Christian McDonald
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Christian McDonald
@crit.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Practice
Innovation Director
University of Texas at Austin
School of Journalism & Media
#rstats #datajournalism
Past: @statesman @ajc
OK, I had to do it. Here are the Top 5 spending teams over the past five years.

More here: utdata.github.io/mls-salaries...
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Damn … wish I had time today to update my analysis, too.
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The quality _after_ picking up the ball from the sideline was quite attractive. ⚽️ 🥅
August 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Avoiding all the curse words I want to shout right now. I way overpaid for my tickets to see him for just 20 mins, and now he skips the whole thing? A huge disappointment.
July 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
And 3-2 #austinfc
May 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
OK, now it is fun.
May 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We’re here, among the few. You don’t want to be seeing this.
May 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It has definitely been a tough season. It has been fun to watch the women play, though. That is a team.
February 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Mint > barcode in my list. Otherwise, ya.
February 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What’s up with video removal?
February 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
@eliotmckinley.com what source are you using for the 2025 rosters?
January 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have lots of hope for Positron and want to jump on it. I could even personally live with the Render to see options myself, but as an educator I keep remembering it was that instant feedback that made difference for me as a novice coder.
January 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Does Positron display code results in-line? That is kind of the killer feature of RStudio. I absolutely love the VS Code-like platform … just want that instant feedback like Jupyter.
January 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
N …. Just kidding .. of course, YES!
December 31, 2024 at 7:55 PM
It was excellent, filled with family time and good food.
December 29, 2024 at 12:41 AM