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Data storytelling about student affairs and outcomes.
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Thinking about why Hillary Clinton lost, sending our nation into a spiral, and having a good chuckle
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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DEI public favorability continues to be +19.

Pundits are wrong that:

1) DEI is unpopular. It's popular.

2) This recent support is thermostatic. This is NOT thermostatic. DEI favorability has been high throughout its existence (second pic).
January 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Information professional here to tell you this one thing:

Do this. If you're deleting your account, do it on your way out the door. If you're staying around, do it now.

We don't pay for Facebook and Instagram, so that means YOU ARE THE PRODUCT. Deny them your data and their tracking of your life.
January 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Academia is so bad about this in particular. How data is presented is often far more important than we realize.
I'm dead serious: we need to communicate at like an 8th grade reading level. The words "tree equity" should never leave our lips.
This is an interesting case of language overriding substance in determining the ideological valence of an issue because “every neighborhood should have parks and street trees” is the most anodyne statement of environmental justice possible
December 18, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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Two-thirds of Illinoisans live in the six-county Chicago region. 41% live in Cook County.
November 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Bluesky needs to be different than The Bad Place to help build trust. Please consider changing your handle to your domain if you have one using the guide below. It's a little technical, but only takes a few minutes. This cuts the legs out from impersonators and grifters.
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How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.
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November 14, 2024 at 3:44 PM
At the 2024 UIUC IT Professionals Forum keynote on shining brightly and avoiding burnout. #itpf #uiuc
November 12, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Nuked the Twitter profile today, and am bringing my limited social media interactions here. Hoping to get in on the ground floor of what will be good higher education data talk!
November 11, 2024 at 9:08 PM