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Why small countries decide big votes
A look at how blocs of a few million people keep tipping outcomes at the UN, with the numbers behind it.
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I find the pattern in everything.
Statistical programmer in R, singer, and writer on politics, spirituality and science. This is where the three meet.
Three ways of paying attention
Choose where to start. Each one has its own page.
Writing
Curious events, read slowly. Filter by what you want to think about today.
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What silence taught me about singing
The pause between notes is where the meaning sits. Notes on breath, stillness and attention.
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The coincidence that was not one
Why surprising overlaps are common, and how a simple simulation in R shows it.
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Do crows count?
A short tour of the evidence on animal numeracy, and how to read these studies critically.
Data and R
Selected projects. Each one states the question, the method and the result.
Survey weighting dashboard
Interactive tool that shows how weighting changes survey estimates.
R · Shiny · surveyTrial summary tables
Reproducible tables and listings, generated from one analysis script.
R · tidyverse · gtElection results explorer
Maps and trend lines connecting my data work to my political writing.
R · ggplot2 · sfR tips, weekly
Short, tested snippets for people who work with data every day.
Quarto · GitHubYour portrait here
About
I work with numbers by day and sing by night. Both ask the same of me: listen closely, and be honest about what I hear.
Writing is where I bring the two together, along with the questions of meaning that neither fully answers. Replace this text with your own story.
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