Just a platypus doing statistics, thinking about philosophy, and overthinking rom-coms.
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If I can only have 2/3 s’mores components, I choose marshmallow and graham cracker. If I can only have 1/3, I choose chocolate.
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I find it interesting that the movie adaptation of The Love Hypothesis made the female lead less annoying and the male lead more of a jerk.
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100% agree. Statistics is the philosophy of how to answer questions with data. To be a good statistician, you have to be able to think deeply about how every decision you make connects to your goal.
In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, Susana Monsó dives into how philosophy can play a role in the scientific process—from defining terms to formulating questions.
🎧 Listen here: scim.ag/4iuHNJV
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Matrix multiplication seems complex until you observe it step by step. Watch how each of the nine entries is formed: one row from matrix A, one column from matrix B, three products, and one sum.
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After my divorce, I rewatched these two movies incessantly. #filmtwt
Someone Great
Celeste and Jesse Forever
I still cry watching them, in a good way.
I just added the first page to my website (!!), all about descriptive statistics with examples in Stata.
degrees-of-freedom.org/descr…
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Oh man, this story is so UPLIFTING (without being corny). It's one of the best stories I've read in a very long time -- and a welcome break from AI.
Enjoy the free article!
nytimes.com/2026/09/06/scien…
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I really hope @taylorswift13 and @mindykaling are friends. They are both the kind of girlie feminist I aspire to be. Because yes, I can wear pink and watch rom coms AND be fucking good at my job.
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I don’t think Keeley actually wants to be with Roy.
#tedlasso
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Music video from Swedish rapper Yung Lean and GENER8ION has an amazing choreography, created by artist Damien Jalet.
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The distance a circle travels in a single revolution without slipping equals π times its diameter, regardless of the wheel's size.
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I am teaching myself html/css by creating a website about statistics. I wrote a simple homepage today.
degrees-of-freedom.org/
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When my children finally are ready to learn physics, chemistry, biology, I’m going to make sure they see the best visualizations out there. Too often people are expected to imagine stuff like this in their head after studying the equations and concepts.
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