Well, that sucks...

Days since Nigel Farage's face wan't on the BBC news website counter reset

🚨🚨 Opportunity to come and work with us! We're looking to recruit a data scientist / statistician to apply complex models to understand adverse medicine reactions in people taking multiple medicines. Would suit someone with a background in a mathematical discipline. www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...

This policy is such a no-brainer, with the commitments the government has made to reach net zero. Why on earth it hasn't be done already is anyones guess!

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"... don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, [...], by probability" It's fair to say the Buddha was not a fan of statisticians...

It's a sad fact that the more people talk or write, the more likely they are to say something stupid. This is especially true of people that I respect.

Join our study! Are you aged between 18-45 and living in the Swansea area? The POETH team want to hear from you! We are conducting research to understand the differences between males and females in how they respond to heat and heatwaves☀️ More info and register here👇 forms.office.com/e/JaHkrsWHzh

Huge congratulations to Prof David Ford, appointed OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for his services to social science!🎉👏 A proud moment and a well-earned recognition for his work using data to drive positive change in the UK and globally. 🔗 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/university-p...

I told you we’d be back

I have successfully maintained my 0% success rate at funding applications! 🥳

Why are statisticians so bad at naming things?! How can it be possible to adjust for multiple variables in a univariate joint model? 🤯

Join our study! Are you aged between 18-45 and living in the Swansea area? The POETH team want to hear from you! We are conducting research to understand the differences between males and females in how they respond to heat and heatwaves ☀️ Register here🔗 forms.office.com/e/JaHkrsWHzh

There's just under a week left to apply for this opportunity - the deadline is the 9th June!

Who had "the french will be football hooligans," on their 2025 bingo card?

PhD scholarship opportunity! Come and work at @popdatascisu.bsky.social with me and Prof Rhiannon Owen developing ways to analyse time series data at a population scale. www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

🌍🔬Insights from MAGENTA researchers at @pintofscience.uk Cardiff! Dr Aisling Morrin on immune health in a warming world & Prof @rich-fry.bsky.social on green spaces' impact. A sold-out event with thoughtful discussion and community engagement. 🎤 @wellcometrust.bsky.social @swanseauni.bsky.social

Today in "capitalism can't be trusted with ..." www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimmi...

Major disadvantage number 1 of using cloud based services...

Meditation with Danny Dyer was something I didn't know I needed! 🧘

Unironically asking a Scouser if the earth moved for them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Capitalism has failed www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🚨 PhD studentship opportunity klaxon! 🚨 Statistical Modelling in Multiple Long-Term Conditions for Healthcare Policy www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

I am not a huge fan of travelling to conferences. What are people's thoughts on pursuing an academic career while not travelling for this reason?

New science funding is good, but I will be really interested to see a bit more detail about how this money is spent given the existence of serp.ac.uk www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

Massive credit to the developers of BAMBI - I have never seen such a massive list of options for GLM response variables 👏👏👏 Kudos by extension to the @pymc.io devs too. bambinos.github.io/bambi/

First go at proving bread dough in a banneton. Seems to have worked out pretty well!

Little tip - if you're applying for a job that you actually want, don't use chatGPT to write the cover letter. Just don't. Even if you are just asking for an outline. Even if you are going to rewrite (almost) every word. It's visible a mile off. Don't do it.

Applications for the 2025 @popdatascisu.bsky.social Summer Internship Programme are now open👐 This year, we are offering a record number of 21 opportunities, building on previous year's success and expanding the programme's scope🚀 🤔For more info and to apply: popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/applications...

This is a great opportunity to come and work with a world class team (😳) on a great project.

When did Wes Streeting train as a mental health professional? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well, this is certainly something...

Happy 14.3 day! #piday

Little Billy was successfully rescued from the well on Jake's farm and then asked for his views on routine data for research during his hospital stay @bengoldacre.bsky.social

Acording to wikipedia, there are 111 universities and university colleges in England out of a total of 130 in the UK. There are eight in Wales, representing just over 6% of UK universities, however, Welsh unis recieved just 3% of UKRI funding.

Michael Sheen is a national treasure, and doesn't get as much credit for it as he should.

one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason

New short blog. Parallelising for loops in python. jim-rafferty.github.io/2025/03/11/S...

Lousy thing about journals No. 53424 - I don't want a username to log into your author portal. Just let me use my email address!

Delighted to be working on the 🌶️ CHILI 🌶️ Hub under the leadership of @perhapsitspia.bsky.social to understand how transition to net zero impacts children’s health using linked environmental and health data @saildatabank.bsky.social @popdatascisu.bsky.social more here 👇 www.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-ps4...

New blog - parallelising for loops in R. jim-rafferty.github.io/2025/02/28/S...

A broken clock is right twice a day. Even the AI is warning us! 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

👶Meet Sophie Barry, the Research Midwife for the MAGENTA Project! 💬 In this blog, Sophie shares: ✨ Why she became a midwife ✨ What drew her to research ✨ How her role in MAGENTA supports expectant mums Read more here👉 magentaresearch.org/getting-to-k... @wellcometrust.bsky.social

if ya'll think you're full of micro plastics now just wait a decade or two for the shitloads of plastic waste from consumer 3D printers to make its way through the environment. those things are giant plastic waste machines: struts, failed prints, garbage to sell on etsy all ending up in landfill.

📢New #jobopportunity to join HDR UK Wales and work on the Inflammation and Immunity Research Driver Programme led by Professor Gwyneth Davies. 🔬Data Scientist Apply now and help to improve population health and well-being👇 www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan... #datascientistjob

Statistical programming people - what is your favourite paradigm to use? functional, OOP, procedural etc.? Do you think about this at all?

1/ When using observational data for #causalinference, emulating a target trial helps solve some problems... but not all problems. In a new paper, we explain why and when the #TargetTrial framework is helpful. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... Joint work with my colleagues @causalab.bsky.social

I do love spending all morning writing code that breaks the code I wrote yesterday! 🤦

It's amazing that huge tech corporations are acting like they above the law. Imagine all the shady stuff they've done that we don't know about (yet) www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Hey @proftomcrick.com ! What do you make of this? This is the dept you advise isn't it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI2G...