Reposted by Brenton WiernikGrant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Now that Bluesky seems to have automatic thread numbering, a short thread on the probability of winning the Monty Hall problem if you stick. 2235
Reposted by Brenton WiernikDanielle Navarro @djnavarro.net · 06/08/2026The title is a little pointed, but I am very serious here. Academics, medical researchers, and other organisations should not collect data on birth sex. It is rarely relevant, and it almost always leads to privacy violations for transgender people. Please share. I would like people to read this one.blog.djnavarro.netSeparating sex and gender is statistical malpractice – Notes from a data witchStatisticians and academics in Australia should ignore the terrible advice of most LGBTIQA+ organisations and read this post instead. The 2020 ABS standard is almost never the correct way to collect d... 14236119
Reposted by Brenton WiernikBrandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Illinois progressives can we just not with this progressive-washing language around user fees for driving. 9857
Reposted by Brenton WiernikOB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Ban right turn on red. Drivers have proven repeatedly that they can't handle the responsibility. 68010
Reposted by Brenton WiernikBerna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I also have this thread on our chapter 051
Reposted by Brenton WiernikErin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Was just talking with a friend about how jeans, a red checked button down shirt and a newspaper from that day is an easy dead Mitch McConnell Halloween costume and now she sends me this: 184219559
Reposted by Brenton WiernikGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 28/07/2026Donald Trump cut fire prevention to give Elon Musk a tax break. www.startribune.com/report-doge-...startribune.comReport: DOGE delayed fire-prevention plan for Echo Trail near ElyWashington Post reporting supports the allegations of a former Forest Service ranger now running for the Legislature. 371503599
Reposted by Brenton WiernikDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Surveys like this always alarm people Fortunately, recent research from cognitive psychology shows that the reason people are so wildly wrong when estimating the size of minority groups is largely NOT because of prejudice — but rather how humans think about unknown proportions of any kind 111543
Reposted by Brenton WiernikJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Today, in violations of the rule of law that would be sufficient for impeachment in any other American presidency but aren't in this one because pathological partisan loyalty has rotted the constitutional order: 7231611050
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains 230
Reposted by Brenton WiernikJosh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 26/07/2026Accurate scientific reporting on rigorous research is my passion 4123
Reposted by Brenton WiernikDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.” 1670811755
Reposted by Brenton WiernikBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7 km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change. Streets for people are good for business.citylabbcn.orgThe Legal Attack on Superblock Barcelona - City Lab BarcelonaIn this blog post, I attempt to unpack what this court ruling is about, the legal arguments, and who is behind it. Did the city really do something wrong? What will happen to the Consell de Cent proj... 131184
Reposted by Brenton WiernikDr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall (she/her) @lindstorian.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Also: this isn’t just about science. This will devastate the entire federal grant funding process, which means all academic research grants, arts grants, community project grants, agriculture grants, conservation grants, etc. Please leave a comment opposing this change. 111587
Reposted by Brenton WiernikDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.nytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found. 4639991572
Reposted by Brenton WiernikUriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Shout out to the #rstats {performance} package. Its check_model() function is super helpful for model evaluation. #statistics #STEM 410826
Reposted by Brenton WiernikEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Class in the US is entirely a matter of aesthetics now. Rich suburban kids are “country”. Beard Dudes who look like they love IPAs are “working class.” Teachers who make $32,000 a year but have to dress up sort of nice in JCPenney clothes are “elites“. None of these words mean anything anymore. 9456281135
Reposted by Brenton WiernikPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 04/05/2026this is how we heal the nation and ourselves headed to Wisco later this week my body is ready 4162
Reposted by Brenton WiernikKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/04/2026I want cis Americans to sit uncomfortably with the fact that most of these restrictions were ushered in through the liberal act of "just asking questions" about trans people. 1048831647
Reposted by Brenton WiernikVeronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Jasper has many many many opinions. He is very cute, if slightly loud. 692421303
Reposted by Brenton WiernikMatt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Okay CTA. This is a good sign. 90243144522
Reposted by Brenton WiernikDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026This is not lets-propose-this-and-see-what-Congress-says. Their plan is more like USAID: eliminate before Congress can weigh in. 9690252
Reposted by Brenton WiernikNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 05/04/2026"Many said they mourned an America that valued knowledge for its own sake." 02610
Reposted by Brenton WiernikJosh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 05/04/2026yep, my kid's life saving cystic fibrosis medications that literally correct the specific protein defects that cause CF at the cellular level are due to small molecule drugs, developed by big pharmaceutical companies, addressing targets identified by NIH research 28622
Reposted by Brenton WiernikSacred Chicken 🐓 @chirp0403.bsky.social · 02/04/2026They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone. #USForestService 411137730
Reposted by Brenton WiernikCNN @cnn.com · 26/03/2026Every Justice Department or FBI employee who worked on the criminal investigations into President Donald Trump has been fired, resigned, or took early retirement, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said. cnn.it/4ddkUrI 2131348703
Reposted by Brenton WiernikD. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I need to like this one at least four times 0165
Reposted by Brenton WiernikJosh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 25/03/2026My 11 year-old lives like a normal 11-year-old instead of a chronically ill child who was likely halfway through his life already because of the triumphs of science that are still occurring 3475
Reposted by Brenton WiernikLeonard Euler d'Moogle 🍁🍡🏒 @leonardeuler.bsky.social · 24/03/2026"There's no we we could do that in the US." 20 years ago there was no way they could do it in France, but here we are. 324952
Reposted by Brenton WiernikDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Remember that time trump was being successfully being prosecuted for serious crimes and everyone in charge dragged their feet because they didn't want white supremacists to be mad at them? 1164
Reposted by Brenton WiernikFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026If these were scientists on a NIH grant; or “bureaucrats” at the DoL (read female & black) there would be a 15m Fox segment about waste, fraud and abuse. 17831184
Reposted by Brenton WiernikCraig McCormick @craigmccormick.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Paging the Spring Garden Road Merchants Association 2359
Reposted by Brenton WiernikAdam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 20/02/20268 in-custody deaths in 50 days—one every 6 days. This needs to be a much larger story. 7523212
Reposted by Brenton WiernikBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"It is beyond comprehension that the Senate confirmed this man to oversee America’s health. The risks are so immediate and constant that it can be difficult to keep track of them all." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comThe Disastrous First Year of RFK Jr.The damage the HHS secretary has done to science and public health is appalling—and it could have been avoided. 1262103644
Reposted by Brenton WiernikSilky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 16/02/2026and once again: student-run papers are the free press now www.michigandaily.com/news/former-...michigandaily.comFormer Michigan Medicine dean omitted multimillion-dollar pharma ties in multiple publications, Daily investigation findsOver a decade marked by a pandemic and nationwide cuts to health care funding, Marschall S. Runge led Michigan Medicine in a historic triple-leadership position. He served as executive vice president ... 29627
Reposted by Brenton WiernikConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Where the teens are YouTube 92% TikTok 68% Instagram 63% Snapchat 55% Facebook 31% (down from 71%) WhatsApp 24% Reddit 17% X 16% (down from 33%) www.pewresearch.org/internet/202... 33510
Reposted by Brenton WiernikAnna Brown @aebrown.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Belated congrats to my Pew Research colleagues on publishing this groundbreaking study - one of the first surveys to have a probability-based sample of transgender adults large enough to reliably report their views and experiences. www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...pewresearch.orgThe Experiences of LGBTQ Americans TodayHow lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults view the impact of Obergefell and social acceptance for LGBTQ people more broadly 10 years after the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex... 03214
Reposted by Brenton WiernikDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 13/02/2026This is actually an ESSENTIAL articulation of this admin’s immigration policy. Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them. 6853204
Reposted by Brenton WiernikEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 10/02/2026this is incredibly frustrating. By framing this as a policy demand Dems are aiding a disinformation campaign that is intended to confuse the public about what is constitutionally required. 101864519
Reposted by Brenton WiernikAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2) 9672981801
Reposted by Brenton WiernikTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 22/01/2026literally every bad thing in this country right now is the result of Republicans saying "we'll get sued over this, but..." it's genuinely pathetic that Democrats won't do the same in order to protect people's rights 421031
Reposted by Brenton WiernikConstantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Just shitty things being done by shitty people for even shittier reasons. 0146
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 10/01/2026@rmcelreath.bsky.social I was watching Jeopardy! today and there was a clue about Ulam—I shouted “Father of Monte Carlo computation” but apparently answer was “Father of the H-Bomb” 080
Reposted by Brenton WiernikJim Alwine @jimalwine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy 20578242727
Reposted by Brenton WiernikMichael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 28/11/2025#rstats It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week. He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly. www.john-fox.cajohn-fox.caJohn Fox: Books and Software 1220266
Reposted by Brenton WiernikMarcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I appreciate the intention but I really wish that faculty paid much less attention to these personal statements. You have no idea who wrote them (esp. in the age of LLMs) and applicants for whom English is not their primary language may be stellar but not be able to ace these types of nuances. 231
Reposted by Brenton WiernikUrsula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 06/11/2025In the last week, states of emergency declared for kidnappings & starvation.opb.orgWashington County declares emergency over increased ICE activityHillsboro, Washington County set aside a combined $400,000 to help communities impacted by immigration arrests. 418677
Reposted by Brenton WiernikAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 03/11/2025How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers? New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL #EconSky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 515764
Reposted by Brenton WiernikPat Host @pathost.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Drivers kill 40,000 Americans and injure and maim hundreds of thousands every year and throw ranging temper tantrums when anyone suggests they delay arriving at their destination by five minutes to stem the bloodletting. 2379
