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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP
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Data. R. Viz.
“A republic if you can keep it.” - Benjamin Franklin

Voted! #Vote
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’m new to #Python and really like {uv} but when I’ve tried to use it on my work machine (Windows) it keeps crashing up against OneDrive. I’ve tried stopping tracking the directory, deleting the .venv folder, and using —link-mode=copy and nothing is working. Any advice for using #uv on #Windows?
October 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
OMG, epic typo in a half-page WSJ ad #copyediting #thisadshophassomeexplaingtodo
October 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Out Today: Results from the 2025 ASN Nephrology Fellow Survey. Some highlights:
- Base starting salaries were up 3%-4% over 2024.
- Lifestyle factors—call frequency, desired locale, and vacation—are top of mind when fellows evaluate employment offers.
data.asn-online.org/posts/2025_f...
September 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
While the FT mentions it in passing, other coverage on the EO is really burying the lede on the impact to J-1 visa waivers for physicians who are providing care for Americans in underserved areas.
September 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
September 11 started as a beautiful Tuesday morning. It was the first crisp fall day in NYC after it had poured the night before. I won’t forget the “Missing” posters, the dust, the smell, the chaos, or the papers that floated across the East River landing in Park Slope.
September 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
August 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Best part of the “new” @dataconf.ai is no more R (or S) song coming back from breaks. Sorry (not sorry) @jaredlander.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
So, so grateful for the {nplyr} package. Makes working with nested dataframes an absolute breeze….OK, really easy. jibarozzo.github.io/nplyr/ Thanks @markjrieke.bsky.social
A Grammar of Nested Data Manipulation
Provides functions for manipulating nested data frames in a list-column using dplyr <https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/> syntax. Rather than unnesting, then manipulating a data frame, nplyr allows users to ...
jibarozzo.github.io
June 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Voted! Democracy: use it or lose it.
June 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Article. II. Clause 7. The President …. shall not receive within that Period any other
Emolument from the United States, or any of them. #USConstitution #FFS
May 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The only thing missing from this is the endless cascade and of reviewers initials at the end
Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
April 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thanks to @rfortherestofus.com for sharing @djnavarro.net excellent post on regex. Just wrote a lookbehind that worked the first time….without Google/ChatGPT/SO.
This week on What's New in R, we're featuring:
✅ Tutorial on backreferences in regular expressions by Danielle Navarro
✅ A guide to working with column names in R by Simon Couch
✅ Blog post by Ilya Kashnitsky illustrating a clever solution for rotating plots

Read the issue: buff.ly/3D2BpY3

#rstats
April 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Well, I’ve been liberated from ever trying to retire….or help my daughter go to college.
April 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Laissez les mal temps rouler
March 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I subscribe to @wsj.com because of their excellence in reporting...and the strong firewall between news and the editorial board. Yet their masthead has been unflinching, no more so than in tomorrow's edition (gift link) www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Opinion | Trump Tilts Toward a Ukraine Sellout
He puts more pressure on Kyiv for a deal than he does on the Kremlin.
www.wsj.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. (Yes) And every now and then I wonder what I want them to say. 1/
January 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reposted by Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP
Looking for design opinions 🗳️

I'm crowdsourcing logo ideas for my data consulting business, IndieVisual. I've received a lot of unique submissions. Now I need help narrowing it down.

And who better to ask than my creative data viz friends? 🧑‍🎨

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Help me choose my new design!
I’m running a logo contest on 99designs. Designers have submitted 214 designs so far. Please vote on your favorite as I’d love to receive your feedback.
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January 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Check out the “Building story maps with mapgl” vignette that @kylewalker.bsky.social dropped yesterday. His great documentation makes it super easy to get started. Between {Closeread} and {mapgl} it has been a big couple of months for scrollytelling in R.
It's been a big week for the #rstats {mapgl} package: the v0.2.0 release and 100 stars on GitHub!

If you haven't used {mapgl}, try it out! You can create 3D maps, build Shiny apps, and develop map stories with @Mapbox and @maplibre using R.

Learn more: walker-data.com/mapgl/
January 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Malaise Forever! Thank you Mr. President. #39
December 29, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Abandon all hope ye who enter here
December 24, 2024 at 6:17 PM
You’d think the company behind Google Fonts would be able to handle tracking but OMG this is incredibly distracting. #keming
December 18, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Just pushed my analysis of this afternoon's AY 2025 Nephrology Match live at data.asn-online.org/posts/ay_202... #nephsky #nephrology
ASN Data
Matched Candidates in Nephrology Were Up 13% in AY 2025
data.asn-online.org
December 4, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Nearly 8 months after losing our wonderful cat Malcolm, it was time to adopt another orange kitten. Meet Percy! #orangecat
December 1, 2024 at 10:28 PM