Kim Cressman
@kimcressman.bsky.social
Coastal scientist and applied statistician. Especially interested in water quality and other long-term monitoring. Non-workily, I enjoy birdwatching, reading, sewing, bread-baking, and looking at cat pictures.
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‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
Some in my household like @stephenbheard.bsky.social 's book for the contents; others prefer the taste and texture of the cover.
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Some in my household like @stephenbheard.bsky.social 's book for the contents; others prefer the taste and texture of the cover.
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Quarto friends! I need your help:
We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.
1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.
1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
Epic: are we production yet · Issue #63 · quarto-dev/quarto-markdown
We need to check against many large sites to get a good sense for the impact of this new syntax in practice. autogenerated qmd quartodoc-generated sites (tbd meet with @machow) sites quarto.org Shi...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Quarto friends! I need your help:
We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.
1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.
1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
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Over the last 3 years I've been collecting resources to share with people interested in data freelancing. I've recently compiled those resources in a GitHub Repository.
If you are interested in data freelancing, these resources may help you navigate that transition.
github.com/Cghlewis/fre...
If you are interested in data freelancing, these resources may help you navigate that transition.
github.com/Cghlewis/fre...
GitHub - Cghlewis/freelancing_resources: Resources for data freelancers
Resources for data freelancers. Contribute to Cghlewis/freelancing_resources development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Over the last 3 years I've been collecting resources to share with people interested in data freelancing. I've recently compiled those resources in a GitHub Repository.
If you are interested in data freelancing, these resources may help you navigate that transition.
github.com/Cghlewis/fre...
If you are interested in data freelancing, these resources may help you navigate that transition.
github.com/Cghlewis/fre...
When I read in bed tonight, it will be for the 2500th night in a row. 🧵 , with some favorites at the end. 1/10
September 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
When I read in bed tonight, it will be for the 2500th night in a row. 🧵 , with some favorites at the end. 1/10
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Some lovely specimens of the earliest vascular land plants collected last weekend with the Mid Wales Fossil Group from forestry track exposures near Bishops Castle. We think there are probably 2 Cooksonia species here in the Silurian rocks. There were also tiny fragments of Eurypterids #FossilFriday
September 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Some lovely specimens of the earliest vascular land plants collected last weekend with the Mid Wales Fossil Group from forestry track exposures near Bishops Castle. We think there are probably 2 Cooksonia species here in the Silurian rocks. There were also tiny fragments of Eurypterids #FossilFriday
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If you've been using a 📌 emoji to bookmark posts, @rafael.my and @samuel.bsky.team cooked up a special tool you can use to migrate them to your Saved Posts.
Try it here: pin2saved.vercel.app
Try it here: pin2saved.vercel.app
pin2saved for Bluesky
Migrate your Bluesky 📌 replies to saved posts.
pin2saved.vercel.app
September 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you've been using a 📌 emoji to bookmark posts, @rafael.my and @samuel.bsky.team cooked up a special tool you can use to migrate them to your Saved Posts.
Try it here: pin2saved.vercel.app
Try it here: pin2saved.vercel.app
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Good morning! 🪶
September 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Good morning! 🪶
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August 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Andrew Heiss puts together and shares a lot of really great things. And we benefit!
Phew, fall 2025 classes/syllabuses done and online!
• Dataviz with #rstats (the 12th iteration of the class!): datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com
• Governance around the world (formerly comparative public administration, but changed name bc marketing): governancef25.classes.andrewheiss.com
• Dataviz with #rstats (the 12th iteration of the class!): datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com
• Governance around the world (formerly comparative public administration, but changed name bc marketing): governancef25.classes.andrewheiss.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Andrew Heiss puts together and shares a lot of really great things. And we benefit!
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Data Behind the Scenes Conference free registration is open! Wed Sept 24, ~10am-5pm EDT. Online-only, single track.
Join data folks as they share experiences with how data work is done in production, thorns & disturbing hacks and all!
(Pls help get the word out 📈)
ti.to/databsconf/d...
#dataBS
Join data folks as they share experiences with how data work is done in production, thorns & disturbing hacks and all!
(Pls help get the word out 📈)
ti.to/databsconf/d...
#dataBS
DataBS Conf
"Data, Behind the Scenes" is a free-to-attend online-only, single track conference centered on the real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches. We’re not here for the latest AI hype, perf...
ti.to
August 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Data Behind the Scenes Conference free registration is open! Wed Sept 24, ~10am-5pm EDT. Online-only, single track.
Join data folks as they share experiences with how data work is done in production, thorns & disturbing hacks and all!
(Pls help get the word out 📈)
ti.to/databsconf/d...
#dataBS
Join data folks as they share experiences with how data work is done in production, thorns & disturbing hacks and all!
(Pls help get the word out 📈)
ti.to/databsconf/d...
#dataBS
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Currently reading: The Feather Detective by Chris Sweeney. You guys this book is SO GOOD. A quirky, badass woman scientist AND arcane tales of the development of ornithological methods? I LOVE IT. www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Fe...
The Feather Detective
“A biography that reads like a novel.” —The Wall Street Journal • “Laybourne was a badass.” —Los Angeles Times • “Sweeney’s biography must be read ...
www.simonandschuster.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Currently reading: The Feather Detective by Chris Sweeney. You guys this book is SO GOOD. A quirky, badass woman scientist AND arcane tales of the development of ornithological methods? I LOVE IT. www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Fe...
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Dotplots
With good defaulta it beats the obvious alternatives, scales better than people think (like 10000+ data points) and isn't as sensitive to binwidth or bandwidth estimators
Density? Nope dotplot
Histogram? Nope dotplot
Violin? Nope dotplot
With good defaulta it beats the obvious alternatives, scales better than people think (like 10000+ data points) and isn't as sensitive to binwidth or bandwidth estimators
Density? Nope dotplot
Histogram? Nope dotplot
Violin? Nope dotplot
what's in your view the best data-visualization technique/type of plot/chart? in terms of concisely conveying information effectively and aiding substantive understanding. obviously depends hugely the use case, etc. but if you had to pick one in a vacuum?
April 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Dotplots
With good defaulta it beats the obvious alternatives, scales better than people think (like 10000+ data points) and isn't as sensitive to binwidth or bandwidth estimators
Density? Nope dotplot
Histogram? Nope dotplot
Violin? Nope dotplot
With good defaulta it beats the obvious alternatives, scales better than people think (like 10000+ data points) and isn't as sensitive to binwidth or bandwidth estimators
Density? Nope dotplot
Histogram? Nope dotplot
Violin? Nope dotplot
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🌟 legendary astronaut James Lovell who led two moon missions has died, at age 97.
in 1970 my father, the renowned portrait photographer Cavouk, took this beautiful photograph of Lovell in his Toronto studio.
in 1970 my father, the renowned portrait photographer Cavouk, took this beautiful photograph of Lovell in his Toronto studio.
August 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
🌟 legendary astronaut James Lovell who led two moon missions has died, at age 97.
in 1970 my father, the renowned portrait photographer Cavouk, took this beautiful photograph of Lovell in his Toronto studio.
in 1970 my father, the renowned portrait photographer Cavouk, took this beautiful photograph of Lovell in his Toronto studio.
Pro-tip - when you're reusing code (say, code from precipitation data, applied to temperature data), remember to update any unit conversions you're doing.
Otherwise you'll be very confused trying to figure out why the maximum monthly temperature in your 30-year period is 1.13.
Otherwise you'll be very confused trying to figure out why the maximum monthly temperature in your 30-year period is 1.13.
August 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pro-tip - when you're reusing code (say, code from precipitation data, applied to temperature data), remember to update any unit conversions you're doing.
Otherwise you'll be very confused trying to figure out why the maximum monthly temperature in your 30-year period is 1.13.
Otherwise you'll be very confused trying to figure out why the maximum monthly temperature in your 30-year period is 1.13.
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There's so many parallel sessions at #JSM2025 that it's hard to choose where to go, so I web-scraped the schedule and made a chatbot to help.
I've made it public, so hopefully it can help you too - try it out 👉 shiny.mitchelloharawild.com/jsm2025/
I've made it public, so hopefully it can help you too - try it out 👉 shiny.mitchelloharawild.com/jsm2025/
August 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There's so many parallel sessions at #JSM2025 that it's hard to choose where to go, so I web-scraped the schedule and made a chatbot to help.
I've made it public, so hopefully it can help you too - try it out 👉 shiny.mitchelloharawild.com/jsm2025/
I've made it public, so hopefully it can help you too - try it out 👉 shiny.mitchelloharawild.com/jsm2025/
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I installed a camera to see what was going on with our water feature that kept being taken apart at night (I recently filled it with rocks with a central fountain so it wouldn’t be constantly muddy), figuring I’d see a raccoon. I hadn’t expected an all-night pool party! 😂
Mystery solved! ⛲️🦝🦝🦝🦝
Mystery solved! ⛲️🦝🦝🦝🦝
August 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I installed a camera to see what was going on with our water feature that kept being taken apart at night (I recently filled it with rocks with a central fountain so it wouldn’t be constantly muddy), figuring I’d see a raccoon. I hadn’t expected an all-night pool party! 😂
Mystery solved! ⛲️🦝🦝🦝🦝
Mystery solved! ⛲️🦝🦝🦝🦝
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Reposted by Kim Cressman
Host: Let's play Wheel Of Ornithology!
Me: Are there any jays?
Host: No sorry
Me: I'd like to buy an owl
Me: Are there any jays?
Host: No sorry
Me: I'd like to buy an owl
July 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Host: Let's play Wheel Of Ornithology!
Me: Are there any jays?
Host: No sorry
Me: I'd like to buy an owl
Me: Are there any jays?
Host: No sorry
Me: I'd like to buy an owl
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