HeyJaredLogging the World
Simple mathematics and statistics ideas to make sense of the world with data and graphs
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Long COVID numbers (opens the original)
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It’s strange sometimes looking back at the COVID years. It was a strange time, when we stuck swabs up our noses and argued whether a scotch egg was a substantial meal. But for most of us, it’s fairly firmly in the rear view mirror. Despite a recent uptick in cases in the UK, we’re still under 1000 deaths for the year and I haven’t changed my view that we don’t need a ball
Blizzard of Oz (opens the original)
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It’s sometimes good to ponder the big questions in life. How can we have free will in a universe which follows mechanistic principles? What is dark matter? Why does God permit evil? But these are all relatively easy compared with the big one: what on earth is Tris Osborne trying to achieve with his Twitter account?ShareFor those of you who haven’t had the pleasure, <a href=
Watching the Detectives (opens the original)
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Barber slop quartet (opens the original)
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I seem to spend a lot of time on this Substack pointing out errors made by left-coded groups, whether about AI water usage, renewable energy or the BBC’s version of history. Maybe that’s just because I’m incorrigibly right wing. I don’t think I am though, I like to think it’s more subtle than that. I think that because the majority of scientists and bloggers lean left, a lot more people will pick up mistakes by right-c
Myths and Legends (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking lately about people pretending to be something they aren’t, sometimes in a good way, sometimes not so much. It’s a hot topic, touching everything from our new Prime Minister to the academic scandal of the moment, but I want to start with Netflix.ShareAs usual I’m behind the curve, but I just finished watching Legends, and I want to make sure everyone as slow as me doesn
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