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Not since 1998 has an entire nation simultaneously banged the table and shouted “oh for fucks sake David” #CelebrityTraitors

The advances we've made in statistics, experimental study design, and causal inference over the past century are remarkably useful for understanding our world. But there is never been a push to make people use them like we are seeing with generative AI. Perhaps take a moment to consider why.

check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/... Blimey. House phone rang and mobile just beeped

Traitors game at a work event - fabulous idea or disaster waiting to happen? Thoughts?!

Long covid prevalence is available in OHID's Fingertips tool, am not sure this data is much known about! fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/gene...

I am doing my own set of stickers with phrases like "please no more user research" and "can we just bloody launch something please". I love user research and testing as much as the next person but at some point you have to launch and see what happens.

This is an entirely logical position if you just don’t want any migrants at all - demand they speak English but refuse to teach them, send them away. 🤦🏻‍♀️

#ai 😭

For those who enjoyed the premature mortality piece yesterday, here is the original justification for the use of age 75.

The first reports of what would eventually be called AIDS and its causative agent identified as HIV were published in the MMWR in 1981 alerting health care and public health systems across the country. A tremendous loss for public health.

Good to see this initiative continues

Is 'home advantage' back? When Covid kept football fans away from matches, it didn't seem to matter whether teams played at home or away. But what happened after the crowds returned? ow.ly/IsBT50X78Zy

Proud to have been on the steering group for this important project.

Statisticians worked with fragmented data to estimate the scale of the NHS’s biggest scandal: the Infected Blood Inquiry. In a masterclass of balancing data with quality results, their models clarified the impact. 🔗 Read more and find out what policymakers can learn: rss.org.uk/news-publica...

A fairly old article on how to define premature mortality, for some reason easier to find on this random website than the National Archives… @actuarybyday.bsky.social www.atlantesanitario.it/index.php?op...

Tbf there are numerous good reasons for this… I’d be worried if they didn’t report on homicide and if anything gun deaths are under not over reported given just how preventable they are.

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

ICYMI: From CMO of England (& colleagues inc @statsgeekclare.bsky.social ), #our #health as a nation. Some will reinforce, some will suprise, should make us all think/question. Very much welcome the narrative, alongside the numbers www.gov.uk/government/p...

John Bibby and his contributions to Radical Statistics; Why are some people missing from UK surveys?; Unsettled populations: Service administrative data and people outside the sampling frame; Unknown knowns: The non-enforcing of gambling legislation in Ireland www.radstats.org.uk/editorial-is...

BBC Radio 6 Music Lauren Laverne Now Playing Inspiral Carpets Joe

This is the best present you could ever give an autistic person who likes data and it's interfering with my ability to watch Taskmaster

Warning: this is a dangerous report You will be drawn into its pack of "aha"moments and, without noticing, it'll be two hours later :-)

I haven’t done age verification so if you’ve DMed me I can’t see it, hopefully you’ll have another way to reach me instead! 😄

An absolute goldmine of health and mortality data 📊 Well done to all involved in this.

Great to hear Burnham's been to Mancwalk 2000.

New CMO report out today on health trends and variation in England. My team delivered this using a RAP developed in R, which made a nice change from lots of people running around putting numbers into excel then pasting into powerpoint... Was not without challenges though! www.gov.uk/government/p...

What happened to "but millennials are different"? Not much evidence of anything different among 30-45 year olds here?

📢 The #REVES2026 Call for Papers is OPEN! Join us to discuss about aging, longevity, and population health — with a focus on health expectancy and policy impact! 📆 11–13 March 2026|Tokyo, Japan 🔗 www.reves2026.com 📌 Submit by 30 November 2025 reves-network.org #demography #LifeExpectancy

If you are worried about misinformed U.S. federal guidance on vaccines and preventative health measures right now, here’s a list of well sourced and science backed alternative sources of information. A thread that you can bookmark for future reference and pass on to others 🧵

Know anyone in Bristol that wants to see The Wedding Present on the 3rd October? I've just put up 4 tickets at a discount as we can't go now. Shares appreciated 🙏 secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0061664...

Sorry, what

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur… beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

An obituary for Radical Statistician John Bibby. He is very much missed! www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"Really, I don’t mean to go on, but then I doubt the film-makers meant to muff the ending in a way that torpedoes later books either. This should have been a six-part BBC One series with budget to match. But I’m sure the money was very nice." This week's column is on how not to adapt a book.

Rounded off @royalstatsoc.bsky.social conference week with an obligatory parkrun at Oriam! Thanks @fjtweedie.bsky.social for enabling the visit and marshalling. It’s a lovely parkrun, nice trails, a few out and backs, friendly team! #LoveParkrun

I had a fabulous time at the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social conference in Edinburgh this week with lots of excellent talks and time spent catching up with people I don't get to see often enough! See you next year in Bournemouth? #RStats #StatsEd #JuliaLang #RSS2025Conf

💜 Being part of the session on accessibility in official statistics with so many good speakers including @statsgeekclare.bsky.social and @cararthompson.bsky.social

Lovely evening at the RSS Conference dinner after a fabulous week in Edinburgh. Bring on Bournemouth next year! @statsrhian.bsky.social @scottheald72.bsky.social @altealorenzo.bsky.social @fedeandreis.bsky.social

On Weds, Thurs, Sat, next Fri, three weeks from now, six months hence, and sometimes next decade

I've said before that had the social media outrage industrial complex existed in the first decade of the 21st century there would have been zero chance of the indoor smoking ban happening. It's incredible the way that smoking in a pub or cafe now feels impossible to imagine and weird.

Interesting session at the RSS Conference on a systems approach to collaboration with some really useful points on how resource constraints reduce collaboration and cause organisations to focus inwards. @royalstatsoc.bsky.social

When I was at Anglia TV about 25 yrs ago, a girl in our office sent out a team email that said, “It’s been a crap Monday, who wants to come to my flat for a smoke?” Sadly she sent it to everyone in ITV. Melvyn was one of the first to reply with “That sounds lovely but sadly I’m filming in Newcastle”

On Wednesdays we use log scales @royalstatsoc.bsky.social

Our 2025 Council Elections are now open! Fellows can vote until 12 Oct to help shape the future of the Society. 🔗 Check your email for your voting link 📄 Meet the candidates: rss.org.uk/news-publica...

Its time to ensure the legitimate concerns of ethnic minorities in Britain – about a concerted effort to dissolve foundational social norms against racism + deny our status as equal citizens – are heard too We should *reject* excessive pessimism about pushing bsck www.easterneye.biz/british-ethn...

It seems pretty obvious that the complete absence of pushback against overt and nudge-nudge racism is impacting anti-racism norms that have been a foundation of social cohesion in Britain for decades.

Morning! First day proper of the RSS conference and I am starting with positivity.