Chris Bilder
@chrisbilder.bsky.social
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Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; www.chrisbilder.com
Taking my first outdoor swings of the year
about 17 hours ago
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Tennis today: both teams wore white jerseys with small red logos on upper left side
1 day ago
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The Parade of Athletes at the Olympics reminds me of
#StargateSG1
. Will the Goa'uld be coming out of the stargate too? I hope they have an iris!
2 days ago
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LilC's first time running out with the varsity bball team
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3 days ago
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LilC got a jersey to play on varsity bball team for the first time! The team was then upset by 19 points and everyone had their jerseys taken away
5 days ago
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Removed the "Education Matters" sign from my front lawn today. I plan to keep it so that I can put it back up in a couple years when it is needed again. The sign just may not have much meaning outside of Nebraska.
7 days ago
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Listening to 90s music while doing a drive that I did hundreds of times in the 90s!
12 days ago
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One year since we became a 3 EV family with the addition of the
#Chevy
#EquinoxEV
! I really like the car, but still wish I could use Android Auto with it from my phone. Never will go back to an ICE car. This is a pic from one year ago--it's too cold outside to take a new pic today.
15 days ago
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Good day for LilK in Grand Island
15 days ago
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Visited
#LNK
Standing Bear High School this week; they help their students decide between basketball or swimming teams
15 days ago
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I hope my next university has warmer offices.
17 days ago
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I am proud to say that I have retained the skills of being the "puke parent" between
@kimberlypb.bsky.social
and me. I am the parent who can clean up our kids puke without getting sick! I was put to the test this evening for the first time in a long time.
17 days ago
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LilK and I attended our first Nebraska athletic event since early September. It's free to attend tennis. We were there to help him learn how to play tennis better, not to root for UNL.
23 days ago
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Soup buffet from The Parthenon in
#LNK
. Opa!
30 days ago
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25th tennis racquet strung since purchased a racquet stringer 1-year ago. Strung LilC's
#Carve
AdTouch 97 at 52lbs using
#Toroline's
new
#O-Toro
Octa string.
about 1 month ago
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Just finished watching "The Metrics" seminar again to prep for a presentation that I will give at another university about the faulty data, analyses, and conclusions used by UNL to eliminate 4 departments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk2...
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Statistics seminar "The Metrics" on November 6, 2025
YouTube video by Chris Bilder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk2R0UYWpA&t/1
about 1 month ago
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AMSTAT News article "University of Nebraska Regents Vote to Eliminate Statistics Department" provides more details about what happened at UNL
@amstatnews.bsky.social
@srvanderplas.bsky.social
magazine.amstat.org/blog/2026/01...
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https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2026/01/01/university-of-nebraska/
about 1 month ago
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LilC and I hit today. Notice almost all of the balls are on my side of the court. This is not a good sign for me.
about 1 month ago
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First tennis racquet strung in 2+ months: my Pro Kennex with O-TORO at 48 pounds. Maybe I can turn this into a new career?!
#LNK
about 1 month ago
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Since I was in
#Omaha
today, I visited Westwood Golf Course, the course where I learned how to play golf, for some putting practice.
about 2 months ago
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Visited
#MillardNorth
for the first time in almost 40 years; LilC had a bball game
about 2 months ago
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Symbolic: Save Our Stats logo is disappearing from the department's conference room
about 2 months ago
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#Lego
aisle at
#LNK
#Target
a few days before Christmas
about 2 months ago
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It's strange that
#UNL
wants faculty in eliminated departments to put together annual performance review documents for themselves. My plans for next year simply say "find a new job".
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
about 2 months ago
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This is what could have been at
#UNL
rather than eliminating departments. The Regents would not take the time to examine it.
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
thebugeater.com/board-of-reg...
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Educational Leadership Experts Provide Alternatives to Academic Program Cuts - The Bugeater
At the University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting last Friday, we heard from over 100 faculty, staff, students, and community members as to why the academic program cuts in the UNL Chancellor’s b...
https://thebugeater.com/board-of-regents/educational-leadership-experts-provide-alternatives-to-academic-program-cuts/
2 months ago
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The good apple is gone. The bad pumpkin remains.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiEr...
#Huskers
#Nebraska
#LNK
2 months ago
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Yesterday was a very sad day for Statistics: U. of Nebraska Board of Regents voted 9-1 (2 abstentions) to eliminate its Department of Statistics (
www.youtube.com/live/K5G-aeD...
). Stats testimony at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z3B...
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
@amstatnews.bsky.social
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University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting on Dec. 5, 2025; testimony by Dept of Statistics
YouTube video by Chris Bilder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z3Bp5mdvG8
2 months ago
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Violating fire codes in the Varner Hall waiting room?
#Nebraska
#LNK
#Huskers
@journalstar.com
2 months ago
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reposted by
Chris Bilder
Susan Vanderplas
2 months ago
I have some awesome students protesting the
#universityofNebraska
#budget
cuts to the
#statistics
department and other departments on campus.
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Coverage of
@aaup.org
New Orleans-style funeral procession for 4 depts slated for elimination; purpose was to make public aware of what might happen w/ Friday's Board of Regents vote
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
@amstatnews.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zyy...
www.youtube.com/shorts/_TKyd...
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AAUP UNL Funeral Procession for UNL Budget Cuts 2025
YouTube video by srvanderplas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zyyrs46jRA
2 months ago
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Nebraska Board of Regents meeting 11-21-25: Testimony from
@srvanderplas.bsky.social
of the UNL Dept of Statistics; the department makes millions of dollars for the university beyond expenses, but the university wants to cut it. Why???
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
youtu.be/9rUcJiMxAK4
@journalstar.com
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Nebraska Board of Regents meeting 11-21-25: Testimony from Susan VanderPlas, UNL Dept of Statistics
YouTube video by Chris Bilder
https://youtu.be/9rUcJiMxAK4
3 months ago
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How can you help the Department of Statistics at the U. of Nebraska-Lincoln survive its proposed elimination? Participate in letter writing campaign #2!
#Huskers
#LNK
@amstatnews.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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How can you help the Dept of Statistics at U. of Nebraska-Lincoln survive its proposed elimination? Participate in letter writing campaign #2!
#Huskers
#LNK
@amstatnews.bsky.social
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https://nebraska.edu/regents/boar...
3 months ago
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#LNK
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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UNL Faculty Senate no confidence vote on Chancellor Rodney Bennett passes 60-14-3
#Nebraska
#Huskers
youtube.com/shorts/f21S6...
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UNL Faculty Senate's no confidence vote on Chancellor Rodney Bennett passes 60-14 #Nebraska #Huskers
YouTube video by Chris Bilder
https://youtube.com/shorts/f21S6Dq8TVg?si=4FohuCj6YAfW6ivZ
3 months ago
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A new YouTube playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
. This puts all U. of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Department of Statistics videos regarding the budget reduction process in one place. Learn how UNL is misusing stats to eliminate its stats department!
#Huskers
#Nebraska
#LNK
@amstatnews.bsky.social
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln budget reduction process: Faulty data, faulty analyses, faulty conclusions - YouTube
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is recommending the elimination of my UNL Department of Statistics along with three other departments and other seve...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLugR2r-GFd_DJ_7OarRcr-ErksgbWUKiM
3 months ago
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Please get the word out about the U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Statistics
@biometricsociety.org.au
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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Friends of Stats: The U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Statistics needs your help. The university's Chancellor submitted a FINAL proposal today for budget cuts (
budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget...
) that eliminates the department. 1/
#LNK
#Nebraska
#Huskers
@amstatnews.bsky.social
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Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
https://budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget-reduction-plan/
3 months ago
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#NorthStar
student section at state high school vball championship; they won the sportsmanship award
3 months ago
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#UNL
Dept of Statistics seminar, The Metrics, was yesterday with > 150 individuals attending (in person and Zoom),
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk2...
. We discuss errors in stat analysis by administrators in their proposal to eliminate 6 departments. /1
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
@amstatnews.bsky.social
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk2R0UYWpAon
3 months ago
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#UNL
Department of Statistics seminar: "The Metrics" on Thursday, Nov 6 at 12:30PM in Swanson Auditorium of City Campus Union. We will discuss the problems with the metrics: the data used, the formulation, and the analyses performed.
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
3 months ago
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The UNL Academic Planning Committee (APC) report was released late Friday. There is no direct link to it from the APC or UNL web page, so here it is
budgetprocess.unl.edu/sites/unl.ed...
.
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
@journalstar.com
@owhnews.bsky.social
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https://budgetprocess.unl.edu/sites/unl.edu.budget-process/files/media/file/20251024_apc_recommendation.pdf
3 months ago
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The evening sun is nicely illuminating the Stop Cuts at UNL Now sign on my freshly cut lawn
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
3 months ago
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Took LilK out trick-or-treating this evening. I like it when the house provides candy for the parent. I got something different this year: a free drink token for a local bar
3 months ago
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This graphic helps to explain some of the money problems at UNL (source: Flatwater Free Press);
flatwaterfreepress.org/university-o...
#Nebraska
#Huskers
#LNK
3 months ago
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Local news media coverage of the Stop the Cuts rally -
www.klkntv.com/stop-the-cut...
,
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
,
journalstar.com/news/local/e...
#Huskers
#Nebraska
#LNK
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'Stop the cuts': Professors hold rally against proposed $27.5 million slash in UNL budget
Groups gathered in front of the Nebraska Union as Husker football fans flooded the campus. The rally-goers held signs as they tried to get people to sign petitions.
https://www.klkntv.com/stop-the-cuts-professors-hold-rally-against-proposed-27-5-million-slash-in-unl-budget/
4 months ago
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LilC has learned how to spell and use punctuation while a student at North Star; picture is from State Cross Country today where the Gators placed 2nd
4 months ago
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I just created a new subfolder in the main research folder of my computer. The subfolder name: "BudgetProcessPaper". I don't want to write it.
4 months ago
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More news media coverage today about U. of Nebraska-Lincoln's proposed budget cuts:
journalstar.com/news/state-r...
#Huskers
#LNK
#Nebraska
@amstatnews.bsky.social
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UNL faculty propose alternatives to cutting programs, departments
Several faculty from the departments eyed for elimination say there are alternatives to cutting their programs that could keep positions intact while also driving new funding streams to UNL.
https://journalstar.com/news/state-regional/education/article_975fd1e4-fe0a-4365-b177-6a46fab9e607.html
4 months ago
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LilC made the #1 Doubles award stand today at State Tennis!
4 months ago
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