Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Canadian negotiators will be pushing hard for a moratorium on Europeans calling anything "poutine" until they have been properly trained in how to make a proper cheese curd 070
Reposted by Eric PedersenVincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Big news! 🎉 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 1.0.0 for #Rstats is out. It’s a big number and it feels like a big step. I wrote a blog on the challenges of interpreting statistical models, SPEED, cool new features, the future, and a 5 year package development and writing odyssey. arelbundock.com/posts/margin... 1642197
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Like cosy murder mysteries? Like alt history? Like dark examinations of how the path to fascism is easily hidden beneath middle class gentile politeness? Read Farthing by @bluejo.eurosky.social www.jowaltonbooks.com/books/the-sm...jowaltonbooks.comFarthing | Jo Walton -- Science Fiction and Fantasy Author 2186
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Everyone should read Ducks at least once in their life. And also everything else by @katebeaton.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...goodreads.comDucks: Two Years in the Oil SandsCelebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the … 2195
Reposted by Eric PedersenMichael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A huge part of my interest in "indie" Animation comes from being exposed to weird-ass projects funded by the National Film Board. 2583
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"One Great City": Best love song for a city from a punk rocker who became a folk poet. I fall in love again with the lyrics all over again every time I hear it youtu.be/YdxzNy-apdY?...youtu.beOne Great City!YouTube video by The Weakerthans - Topic 141
Reposted by Eric PedersenKent Lind @camasonian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We have data on this. The blue is all the non-ag human use: 18866171
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I have (somehow) reached a new low point in the journal spam I'm getting. I just got an invite from the "Online Journal of Conference Proceedings". They're on the brink of releasing a "highly anticipated issue", and just need my submission by August 10th! 130
Reposted by Eric PedersenDanielle Navarro @djnavarro.net · 18/07/2026And so after a very brief hiatus, version 0.7.0 of "learning statistics with R" exists. Full rebuild in quarto, stylistic fixes, "epilogues from 2026" to comment on how the world changed since original publication, and as an added bonus, no longer misgenders the author learningstatisticswithr.comlearningstatisticswithr.comLearning Statistics with R 217146
Reposted by Eric Pedersenlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 08/07/2026You just deleted 600 unread emails. Finally, inbox zero. Phew! You refresh the app. There are 600 more unread emails. There will always be 600 more emails. You close your laptop in frustration and look at your phone, only to find there are 600 more emails there too. You cannot escape 600 more emails 1947835
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026This case highlights a core issue with grades that LLMs have brought to the fore: we are using grades to try to measure/do too many different things: 1. learning+readiness for later material 2. teaching effectiveness 3. Sorting by latent ability 4. Effort put into class 5. as a tool to open doors 481
Reposted by Eric PedersenStephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Today's ragebait for the professors who follow me. 3 points: 1) if I am a student, a take home exam is implicitly open-book. Using ChatGPT is fine and no different. 2) the professor changed the rules after the fact. The students should be pissed 1/2 11241
Reposted by Eric PedersenGrant McDermott @gmcd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 v0.7.0 now available on CRAN 🎉 This is big release, with loads of new features. Same tiny footprint, though ;-) Short highlight thread below, borrowing examples from our gallery: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig... 48726
Reposted by Eric PedersenBen Bolker @bbolker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I found this surprisingly thoughtful and balanced: r-statistics.co/R-vs-Julia.h... (although some of the labeling on Figure 2 is a little confusing)r-statistics.coR vs Julia for Statistics: Julia Is Faster, But Is That What Matters?Julia benchmarks faster than R on tight loops, but R ships 21,000+ statistical packages and a huge community. Honest trade-offs with real benchmark code. 4337
Reposted by Eric PedersenFrédéric Barraquand @fredbarraquand.bsky.social · 11/06/2026And we are already open to submissions! Journal Bsky account coming up soon. 1105
Reposted by Eric PedersenJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 22/05/2026I tried making Canadian butter tarts 🍁 will have to tweak some parameters but the taste is already very very good. Thanks for the inspiration @ericjpedersen.bsky.social 7391
Reposted by Eric PedersenFrancisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026#StatsPubs No matter how many times you read it, this paper on hierarchical GAMs keeps giving. Clear model explanations together with R code (mgcv). So useful! doi.org/10.7717/peer... Thanks for writing @ericjpedersen.bsky.social, D. Miller, @gsimpson.bsky.social @noamross.net 216252
Reposted by Eric PedersenStephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I did not know this. 49125
Reposted by Eric PedersenJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 28/04/2026the British monarch gives a regular speech to parliament and in the room where they make them wait before going on there’s a framed copy of Charles I’s death warrant. just a fun historical fact, no reason to bring it up 754399
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026(possibly hot) take: public libraries are the most consistently innovative and progressive institutions in the western world. Definitely beating out universities or tech companies 192
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I've been working with NCV this last week; it's a powerful tool for modelling data with dependencies that are poorly/inefficiently modelled via stochastic process priors like cov functions or low-rank smoothers. However, it's a complex topic, so I thought I'd summarize the key ideas in a thread 1/n 2224
Reposted by Eric PedersenArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon 253162033473
Reposted by Eric PedersenStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I think the clocks in UK go back tonight. Or forward. Not sure. Is it forward 471290405
Reposted by Eric PedersenNatalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke usnhcooper123.github.ioPhylogenetic Comparative MethodsPhylogenetic Comparative Methods 9288182
Reposted by Eric PedersenNicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪 40551632
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026You know what trend I would love to see? Animated remakes of classic but flawed live action films. "Del Toro's stop-motion Neverending Story". "Miyazaki's Cloud Atlas" 121
Reposted by Eric PedersenJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends! 27959481547
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This is like someone drawing a frowny face on their pet rock then feeling sorry for it 060
Reposted by Eric PedersenRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 19/02/2026these memes are fresh 0604
Reposted by Eric PedersenJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 09/02/2026iDiv Leipzig is organizing a symposium for early career researchers from all fields interested in scientific integrity & reproducibility. Some good stuff, e.g.: @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social on generative AI for science, @rmcelreath.bsky.social on a guerilla approach to scientific workflow.> 23018
Reposted by Eric PedersenMrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 07/02/2026 128165504619
Reposted by Eric PedersenGavin Simpson @gsimpson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update. On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R 📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K... #RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪youtube.comWhat's new in the world of Generalized Additive ModelsYouTube video by Bottom of the Heap 410747
Reposted by Eric PedersenRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I will probably get told off for sharing this - but it does give some perspective on why I was under so much pressure to leave Monkey Cage - I accept my career is dead so…. skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...skepchick.orgThe BBC Chose Transphobia over ScienceTranscript: Over the holidays, there was some news out of the UK that I wanted to highlight, lest it be lost in the news black hole that is Christmas and New Year: the British Broadcasting Corporat… 52715173
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026We must never let it revealed to the world that Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian inventioncbc.caCanadian inventor of Hawaiian pizza defends pineapple after Iceland's president disses fruit topping | CBC RadioAfter the president of Iceland announced he was fundamentally opposed to pineapple on pizza, we decided to call up Sam Panopoulos, the Canadian inventor of the Hawaiian pie, to vouch for his creation. 140
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I'm slightly disturbed about what Germans seem to think Canadian food consists of 4190
Reposted by Eric PedersenCarly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Really enjoying #BES2025. Things I appreciate: - Morning plenaries (gets people in on time, doesn’t leave morning speakers w/ empty rooms) - Good length coffee breaks (30 min!) - Vegan lunch served on site - Posters across all career stages & spread across rooms - Strong presence of journals/editors 0203
Reposted by Eric PedersenNordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 17/12/2025What's on your #BES2025 schedule today? We will be at the How to get published-workshop together with the @britishecologicalsociety.org and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social to talk about just that! And if you can't make it today, the same workshop is taking place tomorrow. 043
Reposted by Eric PedersenRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 22/11/2025"It may be uncomfortable to conclude that a widely used study design has been producing spurious results. But the evidence is in, and telling uncomfortable truths is a part of doing science." Problems with twin studies. theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...theinfinitesimal.substack.comThe missing heritability question is now (mostly) answeredNot with a bang but with a whimper 03818
Reposted by Eric PedersenMarissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Okay I want to say more about this, specifically I want to say: lampshading is a technique to use carefully. What's lampshading? it's when the author says, yeah, I know this is a problem, I acknowledge it but I'm not going to solve it. Throw a lampshade on it, it's a lamp. 2317
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I wasn't going to repost this until he mentioned his melancholy 030
Reposted by Eric PedersenInternational Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 20/10/2025📣Tomorrow our next series of online seminars restarts: Chris Klausmeier (MSU) will present: ⭐Microbial cross-feeding: coexistence and collapse, spatial patterns and population cycles⭐ Free and open to all: Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... 0157
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 16/10/2025And the Michaelis-Menten model is the same one we use in ecology to model type-II predator functional responses! Enzymes function a lot like predators, "feeding" on reactants 064
Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025What scientific paper do you find yourself re-reading because you love how it's written? One of mine is Mallet 2012: "The struggle for existence: How the notion of carrying capacity, K, obscures the links between demography, Darwinian evolution, and speciation" dash.harvard.edu/entities/pub...dash.harvard.eduThe struggle for existence. How the notion of carrying capacity, K, obscures the links between demography, Darwinian evolution and speciationQuestion: Population ecology and population genetics are treated separately in most textbooks. However, Darwin’s term the ‘struggle for existence’ included both natural selection and ecological compet... 140