Richard Bamattre
@bamattre.bsky.social
Local government data science lead. Not so recent PhD in Education. Data viz, machine learning, and data for social good. https://github.com/bamattre
The phrase WTF is not usually in newspaper's style guides?
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The phrase WTF is not usually in newspaper's style guides?
Reposted by Richard Bamattre
2. OMB is giving federal agencies six-month extensions on the deadline to submit public action plans on getting in line with Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (now March 28, 2026) and the deadline to start implementing (now Sept. 28, 2029).
My earlier reporting on what changes could look like:
My earlier reporting on what changes could look like:
Next U.S. census will have new boxes for 'Middle Eastern or North African,' 'Latino'
Biden officials approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."
www.npr.org
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
2. OMB is giving federal agencies six-month extensions on the deadline to submit public action plans on getting in line with Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (now March 28, 2026) and the deadline to start implementing (now Sept. 28, 2029).
My earlier reporting on what changes could look like:
My earlier reporting on what changes could look like:
Back in the day: wow this one has autofocus
Now: this model doesn't have an animal eye autofocus mode for birds in flight, it's not worth buying
Now: this model doesn't have an animal eye autofocus mode for birds in flight, it's not worth buying
May 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Back in the day: wow this one has autofocus
Now: this model doesn't have an animal eye autofocus mode for birds in flight, it's not worth buying
Now: this model doesn't have an animal eye autofocus mode for birds in flight, it's not worth buying