What a heyday it would have been for a scientist or mathematician 100 years ago pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.16…
So glad to share this work on Bayesian phylogenetics in hyperbolic space! Hyperbolic embeddings change trees from discrete objects into continuous parameters, giving “nearby” trees. arxiv.org/abs/2206.08044
Affirmative action is necessary to play catch up on our appalling record and ensure equality and rights for our nations first people #qanda
equality only threatens old white men when they begin to recognise their ungrounded privilege slipping away #qanda
No 'administrative discretion' when it comes to incarceration. Indeed we do have to look at our national psyche #gilliantriggs #qanda
Our nations greatest shame is the unjust incarceration of its first people #alwayswasalwayswillbe #BlackLivesMatter #qanda
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If we don't act now, 86 million more girls will face female genital mutilation before 2030. bit.ly/1SmUmFC
Thinking of gender as a bimodal continuous distribution is useful to understand its nonbinary nature #GenderFluidity
'As white people, we don't have the right to decide what's racist.' 'I’m not the one hurt and belittled by it.' mamamia.com.au/news/racist-d…
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SA's decarbonisation in a single chart - 2005-2015 output and emissions intensity. Enjoy! #climate
Climate deniers blame global warming on nature. This NASA data begs to differ bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-… #climatechange
NZ labour MP Kelvin Davis visited Christmas Island detention centre on Friday. #freethe501s #humanrights xitter.cf/NgatiBird/status/66339…
"Contrary to popular opinion, mathematics is about simplifying life, not complicating it." A #Mandelbrot set. #maths
Small individual biases have a big overall effect on segregation and diversity. The Parable of the Polygons: ncase.me/polygons/
Threats and fear on the West Bank. This is inhuman. xitter.cf/ajplus/status/66339456…
Secularity– having laws and rules based on rational thinking, reason rather than holy books– is better for everybody onforb.es/1RZDW1F
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More than a dozen hospitals have been bombed in Syria, Afghanistan & Yemen in recent weeks. Mistakes or war crimes? ajplus.co/dwsk
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions affect climate systems. There is evidence #ipcc ipcc.ch/publications_and_dat… xitter.cf/KetanJ0/status/6616940…
Why can't Australia have an awesome PM! Thug Life - Justin Trudeau - Because it's 2015 youtu.be/cqhMse--cLw via