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
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It’s the equivalent of being a musical theater nerd who came of age during the height of Rent 031
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. 9847
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
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 09/08/2026They work really well in office settings where people are moving mostly separately, but yeah I can see them getting gummed up in hotel settings 110
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 05/08/2026That’s super funny! I got very lucky today because it’s my standard second guess when the first guess has no matches! 130
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Like yes drag brunch is usually family friendly, and if John is straight and mostly knows drag from that context, sure, but most drag is in adult venues for sure 230
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: 184230560
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. 371502599
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
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This has very little to do with any of the specific groups. When someone doesn’t have a strong idea of what a % is, they tend to pull their guess closer to 50%. 010
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
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I would love to commission a print or high res image of this one, would love to hang it in my office 010
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.” 1670781753
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I mean, those are the 3 major divisions of human cognitive abilities… 000
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 21/07/2026@rmcelreath.bsky.social is right here — the author doesn’t seem to understand that an RE analysis is estimating a distribution not a single effect size. If tiny sample and big sample have similar weights in an RE meta, then the heterogeneity is huge, and the mean effect size is pretty meaningless 190
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 19/07/2026And one more www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/sorts-mill-g...theleagueofmoveabletype.comSorts Mill Goudy | The League of Moveable TypeThe first open-source foundry. And your spot to learn how to use, make, and work with type. 000
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Oh this Junicode looks even closer open-foundry.com/fonts/junicode junicode.sourceforge.io github.com/psb1558/Juni...open-foundry.comCurated Fonts for Free | Open FoundryJunicode is a specialist typeface offering over 3,000 characters in its regular style with full support for the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative (including Latin, Runic and Gothic ranges). It’s free u... 100
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 19/07/2026But the entire movie is explicitly and obviously about moral futility? What the hell they smoking? 180
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Thank you so much! Excited to try! (And absolutely pitting is a pain!) 010
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Oooh! Could you share a recipe? We have a sour cherry tree in our backyard that is super productive and I love trying out new things with them 120
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
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 13/07/2026If you ever figure out queer LLM footnotes, I really want to read the blog post about your iterations on it! 020
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Yeah, when I saw some teammates use multi-agent flows for various scenarios—author/critique/revise, supervisor/worker, point/counterpoint, code/optimize, write/style edit, etc—I started to see more potential in LLMs for real work 020
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Something I’ve had success with is using 3 agents in sequence — one to write a draft, one or more to review with style/“don’t do this” critiques, and one to revised based on the critiques 030
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 11/07/2026That’s just homophobic! And during Bear Week at that! 130
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Yep, Adam Grant’s research is filled with this stuff 130
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The systematic review process is about adding rigor and reproducibility to the collection process for your raw data, not constraining your ability to talk about context 062
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 22/06/2026And it’s definitely fine to discuss in intro/conclusion papers that are relevant even if they don’t meet final incl/excl criteria (eg, a paper might raise important hypotheses, but have incompatible research methods to include in the formal analyses). 140
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 22/06/2026In your case, it’s definitely worth reviewing all of the papers that have cited the foundational work you started from. In my experience, forward citation searches are often one of the most fruitful parts of a search strategy. 250
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Systematic review and meta-analysis was my main area when I was an academic. A key gut check for your search terms/method is if it captures key well-known papers in the area. Additional ways to expand coverage are forward and backward citation searches for papers you include and previous reviews. 250
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. 4639991573
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Yeah my immediate reaction is that boiled eggs are pretty uncommon as a breakfast item in the US unlike other countries, so a typical restaurant might not be set up to do them quickly (though I’d be super surprised if they just refused like that) 120
Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 12/06/2026At that point, the right call on his part would have been to say “screw my dumb trivia” and beg you to come up and take some questions from the audience 0400
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
