Mattan S. Ben-Shachar ๐๏ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฆ
@mattansb
Statistical consultant, research analyst and statistics lecturer | #rstats dev @easystats4u Also on ๐ฆ @mattansb.bsky.social {He/Him}
Following on from news my & Aaron Leveneโs long running compilation show, Jew-O-Rama, was being cancelled by Whistlebinkies due to concerns over โstaff safetyโ, yesterday I learnt that my solo show, Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way? was being dropped by Banshee Labyrinth. 1/8
Antisemitism is not about religion. Antisemitism is not about religion. Antisemitism is not about religion.
ืืืงืืช ืจืืข ืืคืืื ืืื ืื ืฉืงืืจื ืืกืืื: ืื ืืชื ืืืชื ืืืงืจื ืืืฉืืื ืขื ืืืงืืืจื ืืืืขื ืืืื ืืงืืื ืืืืืืื, ืืืชืขื ืืื ืื ืืขืืืื ืื ืืืืข, ืืืืื ืื ืืคื ืืช ืืื ๐ง ๐ง ๐ง ืื ืื ื ืืืคืฉืื
In living memory, six million Jews were genocided because white supremacists thought they werenโt even human. Statements like this are Holocaust denial.
There is racial hierarchy and White people are still at the top of it- that includes most Jewish people. Race is visible, religion mostly isn't.
New #rstats blog up! solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07-1โฆ This is the third post in the series where we use {brms} to learn {Stan} code. Here we discuss mean-centered predictors and extra fancy model matrices.
New #rstats blog up! solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07... This is the second post in the series where we use {brms} to learn {Stan} code. This time we review matrix notation, model matrices, and a new class of distribution functions in Stan.
Maurice Cohen, Chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland, made a powerful statement at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade, which met on Tuesday for pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed PIGs Bill.
#statstab #386 {bayestestR} Evaluating Evidence and Making Decisions using Bayesian Statistics by @mattansb Thoughts: Want to start using Bayesian stats? Here is a quick but comprehensive guide in #R #bayesian #bayes #mcmc #easystats #guide mattansb.github.io/bayesian-evideโฆ
ืื ืืชื ืืงืืงืื ืืงืฆืช ืชืงืืื - ืืชืืื ื ืืื ืฆืืืื ืืืื ืืฉืืื ืช ืืืจืฆืคืืช ืืืจืืงืืช ืืืคืจ ืขืื
New #rstats blog up! solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07... This is the second post in the series where we use {brms} to learn {Stan} code. This time we review matrix notation, model matrices, and a new class of distribution functions in Stan.
New #rstats blog up! solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07-0โฆ This is the first in a brief series where we use {brms} to learn {Stan} code. Many thanks to @fusaroli and @stephenjwild for their helpful reviews.
New #rstats blog up! solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07-0โฆ This is the first in a brief series where we use {brms} to learn {Stan} code. Many thanks to @fusaroli and @stephenjwild for their helpful reviews.
๐ซ โ ๏ธ Do you use subjective rating scales in your research (with extremities like negative-positive, true-false, correct-incorrect, fake-real, etc.)? If so, this paper is very relevant ๐ฅ Preprint: researchgate.net/publication/39โฆ 1/7
One of the reasons that Zionism happened is because Zionists knew how quickly that societiesโeven advanced and modern onesโcan turn on them and become whipped up into an anti-Jewish frenzy. Watching Glastonbury, you can see this was a prescient fear.
Hamas came. Hamas kidnapped me. Hamas murdered my friends. But I won; I survived. Now, I speak for those who canโt. Iโll keep exposing Hamasโ crimes and fighting for the hostagesโ releaseโincluding my partner, Avinatan. I refuse to let terror sympathizers control the narrative.
Windsor, CA ๐จ๐ฆ This morning, members of the University of Windsor's Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) surrounded a Jewish fundraiser event featuring freed Hamas hostage Noa Argamani, blocking the only entrance and shouting at Jewish attendees. One PSG member was recordedโฆ
This was a really fun paper to contribute to!
Our new paper led by Rotem Simhon: fancy cameras and algorithms show that people's faces contains information concerning the specific emotions they feel even when human observers can't detect them, and this isn't just about valence\arousal. Read it here: rdcu.be/esh6o
The work was led by the great Rotem Simhon, and to all the awesome co-authors @NMeiran, Shaul Shvimmer, @LironAmihai , Yitzhak Yitzhaky, and @johnros2013 . Many thanks to the amazing and homeless @mattansb for all the help with analyses (his house recently exploded from anโฆ
Plenty of sickos including Westerners who have never set foot in Palestine will call Palestinians traitors if they just want to stop fighting Israel, live in peace, and have a democratic government instead of being ruled by jihadist terrorists.
Today, as the IDF recovers the body of Yonatan Smerno (may he rest in peace) from Gaza, it is important to recognize that he was murdered and taken into Gaza by UN employees. Yes, UN workers took part in the massacre of Jews simply for being Jews, and in doing so, helped igniteโฆ
The people who are terrified about Iranโs responseโฆwerenโt terrified of Iran getting nukes.
Possible scenario: - Nuclear bomb drops - The university: "next week teaching will be done remotely via zoom"