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James Curran

@profjamescurran.bsky.social
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Statistician, Forensic Scientist, Road Cyclist, Gamer. Slecht Nederlands spreker. #rstats, Statistical Computing

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I once was sworn into court using a copy of Genetic Data Analysis II by Bruce Weir. Seemed appropriate
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
@aucklanduni.bsky.social Please implement ASAP
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
#U0AStaff - who do we send this to? Andrew Phipps? Or our sustainability people?
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
"My life has been an amazing journey...See you out somewhere in the cosmos.” Farewell to Gil Gerard (1943-2025) — star of BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY. #GilGerard #FilmSky
Gil Gerard as Buck Rogers
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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Re-upping 🔭 🧪
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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I'm hiring a postdoc -- come and do awesome cosmology with great people in one of the nicest cities in the world (not that I'm biased or anything) 🔭 🧪 cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2025/12/12/p...
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz
Post-doc @ Auckland
Looking for a cosmology post-doc at the University of Auckland
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Jesuszilla イエスジラ @jesuszilla.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
People always say cyclists need to be more afraid of cars, because in a collision, the car wins.

It doesn't have to be like that. We can _both_lose.

Followed by a picture of a propane tank strapped to a bicycle
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Having listened through Songs of a Lost World by The Cure end to end four times now, I can finally render an opinion. The Cure is probably better called Robert Smith and Band these days. To the best of my knowledge none of the original members apart from Smith remain. 1/2
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Australian prisoner sues for his ‘human right’ to eat Vegemite share.google/TeqHrCflCsMe... I'm curious about the yeast part. At one level the manufacturer's claims sound reasonable, on the other it might have some legs
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Australian prisoner sues for his ‘human right’ to eat Vegemite
A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite.
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
My Google Home units no longer seem to be able to retrieve the headline broadcast (just the usual hourly one) from RNZ. This has been going on since last Friday. Anyone else having the same issue?
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Aargh! I'm being subjected to children singing Christmas carols. I hate these things at the best of times!
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Turns out 0.5 kg of Kashmiri chili powder is quite a lot
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Voor mijn Nederlandse volgers. Stem!
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Second day in a row that I have forgotten to tell Uber driver which way to go home. Google maps always takes this absolutely ridiculous route---three times as many lights, uphill when there is no need etc.
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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The Python Software Foundation got a competitive US research grant, but it came with a condition that they recant and abjure any diversity and inclusion ideas, on penalty of having to repay the money. Obviously this is not desirable or safe, so no grant. Donations would help them not regret this
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 27/10/2025
The recovery of kelp forests brought many fish species back. But fish stocks in the reserve remain far below those present before commercial fishing took off. 👉 theconversation.com/nzs-fir...
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Ljmojc @ljmojc.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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Cameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
seconding this! my usual choice is to use the date as a random seed, which is good enough for my purposes, but more creative sources of randomness are encouraged
int getRandomNumber()
{
    return 4; // chosen by fair dice roll. 
    // guaranteed to be random.
}
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I'm very happy to be able to report that thanks to the Faculty of Science, I will be working w/ Courtney Lynch and SallyAnn Harbison (@iffleygirl.bsky.social) from PHFScience for the next two years on "Quantitative and Probabilistic Modelling to Determine Body Fluid Type for Forensic Applications."
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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Statisticians of Melbourne and environs! I will be giving a talk (the Belz Lecture) next Monday, 2pm, Melbourne Uni. The title is "Laws and Orders" The lecture is free but they want you to sign up. There's also an early career stats showcase with lunch that costs www.statsoc.org.au/event-6288035
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The Big Book of Bob (Mixing Up the Medicine - Bob Dylan). Very enjoyable. I'm about a fifth of the way through #BobDylan
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
I'm curious if anyone has tips. My Garmin heart-rate monitor chews through batteries. It's not uncommon for me to change it three to four times a year. This for a device that is rated 8,000 hours from a single CR2032. And yes I buy the expensive batteries not the cheapies :-) #Garmin
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
@astro-jje.bsky.social
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
#Rstats / #Rstudio people. I want to set my R Studio Keyboard Shortcut to Ctrl + Shift + . (so that it's effectively Ctrl + >). However the editor types "Ctrl + Shift + >" every time I try to do this. Can I set it somewhere else?
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Great new paper on identifying body fluids, and mixtures of body fluids with my excellent young colleague, Dr Courtney Lynch: doi.org/10.1016/j.fs...
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
This has just gone in the oven. I'll let you know how it turns out. Spoiler alert: mine has carrots in it as well. share.google/U3JexrCyfn6g...
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Coq au Vin
A traditional Coq au Vin recipe, with very tender chicken in a rich red wine sauce. Incredibly easy to make, and it's even better the next day!
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Thanks to @visnut.bsky.social, I can now offer recreations (in non-original colours) of the useR! Conference Attendee shirt from Brisbane (2018). They are cheaper than the Aalborg ones because they only have a logo on the front. All profits will go to the R Foundation #Rstats tinyurl.com/3zf3dwmz
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useR! 2018 Conference Attendee Shirt - Blue Logo useR! Store
The artwork is displayed using the R Logo blue (#2369be)
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Great new paper with our student, Janet Stacey: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Back in (unoriginal) black! Get yours today. userstore.ezymerch.co.nz Profits go to the R Foundation #rstats
James wearing a newly printed useR! Conference T-shirt from the Aalborg 2015 conference.James wearing a newly printed useR! Conference T-shirt from the Aalborg 2015 conference.Close up of the logo for the useR! 2015 conference
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Okay, this an experiment, and I hope it works. Or, I hope at least I don't annoy anyone (too much) :-) My useR! 2015 shirt is failing. Torben Tvedebrink, who was the lead organiser for the conference, has given me the artwork and permission to sell it on a t-shirt to anyone who wants it. 1/2
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
www.linkedin.com/posts/james-...
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A PhD opportunity (with scholarship from PHF Science) is currently available for which you may like to be considered.  Project overview The evaluation of forensic evidence in terms of modelling… | ...
A PhD opportunity (with scholarship from PHF Science) is currently available for which you may like to be considered.  Project overview The evaluation of forensic evidence in terms of modelling the...
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StatsChat Bot @statschat.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Briefly From the Guardian: Exclusive: Study gives 85.7% probability Badminton House version of The Lute Player is by 17th-century master. As I said about a previous rating from the same company, there's no way this probability is meaningful to three significant digits (except potentially to the…
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From the Guardian: Exclusive: Study gives 85.7% probability Badminton House version of The Lute Player is by 17th-century master. As I said about a previous rating from the same company, there's no way this probability is meaningful to three significant digits (except potentially to the computer). The company's head, Dr Carina Popovici, told the Guardian: “Everything over 80% is very high.” 
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Barry said it best youtu.be/qfZVu0alU0I?...
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Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction
YouTube video by The Best Of - Home Of Classic Music
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Does that mean that Tony Gape, or whoever currently owns the land, will be able to build next to Orakei Station? If it does, then by all means do this but with zero car parking allowed.
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This article strikes me as total scaremongering: www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
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Record number of calls to Australian poisons hotlines for children ingesting melatonin
One popular online retailer recently suspended sales of melatonin to Australia, after reports of a jump in calls to the WA Poisons Information Centre about children taking melatonin.
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Why do people feel it necessary to share their god-damned video calls with the rest of the airport?
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
@megapope.bsky.social - photo for you mate
Six sausages being cooked on a barbecue hot plate
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Listening to This Is Not A Drill from Roger Waters (recorded 2023). Depressing how much his power has diminished and how much he relies on his backing singers and musicians. I guess I should be so lucky to carry such talent at 80, but still it is a sucky reminder of how things will go
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The president of the ACT party groomed and raped teenagers. There is evidence (and allegations) that the party leader covered it up. Is this kind of behaviour acceptable for a deputy prime minister in NZ? Was his honesty and fitness for leadership ever persistently questioned in relation to this?
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 23/08/2025
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
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It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
@tslumley.bsky.social If you read KJ Parker's Two of Swords series, I'm interested in whether you think there are parallels between it and Soviet Union vs ideals of communism
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 20/08/2025
My dept at the University of Auckland (NZ) will be hiring in social psych at the junior level this cycle. Official ad to follow It's a big research-active dept with fun colleagues, plus you can commute to uni on a boat, paired with a pleasant walk thru Albert Park (this pic from heading home today)
Late afternoon sun in Albert park
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I love that ChatGPT asks me to ask a question in Dutch (even if it just my phone settings)
ChatGPT prompt in Dutch 'Stel een vraag' 'Ask a question'
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Second time in a row that I've ridden around the harbour and managed to miss the ferry to the city by about a minute.
View from Puer 1 at the Devonport Ferry Terminal looking West
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Is it a cheese sandwich or a jalpeño sandwich? You be the judge, I'll just eat them.
A cheese and jalapeño sandwich with perhaps subjectively too many jalepeños
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Mid-winter Xmas for us today. Ham has been "cloved" and just waiting for spicy sticky Asian glaze to reduce.
A half leg of ham with whole cloves awaiting glazeSpicy sticky Asian glaze for ham
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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Accepted version online! A comparison of peer- and tutor-grading of an introductory R coding assessment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... GitHub: github.com/statbiscuit/...
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A comparison of peer- and tutor-grading of an introductory R coding assessment
We investigate the level of agreement between tutor and peer grading of an introductory R programming assessment. Comparing peer and tutor grades we find a strong correlation of 0.848, 95%CI = (0.8...
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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Well I'm glad that's that sorted out then....
Email from Qatar airlines announcing resumption of flights to Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz346bs
MATHEMATICIANS. Seven
times pi is a very useful
approximation of the number 22.
Jonathan, Kensington
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