@tiddlydump.bsky.social
Data Scientist, #rstats
Might also post pictures of my weirder cat, I guess.
Might also post pictures of my weirder cat, I guess.
In their 3 losses, GB has given up 13, 16, and 10 points.
What a disaster.
What a disaster.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
In their 3 losses, GB has given up 13, 16, and 10 points.
What a disaster.
What a disaster.
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Leo is an American citizen.
If being American means anything, it’s that he should be free to work without worrying the government will raid the property without a warrant & arrest him for doing nothing wrong.
If being American means anything, it’s that he should be free to work without worrying the government will raid the property without a warrant & arrest him for doing nothing wrong.
The latest from @jaredmcclain.bsky.social, a senior attorney at @ij.org, who represents Leonardo Garcia Venegas in a federal class-action lawsuit:
I'm in WaPo today explaining why the administration's profiling of people for immigration stops based on their ethnicity and occupation is unconstitutional:
wapo.st/43W3haf
wapo.st/43W3haf
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Leo is an American citizen.
If being American means anything, it’s that he should be free to work without worrying the government will raid the property without a warrant & arrest him for doing nothing wrong.
If being American means anything, it’s that he should be free to work without worrying the government will raid the property without a warrant & arrest him for doing nothing wrong.
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nice thread on this topic which continues to vex me.
#rstats
#rstats
Hey #rstats,
Are there any good tricks for deciding on sensible dimensions for a plot when saving it?
Or does everyone just tweak the dimensions in ggsave() until it looks right?
Are there any good tricks for deciding on sensible dimensions for a plot when saving it?
Or does everyone just tweak the dimensions in ggsave() until it looks right?
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
nice thread on this topic which continues to vex me.
#rstats
#rstats
How my two cats respond to tissue paper. Glee and fury (?)
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
How my two cats respond to tissue paper. Glee and fury (?)
I'm a nonviolent guy, but I do want to find who is responsible for the phrases "clean ingredients" / "clean food" so I can hit them with a folding chair.
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I'm a nonviolent guy, but I do want to find who is responsible for the phrases "clean ingredients" / "clean food" so I can hit them with a folding chair.
Cuddling with her teddy bear
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Cuddling with her teddy bear
I am once again reminding you that jury trials are good.
Plea-driven mass adjudication is bad.
If you get a jury summons, *don't whine about serving*.
Plea-driven mass adjudication is bad.
If you get a jury summons, *don't whine about serving*.
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I am once again reminding you that jury trials are good.
Plea-driven mass adjudication is bad.
If you get a jury summons, *don't whine about serving*.
Plea-driven mass adjudication is bad.
If you get a jury summons, *don't whine about serving*.
We all know "NSFW" means Not Safe For Women, amirite?
Guys? Guys?! Wait, no, come back!
Guys? Guys?! Wait, no, come back!
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We all know "NSFW" means Not Safe For Women, amirite?
Guys? Guys?! Wait, no, come back!
Guys? Guys?! Wait, no, come back!
"Listen, you snot-nosed little shit! I was taking sandwich shrapnel in DC while you were crapping in your hands and rubbing it on your face!"
It doesn't have the same punch as the original, but 1991 Gary Busey could sell it.
It doesn't have the same punch as the original, but 1991 Gary Busey could sell it.
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Listen, you snot-nosed little shit! I was taking sandwich shrapnel in DC while you were crapping in your hands and rubbing it on your face!"
It doesn't have the same punch as the original, but 1991 Gary Busey could sell it.
It doesn't have the same punch as the original, but 1991 Gary Busey could sell it.
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Reminder that at the Founding there were ~ 6 felonies (basically all capital crimes) and *even then* it was controversial.
We are so so far from that. Pardon power needs serious reform.
We are so so far from that. Pardon power needs serious reform.
So Trump doesn’t know who he’s pardoning? Sounds like this ought to be a major congressional investigation.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Reminder that at the Founding there were ~ 6 felonies (basically all capital crimes) and *even then* it was controversial.
We are so so far from that. Pardon power needs serious reform.
We are so so far from that. Pardon power needs serious reform.
Sometimes I find myself thinking "am I the dumbest man alive?", but then I hear a commercial that licensed `You Can Call Me Al` by Paul Simon that uses exactly 0 lyrics.
At least I'm not that dumb.
At least I'm not that dumb.
November 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Sometimes I find myself thinking "am I the dumbest man alive?", but then I hear a commercial that licensed `You Can Call Me Al` by Paul Simon that uses exactly 0 lyrics.
At least I'm not that dumb.
At least I'm not that dumb.
The teaser line this post *really* needs:
"we can hope for a 1000 years if Microsoft doesn’t fuck it up"
"we can hope for a 1000 years if Microsoft doesn’t fuck it up"
new blog post:
Of course, someone has to write imperative code to build reproducible data science pipelines. It doesn’t have to be you.
brodrigues.co/posts/2025-1...
Of course, someone has to write imperative code to build reproducible data science pipelines. It doesn’t have to be you.
brodrigues.co/posts/2025-1...
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The teaser line this post *really* needs:
"we can hope for a 1000 years if Microsoft doesn’t fuck it up"
"we can hope for a 1000 years if Microsoft doesn’t fuck it up"
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Dear #rstats,
Please find attached the alpha version of my book "An Introduction to R for Policy Analysis":
policyanalysislab.com/shared/r-for...
Unfortunately, the draft has been released too late to be considered for a Nobel prize, but I look forward to being nominated in 2026.
...
Please find attached the alpha version of my book "An Introduction to R for Policy Analysis":
policyanalysislab.com/shared/r-for...
Unfortunately, the draft has been released too late to be considered for a Nobel prize, but I look forward to being nominated in 2026.
...
an_intro_to_r_for_policy_analysis
policyanalysislab.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Dear #rstats,
Please find attached the alpha version of my book "An Introduction to R for Policy Analysis":
policyanalysislab.com/shared/r-for...
Unfortunately, the draft has been released too late to be considered for a Nobel prize, but I look forward to being nominated in 2026.
...
Please find attached the alpha version of my book "An Introduction to R for Policy Analysis":
policyanalysislab.com/shared/r-for...
Unfortunately, the draft has been released too late to be considered for a Nobel prize, but I look forward to being nominated in 2026.
...
First animated crush without saying your age
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
First animated crush without saying your age
Beware "$5 footlong"-ing yourself into a corner, guys!
Been a lot of inflation since the Fight for 15 started...
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Beware "$5 footlong"-ing yourself into a corner, guys!
...dude looks like a LEGO.
How high do you need to get to think this design is acceptable?
How high do you need to get to think this design is acceptable?
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
...dude looks like a LEGO.
How high do you need to get to think this design is acceptable?
How high do you need to get to think this design is acceptable?
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1/ A thread to introduce myself as I will try to post more consistently on here
When people would ask me where I am from, I would often dread it -- I grew up in Qatar, Somalia, Kenya, Mongolia, Rhode Island and Arkansas which honestly sounds like a set up for a joke (no, my parents weren't spies)
When people would ask me where I am from, I would often dread it -- I grew up in Qatar, Somalia, Kenya, Mongolia, Rhode Island and Arkansas which honestly sounds like a set up for a joke (no, my parents weren't spies)
October 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
1/ A thread to introduce myself as I will try to post more consistently on here
When people would ask me where I am from, I would often dread it -- I grew up in Qatar, Somalia, Kenya, Mongolia, Rhode Island and Arkansas which honestly sounds like a set up for a joke (no, my parents weren't spies)
When people would ask me where I am from, I would often dread it -- I grew up in Qatar, Somalia, Kenya, Mongolia, Rhode Island and Arkansas which honestly sounds like a set up for a joke (no, my parents weren't spies)
Have you ever been so excited about Trick or Treating that you wear a pumpkin bucket on your head for several hours?
October 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Have you ever been so excited about Trick or Treating that you wear a pumpkin bucket on your head for several hours?
Help me understand this.
They *were* slaves. That was evil and bad and stuff. If slavers had changed the law to call them "bestest friends ever", that wouldn't have erased the evil of holding another human as property and all the attendant evils.
They *were* slaves. That was evil and bad and stuff. If slavers had changed the law to call them "bestest friends ever", that wouldn't have erased the evil of holding another human as property and all the attendant evils.
October 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Help me understand this.
They *were* slaves. That was evil and bad and stuff. If slavers had changed the law to call them "bestest friends ever", that wouldn't have erased the evil of holding another human as property and all the attendant evils.
They *were* slaves. That was evil and bad and stuff. If slavers had changed the law to call them "bestest friends ever", that wouldn't have erased the evil of holding another human as property and all the attendant evils.
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if you are giving work to lawyers, as a legislator, when you can achieve a similar outcome without doing so, you are almost always fucking up
October 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
if you are giving work to lawyers, as a legislator, when you can achieve a similar outcome without doing so, you are almost always fucking up
Yes! This is absolutely a theme, and a good one.
My favorite game ever -- Bloodborne -- is packed to the gills with similar themes (but turned up to 11 and covered in blood and cosmic horror).
Games can be a fantastic medium to explore ideas.
My favorite game ever -- Bloodborne -- is packed to the gills with similar themes (but turned up to 11 and covered in blood and cosmic horror).
Games can be a fantastic medium to explore ideas.
Silksong had a *lot* of gender going on for a game that didn’t really ever feel like it was about gender, huh
massive spoilers inevitably to follow
massive spoilers inevitably to follow
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yes! This is absolutely a theme, and a good one.
My favorite game ever -- Bloodborne -- is packed to the gills with similar themes (but turned up to 11 and covered in blood and cosmic horror).
Games can be a fantastic medium to explore ideas.
My favorite game ever -- Bloodborne -- is packed to the gills with similar themes (but turned up to 11 and covered in blood and cosmic horror).
Games can be a fantastic medium to explore ideas.
I need to emphasize that some of the "ideas" AAAs have should result in people hanging from their fingernails.
Wow, you got a famous person (ooooh! aaaah!) to do voice work in your game? They're not good at it, and it adds literally nothing, but I'm glad it made it more expensive to make!
Wow, you got a famous person (ooooh! aaaah!) to do voice work in your game? They're not good at it, and it adds literally nothing, but I'm glad it made it more expensive to make!
If AAA's want $100/game they need to be significantly better than what smaller / indie devs are making.
They aren't.
The most fun I had last year was Another Crab's Treasure ($30). Silksong this year was $20.
If the sit down restaurant is 4x the cost of the foodcart (& no better), I'm not sorry.
They aren't.
The most fun I had last year was Another Crab's Treasure ($30). Silksong this year was $20.
If the sit down restaurant is 4x the cost of the foodcart (& no better), I'm not sorry.
October 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I need to emphasize that some of the "ideas" AAAs have should result in people hanging from their fingernails.
Wow, you got a famous person (ooooh! aaaah!) to do voice work in your game? They're not good at it, and it adds literally nothing, but I'm glad it made it more expensive to make!
Wow, you got a famous person (ooooh! aaaah!) to do voice work in your game? They're not good at it, and it adds literally nothing, but I'm glad it made it more expensive to make!