Richard Bamattre
@bamattre.bsky.social
Local government data science lead. Not so recent PhD in Education. Data viz, machine learning, and data for social good. https://github.com/bamattre
OMG the comments here, various places don't pay political leaders that much so rich people do the job
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
OMG the comments here, various places don't pay political leaders that much so rich people do the job
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Enhancements to premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. If Congress waits until the end of the year to extend the enhancements, 1.5 million more people will be uninsured in 2026 compared to an earlier extension. More from @gidlukens.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Health Insurance Premium Spikes Imminent as Tax Credit Enhancements Set to Expire
If Congress waits until the end of the year to extend the enhancements, 1.5 million more people will be uninsured in 2026 compared to an earlier extension.
www.cbpp.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Enhancements to premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. If Congress waits until the end of the year to extend the enhancements, 1.5 million more people will be uninsured in 2026 compared to an earlier extension. More from @gidlukens.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
Hear me out on this one: make a chai tea or matcha with milk, then add some raw oatmeal, cook for 10 minutes ... Perfect Autumn breakfast
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hear me out on this one: make a chai tea or matcha with milk, then add some raw oatmeal, cook for 10 minutes ... Perfect Autumn breakfast
Trump administration helping people who are against migration to migrate from Europe www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump administration helping people who are against migration to migrate from Europe www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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One amazing trick the Trump administration has pulled off in political narratives (and in courts via unitary executive theory) is presenting any constraints on the executive to be anti-democratic. We are learning how critical those constraints actually are to protecting democracy.
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
One amazing trick the Trump administration has pulled off in political narratives (and in courts via unitary executive theory) is presenting any constraints on the executive to be anti-democratic. We are learning how critical those constraints actually are to protecting democracy.
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Black families tend to have strong preferences against nursing homes, usually driven by concerns of inadequate care. Seeing that Black nursing home patients have significantly worse outcomes, and that they are driven by *within-nursing home* differences in care, confirms this suspicion.
Nursing home value-added for black patients is 30 percent lower than for white patients, with most of the gap reflecting differences within, rather than across, nursing homes, from Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, and James C. Okun www.nber.org/papers/w34324
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Black families tend to have strong preferences against nursing homes, usually driven by concerns of inadequate care. Seeing that Black nursing home patients have significantly worse outcomes, and that they are driven by *within-nursing home* differences in care, confirms this suspicion.
Meantime on the HUD website ...
October 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Meantime on the HUD website ...
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Fascinating discussion of error rates and help procedural errors are calculated in a high stakes metric.
We make it hard to administer.
Then we fine the states
And punish recipients.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
@cjforms.bsky.social
We make it hard to administer.
Then we fine the states
And punish recipients.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
@cjforms.bsky.social
The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill
How states will get the blame for massive cuts to food stamps
donmoynihan.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Fascinating discussion of error rates and help procedural errors are calculated in a high stakes metric.
We make it hard to administer.
Then we fine the states
And punish recipients.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
@cjforms.bsky.social
We make it hard to administer.
Then we fine the states
And punish recipients.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
@cjforms.bsky.social
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can't wait to do my vibe research and vibe writing and vibe analysis and eventually get vibe promoted
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
can't wait to do my vibe research and vibe writing and vibe analysis and eventually get vibe promoted
Tea had the highest concentration of micro plastics (!) I guess when you only look at bagged tea (duh) but all the bags were made of cellulose (!) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Synthetic microplastics in hot and cold beverages from the UK market: Comprehensive assessment of human exposure via total beverage intake
Although few studies have assessed human exposure to microplastics (MPs) via drinking, almost all have considered human daily fluid intake as composed…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Tea had the highest concentration of micro plastics (!) I guess when you only look at bagged tea (duh) but all the bags were made of cellulose (!) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We really don't make 'em like we used to
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We really don't make 'em like we used to
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EXCLUSIVE: The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a @reuters.com review of court dockets found.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
September 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a @reuters.com review of court dockets found.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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2. OMB is giving federal agencies six-month extensions on the deadline to submit public action plans on getting in line with Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (now March 28, 2026) and the deadline to start implementing (now Sept. 28, 2029).
My earlier reporting on what changes could look like:
My earlier reporting on what changes could look like:
Next U.S. census will have new boxes for 'Middle Eastern or North African,' 'Latino'
Biden officials approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."
www.npr.org
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
2. OMB is giving federal agencies six-month extensions on the deadline to submit public action plans on getting in line with Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (now March 28, 2026) and the deadline to start implementing (now Sept. 28, 2029).
My earlier reporting on what changes could look like:
My earlier reporting on what changes could look like:
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Want to win the 2025 Table Contest? Get inspired by @bamattre.bsky.social's interactive table, which turns the Board Game Geek database into a practical tool ✨
His entry: bamattre.github.io/boardgames/
Submit your table using any #RStats or #Python package!
Details: github.com/rich-iannone...
His entry: bamattre.github.io/boardgames/
Submit your table using any #RStats or #Python package!
Details: github.com/rich-iannone...
September 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Want to win the 2025 Table Contest? Get inspired by @bamattre.bsky.social's interactive table, which turns the Board Game Geek database into a practical tool ✨
His entry: bamattre.github.io/boardgames/
Submit your table using any #RStats or #Python package!
Details: github.com/rich-iannone...
His entry: bamattre.github.io/boardgames/
Submit your table using any #RStats or #Python package!
Details: github.com/rich-iannone...
Something is clearly wrong with the U.S. on a couple of fronts
September 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Something is clearly wrong with the U.S. on a couple of fronts
@startribune.com Thoughts on having public service articles like election how-tos outside the paywall?
September 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
@startribune.com Thoughts on having public service articles like election how-tos outside the paywall?
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Boy, this is really dark stuff. “Don’t go to college, don’t get a job—marry young and crank out babies.” And the women are cheering, while every single speaker is either a man or a woman who went to college and has a powerful job.
‘Less Burnout, More Babies’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Boy, this is really dark stuff. “Don’t go to college, don’t get a job—marry young and crank out babies.” And the women are cheering, while every single speaker is either a man or a woman who went to college and has a powerful job.
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Have ICE protests made Los Angeles too dangerous to live in? We asked three scowling retirees at a Shoney's in Branson.
June 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Have ICE protests made Los Angeles too dangerous to live in? We asked three scowling retirees at a Shoney's in Branson.
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No words.
"…U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students…"
"…U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students…"
New Visa Policies Put America First, Not China - United States Department of State
Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to ...
www.state.gov
May 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
No words.
"…U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students…"
"…U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students…"
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Universities operate on timescales that are incompatible with the whims of specific administrations. Research takes years or decades and agencies cannot make entire fields pivot on short timescales, which is a reason previous administrations have had the wisdom not to try to micromanage the process
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Universities operate on timescales that are incompatible with the whims of specific administrations. Research takes years or decades and agencies cannot make entire fields pivot on short timescales, which is a reason previous administrations have had the wisdom not to try to micromanage the process
Looking to upgrade the DSLR digital camera I bought 20 years ago and God things have changed
May 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Looking to upgrade the DSLR digital camera I bought 20 years ago and God things have changed
Oh darn, another cool online bookmarking tool bites the dust. RIP Pocket support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...
Pocket is Saying Goodbye: What You Need to Know | Pocket Help
More information about the end of support for Pocket.
support.mozilla.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Oh darn, another cool online bookmarking tool bites the dust. RIP Pocket support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...
Pro tip: don't Google the camera you bought in college for a thousand bucks
May 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Pro tip: don't Google the camera you bought in college for a thousand bucks