the ad exec who came up with the idea to run teaser trailers for Super Bowl commercials

Oooh love this. Easiest way to parallelise anything in #rstats. Just add futurize() to your favourite function call www.jottr.org/2026/01/22/f... Thanks @henrikbengtsson.bsky.social HT @rstats.blaze.email

This really sucks, grateful for what FBref has done for soccer

Really good thread. I love the analogy of LEGOs glued to a drone 🚀

Social science takes time. Here, social scientists analyze a decade of evidence to show that a Supreme Court decision designed to suppress the black vote actually did. SCOTUS may soon obliterate the rest of the Voting Rights Act and we should not be shy about calling out what's going on here.

if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration

#rstats friends: I'm looking to print some package hex stickers. Any recommendations for die cut sticker printing?

“Everybody in math and physics uses it.” Nearly 35 years ago, Paul Ginsparg created arXiv, a digital repository for sharing research. It changed science for good. Three decades in, Ginsparg reflects on its legacy—and its future.

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if i was the chiefs and i had OL problems i would not trade my second best OLmen, personally

#AI presents significant opportunities to enhance access to math and science #assessment content for students with disabilities. It's important to address potential #accessibility issues and avoid introducing factors that could affect results. www.mdpi.com/3181444

This a thorough and well-researched piece from Geoffrey Skelley. Please share with your networks to highlight the benefits of government data to businesses, people, and government.

Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.

Ever wondered why presenting more facts can sometimes *worsen* disagreements, even among rational people? 🤔 It turns out, Bayesian reasoning has some surprising answers - no cognitive biases needed! Let's explore this fascinating paradox quickly ☺️

Any #rstats or @quarto.org people have a guide on how to generate or assign DOIs to Quarto blog posts? I think maybe @andrew.heiss.phd might have done this successfully?

I have never been more on brand.

A tale as old as time: - Oh no! Code is broken, something must be wrong 😰 - Create reprex 🧑‍💻 - Find solution in the process of creating reprex 🥳 Help others help you, and maybe help yourself in the process: reprex.tidyverse.org

programming languages should all support the MIT comma: R: function( foo, bar, baz ) python: function( foo, bar, baz, ) MIT comma lets you comment out every argument. In contrast, commenting out baz in the R function call throws a syntax error.

Giving a talk today at IMPS on building bridges between psychometrics island & psychology mainland; slides here (osf.io/jbzg9/). I stress the importance of theory building & testing, so I also updated my intro reading list on the topic: ➡️ osf.io/mqsrc

#TSTheErasTour is back, and {taylor} has been updated on CRAN! You can find updated documentation (complete with a #TTPD theme) at taylor.wjakethompson.com. A few highlights:

Happy #1989TaylorsVersion Day to all who celebrate! The {taylor} package has been updated with lyrics, Spotify audio data, and new color palettes. The dev version can be installed from GitHub: github.com/wjakethompso... And the website has a new 1989 theme at taylor.wjakethompson.com/dev

You know what you haven't heard enough about lately??? TAYLOR SWIFT 💖 In this screencast, I demonstrate how to use topic modeling to understand how #TidyTuesday Taylor Swift's lyrics have changed through THE ERAS: youtu.be/rXDv0ZuX0Fc

Is there an established name for regression models that focus on predicting sigma/log(sigma) rather than modeling the mean (presuming the Gaussian likelihood)? #RStats