Ben Parker
@benmparker
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Statistician, Lover of Puns and tea.
London, UK
Joined December 2009
Bad news- looks like Easter is mathematically undefined, but probably illegal. You may think it's Easter Sunday today, but it's probably not.
1/n: We've got bad news- Easter (or the way we calculate it) is probably illegal. https://t.co/A6UCeQBcre
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UCU launches academic boycott of Brunel University over mass redundancies. “This is not a decision we take lightly.” @DrJoGrady ✊ Stand with staff. https://t.co/whPEGHQTBb
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UCU has declared an academic boycott of Brunel University London in response to the institution's continued pursuit of mass redundancies.
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Glued to The Traitors? ☠️ Wondering how Claudia keeps that fringe? 👩🦳 Using an unnecessary (bad) Welsh accent? 🏴 Well, all your dreams have come true as we have the definitive mathematicians guide to winning at the Traitors: 🧮➗➕🧑🔬 https://t.co/KoXdaG7bgk
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Crazy Things from the Past ~ A Thread 🧵 1. Seats of an airplane, 1930
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The great British public have spoken. Die Hard is clearly not a Xmas movie.
And for the inevitable complaints about 8% of Britons saying that Die Hard is their favourite Christmas movie, here is what films Britons do and don't consider to be festive flicks - Die Hard is seen as NOT a Christmas movie at a rate of 46% to 37% https://t.co/kTc6UKKhtz
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Delighted to reveal that after an intense training course in a secret bunker in Central London, I am joining the @RoyalStatSoc Statistical Ambassadors for 2024...
🎉 Exciting news! We're thrilled to introduce our new cohort of Statistical Ambassadors! They'll be sharing their passion for statistics and data science through media and public outreach. 🌟 Read more: https://t.co/WaU5cxAwtV
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Proportional representation works. @LibDems take 11% of seats with 11% of the votes.
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What has @bbcelection done with John Curtice...not been on air for several hours! #Elections2024
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OK, don't bother staying up tonight, as I've predicted the election results. (Spoiler: Labour will win. Not as big as everyone thinks, but still massive) https://t.co/xmuXKY3crk
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Not sure I quite believe it, but @LibDems as HM Opposition would be an amazing indictment of the current government...
@SamCoatesSky Seats per Electoral Calculus LAB 471 LDM 73 CON 61 RFM 5 GRN 2 SNP 14 PLC 4 OTHER 2 (speaker + Corbyn)
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Whoever is in charge of media relations for @LibDems is on 🔥.
Something something political spin
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Could we have a proportionally representative parliament… *and* keep "one constituency, one MP" *without* needing lots of "top-up" MPs to make up the numbers? Yes! Introducing Best Fit Proportional Constituency Allocation (BFPCA). Here's how it works… 🧵
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“He’s gone where? Oh my god, to Morrisons! To do a f*cking photoshoot sniffing a loaf of f*cking bread! You know they’ll keep moving him until they get a photo of the twat in front of a sign reading ‘moron’?
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Here's to six weeks of swingometers, stats, and let's hope for a nice clean campaign and some new ideas from someone.
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Rishi Sunak delivering statement in pouring rain as protesters play "Things can only get better" says a lot about the omnishambles of the last four years and how this soggy parliament needed to be taken to a nice farm in the country and put out of its misery. #generalElection
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It’s graduation season so here’s a guide* for non academics: 🎓 normal hat, normal robe: they’re getting a Bachelors Degree 🎓 normal hat, silly robe: they’re getting a Master’s Degree 🎓 silly hat, silly robe: they’re getting a Doctoral Degree You’re welcome.
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While the post is open to applicants from all areas in Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science, and all such applications are encouraged, there may be a need to contribute to teaching of Data Science. Applicants are advised to address this capability in their application.
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