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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nothing says “the academic year is back in full swing” like telling students their seminar is actually in the building across campus over the sounds of the marching band’s Sabrina Carpenter cover

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Brennan Kahan @brennankahan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

***JOB ALERT*** We are seeking to appoint 3 Statistical Methodologists to work on methods related to the statistical analysis of clinical trials, or innovative design methodology. The posts will be based within the UCL Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

ucl.ac.uk

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

As my gate gets changed from terminal A to terminal D and I get in 5 hours later than scheduled, I think about how a month ago I took a 24 hour train that had fewer delays than this

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Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am declaring it fall and will not be looking at a calendar to see how premature that is!

A weather.gov screenshot showing it’s 54°F

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I am never going to roast a PI again for not having their aims finalized 2 weeks before the grant deadline

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Really just inexplicably excited for this trip. We go through upstate NY! I get to sleep through most of Ohio!

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Every conference is an opportunity for me to relearn that AI illustrations in presentations make me so mad I’m distracted for the rest of the talk 🙂

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yeah no JSM prep is going great why do you ask

Old dril tweet meme template about budgeting. Tweet has been edited to read:
“Overview: 1
Background/motivation: 46
Methods: 3
Results: 4
Conclusion: 1
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my presentation is dying.”

Below is a reply that’s been modified to say “@dril spend less on the motivation.”

dril replies “no”

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James E. Pustejovsky @jepusto.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Come work with my amazing colleagues (and me)! We have an open rank search in the Learning Sciences area, seeking scholars working at the intersection of learning sciences and AI (broadly construed). Details in the link. wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UW_Madison/j...

wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Learning Sciences – RISE-AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Job Category: Faculty Employment Type: Re...

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My calendar when I’m determined to finally finish an SAP

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Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

More July mornings should feel like this.

A map showing low temperatures across Wisconsin ranging from the upper-30s to lower 50s. Nicolas Cage is enjoying it.

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Finally made it back to work inbox 0 - just in time for the start of the academic year so I can disappoint students and collaborators anew with my response times

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Emma Lewis @emmalewis.ft.com · 08/07/2026

We're hiring in my team at @financialtimes.com - please do reach out if you have any questions. Whilst this is currently a contract role we have every hope of extending. job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io

Graphics journalist, Visual and Data desk ( Contractor)

London

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Baby’s first platelet donation complete 😎

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

To be clear, this isn’t an AI tool, it’s a form with prompts that breaks the process of composing a comment into smaller pieces with specific guidance on each piece on how to make it an effective comment. Useful!

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Wading through my inbox after a week off to catch up on grant submission admin and falling for a university IT document signature phishing test

Bald man in a dark puffer vest and red/blue plaid button up standing with his hands on his hips and staring discontentedly at the camera like “alright come on now”

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Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Managed to hit the trifecta of Atlantic Canadian tourism this week: a whale, puffins, and an iceberg. And it’s not even Friday.

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Wrote the business justification today for taking a 22 hour train from Boston to Chicago like “I looked at return flights and they just didn’t work with my schedule” Wed-Thurs schedule: 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

They really don’t lie when they say you can’t beat a WI summer

A park framed by two trees in the foreground, group of toddlers playing soccer in the middle ground, and a lake in the background.

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Never forget:

A google search for 'are there snakes at thesis defenses', with an AI overview that starts 'Yes, some universities have a tradition of including a "snake fight" portion in thesis defenses." and then goes on to give details just lifted from the McSweeney's article.

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I’ve gotten no fewer than 14 spam calls in the last 24 hours what is happening???

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

NEW: When a Wisconsin mayor ended his city's contract with Flock (the AI surveillance company), he was stunned to see Flock refused to remove cameras. So he covered them with plastic bags. Now local activists are taking their fight to Madison & the Dane County sheriff, wanting more cameras gone.

boltsmag.org

This Wisconsin City Ditched AI Surveillance Cameras. Now Activists Want to Keep Going. - Bolts

Last November, the city of Verona, Wisconsin, voted to pull out of the sprawling surveillance network run by tech company Flock Safety in hopes of protecting residents’ privacy and preventing... Read ...

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

There is a rift in the enclose.horse community

Mar 11, 2026: Community feedback: many players want the Check button back- deciding the best path forward

Mar 10, 2026: Removed the Check button based on community feedback

Mar 6, 2026: Added a Check button to see how close your score is to the optimal solution

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Ben Bolker @bbolker.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎉🎉🎉 Long-awaited: lme4 2.0-1 now handles some simple structured covariance matrices: diagonal ['true' - not just semantic splitting of `(x+y|f)` into `(x|f)` + `(y|f)`], compound symmetric, AR1 (no GPs/factor-analytic/reduced-rank/etc. yet ...)

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Posit @posit.co · 20/02/2026

Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2026) in Houston! We’re offering 40 full-support scholarships for underrepresented groups in data science. Includes: 🎟️ Conference+Workshop pass 🏨 Hotel stay ✈️ Travel reimbursement Apply by March 13: posit.co/blog/apply-t... #positconf2026 #rstats

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Ah yes just submitted all my simulations to the cluster. Now to take a big drink of water and type condor_q …

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Scrolling the SWAP and realized this is just wisco Nook Shopping

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 30/01/2026

🧵Good news out of #NIH today. (1) NIH is extending #ESI and #K99/R00 eligibility to accommodate researchers whose eligibility would have ended during the previous shutdown. Take a look at NOT-OD-26-020. If your ESI status would have ended in 2025, you get an automatic extension through 2026/03/31.

grants.nih.gov

NOT-OD-26-020: Notice of Temporary Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Temporary Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period NOT-OD-26-020. OD

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I swear, senate voicemail recording times have gotten shorter

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Trying to take a finicky hi-res screenshot for a manuscript while avoiding all the clutter on my desk

Screen grab from SpongeBob episode where he tries to paint Mr. Krabs’ house without spilling a drop of paint. Scene shows SpongeBob with a single drop of paint on a brush looking anxiously at a massive unpainted wall covered in knickknacks and pictures

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Jess Graves @jessgraves.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Hi Bluesky! It’s been a while! We’re growing the Stats team at Loyal! We’re looking for a statistician with experience in observational and late stage interventional clinical trials in human or vet med. If that is you or anyone you know please apply! job-boards.greenhouse.io/loyal36/jobs...

job-boards.greenhouse.io

Statistician, Research

Remote - US

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The year of our lord 2026 and google slides doesn’t have an equation editor???

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Encountering my first run-in with the enshitification of Google Scholar - even when enclosing the title in quotes I can’t get it to pull up the 2 most recent AD facts and figures reports. Things! Used! To! Work!

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

On further reflection, maybe opening my work email on 12/26 was not the best way to mitigate my anxiety

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

One of life’s small joys is sending your husband a Bluesky thread he gets so mad at he says “okay I have to show you on the whiteboard”

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Rachel Widome @rwidome.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Good morning epi methods community! Please consider applying for (and spreading the word about) this position here at Minnesota. It's a great place to be! (You can read the whole description and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/179313) #EpiSky

Beginning of job description. It states: "The Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, seeks a
tenure-track Assistant Professor who has expertise in a broad range of epidemiologic methods.
About the Job
The Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, invites
applications at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track). As a faculty member, the individual will actively
contribute to the Division’s mission through research, teaching, advising, and professional service activities.
Key responsibilities include:
● Maintain and expand expertise in the application of foundational and cutting-edge epidemiologic
methods. Candidates are expected to have a deep understanding of causal inference, bias mitigation,
and statistical modelling. Expertise across diverse epidemiologic methods and content areas is
welcomed.
● Develop a research program that incorporates rigorous epidemiologic methods, and collaborate with
other faculty as a co-investigator on new grant initiatives. Example areas of possible methodologic
applications include, but are not limited to, causal analysis, bias analysis, infectious disease modelling,
mutational signatures in cancer, -omics data applications, spatial and temporal analyses,
pharmacoepidemiology, quasi-experimental methods, implementation science, generative artificial
intelligence and/or machine learning, digital health, wearables, etc.
● Contribute to Epidemiology curriculum development, teach epidemiologic methods as part of the
Epidemiology PhD methods sequence and other classes as needed, and participate in development of
the PhD qualifying examinations. Advising PhD, post-doctoral, and master's students is also expected.
● Actively engage in service, including at a national level through professional organizations focused on
epidemiologic methods.
● Serve as a resource for translating up-to-date epidemiologic methods to applications i…

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Gene Park @gene.meme · 17/12/2025

meanwhile in journalism

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Just clocked a copilot icon on my excel spreadsheet. Like oh yes please tell me what I need in this cell oh purveyors of Marchuary

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Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Introducing: The Christmas Bean™️

A cat sitting on some stocking on top of a speaker next to a Christmas tree

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

mfw an investigator gets done talking about how they haven’t settled on a primary outcome yet, then turn to me and ask what I need for the power calculation

media.tenor.com

a close up of a man 's face with blue eyes and a beard

Alt: A close up gif of a white blonde man blinking in exasperated surprise

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

We already have these they’re called Shyttles and they’re driven by the UW-Madison Facilities Division

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I’m going to need academics to get on the same page about how long a “quick chat” last as and no it is not 30-60 minutes

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Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Hope everyone on the floor could hear me yell “who is putting PHI in the free-text comments???” just now

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Chris Knox @vizowl.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

BusinessDesk has a fantastic (and rare) for a data journalist in New Zealand. The Herald and BusinessDesk are separate publications, but whoever is in this role will work with me on projects like Budget day visualisations 1/2 careers.nzme.co.nz/jobs/6697721...

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Data Journalist - BusinessDesk - NZME

Join BusinessDesk as a Data Journalist—break market-moving stories, visualise insights, and set the global benchmark for data-driven reporting.

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