Susan Vanderplas
@srvanderplas.bsky.social
Statistics professor, #rstats user and reluctant #python user. I love #quarto, #quilting, #crossstitch, #snark, and #dogs. Research in #forensics, #visualization and #datavis, and #reproduceableresearch.
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Report: Employers Created 40,000 New Jobs For Existing Employees Last Month https://theonion.com/report-employers-created-40-000-new-jobs-for-existing-1819575878/
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Report: Employers Created 40,000 New Jobs For Existing Employees Last Month https://theonion.com/report-employers-created-40-000-new-jobs-for-existing-1819575878/
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When I released this book 5 years ago, I joked with my publisher that maybe people would figure out how to use data in less selfish and destructive ways, and the book would become irrelevant.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9781250...
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9781250...
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
When I released this book 5 years ago, I joked with my publisher that maybe people would figure out how to use data in less selfish and destructive ways, and the book would become irrelevant.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9781250...
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9781250...
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Bad Bunny didn’t just ask for a seat at the table.
He flipped it over and brought in a bigger one.
A new America is emerging with a more expansive view of patriotism, love of country and Americanness.
It’s coming! It’s here! Whether you like it or not.
He flipped it over and brought in a bigger one.
A new America is emerging with a more expansive view of patriotism, love of country and Americanness.
It’s coming! It’s here! Whether you like it or not.
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Bad Bunny didn’t just ask for a seat at the table.
He flipped it over and brought in a bigger one.
A new America is emerging with a more expansive view of patriotism, love of country and Americanness.
It’s coming! It’s here! Whether you like it or not.
He flipped it over and brought in a bigger one.
A new America is emerging with a more expansive view of patriotism, love of country and Americanness.
It’s coming! It’s here! Whether you like it or not.
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JUST IN: A federal judge in Michigan has rejected the administration's attempt to obtain the state's voter rolls.
Judge Hala Jarbou, a Trump appointee, said the law does not require the state to turn them over.
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Judge Hala Jarbou, a Trump appointee, said the law does not require the state to turn them over.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge in Michigan has rejected the administration's attempt to obtain the state's voter rolls.
Judge Hala Jarbou, a Trump appointee, said the law does not require the state to turn them over.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Hala Jarbou, a Trump appointee, said the law does not require the state to turn them over.
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If you're worried about taxpayers who fund your paychecks knowing who you are.
Don't become a public servant.
The people being "doxxed" are people who murdered people.
Because our governing body is actively protecting them and smearing innocent people's names in order to continue attacking people.
Don't become a public servant.
The people being "doxxed" are people who murdered people.
Because our governing body is actively protecting them and smearing innocent people's names in order to continue attacking people.
February 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
If you're worried about taxpayers who fund your paychecks knowing who you are.
Don't become a public servant.
The people being "doxxed" are people who murdered people.
Because our governing body is actively protecting them and smearing innocent people's names in order to continue attacking people.
Don't become a public servant.
The people being "doxxed" are people who murdered people.
Because our governing body is actively protecting them and smearing innocent people's names in order to continue attacking people.
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This is a GWB-appointed judge, and a federal prosecutor, pleading with the American people to understand the power and the beauty of the due process clause, and why it's the bedrock of our constitutional rights.
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
This is a GWB-appointed judge, and a federal prosecutor, pleading with the American people to understand the power and the beauty of the due process clause, and why it's the bedrock of our constitutional rights.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
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There is no financial crisis at a university that can buy out it's med center partner for $800 million and build a $2.4 Billion new hospital. There is just wanting to get rid of those pesky people who talk about inequity and climate change. And apparently, people who love statistics.
It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is no financial crisis at a university that can buy out it's med center partner for $800 million and build a $2.4 Billion new hospital. There is just wanting to get rid of those pesky people who talk about inequity and climate change. And apparently, people who love statistics.
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Announcing New Statistical Software Peer Review Editors: Natalia da Silva and Andrew Heiss
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/03/editors2025/
#rstats #datascience
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/03/editors2025/
#rstats #datascience
Announcing New Statistical Software Peer Review Editors: Natalia da Silva and Andrew Heiss
Summary: New editors Natalia da Silva and Andrew Heiss join rOpenSci's Statistical Software Peer Review program, highlighting open science in R with reproducible research and community-driven reviews.
ropensci.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Announcing New Statistical Software Peer Review Editors: Natalia da Silva and Andrew Heiss
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/03/editors2025/
#rstats #datascience
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/03/editors2025/
#rstats #datascience
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I DROVE PAST THERE BETWEEN 8 AND 9AM ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING AND SAW THEM GATHERING THERE!!
😀💪🟦🇺🇸
Supporters rally outside Cedar Rapids ICE office to back immigrants #CedarRapids #Immigration
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Supporters rally outside Cedar Rapids ICE office to back immigrants #CedarRapids #Immigration
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Supporters rally outside Cedar Rapids ICE office to back immigrants - NewsBreak
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Supporters gathered outside the Cedar Rapids ICE office to show solidarity with immigrants attending their scheduled ICE appointments
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February 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I DROVE PAST THERE BETWEEN 8 AND 9AM ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING AND SAW THEM GATHERING THERE!!
😀💪🟦🇺🇸
Supporters rally outside Cedar Rapids ICE office to back immigrants #CedarRapids #Immigration
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😀💪🟦🇺🇸
Supporters rally outside Cedar Rapids ICE office to back immigrants #CedarRapids #Immigration
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If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
They weren't rookies
The two federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti had a combined 20 years of experience with BP or CBP, and simmered in a toxic culture with an absurd crime rate that must be erased, not "reformed"
My new column on what really killed Alex www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The two federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti had a combined 20 years of experience with BP or CBP, and simmered in a toxic culture with an absurd crime rate that must be erased, not "reformed"
My new column on what really killed Alex www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The toxic culture that killed Alex Pretti | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, who is Tulsi Gabbard really working for?
www.inquirer.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
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Yes they should.
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Yes they should.
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"Sign of the times: does your university building have recovery supplies in the entranceway for people who've been pepper sprayed by federal agents?"
@joesoss.bsky.social
@joesoss.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"Sign of the times: does your university building have recovery supplies in the entranceway for people who've been pepper sprayed by federal agents?"
@joesoss.bsky.social
@joesoss.bsky.social
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Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
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Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
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WATCH: Philadelphia lawmakers introduce 'ICE Out' legislation to restrict federal operations in city
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
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Are you okay?”
These were Alex Pretti’s last words to the woman he tried to protect. This is what a hero looks like.
Rest in peace, Alex. You won’t be forgotten.
These were Alex Pretti’s last words to the woman he tried to protect. This is what a hero looks like.
Rest in peace, Alex. You won’t be forgotten.
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Are you okay?”
These were Alex Pretti’s last words to the woman he tried to protect. This is what a hero looks like.
Rest in peace, Alex. You won’t be forgotten.
These were Alex Pretti’s last words to the woman he tried to protect. This is what a hero looks like.
Rest in peace, Alex. You won’t be forgotten.