Kieran Healy
@kjhealy.co
Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick.
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A little more about trustworthy data visualization and the work of the philosopher Katherine Hawley.
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Trustworthy Data Visualization
This past September I gave the closing keynote at posit::conf; it’s now on YouTube to watch. Keen-eyed observers will note from the title that it’s about trustworthy data visualization. But it’s also ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A little more about trustworthy data visualization and the work of the philosopher Katherine Hawley.
kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
“Senator … My offer is this: nothing.“
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Senator … My offer is this: nothing.“
Reposted by Kieran Healy
One nice thing about being able to give this talk was that I was able to say a little bit—in the context of “data science” and also the use of LLMs in research—about the philosophical ideas of the late Katherine Hawley on trust and commitment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZamP...
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
One nice thing about being able to give this talk was that I was able to say a little bit—in the context of “data science” and also the use of LLMs in research—about the philosophical ideas of the late Katherine Hawley on trust and commitment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZamP...
@vickiboykis.com Thanks for the notion of Normcore Tech, which I got to use and evangelize a bit toward the end of this talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZamP...
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
@vickiboykis.com Thanks for the notion of Normcore Tech, which I got to use and evangelize a bit toward the end of this talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZamP...
I gave the closing keynote at posit::conf in September and it's available to watch. When you find yourself giving a talk with a little tiny microphone stuck to the side of your head you have to ask yourself some hard questions, but the talk was partly about that.
youtu.be/ZamPCbvBAgE
youtu.be/ZamPCbvBAgE
Trustworthy Data Visualization (Kieran Healy, Duke University) | posit::conf(2025)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
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November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I gave the closing keynote at posit::conf in September and it's available to watch. When you find yourself giving a talk with a little tiny microphone stuck to the side of your head you have to ask yourself some hard questions, but the talk was partly about that.
youtu.be/ZamPCbvBAgE
youtu.be/ZamPCbvBAgE
I successfully nerd-sniped myself into making a precinct-level dot-density map of the NYC mayoral election. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
Mamdani vs Sliwa and Cuomo
Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral election gave me the opportunity to draw a few maps, and also to learn a bit about incorporating additional spatial data into maps drawn in R. R is not a...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I successfully nerd-sniped myself into making a precinct-level dot-density map of the NYC mayoral election. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
“Where are the Sliwa strongholds?” I hear you ask. No I swear I hear you asking
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Where are the Sliwa strongholds?” I hear you ask. No I swear I hear you asking
Wondering how hard it’d be to convince Ackman or Musk that this is the first evidence of the immediate communist islamification of New York
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Wondering how hard it’d be to convince Ackman or Musk that this is the first evidence of the immediate communist islamification of New York
Less going on here than I was hoping, tbh, but there are a few bright spots that I have theories about.
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Less going on here than I was hoping, tbh, but there are a few bright spots that I have theories about.
The detail on these is gonna get destroyed by the image compression on this app but it was fun to make them, especially putting the subway lines in.
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The detail on these is gonna get destroyed by the image compression on this app but it was fun to make them, especially putting the subway lines in.
The most compelling reason for Staten Island to leave New York City and join Jersey (where it belongs) is that having a fifth borough messes up all your maps and all your by-borough small-multiples.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The most compelling reason for Staten Island to leave New York City and join Jersey (where it belongs) is that having a fifth borough messes up all your maps and all your by-borough small-multiples.
With gazelle-like speed and grace, Ross Douthat leads the leap from “This, the greatest of American cities, will be destroyed should Mamdani be elected” to “New York is entirely irrelevant to anything in national politics”. (Idaho pastors who want to relitigate slavery remain central, however.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
With gazelle-like speed and grace, Ross Douthat leads the leap from “This, the greatest of American cities, will be destroyed should Mamdani be elected” to “New York is entirely irrelevant to anything in national politics”. (Idaho pastors who want to relitigate slavery remain central, however.)
I assume Twitter is experiencing previously unseen levels of Delusional Bill Ackman Cope.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I assume Twitter is experiencing previously unseen levels of Delusional Bill Ackman Cope.
When Willie O’Dwyer (NYC Mayor 1946-50, born Bohola, County Mayo) died in 1964, the NYT generously acknowledged that despite appearing to be a bog-trotting Paddy he was also able to read and enjoyed the sort of books you, dear subscriber, might have around the house.
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
When Willie O’Dwyer (NYC Mayor 1946-50, born Bohola, County Mayo) died in 1964, the NYT generously acknowledged that despite appearing to be a bog-trotting Paddy he was also able to read and enjoyed the sort of books you, dear subscriber, might have around the house.
Just incredible that New York could elect an immigrant as mayor, especially one from a national background and adhering to a religion viewed with suspicion by many of the country’s politicians, just totally out of character for a city that hist—I’m sorry I’m just getting a message in my earpiece
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Just incredible that New York could elect an immigrant as mayor, especially one from a national background and adhering to a religion viewed with suspicion by many of the country’s politicians, just totally out of character for a city that hist—I’m sorry I’m just getting a message in my earpiece
<gesturing helplessly> Well, you see, there’s this thing called an idiom and—actually, let me back up, there’s this place called New York and— sorry, let me start over, there’s this phenomenon called a lighthearted—OK I think I need to frame things by saying there’s this idea of human social interac
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
<gesturing helplessly> Well, you see, there’s this thing called an idiom and—actually, let me back up, there’s this place called New York and— sorry, let me start over, there’s this phenomenon called a lighthearted—OK I think I need to frame things by saying there’s this idea of human social interac
for the love of god, don’t make me explain the joke
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
for the love of god, don’t make me explain the joke
REMEMBER, if you are in line to vote in the New York City elections NO YOU ARE NOT you are On Line
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
REMEMBER, if you are in line to vote in the New York City elections NO YOU ARE NOT you are On Line
“I could smell the onions and mustard”
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“I could smell the onions and mustard”
PTSBLT
Lairmore testifies that other agents gave him a plush sandwich toy, which he placed on the shelf in his office, and a patch that said "Felony Footlong," which he put on his lunch box.
Lairmore has chuckled with the rest of us at times. Defense really trying to underscore the unseriousness of it all
Lairmore has chuckled with the rest of us at times. Defense really trying to underscore the unseriousness of it all
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
PTSBLT
They’ll be digging up these sandwiches for decades, like they did in London after the Blitz. Combustible Comestibles.
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
They’ll be digging up these sandwiches for decades, like they did in London after the Blitz. Combustible Comestibles.
“I could smell the onions and mustard”
Is the Dumbest Timeline’s “whiff of cordite”.
Is the Dumbest Timeline’s “whiff of cordite”.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“I could smell the onions and mustard”
Is the Dumbest Timeline’s “whiff of cordite”.
Is the Dumbest Timeline’s “whiff of cordite”.