Running another online Bayesian intro course (14 Jan - 22 April). Suitable both to participants that are new to any kind of statistical analysis, as well as to ones that already have experience with frequentist stats and wish to learn about Bayes. Registration: www.mondegoscience.com/courses/mode...

Modern Statistical Thinking for Biologists

This intuitive statistical thinking course is primarily aimed at scientists in biology and bioinformatics. We will work with concepts of Bayesian statistical modelling using the brms package in R.

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Très heureuse de participer à la prochaine exposition bimestrielle à La Friche Artistique à Carcassonne ! Very happy to be part of the September-October exhibition at La Friche Artistique. I'll be delighted if you pass by if you happen to be in Carcassonne ! #Carcassonne

Near Ähijärv, Võromaa. Acrylic on canvas, 64x64 cm.

L'Étang de Doul, Aude, France. 30x40 cm, acrylic on canvas.

Preixan, Aude, France. 40x30 cm, acrylic on canvas.

Near Villalbe, Aude, France. 70x50 cm, acrylic on canvas. #acrylicpainting #landscape #France #darkskies

Canal du Midi. 40x30 cm, acrylic on canvas. #Aude #CanalduMidi #acrylicpainting #landscapepainting

From the Montagne Noire, looking towards the Pyrenees. 70x50 cm, acrylic on canvas.

Une vraie retour en arrière est en train de s'effectuer en France dans la lutte contre les pesticides. Si vous êtes médecin ou scientifique en France et que vous avez quelques minutes, voici une lettre ouverte à laquelle on peut participer sur ce sujet. framaforms.org/lettre-ouver...

Le canal du Midi in Carcassonne. Foggy day.

A few photos from our first few months in Carcassonne!

Giving a shout out to the young Bayesians meeting (baysmjisba.github.io)! I normally go to biology conferences so it was fun being at a stats meeting for once! I gave a talk on using the Bayesian perspective to help beginners w/ statistical thinking skills. Lots of insightful feedback! #Bayes

Pink and blue. Acrylic on canvas, 70x50 cm. #landscape #pink #acrylicpainting

#RésultatScientifique🔎 Une équipe internationale publie 10 conseils pratiques pour aider les écologues à s’approprier la statistique bayésienne, outil clé en modélisation, conservation et évaluation des impacts humains sur les écosystèmes. ➡️ www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

Beautiful essay on the loneliness epidemic. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Anti-Social Century

Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

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How we’re being asked to live now is objectively insane

Blue. Acrylic on canvas, 40x60 cm.

🛑 URGENT : Vladimir Poutine accepte le principe d’un cessez-le-feu mais pose ses conditions : il veut le désarmement de l’armée ukrainienne, la dissolution de l’OTAN, l’Alsace-Lorraine, un 13e mois et des tickets-restaurant.

Handsome Virgile. Acrylic on canvas board, 20x30 cm.

We are decorating one of the rooms with prehistoric-style drawings. Here's a bit of practice! 50x70 cm, acrylic on canvas.

Nature published a misguided op-ed on using LLM's in peer review. The author suggested LLM's could be an aid. But I was interested in a larger question. Can ChatGPT do a peer reivew? So I uploaded a first-submission manuscript for it to review. I also have human reviews for comparison.

White water III. Acrylic on canvas, 40x40 cm.

White water II. Acrylic on canvas board. 30x40 cm.

White water. Acrylic on canvas board, 30x40 cm.