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Research Scientist + Asst Prof (Practice) @ Brown SPH. Interested in epidemiology, stats, modeling, ID, complexity, causality. Know just enough to be dangerous. Current quest: never leave Emacs. (Personal account. Opinions not even my own.)
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Those who suggest that victims of vaccine preventable diseases are deserving of it will be insta-blocked. Most cases are children. And both kids and adults could be unvaccinated because of lack of access, misinformation, contraindications. Public health is not about leaving anyone behind.

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Anyone know of a good piece on N-of-1 designs through a counterfactual framework lens? I am skeptical of some of the claims made in the article regarding statistics, because HTE already requires larger sample sizes. What effect(s) are identifiable and estimable in N-of-1 studies? #EpiSky #CausalSky

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Counterpoint ... Well, there isn't one, but Disco Elysium is an exceptionally good game.

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Check out my letter on amyloid-targeting drugs in STAT! www.statnews.com/2025/02/22/l... A thread #episky

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For those who don't know, Kim is the main scholar of autocratic legalism on the planet

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Breaking News: A jury found a New Jersey man guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of the author Salman Rushdie, which left him partially blind.

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HEURISTIC No matter how smart you (think you) are, your politics are probably stupid.

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Chaplin did say, tho, that had he known the scale of atrocities at that time (GD was released in 1940), he would not have made a comedy. I think that's regrettable, b/c humor can be extremely effective at defanging hatred by revealing the smallness and absurdity of those who hold it in their hearts.

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This strikes me as something that has to be addressed urgently if the stays on federal funding freezes are to have any teeth. The communications order is still blocking council and review meetings, preventing disbursement of funds. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Ooh, data.table fans on #rstats, I was not aware of this: stackoverflow.com/a/77847080. You can write the following in R >= 4.3 (copied from comment) for a formatted chain w/out a performance hit: dt |> _[do this] |> _[then this] |> _[and finally this] I love dt, but stylers don't play nice

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Hey, #EpiSky or #MedSky, who has a good Starter Pack of #dementia researchers?

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Imagine going back to 1980 and showing them this graph. They’d think something was broken, and they’d be right.

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Personally, I think this conflict of interest language should appear at any mention of RFK Jr's advocacy or leadership. (Story by @helenbranswell.bsky.social.) www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/c...

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I support FIRE's stated mission and think it's crucial to have a non-partisan org that defends individuals against compelled or suppressed speech. That makes it all the more important to ensure their advocacy materials are based on good data. More in Moynihan's thread. The Chronicle article is good.

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Good thread 👇

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If only thousands of people had predicted this.

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Every once in awhile I throw this desperate plea out into the world: DO NOT JACK UP THE TREBLE ON YOUR ACOUSTIC WHEN YOU PLAY LIVE!!

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