Nicolás Velásquez
@nicvel.bsky.social
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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This grift, along with the fragrances, I'm sure, stinks.
Trump Just Unveiled His Expensive New Line Of Fragrances—And The Bottle Is Peak Trump
This grift stinks.
www.comicsands.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This grift, along with the fragrances, I'm sure, stinks.
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Parallel computation is a long time interest of mine (research and a book), so I am pleased to announce a new package, Rthreads, that provides threading for R! It's a full rewrite of my old package, Rdsm, located in github.com/matloff/Rthr.... 4/
GitHub - matloff/Rthreads
Contribute to matloff/Rthreads development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Parallel computation is a long time interest of mine (research and a book), so I am pleased to announce a new package, Rthreads, that provides threading for R! It's a full rewrite of my old package, Rdsm, located in github.com/matloff/Rthr.... 4/
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Let us be the sunlight that destroys the mold upon our nation.
May 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Let us be the sunlight that destroys the mold upon our nation.
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This is what we regrettably ended up calling “false positives” in Colombia.
In a few years we will discover that ICE was rewarding detentions via operational metrics that came with bonuses and days off. Agents started following the incentives and taking people into planes to death camps for candy.
In a few years we will discover that ICE was rewarding detentions via operational metrics that came with bonuses and days off. Agents started following the incentives and taking people into planes to death camps for candy.
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is what we regrettably ended up calling “false positives” in Colombia.
In a few years we will discover that ICE was rewarding detentions via operational metrics that came with bonuses and days off. Agents started following the incentives and taking people into planes to death camps for candy.
In a few years we will discover that ICE was rewarding detentions via operational metrics that came with bonuses and days off. Agents started following the incentives and taking people into planes to death camps for candy.
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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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LTO-9 tapes are 18TB, cost under $100 each, and last for 30+ years making them the most efficient cold storage solution on the market, which every competent IT professional knows, but no im sure you can just dump all of that essential data in some shitty budget cloud storage service lmao
April 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
LTO-9 tapes are 18TB, cost under $100 each, and last for 30+ years making them the most efficient cold storage solution on the market, which every competent IT professional knows, but no im sure you can just dump all of that essential data in some shitty budget cloud storage service lmao
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Since I wrote this post — dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev/2025/03/31/d... — on March 31st, an additional 590 (total of 835, up from 245) humans have been disappeared by ICE.
The @disappearedtracker.bsky.social —
public.tableau.com/app/profile/... — is a wall of shame for the GOP, MAGA & POTUS admin.
The @disappearedtracker.bsky.social —
public.tableau.com/app/profile/... — is a wall of shame for the GOP, MAGA & POTUS admin.
Drop #631 (2025-03-31): Happy [Belated] BoothDay To You
Today’s Drop covers three significant topics: Charles Booth’s transformative social research on urban poverty through innovative mapping, the alarming expansion of aggressive immigratio…
dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev
April 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Since I wrote this post — dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev/2025/03/31/d... — on March 31st, an additional 590 (total of 835, up from 245) humans have been disappeared by ICE.
The @disappearedtracker.bsky.social —
public.tableau.com/app/profile/... — is a wall of shame for the GOP, MAGA & POTUS admin.
The @disappearedtracker.bsky.social —
public.tableau.com/app/profile/... — is a wall of shame for the GOP, MAGA & POTUS admin.
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Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.
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I'll have lots more to say on this as my reporting progresses. But for now, I'll just say that if you're a current or former BLS or Census employee and have seen anything concerning, I'd love to talk to you. You can reach me anonymously on Signal at bencasselman.96.
signal.me#eu/4LIg1kAOm...
signal.me#eu/4LIg1kAOm...
Signal Messenger Contact
Follow this link to message on Signal.
signal.me
April 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'll have lots more to say on this as my reporting progresses. But for now, I'll just say that if you're a current or former BLS or Census employee and have seen anything concerning, I'd love to talk to you. You can reach me anonymously on Signal at bencasselman.96.
signal.me#eu/4LIg1kAOm...
signal.me#eu/4LIg1kAOm...
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Thousands join protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk
https://www.ft.com/content/4041b210-0f4a-4726-a964-6b17cfe1a6f4
https://www.ft.com/content/4041b210-0f4a-4726-a964-6b17cfe1a6f4
Thousands join protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk
Demonstrations mark the first big display of public resistance to president’s frenetic second term
www.ft.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thousands join protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk
https://www.ft.com/content/4041b210-0f4a-4726-a964-6b17cfe1a6f4
https://www.ft.com/content/4041b210-0f4a-4726-a964-6b17cfe1a6f4
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It's like they're speedrunning all the mistakes civic tech learned over the past 25 years.
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's like they're speedrunning all the mistakes civic tech learned over the past 25 years.
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I should have made more AOCs.
April 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I should have made more AOCs.
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Also, please memorize this:
"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
That, "am I free to leave?", and identifying yourself in stop-and-ID states are the only things you should ever say to police. Ever.
"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
That, "am I free to leave?", and identifying yourself in stop-and-ID states are the only things you should ever say to police. Ever.
If your plans for this weekend involve being outdoors voicing your displeasure with *gestures* the entire situation, just sayin', my colleagues have a guide that you should read.
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
How to secure your phone before attending a protest
Here are some privacy measures you can take
www.theverge.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Also, please memorize this:
"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
That, "am I free to leave?", and identifying yourself in stop-and-ID states are the only things you should ever say to police. Ever.
"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
That, "am I free to leave?", and identifying yourself in stop-and-ID states are the only things you should ever say to police. Ever.
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Those weren't fairytales
April 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Those weren't fairytales
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
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😱😱
Just did the math and yes the tariff rate is *exactly* (abs(trade_deficit))/us_imports for each country. Where this number is <10%, it's 10%. Literally every single country matches precisely.
April 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
😱😱
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Ever forget how a certain #RStats function works mid-analysis? The Posit cheat sheets (posit.co/resources/cheatsheets) have got your back with handy (and free!) one-pagers for dplyr, #ggplot2, #Shiny, and more. They've saved me countless times! #tidyverse #datascience #rladies
Cheatsheets - Posit
Resources
posit.co
April 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Ever forget how a certain #RStats function works mid-analysis? The Posit cheat sheets (posit.co/resources/cheatsheets) have got your back with handy (and free!) one-pagers for dplyr, #ggplot2, #Shiny, and more. They've saved me countless times! #tidyverse #datascience #rladies
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Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
Assistant Professor of History
Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. POSITION: Assistant Professor of History. The School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University invites appli...
ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
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Hello everyone! I'm Alyssa Columbus (@alycolumbus.bsky.social), your curator this week 🎉. I'm a biostatistics PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins who is passionate about trustworthy data analysis, open science, and teaching #rstats. Excited to connect with you all! #rladies
April 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hello everyone! I'm Alyssa Columbus (@alycolumbus.bsky.social), your curator this week 🎉. I'm a biostatistics PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins who is passionate about trustworthy data analysis, open science, and teaching #rstats. Excited to connect with you all! #rladies
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merrick garland reading about marine le pen being prosecuted and his brain just bonkering at the idea you could prosecute a politician
March 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
merrick garland reading about marine le pen being prosecuted and his brain just bonkering at the idea you could prosecute a politician