Sydney based director and actuary looking at the world through an actuarial eye. Lots of statistics, often feminist. She/her.
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How is it possible to spend $70million on a project to track the spending of fewer than 1,000 people and still not have it work? That’s several multiples of the cost of a general ledger for a large company!
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Hey @KensingtonRoyal, you’ve been proudly supporting England all tournament.
Not a word for Australia.
Not that we expect it.
We prefer the honesty. Without the patronising pat on the head in defeat.
Support @lionesses & let us get on with our business, mate.
@AusRepublic
What a phenomenal performance from the @Lionesses – on to the final! Commiserations to @TheMatildas, you've played brilliantly and been fantastic co-hosts of this World Cup. W
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The COVID-19 Mortality Working Group of the Actuaries Institute has a new blog out, covering excess mortality to the end of March 2023.
TLDR: 6% excess in 2023Q1
actuaries.digital/2023/07/06…
Congratulations @juliette_io on your OAM today, you made a big difference to so many people with your Covid stats, well done.
Congratulations @migga on your OAM today, Yu made a big difference to so many people with your COVID stats. Well deserved.
I had this experience in reverse. « You can use the N95 mask you bought for the bushfires in Black summer 19/20 for the pandemic »
It's Public Education Day, and I'm #ProudToBePublic, having gone to public schools for my whole education. This is me in Year 6, the year I had Mr Duncan, the best teacher ever, who taught me to write well, even though I just wanted to do maths!
Congratulations @KarenCutter4 such a deserving winner of this award. The best kind of actuarial analysis - fact based and insightful.
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Congratulations to @KarenCutter4 for such a well deserved award from the @ActuariesInst. So well deserved!
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(1) HISTORIC -Laos
Laos had by far its hottest day in history with 43.5C at Luang Prabang.
The capital Vientiane 42.5C also pulverizes its all time record.
Even mountain stations like Samnea rose to an impressive 36.6C
For most Laos today it's the hottest day ever.
Our monthly excess mortality report has been released. Thanks to @KarenCutter4 as always for the excellent summary thread.
The COVID-19 Mortality Working Group of the Actuaries Institute has today released our latest blog on excess mortality to 31 Jan 2023.
A thread/
TLDR: total deaths were 8% (or +1,100) higher than predicted in Jan 2023
You can find the blog here...
actuaries.digital/2023/05/04…
My great great great grandmother supported her family including five children by writing books and anti slavery tracts. Her book of household hints called Cottage Comforts went to 17 editions at least. talesofthose.com/2018/08/31/…
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Annually, the government here reports on whether it is "closing the gap" betwen indigenous and non indigenous Australians. A key measure is mortality, and the gap between indigenous and non indigenous mortality rates is widening, rather than narrowing. actuarialeye.com/2023/03/23/…
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An opinion piece I’ve written with @Actuarialeye and Richard Lyon, putting our excess mortality for 2022 into historical context and discussing the mortality outlook for Australia.
croakey.org/counting-the-tol…
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One more bump for the evening crew. Tomorrow is the send off for this dark, hateful ideology. It should be safe - there'll be more people from the ANU Women's Association alone opposing her than in KJK's entire crowd of supporters. Hope you can make it, Canberra!
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We stand in unwavering support of the trans community, today and always. The anti trans actions yesterday have no place in a world where everyone deserves to live free from discrimination, vilification, violence and harassment.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights – at Castlemaine, Victoria
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We condemn in the strongest terms the transphobic displays and hate speech which took place outside the Victorian Parliament today.
These actions should be a clarion call to ensure transphobia does not take hold in our public and political discourse.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Thanks @H4wkm0th for a brilliant book, and @drvolts for the podcast interview with Erica Thompson that made me read it.
Book Review: Escape from Model Land. A book is for any actuary, or anyone who builds models. I highlighted a lot, so I've tried and give you enough of a flavour of Thompson's insights so that you feel compelled to read it yourself. actuarialeye.com/2023/03/12/…
Book Review: Escape from Model Land. A book is for any actuary, or anyone who builds models. I highlighted a lot, so I've tried and give you enough of a flavour of Thompson's insights so that you feel compelled to read it yourself. actuarialeye.com/2023/03/12/…