Michelle Byrne

‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride said they’re planning to protest the Trump administration’s decision to send 200 National Guard troops to Portland.

Portland’s gonna resist in the most Portland way possible www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Top statistician accuses government of spinning rock art science A scientist who quit a major study on WA rock art is accusing the government of downplaying findings linking damage to heavy industry.

Spinning? They straight up altered a graph
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Which takes longest?

1️⃣ IRB approval
2️⃣ Travel reimbursement
3️⃣ The sun expanding to a red giant & engulfing Earth
4️⃣ Peer review

📊 Show results

Nay we are but statisticians.

Rock

Someone needs me to consult on their experiment design and just sent me the best calendar invite ever

I just verified my age by answering "a/s/l plzzz"

A) people recoil in horror when I tell them the amount of reviewing I do in a year

B) sometimes I do service because, if I didn't, a person with less power would be harmed (e.g., tenure)

C) women are treated very differently when we say no to these types of requests

Viktor Orban banned pride events in Hungary, the people took it as a challenge and just had the largest pride march in their country's history.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Minnesota Gov. Walz delivers eulogy at Melissa and Mark Hortman's funeral

MN Governor Tim Walz delivers the eulogy at today’s funerals for Melissa and Mark Hortman (and their beloved dog). All victims of political assassination #RestInPeace

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjkv...

I defected

NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly!

Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.

#NoKings #50501Movement

No Kings in San Diego, CA today

View of the No Kings protest from the 4th floor of the Boise Capitol Building

Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO?

#NOKINGS

This lady put her sunglasses on like fuck around if you wanna

There is seriously no one here.

Disneyland has a cooler parade every night of the year.

At ‘No Kings’ rallies, tens of thousands in Seattle denounce Trump Massive crowds gathered in Cal Anderson Park, aboard a state ferry and at the state Capitol to denounce the hard-line policies of President Donald Trump.

Over 70,000 in Seattle raised their voices Saturday in a public rebuke of Trump’s policies.

Development and Validation of the Sexual Minority Adolescent Rejection Sensitivity Scale Short Form This study aimed to shorten and validate the Sexual Minority Adolescent Rejection Sensitivity Scale. Three studies were conducted to evaluate its reliability and validity. In Study One, the full 14...

Congrats to my student Will for his publication on development and validation of a short form scale for rejection sensitivity in LGTBQ+ adolescents! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Current time in Los Angeles1:44 a.m. June 10 Live Updated June 10, 2025, 4:30 a.m. ET14 minutes ago Live Updates: 700 Marines Head to L.A. For Absolutely No Fucking Reason Whatsoever The Marines were heading to Los Angeles as police officers broke up demonstrations downtown late Monday. The California governor said sending in the Marines was “a blatant abuse of power.”

This is a true representation of the range and proportion of my feelings. When I am isolated or abandoned I feel sadness. But when I am cheerful or hopeful? Also sadness underneath. But despentiful? That's just sadsad.

Pornhub banner with a pride month logo next to a search bar into which is input "2 high agency males going at it"

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Sinners is set in the city of Clarksdale, MS. Problem: there’s no theatre there. So, the citizens wrote to Warner Bros to bring the film to them. Today they & Ryan Coogler did! What a beautiful day!

Has anyone fit bayesian models with brms in Spark's implementation of R (sparkr)? What's your experience?

Join us in shaping Australia’s future: Australian Academy of Science Leading scientists Professor Lidia Morawska (left) and Professor Michelle Simmons. The Australian Academy of Science is excited to announce the establishment of a Global Talent Attraction Program.

Australian Academy of Science leads establishment of a Global Talent Attraction Program 🧠🌀
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

There must be some universal text number that companies send emergency alerts through. I still get the ones from University of Oregon and also get them from my current workplace here in Australia. I think the last two I got are a poignant juxtaposition.

Finally got around to incorporating all Github feedback on my open access textbook, making around 20 minor improvements, and updating some references. 17 chapters of state of the art stats and methods education, freely available for any course you teach. lakens.github.io/statistical_...

This tiny island has been slugged with Trump's tariffs. Its residents don't know why Locals on tiny Norfolk Island have been left "scratching their heads" at the prospect of being slugged with tariffs by US President Donald Trump.

Sir this is a Wendy's

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to study negative consequences of transitioning.

The White House sometimes directs the NIH to study certain broad topics, such as cancer or women’s health, but the latest directive’s specificity, inflammatory language and focus on a hyper-polarizing topic are unprecedented, NIH employees say.

https://go.nature.com/43xPnfj