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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Let’s be clear. AI is not an intelligence; it’s not being trained, it doesn’t think, it doesn’t have agency, it's not gone rogue and it’s not alive. Humanising it helps Big Tech bypass laws they’ve already broken and weaken laws they’re keen to flout. Read on: thepoint.com.au/opinions/261...

thepoint.com.au

When it comes to AI, it's not "training". It's assimilation

We’re hearing a great many troubling claims at this week’s public hearings of the parliamentary inquiry into AI, and no doubt there are plenty more to come. As we follow the proceedings, it’s vital th...

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh Michele Bullock you're not on here? Was going to tag you. Probably doesn't have time to create an account after all the driving between investment properties and killing of the poor :(

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Poverty kills. The level of Jobseeker kills. It is a choice governments make every year. It is a choice the RBA makes when it decides more people need to be unemployed www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Screenshot showing deaths per 100,000 by age

Not on welfare; on Jobseeker
22-34: 17.1; 137
35-44: 30; 288.1
45-54: 83.4; 427
55-64: 201.6; 615.6

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Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Meanwhile, with an attendance of 100,021, the Rams vs 49ers in Melbourne is the 7th most attended regular season game in NFL history.

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Peer-Reviewed Slop @peer-reviewed-slop.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Bro... just WTF!?! ☠️ What is that deer-devil voodoo demon doing in that graphical abstract? In Coordination Chemistry Reviews?!? Impact Factor 25.6?!? 🤣 Come on now! 10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215942

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Smart glasses – including the best-known Ray Ban Meta glasses – can be fitted with prescription lenses. Alternatively, someone might simply require smart glasses to support their vision." Do better @theconversation.com! "Require"? These aren't TGA approved devices.

theconversation.com

Can Australian businesses legally ban customers from using smart glasses?

An outright ban is legally risky. Here are some safer options.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Congrats @bharrap.bsky.social . New President for the Statistical Society of Australia! Legend mate 🙌

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 28/07/2026

See you in court, creep.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It's ingenious if nothing else. They keep coming up with ways for the lower/middle class to funnel money up to the rich! Look out for the new "Early Trading Alerts Fee" being passed on to you on the next statement from your broker/superfund.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'm a slow reader at the best of times and this has been on my reading list for far to long. I can see this being an extra long read. So far every page and example is fantastic - many educational/conversation points rattling around my head as I read/reread each part.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I like this visual! I mean, not the unfortunate content :( but the visual!!!

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Denis Mongin @denismongin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I will be 40 this year. This is the difference of temperature anomaly between my birthyear and this year in France. Data from @infoclimat.fr #Rstats #climate

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Was great to cross paths with @njtierney.bsky.social @emitanaka.org (virtually) @aidybarnett.bsky.social (virtually) @analyticaledge.bsky.social And please 🙏🏼 @ tag (below) anyone else that was there as I'd love to stayed connected with everyone but searching @s is ... 🫣🤫

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The past two days at "Essential skills for statistics leadership in consultancy and research" were two of the most energising days I've had in (without aging myself) decades of research. Thank you @nicolewhite.bsky.social for reaching out to invite me and @kelamb.bsky.social for co-organising 🙌🏼🙏🏼

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

What is more despicable? Making money of this or making money off residential property? Neither require an overly high IQ (a lack of morals perhaps), but people who do either often like to think up there with the folk working on a cure for cancer.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Do you have the data and code to share? The column plot not showing any more than three categories for any given year is intriguing? Both might be "showing stacked counts" but they're not showing "the same data".

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Associate Professor Cooper 🎉🎓

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

If I was given the first stacked figure and the figure shown during "Making the lines semi-transparent helps to see where there are more countries with the same value.", I'm not sure I would process these as representing the same data. I am intrigued by the possibilities here though! Good stuff.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I think you're missing the point that if we reserve some for a while, then there will be enough for the gas companies of the future to take it for free. Think ahead Greg.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

But she is a successful property mogul, she must be very economically savvy!

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

71% of Australians are in favour of a 25% tax on gas exports. Not sure why the govt is scared @skyelark.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Charts showing answers to the question of :to What extent do you agree/disagree: "Gas export corporations should pay a flat 25% on gas exports."

Total agree Don't know/Not sure Total disagree
Labor 80 10 10
Greens 77 9 14
All Australians 72 9 19
One Nation 70 7 24
Liberal 54 13 34

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Am already touching on 'next word prediction' vs 'thinking', context windows, alignment issue, jaggered frontier - as concepts. Then proceeding on to things like prompting, code generation, methodology selection and planing, reproducible research etc.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Am preparing a talk for medical researchers about the use of ai in statistics (in health research). In the context of assisting with their research as opposed to building an ai tool as part of a project. What are some 'must touch on' topics or stories?

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Name a company with 4 developers getting 125k each, that is going to release 3 of them, and give the remaining one a 250k anthropic subscription to thus save 125k PA. I understand the pitch, I want to see the use case and real world implementation.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Right! That's exactly my point. Name a company that is giving all their developers on 70k PA access to 250k PA worth of tokens. Name a company that last year hired two consultant developers at 300k each that is now paying 550k each, so they can have 250k tokens. The proposition is unrealistic.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I think we're probably on the same page - with this being nonsense and destructive! As for the math, the avg American doesn't earn anywhere near 250k, and most that do wouldn't have a 250k expense account. The carbon footprint for those that do is probably already in the hundreds!

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's probably already well over 2.7 times the global average.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

2.7 times the global average carbon footprint. Global average. I wonder what multiplier it is for the sort of person in a company in a role whereby they have access to $250k 'expenses' for that ai subscription? I imagine that sort of person's footprint is already MUCH higher than global avg.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The "Percent of individuals recording a rental profit or loss" is the percentage of... "all tax paying adults"? I expected it to sum to 100% - as everyone with one makes a profit or loss, and the previous figures had "# investment prop owners" as the denominator.

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Sample size calculations - that rush you get when someone comes back 18 months after you did a calculation for them for some "minor tweaks" and you find your documented notes and calculations code and screenshots 🎉 #RStats #Statistics #Statssky #DataScience

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚨 New blog post - API access to UN Population Projections (and other interesting data!) In this example we just extract and plot a couple of interesting variables (Youth and Older-age dependency ratios) as an introduction to using the (well, their) API. #RStats #Statistics #Statssky #DataScience

the-kids-biostats.github.io

United Nations Population data | API extract and dependency plotting – The Kids Biostats

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

You often hear from gas companies that "yeah but we pay state royalties!!!" Lol nope. WA drivers pay more in rego and licence fees than gas companies pay WA in royalties. Heck WA gamblers pay more tax. And that's incredible given WA does NOT have pokies in pubs and clubs

Chart showing: WA drivers and gamblers pay more tax than gas companies pay royalties: 2025-26

Rego: $1,520m
Vehicle licence duty: $678m
Gambling taxes: $403m
Oil and gas royalties: $385m

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

You'll often hear how the gas industry is vital for Australia because it's so big. But really the only thing big about it is its profits.

Chart showing Profit and wages of oil and gas, compared to administration and support

Admin and support: Wages $64.3bn; Profits $13.1bn
Oil and gas: Wages $4bn; Profits $71.6bn

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Like Wordle? How about some math based alternatives! Created by a friend of mine, four different games, my favourite is FloodFill. Have a go! www.mathislit.com/FloodFill/

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

📌📝 We're hiring 📝📌 Open to considering all levels of experience for this Biostatistician position in Perth WA - one of the most 🌞 cities on 🌏 www.seek.com.au/job/90579895 #RStats #RStudio #StatsEpi #Stats

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🚨 New blog post - Simplifying the path to tidy variable names with nice labels the-kids-biostats.github.io/posts/2026-0... Little by little we're trying to remove friction from OUR regular tasks/processes. We hope others might benefit from this along the way.

the-kids-biostats.github.io

Efficiently Cleaning and Labelling Data Columns with thekidsbiostats – The Kids Biostats

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I've wished for this package so many times!

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Matt Cooper @nzcoops.bsky.social · 17/02/2026