Jim Gruman
@opus1993.bsky.social
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Panoramic View of the Northern Lights last night over the Chicago Skyline.
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Panoramic View of the Northern Lights last night over the Chicago Skyline.
Don Moynihan (@donmoynihan)
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November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Interested in using your data skills for public service locally? My 5-minute #PositConf2025 lightning talk aims to give you some ideas for inspiration! Now on YouTube:
youtu.be/fSAoCcZD--Y?...
youtu.be/fSAoCcZD--Y?...
Use Your Data Skills for Good (Sharon Machlis) | posit::conf(2025)
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November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Interested in using your data skills for public service locally? My 5-minute #PositConf2025 lightning talk aims to give you some ideas for inspiration! Now on YouTube:
youtu.be/fSAoCcZD--Y?...
youtu.be/fSAoCcZD--Y?...
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Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
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My posit::conf(2025) talk with @gosterhout.bsky.social on election reporting with #rstats and #QuartoPub is up on YouTube now!
See the slides here: andrewheiss.github.io/election-des...
And see a whole example/tutorial site here: andrewheiss.github.io/election-desk/
See the slides here: andrewheiss.github.io/election-des...
And see a whole example/tutorial site here: andrewheiss.github.io/election-desk/
Election Night Reporting Using R & Quarto (Andrew Heiss & Gabe Osterhout) | posit::conf(2025)
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November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My posit::conf(2025) talk with @gosterhout.bsky.social on election reporting with #rstats and #QuartoPub is up on YouTube now!
See the slides here: andrewheiss.github.io/election-des...
And see a whole example/tutorial site here: andrewheiss.github.io/election-desk/
See the slides here: andrewheiss.github.io/election-des...
And see a whole example/tutorial site here: andrewheiss.github.io/election-desk/
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They invaded my city (and others) with goon squads that have been kidnapping my neighbors and terrorizing us on a daily basis.
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
They invaded my city (and others) with goon squads that have been kidnapping my neighbors and terrorizing us on a daily basis.
I've got a when_any() use case right now. Let's do this
We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!
We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:
- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers
Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:
- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers
Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've got a when_any() use case right now. Let's do this
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After reading Carl Sandburg's "Chicago' poem in full in open court this morning, Federal Judge Sarah Ellis says this about our city:
It should go without saying that is she correct & Donald Trump is lying. #chicago
It should go without saying that is she correct & Donald Trump is lying. #chicago
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
After reading Carl Sandburg's "Chicago' poem in full in open court this morning, Federal Judge Sarah Ellis says this about our city:
It should go without saying that is she correct & Donald Trump is lying. #chicago
It should go without saying that is she correct & Donald Trump is lying. #chicago
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Shit just got real. Chicago scripture.
Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Chicago
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Shit just got real. Chicago scripture.
Oh the humanity!
The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Oh the humanity!
Let's hope that this trend continues
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Let's hope that this trend continues
My cat looking out the window.
Also, soybean farmers.
Also, soybean farmers.
When I ask my dog if he could not bark at every noise outside
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My cat looking out the window.
Also, soybean farmers.
Also, soybean farmers.
Willy Porter - “Humans In a Room” release starts soon
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Willy Porter - “Humans In a Room” release starts soon
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I love for everyone that this is now the baseball app
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I love for everyone that this is now the baseball app
💯 on board with this.
This is why Gavin Newsom is a non-starter for me.
Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader.
A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.
Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader.
A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
💯 on board with this.
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Chicago ICE Raids By The Numbers https://theonion.com/chicago-ice-raids-by-the-numbers/
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Chicago ICE Raids By The Numbers https://theonion.com/chicago-ice-raids-by-the-numbers/
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Most people who actually live next to immigrants are just fine. It’s the people never exposed to anyone different from them who get angriest — and to whom Vance is appealing here.
Also, Vance is a sociopathic ghoul whose nativist bullshit would have prevented his own children from existing.
Also, Vance is a sociopathic ghoul whose nativist bullshit would have prevented his own children from existing.
What an embarrassing thing to say out loud.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Most people who actually live next to immigrants are just fine. It’s the people never exposed to anyone different from them who get angriest — and to whom Vance is appealing here.
Also, Vance is a sociopathic ghoul whose nativist bullshit would have prevented his own children from existing.
Also, Vance is a sociopathic ghoul whose nativist bullshit would have prevented his own children from existing.
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"We would have cheaper groceries if we let 40 million people including children starve" is a hell of take.
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We would have cheaper groceries if we let 40 million people including children starve" is a hell of take.
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
gnight everybody
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
gnight everybody