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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Data science is often… tedious work. 😅 We knew this going in, but here’s the thing: don't make it sexy until you can nail the boring 100%. 🚀 Read about it in my new post on Medium: #datascience #burnout #innovation #strategy #problemsolving sthornewillve.medium.com/deliver-valu...

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Deliver Value First, Get Clever Later

Orgs want dashboards not disruption

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

In data science, speed can be tricky to master. Careful, deliberate work moves faster in the ways that matter 🐢, while frantic work 🐇 collapses, achieving nothing. Learn about why slowing down is the smartest way to move forward in my latest article. medium.com/@sthornewill... #datascience

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Chaos moves fast, good data science moves slow

Why slowing down actually accelerates impact

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This is my Go YT channel in case anyone wants to give a follow 😝

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The problem isn’t the bot 🤖, It’s the questions you’re asking it. I wrote about how to stop turning LLMs into digital sycophants, the key is to get better at disagreeing with yourself. Read all about it here: medium.com/ai-in-plain-...

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How to stop your LLM from glazing you

Prompting for Discomfort

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

If you let AI do all the thinking, you’re outsourcing your mind 🧠, and that's no fun. Learn the 4 principles I use while interacting with LLMs. 🚗 Stay in the driver’s seat 🔍 Know when to step back 🎯 Give it for small tasks 🧱 Provide scaffolding Read about it here 📖: medium.com/@sthornewill...

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How to Use AI Without Letting It Think for You

Keeping Your Edge in the Age of LLMs

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It's funny how I've had ADHD my whole life, but only in the recent years that I've come to understand it better, which I would like to share to raise awareness. Read about it in my new article; sthornewillve.medium.com/what-ive-lea... #ADHD #neurodiversity

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What I’ve learned about my Adult-Diagnosed ADHD from being on meds

A big challenge with any neurodivergence, is struggling to understand how present it is

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

My cat keeps knocking over my mugs! 🐈☕ I expand upon a previous example to teach Bayesian linear modelling and how to avoid overfitting. It’s a gentle intro to Bayesian linear modelling 📊🔍, read more about it here: sthornewillve.medium.com/how-i-modell... #Bayesian #stats

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How I Modelled My Cat’s Chaos using Linear Models in PyMC

Broaden your Bayesian skills to Linear Modelling with this quick tutorial

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

There's a lot of hype around Bayesian statistics, but learning how to use it is hard! 🥵 This post shows you how to fit the simplest possible model, calculating an average! Take your first step into Bayesian modelling in my new article: sthornewillve.medium.com/babys-first-... #Bayesian #stats

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Baby’s First Bayesian Model Using PyMC in Python

Giving you the tools to write Bayesian models as quickly as possible!

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

#Go / #Baduk is an ancient and mysterious game. After a decade of playing, it’s shaped not just how I think but who I am. It taught me to challenge assumptions, develop aggression, and accept that mastery is impossible. Read more about it here ⚫⚪: sthornewillve.medium.com/im-a-1-dan-g...

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I’m a 1-dan Go player with a decade of exerpeince; here is what the game has taught me about myself

Go is an ancient strategy board game and is at once an elegant, enigmatic and harsh teacher.

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Businesses often make decisions while facing uncertainty and limited data. Bayesian methods offer a principled way to update beliefs and reduce risk. 🎯 Learn why more companies should embrace this approach in my new article: sthornewillve.medium.com/why-bayesian... #Bayesian #stats #business #tech

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Why Bayesian methods very useful for business decision making

Bayesian methods are very useful in a business context, but they are heavily underutilised

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

When I transitioned from chemistry to data science 7 years ago, I thought mastering the technical side was the key to success 🎓📊 but I was still missing on some key skills. I break down the most important things I’ve learned in my latest Medium article: sthornewillve.medium.com/these-are-th...

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These are the most important data science skills I learned since boot camp

Important lessons that you won’t learn online but while on the job

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Writing and note-taking will 10x your productivity. 📝 I've seen huge benefits from using Obsidian to organize my thoughts and produce higher-quality work: sthornewillve.medium.com/writing-and-...

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Writing and note-taking will 10x your productivity

Why capturing your thoughts will make you faster, clearer, and more creative

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Adam L. Ozer @ozerthinking.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Election officials are increasingly reliant on computer algorithms to help verify mail-in ballots. But does the use of algorithmic tools impact voters’ confidence in elections? My colleagues and I explored this (and more) in our new piece for PRQ. Here are some key highlights: 1/5🧵 lnkd.in/eNr34x-E

Abstract for our newly accepted article at PRQ: Signed, Sealed, Counted? An Experimental Study of Mail-in Ballot Signature Verification

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

This was a big one for me, still is probably.

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy new year! I wish you all moisturisation and victory

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

It's only recently that I understand that this is a understated benefit of Bayesian stats. Perhaps it's a lot of effort for problems that don't matter that much, but if there is sufficient anxiety surrounding a decision then being able to explain how you get to your conclusions is vital.

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

One thing that I noticed just now is that the bsky notification icon turns blue instead of the usual maximally-triggering horrible red colour. I love that, but why wasn't the evil red one the default option?

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

So, #pkm is overloaded as a hashtag with "personal knowledge management" conent and Pokemon. And while pokemon is great, I want to be a different kind of nerd. How can we resolve this tension? 😂

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

One thing that I underestimated is how Twitter-like social media forums promote good writing by forcing you to compress ideas. It may be obvious to some, but this is the most I've used a site like this. I wonder if there is a way to encourage this when writing other docs to improve writing there.

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The thing that I missed the most about Twitter was Data Science and Statistics Twitter. I can’t describe how happy I am to have access to this community again on BlueSky.

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My face when I went to the local library during lunch the other day. I walked in, looked incredibly awkward, I’m not sure if anyone noticed I was out of place, and then I left.

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a group of fish in plastic bags with the words now what written on the bottom

ALT: a group of fish in plastic bags with the words now what written on the bottom

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I just finished reading How Minds Change a couple days ago on recommendation from @hankgreen.bsky.social and I was surprised how much it changed my perspective on how to have good discussions. Not only will it help me to do my job better as a Data Scientist, but it also mended a rift in my soul.

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Simon Thornewill von Essen @sthornewillve.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This might seem obvious but unironically this is how a lot of data analysis is done. I should save this example for when I’m communicating this with both technical and non-technical people.

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