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Today I learned about the first female permanent secretary in the British government en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_...

In the debate between Frequentist and Bayesian statistics, which side is Lilliput and which is Blefuscu?

Nothing for me to add to what Nigella just said perfectly. Goodbye to Tom Lehrer. 🙏🏻

Kurt Vonnegut's Ice-Nine? xkcd.com/3109

This seems like something to celebrate

I just noticed that I've been blocked by one of the mathematicians that I was following. She's probably right; I don't think our interactions were helping either of us. But I am still sad about it.

The latest in my history of home computers is live. Covers the era of Commodore, Atari and Jack Tramiel. He was a brutal manager. But also an Auschwitz survivor, and that shaped him, and his legit drive to build a better world. This warning from him hit home, right now. every.to/the-crazy-on...

NEW: My piece for the Observer on how I was so deep into my investigation into Cambridge Analytica that I failed to realise that Hannah - my ex's daughter - was facing a human version of it: a stalker who was harvesting her data and weaponising it against her. 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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I finally found a definition of the difference between a language and a dialect that I agree with! Thanks to Dave Huxtable quoting Max Weinreich on YouTube I now know אַ שפּראַך איז אַ דיאַלעקט מיט אַן אַרמיי און פֿלאָט (translated from Yiddish: A language is a dialect with an army and navy)

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People are different.

Jill Bearup is one of my goto youtube channels; itht why youtube demonetised her? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RZH...

A love story!

This time of year can be particularly tough for some. Remember, there's help out there ❤️

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My wifi router died over night. I think something liquid may have been spilled on it because the surface is sticky. The replacement won't arrive until Monday. Could be a dull weekend.