Patrick Ball

@pball
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Statistician working on human rights issues with @hrdag

The most important data is the data you don't have.

Pls DM or @me ideas about how to fedi better. I like climbing learning curves.

he/him

#HumanRights #BerneseMountainDog

At workhttps://hrdag.org/people/patrick-ball-phd/
Photoshttps://wylbur.smugmug.com/Portfolio/
LocationSan Francisco & surrounding trails
Patrick BallMar 22, 2023
Show threadT.C. HarrisMar 22, 2023

@mnl @dierksen @mekkaokereke

One of the biggest propaganda wins for white supremacists was teaching kids (and everyone else) that racism is a unique and special evil, one that can only be done by evil racists or faceless passionless "systems."

It's more comfortable to think of it as a force of nature or a thing only done by Bad Guys than something almost all of us contribute to and need to be conscious of.

Patrick BallFeb 27, 2023
HRDAGFeb 21, 2023
Next Tuesday 2/28, enjoy a webinar on leadership in statistics and data science, with HRDAG's @pball and colleague @KLdivergence. It's free, and registration is required! https://www.niss.org/events/copss-niss-leadership-webinar-series-social-justice-and-community-leadership
COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series: Social Justice and Community Leadership

Join us for our another insightful webinar on the topic of leadership in the field of statistics and data science.  The focus of this webinar is on leadership to advance social justice and human rights in communities near and far. Hear from three leading statisticians doing high-impact work to advocate for populations experiencing discrimination and to improve the health of underserved communities.

National Institute of Statistical Sciences
Patrick BallFeb 27, 2023
HRDAGFeb 18, 2023
This week a few HRDAG colleagues had a cozy meetup in Oxford! @pball @argohdes @thegargiulian
Patrick BallJan 20, 2023
jonh64Jan 20, 2023
Via @themeldrew on the bird site. It’s never just a dog. #DogsOfMastodon
Patrick BallJan 19, 2023
Patrick BallJan 9, 2023
With my friends at the Colombian NGO Dejusticia, @hrdag published an essay about the human right to truth about state violence and the role of inferential statistics in getting closer to that truth. #humanrights #TruthCommission #statistics
Patrick BallJan 17, 2023
Casey NewtonJan 17, 2023
Absolutely in love with this story about all the mistakes being made by the AI that writes CNET's articles now https://futurism.com/cnet-ai-errors
CNET's Article-Writing AI Is Already Publishing Very Dumb Errors

The AI bot that CNET is using to churn out personal finance articles has a relatable problem: it keeps making dumb mistakes.

Futurism
Patrick BallJan 17, 2023
Bonus #Bernese content, Lalipup back on the windy hill, with more Bay Area scenery. #dogsofmastodon #BerneseMountainDog
Show threadPatrick BallJan 17, 2023
@futurebird That unless we sample data *randomly* from the world, the data tell us more about our preferences and hidden biases than about the world itself. (I am a statistician)
Patrick BallJan 17, 2023
Yesterday for a holiday #mondog, Lalipup posed for another SF skyline shot on a very windy day. She didn't mind the wind, but I did. #BerneseMountainDog #Bernese #dogsofmastodon
Patrick BallJan 12, 2023
EvaJan 12, 2023

If anyone at EFF is going to combine an encyclopedic knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons with an encyclopedic knowledge of copyright law, it's going to be the fabulous Kit Walsh:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/01/beware-gifts-dragons-how-dds-open-gaming-license-may-have-become-trap-creators

Beware the Gifts of Dragons: How D&D’s Open Gaming License May Have Become a Trap for Creators

The company that owns Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is planning to revoke the open license that has, since the year 2000, applied to a wide range of unofficial, commercial products that build on the mechanics of the game.

Electronic Frontier Foundation