TIL that one can connect their ORCID ID to their GitHub profile. #OpenScience github.com/settings/pro...
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Ben Harrap
Профиль Vivelydoer of data things at Yardhura Walani vice president of statsoc.org.au I do #rstats, surveys, biostatistics, #IDSov on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands not Indigenous, non-binary (they/them) benharrap.com
httr2 1.3.0 is out now! Includes a bunch of improvements to OAuth token caching and summarises some of the biggest changes in the last few patch releases — opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07.... #rstats
Anyone have papers that they regret publishing? They might not be bad science, they could just be trite or useless (though some certainly might be bad). For the sake of the public record, it's good they're out there, but how do you handle no longer supporting your own work?
It’s non-binary people’s day. At a time where there’s so much anti-trans rhetoric, non-binary people are still targeted but are often left behind in the discussion & defence by others. It’s the coloniality of the gender binary of course. I wrote this a few years ago pipewrenchmag.com/binary-gende...
I recently gave a talk, "The value in teaching is not the content it’s the teacher" (njtierney.github.io/talk-teacher...) at "Essential skills for statistics leadership in consultancy and research" My argument was: your time is time higher value than content, so put your content up for free #rstats
The value in teaching is not the content it’s the teachernjtierney.github.ioRelated, I am delivering a suite of data science training courses later this year. You can register your interest at training.njtierney.com Course materials are free and online Live courses will be: - Priced competitively - Run online in small groups (up to 6) - Have a $6 scholarship per course
Data Science Trainingtraining.njtierney.comI was watching @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social great tutorial on data management and wanted to start a discussion here: When you ask for age in a survey, do you (a) Use an open-text field with validation (b) Use a multiple choice question with age ranges (c) Something else youtu.be/7UxBZxiJGKY?...
The curse of underfunded academic research has struck again - my position has been made redundant. Hit me up if you are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic biostatistician.
Here's the official ad: we're hiring for a continuing position up to A/Prof. It's a large stats dept with a broad view of statistics. Research areas include probability, computing, ecology, astronomy, stats education, biostats. We care about teaching quality: students are our main funding source
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