Iva Brunec
@ivabrunec.bsky.social
data scientist in toronto / maps and dataviz / almost useless trivia knowledge
https://ivabrunec.github.io/
https://ivabrunec.github.io/
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There's been a committed effort by people like Richard Hanania into mainstreaming race science and eugenics and it's, shamefully, mostly worked. Hanania in particular is a crude, blathering moron bigot using fourth rate statistics to justify his gutter bigotry
It would appear CNN was also at the eugenics conference? Why are all these mainstream news orgs at a 200-person event where all the speakers are eugenicists and racists? www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/u...
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
There's been a committed effort by people like Richard Hanania into mainstreaming race science and eugenics and it's, shamefully, mostly worked. Hanania in particular is a crude, blathering moron bigot using fourth rate statistics to justify his gutter bigotry
#30daychartchallenge day 10: multimodal.
I could probably find activities with even more variability but I was curious about the shape of how Canadians tend to spend their days across age: work, school, sleep.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
I could probably find activities with even more variability but I was curious about the shape of how Canadians tend to spend their days across age: work, school, sleep.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
April 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
#30daychartchallenge day 10: multimodal.
I could probably find activities with even more variability but I was curious about the shape of how Canadians tend to spend their days across age: work, school, sleep.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
I could probably find activities with even more variability but I was curious about the shape of how Canadians tend to spend their days across age: work, school, sleep.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Reposted by Iva Brunec
Taking some Sunday inspiration for day 6: Florence Nightingale day. I did a coxcomb graph of the amount of time Canadians spend on DIY projects, by month. Big month coming up.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
April 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Taking some Sunday inspiration for day 6: Florence Nightingale day. I did a coxcomb graph of the amount of time Canadians spend on DIY projects, by month. Big month coming up.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
A simple one for day 5 of #30daychartchallenge: ranking.
A lollipop chart of the amount of time Canadians spend with different groups of people, at different ages.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
A lollipop chart of the amount of time Canadians spend with different groups of people, at different ages.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
April 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A simple one for day 5 of #30daychartchallenge: ranking.
A lollipop chart of the amount of time Canadians spend with different groups of people, at different ages.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
A lollipop chart of the amount of time Canadians spend with different groups of people, at different ages.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Day 3 of #30daychartchallenge: circular.
Circles in a circle. Is it good dataviz? No. But it is circular. Canadians' self-reported workaholic status, each circle = 1 person, size of circle = hrs of work.
Basically, don't believe people who say they're workaholics.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Circles in a circle. Is it good dataviz? No. But it is circular. Canadians' self-reported workaholic status, each circle = 1 person, size of circle = hrs of work.
Basically, don't believe people who say they're workaholics.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
April 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Day 3 of #30daychartchallenge: circular.
Circles in a circle. Is it good dataviz? No. But it is circular. Canadians' self-reported workaholic status, each circle = 1 person, size of circle = hrs of work.
Basically, don't believe people who say they're workaholics.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Circles in a circle. Is it good dataviz? No. But it is circular. Canadians' self-reported workaholic status, each circle = 1 person, size of circle = hrs of work.
Basically, don't believe people who say they're workaholics.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Today in "Toronto's consultation process needs reform": the city sent me an invitation by mail to a consultation about a retroactive approval for an *enclosed front porch* about 5 doors down. Which we can't even see from the front or back of our house. Why should I get to weigh in on that!
April 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today in "Toronto's consultation process needs reform": the city sent me an invitation by mail to a consultation about a retroactive approval for an *enclosed front porch* about 5 doors down. Which we can't even see from the front or back of our house. Why should I get to weigh in on that!
Day 2 of #30DayChartChallenge: Slope.
Canadians spent a *lot* more time alone in 2022 compared to 2005. But that comparison is especially stark for young Canadians.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Canadians spent a *lot* more time alone in 2022 compared to 2005. But that comparison is especially stark for young Canadians.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
April 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Day 2 of #30DayChartChallenge: Slope.
Canadians spent a *lot* more time alone in 2022 compared to 2005. But that comparison is especially stark for young Canadians.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
Canadians spent a *lot* more time alone in 2022 compared to 2005. But that comparison is especially stark for young Canadians.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
I decided I'll try to make all my charts for #30DayChartChallenge this year from a single data source - the Canadian Time Use Survey.
First up: Day 1 - Fractions. What % of Canadians don't get their 8h of sleep?
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
First up: Day 1 - Fractions. What % of Canadians don't get their 8h of sleep?
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
April 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I decided I'll try to make all my charts for #30DayChartChallenge this year from a single data source - the Canadian Time Use Survey.
First up: Day 1 - Fractions. What % of Canadians don't get their 8h of sleep?
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
First up: Day 1 - Fractions. What % of Canadians don't get their 8h of sleep?
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/30...
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Navigating Trans Day of Visibility in Trump's America
What it means to be seen when your government is actively trying to erase you
www.readtpa.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/navigating...
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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Also, *because* these COBOL systems are old ...
... the code is *very* bug-free
The maintainers have had decades to find and fix all the flaws in the system
In contrast, as any developer will tell you, the newer a code base is ...
... the more bugs it's gonna have, the more it'll crash
3/9
... the code is *very* bug-free
The maintainers have had decades to find and fix all the flaws in the system
In contrast, as any developer will tell you, the newer a code base is ...
... the more bugs it's gonna have, the more it'll crash
3/9
March 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Also, *because* these COBOL systems are old ...
... the code is *very* bug-free
The maintainers have had decades to find and fix all the flaws in the system
In contrast, as any developer will tell you, the newer a code base is ...
... the more bugs it's gonna have, the more it'll crash
3/9
... the code is *very* bug-free
The maintainers have had decades to find and fix all the flaws in the system
In contrast, as any developer will tell you, the newer a code base is ...
... the more bugs it's gonna have, the more it'll crash
3/9
My cat was fully grey when he was found about 5 months ago. Now he's getting patches of orange which fully tracks because he's always behaved like an orange cat, brain cells-wise.
March 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My cat was fully grey when he was found about 5 months ago. Now he's getting patches of orange which fully tracks because he's always behaved like an orange cat, brain cells-wise.
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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the AI studio ghibli graphic the White House just tweeted mocking someone's deportation actually filled me with a level of despair that i can't even put to words
Seeing a lot of genAI art used in the service of fascism lately
March 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
the AI studio ghibli graphic the White House just tweeted mocking someone's deportation actually filled me with a level of despair that i can't even put to words
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I understand the purpose and utility of centering these incidents but it would be nice if people just cared because other people's lives were being ruined and not potentially their own
This is the inevitable outcome of transphobic ideology. It harms cis people as well as trans if you don't fit a stereotype. If you don't look or act a specific way conjured up in the minds of the gender critical brigade you are, what they consider, a fair target.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/27/c...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/27/c...
6'4 cis woman says Walmart fired her after customer 'accused' her of being trans
A cisgender woman who says she was fired from Walmart after a customer “accused” her of being trans says the situation is “heartbreaking”.
www.thepinknews.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I understand the purpose and utility of centering these incidents but it would be nice if people just cared because other people's lives were being ruined and not potentially their own
Text data from Amazon's annual reports for this week's #tidytuesday. A meteoric rise in how frequently the word 'billion' appears.
(It's a looong graph!)
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/ti...
(It's a looong graph!)
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/ti...
March 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Text data from Amazon's annual reports for this week's #tidytuesday. A meteoric rise in how frequently the word 'billion' appears.
(It's a looong graph!)
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/ti...
(It's a looong graph!)
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/ti...
With the rise of everyday LLM use, do we think people are getting better at describing things verbally, or just lazier and rely more on re-prompting? Or a third thing, purposeful and goal-driven alignment with LLM language to get the most out of prompts?
March 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
With the rise of everyday LLM use, do we think people are getting better at describing things verbally, or just lazier and rely more on re-prompting? Or a third thing, purposeful and goal-driven alignment with LLM language to get the most out of prompts?
I'm a full week behind, but here's last week's #tidytuesday visualizing palm tree data: exploring a grid layout of many tiny polygons, each representing the shape and color of a fruit in the database.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/ti...
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/ti...
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm a full week behind, but here's last week's #tidytuesday visualizing palm tree data: exploring a grid layout of many tiny polygons, each representing the shape and color of a fruit in the database.
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/ti...
Code: github.com/ivabrunec/ti...
I don't know why, but the misspelling of principle/principal is really my biggest English language pet peeve.
March 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I don't know why, but the misspelling of principle/principal is really my biggest English language pet peeve.
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You don’t really have to frame the kidnapping, abuse, and humiliation of people as important and serious because it means the same could potentially be done to citizens. It can just be important and serious that people are being kidnapped, abused, and humiliated.
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
You don’t really have to frame the kidnapping, abuse, and humiliation of people as important and serious because it means the same could potentially be done to citizens. It can just be important and serious that people are being kidnapped, abused, and humiliated.
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jesus fucking christ man
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
jesus fucking christ man
Am I losing it or is the process of moving a SQL runner query to a Looker dashboard completely unintuitive?
March 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Am I losing it or is the process of moving a SQL runner query to a Looker dashboard completely unintuitive?