James Heathers will fix Wiley’s problems for less than 3.7 million dollars (that is, 2,553,739 Jamaican beef patties, 47,064 whisky-sodden meals at Newark airport, or nearly 218 invites to a conference featuring Gray Davis, Grover Norquist, and a rabbi)

2026-05-19

The data thug quotes from: an April 2023 post from the EVP of Research at Wiley: In September 2022, Wiley identified and immediately alerted the industry to paper mill activity we found operating at scale. Specifically, we found fraudulent outside … Continue reading → …

Survey Statistics: GREG

2026-05-19

I just got to chat with Andrew and some of the authors of the MrPlew paper: Ryan Giordano, Erin Hartman, and Avi Feller. Lots more I have to digest here ! The paper came out while the polar bear and I … Continue reading → …

More crochet/programming thoughts

2026-05-19

Here I am again, writing about crochet and programming!
I’ve continued creating my tons of shitty stitches cute creatures.
New Git analogy! The crochet lifeline
First Git/crochet analogy.
I read a great crochet book about creating your own amigurumi pa…

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