest concert flex?