Alex Novet
@alexnovet.bsky.social
Data Science, hockey analytics, housing, dogs, books, scuba. Waiting for psychohistory
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Decision Desk has called both of Georgia's statewide races, for public service commissioner, for Democrats.
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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18 years old!!!
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
18 years old!!!
"Are the Hurricanes better than the Islanders" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by the NHL after 10:21 pages of milquetoast debate,
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Are the Hurricanes better than the Islanders" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by the NHL after 10:21 pages of milquetoast debate,
I was fully prepared to be aging into a space where my music tastes are considered old people music showing up on 'classic rock' stations. Was not fully prepared for Esquire to come out and just start calling it Divorced Dad Rock
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I was fully prepared to be aging into a space where my music tastes are considered old people music showing up on 'classic rock' stations. Was not fully prepared for Esquire to come out and just start calling it Divorced Dad Rock
Trial & Error
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trial & Error
If only, Google Doc editor
July 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If only, Google Doc editor
Crazy Train
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
July 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Crazy Train
Dobson's a Dobson, but the Schaefer could be anything! It could even be a Dobson! You know how much we've wanted one of those!
June 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Dobson's a Dobson, but the Schaefer could be anything! It could even be a Dobson! You know how much we've wanted one of those!
This is not what I had in mind this week when I said I was fine with millionaires leaving New York
June 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is not what I had in mind this week when I said I was fine with millionaires leaving New York
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![Comic. [Two houses next to each other. Piping runs from one underground, connecting it to the other.] [caption] A covertly-installed *Neighbor-Source Heat Pump* takes advantage of the fact that your neighbor keeps their house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihme75kw3ibwada5jzdvby6ctmeiuwpvwxkwcuww4bag43agicxz4@jpeg)
June 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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New xG Model at HockeyViz: Magnus 8
hockeyviz.com/txt/xg8
Measuring shot quality, shooter quality, goalie quality, and the structural factors that affect them.
hockeyviz.com/txt/xg8
Measuring shot quality, shooter quality, goalie quality, and the structural factors that affect them.
May 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New xG Model at HockeyViz: Magnus 8
hockeyviz.com/txt/xg8
Measuring shot quality, shooter quality, goalie quality, and the structural factors that affect them.
hockeyviz.com/txt/xg8
Measuring shot quality, shooter quality, goalie quality, and the structural factors that affect them.
I'm spending a week in Toronto this July. Canada folks, please send recommendations!
May 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I'm spending a week in Toronto this July. Canada folks, please send recommendations!
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Joel Quenneville helped cover up the sexual abuse of one of his own players. He's not fit to ever coach again at any level.
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Joel Quenneville helped cover up the sexual abuse of one of his own players. He's not fit to ever coach again at any level.
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Last week I spent several days in North Carolina to get a better sense of the unique team GM Eric Tulsky and his staff are building with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Here's their story in @theathletic.bsky.social today.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
Here's their story in @theathletic.bsky.social today.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
NHL outsider Eric Tulsky, an Ivy League scientist, is changing what it means to be a GM
A Harvard grad with a PhD from UC Berkeley, Eric Tulsky is not a typical NHL GM. Is what he's building in Carolina the future of hockey?
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Last week I spent several days in North Carolina to get a better sense of the unique team GM Eric Tulsky and his staff are building with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Here's their story in @theathletic.bsky.social today.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
Here's their story in @theathletic.bsky.social today.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
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just lost my job.
so if anyone needs a shark who likes to write, has experience with producing great copy even on esoteric subjects, let me know.
might also get back to the doodling while i'm at it
so if anyone needs a shark who likes to write, has experience with producing great copy even on esoteric subjects, let me know.
might also get back to the doodling while i'm at it
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
just lost my job.
so if anyone needs a shark who likes to write, has experience with producing great copy even on esoteric subjects, let me know.
might also get back to the doodling while i'm at it
so if anyone needs a shark who likes to write, has experience with producing great copy even on esoteric subjects, let me know.
might also get back to the doodling while i'm at it
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nobel prizes only going to living scientists is so funny
like if he's so smart why's he DEAD
like if he's so smart why's he DEAD
December 17, 2024 at 3:27 PM
nobel prizes only going to living scientists is so funny
like if he's so smart why's he DEAD
like if he's so smart why's he DEAD
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a really underrated issue in environmental advocacy is that *totally separate from climate effects* pollution is exceptionally bad for you and cleaning the air saves lives
"Between 2016 and 2019, the level of PM2.5 [air pollution] fell significantly, and in turn the city’s morbidity rate from acute respiratory infections decreased from 159.8 to 95.3 per 1,000 people."
In Medellín, a city of 2.5 million people in Colombia, the Green Corridors urban restoration project has planted 880,000 trees and 2.5 million plants, reducing pollution and bringing temperatures down by 2 degrees C. #ShareGoodNewsToo reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corrid...
November 26, 2024 at 1:53 PM
a really underrated issue in environmental advocacy is that *totally separate from climate effects* pollution is exceptionally bad for you and cleaning the air saves lives
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To all my new followers, I have been working on a CapFriendly replacement called TheStanleyCap.com. All the important salary cap information is there and I believe is the most accurate that is publicly available. If you haven't already, I'd appreciate you checking it out and spread the word.
The Stanley Cap
TheStanleyCap.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
To all my new followers, I have been working on a CapFriendly replacement called TheStanleyCap.com. All the important salary cap information is there and I believe is the most accurate that is publicly available. If you haven't already, I'd appreciate you checking it out and spread the word.
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plus a quick thread #sportsanalytics projects i am/want to be actively working on (this is a threat to myself to actually do this stuff and y'all should hold me to them):
October 30, 2024 at 10:54 PM
plus a quick thread #sportsanalytics projects i am/want to be actively working on (this is a threat to myself to actually do this stuff and y'all should hold me to them):
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I make my living selling subscriptions to my website, HockeyViz.com. Every year I make a thread about how great the website is, and what a great idea it is to give me some of your money every month so that you can look at the great things on the website. This is that thread.
October 22, 2024 at 10:00 PM
I make my living selling subscriptions to my website, HockeyViz.com. Every year I make a thread about how great the website is, and what a great idea it is to give me some of your money every month so that you can look at the great things on the website. This is that thread.
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Swing state faculty, listen up! The Nonpartisan College Voter Registration and Education Project is offering 5 minute class presentations on the election and on-the-spot voter registration. It's an initiative led by UMD and JHU profs working on democratic engagement. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Nonpartisan College Voter Registration and Education Project
Please sign up below so that we can connect you with a trained, nonpartisan presenter to visit your classroom for a 5-minute presentation on voter education and registration.
The Nonpartisan College ...
docs.google.com
October 11, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Swing state faculty, listen up! The Nonpartisan College Voter Registration and Education Project is offering 5 minute class presentations on the election and on-the-spot voter registration. It's an initiative led by UMD and JHU profs working on democratic engagement. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Good morning, it looks like the NHL has posted player and puck tracking data and it’s publicly accessible. Going to write up some notes on how to use it today!
Here’s Caufield’s goal as a sample, there’s some transformation we can do to more easily work with it. wsr.nhle.com/sprites/2024...
Here’s Caufield’s goal as a sample, there’s some transformation we can do to more easily work with it. wsr.nhle.com/sprites/2024...
wsr.nhle.com
October 10, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Good morning, it looks like the NHL has posted player and puck tracking data and it’s publicly accessible. Going to write up some notes on how to use it today!
Here’s Caufield’s goal as a sample, there’s some transformation we can do to more easily work with it. wsr.nhle.com/sprites/2024...
Here’s Caufield’s goal as a sample, there’s some transformation we can do to more easily work with it. wsr.nhle.com/sprites/2024...
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New Shot Rate Impact Model:
hockeyviz.com/txt/magnus8EV
Isolating skater ability to impact the chances their teams generate or allow.
hockeyviz.com/txt/magnus8EV
Isolating skater ability to impact the chances their teams generate or allow.
August 28, 2024 at 1:20 PM
New Shot Rate Impact Model:
hockeyviz.com/txt/magnus8EV
Isolating skater ability to impact the chances their teams generate or allow.
hockeyviz.com/txt/magnus8EV
Isolating skater ability to impact the chances their teams generate or allow.