oh damn (it's almost like we need the arts? to survive?)

👾 We've put together a supercut to show exactly what “interactive” means inside #ggplot2 [un]charted 👇 The project became far more ambitious than we first planned, but seeing how rich, detailed, and interactive it has become makes Yan and me genuinely proud of what we’ve built 🚀 #rstats #dataviz

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

Now that the Equinox has been and gone, I rename the enormous folder of unread pdfs on my desktop "Autumn Reading", by way of marking the passing of the seasons and the inexorable march of time.

Hear some preliminary findings from the RELEASE study at ADR-UK next week - post-imprisonment mental health and substance use related healthcare contacts Abstract -> ijpds.org/article/view... led by @jsavinc.bsky.social @kjellgren.bsky.social @adruk2025.bsky.social #JusticeHealth #LinkedData

Really exciting new archaeology report showing that two people who died in 7th century Kent had West African grandfathers. It’s suggested they’d travelled here as traders and settled thanks to the Byzantine Empire’s trade network that linked North Africa to Britain

On behalf of a fab team - I’ll be talking about headline results from our justice health research programmes biggest study so far at #bsc2025 today Shout out to @kjellgren.bsky.social @jsavinc.bsky.social and all the colleagues from Scotland involved 🙌🏻

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

Pleased our paper is out today: relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use among marginalised people bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6/e090349.full We present follow on research with justice-involved ppl @ DRNS conference later @drnscot.bsky.social Team ⬇️ #JusticeHealth

I see aid and meaning banned at the border #KeepTellingofGaza

A job is available in the SCADR network at Glasgow University: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

As markets plummet again today from Trump's chaotic economic policies, ask yourself: Why would billionaires back policies that tank their own stock values? It’s the taxes. I wrote a step-by-step explainer of how billionaires avoid paying taxes. People are often surprised when I explain it.🧵

Philosophers of science may have heard from afar about a powerful group of scientists having established careers based on the efficacy of a specific treatment for ME, which causes permanent harm to most who try it and can cause death. The saga continues absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/01/24/w...

"[Gobbledegook] acts as a canary in the coalmine: if gobbledegook is published in your journal, it's an indicator that you need to look very carefully at your editorial processes, and act immediately to remove editors who let this stuff in."

Came across the excellent visualisations at seeing-theory.brown.edu for the first time. Really recommended for learning/refreshing intuitions about probability distributions!

Thank you to @dataelixir.bsky.social for sharing my latest blog post, "Tips for data entry in Excel" in their latest newsletter. 🌟 cghlewis.com/blog/excel_e...

Migrated from X, feeling zen.