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Nigel Swier retweeted
Great to see that digital exclusion is receiving attention, as it's an issue that *could* get a lot worse in an increasingly data-driven society! Might be of interest to @DataSciCampus too given their related work on broadband accessibility datasciencecampus.ons.gov.uk…
🤳We're looking into the causes and consequences of digital exclusion
👇Last week Prof @HelenMargetts from @turinginst pointed out that the effects of digital exclusion are likely to be compounded in an increasingly data-driven world:
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Comparisons with 1930s Germany are not acceptable, says national broadcaster, as it complies with demands from the ruling party to take a prominent government critic off air.
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A really useful chart illustrating why the markets have been freaking out about Liz Truss' "mini budget"
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I feel bad for New Zealand as its so often cut off maps... To make up for it here is a gorgeous vintage map from 1931. "A Map of New Zealand Portraying Her Agricultural Products & Fisheries." It's easy to see that wool is what made the country... Source: buff.ly/3eF6ZP1
.@Corsicaferries départ changé de 13.30 à 15.30 sans nous prévenir en avance & maintenant on départ à 16.15? Ma 1ere fois avec vous et la derniere! #delayed #noinfo
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The latest @ONS baby names figures are coming soon, and @TheFleeceInn is hosting a 'Nigel Night' in a bid to save the name from extinction bit.ly/3Beih5B
Will this show up in figures in the future, and has @nomadicrevery's campaign to save 'John' succeeded?
My Spanish Vocabulary Size is about: 【17058】! What about you? arealme.com/spanish-vocabula… #ESVocabularySizeTest
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A reminder that one of our inventors was indigenous from New Zealand --- Maori!
And reporter @ximenachristine meets the computer science & statistics rockstar, Ross Ihaka, who founded one of the world's biggest programming languages currently used by millions.
Watch @maoritv tonight at 8pm. (3/3)
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🎉We’re happy to announce that the @ONS is launching its very own podcast!🎉
#StatisticallySpeaking will release new episodes monthly, diving deep into the work of the ONS and the stories behind the statistics. Read more and listen to the trailer here: blog.ons.gov.uk/2022/02/14/s…
I know how much work goes in producing the CPI/RPI so I'm pretty skeptical that a competing measure would do a better job... theguardian.com/society/2022…
... However, I once spoke to someone involved in the world of web scraping supermarket prices and they claimed that supermarkets were gaming the system by putting up prices of goods excluded from the official CPI basket more than those that were included.
Data – Britain’s Office for National Statistics did well during the pandemic economist.com/britain/2022/0…
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"No investigation until there is evidence" <- you can tell there isn't a big research culture in some parts of government.
Spain is about to reintroduce mandatory wearing of masks OUTSIDE. Meanwhile, not wearing one while seated INSIDE a restaurant is perfectly fine. I don't have a problem with the state imposing rules to protect public health but not inconsistent rules that have no scientific basis.
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Animation shows the US death rate per 100,000 people for the different vaccination statuses. Source: buff.ly/3lIHdK8