David Franklin

Author of Invisible Learning, statistician, country risk manager, radio cricket commentator, and long-suffering Newcastle United fan

[David Franklin @econdavid]

I wrote a book, and it’s out today! #InvisibleLearning is about @danmlevy’s legendary Statistics course at @Harvard. Until now, only a select few have been in the room: now anyone in the world can be part of the magic.👇(1/7)

🇺🇸 https://t.co/hFRvFg2Bsr
🇬🇧 https://t.co/jYuS34BQOG

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@HaggardHawks Is that linked to the more common -ER agent nouns like WORKER, or totally separate? One could imagine a common etymology in which e.g. a “flicker” is either someone or something which flicks frequently.

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From the best in the business!

[Dan Levy @danmlevy]

Thrilled to announce my new book “Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT” with @angelaperezalb! Full of practical strategies and real examples to integrate ChatGPT into your teaching and enhance your students’ learning 🧵

Check it out: https://t.co/Ijd3eQGLc9

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@danielgallan They do it every time and end up getting walloped anyway - the strategy of “pick your best team” would have served them so much better down the years.

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@norcrosscricket Cricinfo have started ball-by-ball commentary. Which these days is roughly equivalent to “play has stopped on the other table”

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@norcrosscricket 13 sixes from 2,076 balls in his FC career so far; 17 sixes from 102 balls in this innings (and still going)

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@Nigelrefowens Agreed - most exciting part of the game is when the attacking team is within 5m of the try line. Made no sense to reduce those passages of play

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@AatifNawaz Not out

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@izzywestbury Agreed - Bazball as an aggressive approach to batting in Test cricket is brilliant (and arguably optimal).

Bazball as a “do everything on vibes” - wacky selections and early declarations - comes unstuck sometimes. But I’d rather have both than neither.

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@AnanyaKotia @utkarsh__saxena Congratulations!

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@Cerenz Thanks Justin!

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@norcrosscricket England’s stunning 11-0 win on this metric is of course a record - beating the West Indies’ 10-2 victory over Australia in their 37-run defeat in Bridgetown in 1991. A record many thought would never be broken.

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@willis_macp Trumpeter should’ve played the Rocky theme tune in tribute to the old 118 (118) adverts

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@huwzat The only thing in Bairstow’s defence is that Ahsan Raza has stopped looking at the game and is getting Green’s cap - if he thought the ball was still live then why wasn’t he watching it?

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@LiebCricket Also disappointed that they’ve carried on batting rather than declaring in the 380s. Huge chance missed to intimidate the English into submission

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@SamMorshead_ Incredible game. They could have kept smacking it around in first innings until all out, declared in second innings instead, and set them a higher target in the same amount of time?

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@ahawksbee @CityAM Whenever I raised (tentatively) the idea of becoming an MP, I always felt squeamish about the inevitable “who for?”. I suspect there are lots out there who would love to serve but find it hard to identify with a party consistently enough.

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@Draggenn1 @bbctms It’s the second time he’s declared early with a recognised batsman still in - we lost the first by 1 run

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@norcrosscricket These early declarations are plain silly - especially with a real chance of Root and Robinson putting on another 50-100. (Love everything else about him as a captain, and think he’ll go down as one of the greatest of all time.)

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@collinsadam It takes a special talent to watch Headingley 2019 and think “nope”