fran barton
@ludictechnologies.bsky.social
🔷🔵🟦◀ #shapenote #RStats #JuliaLang #cymraeg #pyrotheology #scything #stroud
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[first date]
ME: hi how are you
DATE: i'm well
ME: *under breath* this could have been an email
ME: hi how are you
DATE: i'm well
ME: *under breath* this could have been an email
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
[first date]
ME: hi how are you
DATE: i'm well
ME: *under breath* this could have been an email
ME: hi how are you
DATE: i'm well
ME: *under breath* this could have been an email
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testthat 3.3.0 out now! This is a massive release with tons of improvements including better failure messages, new expectations, improved snapshotting, new vignettes, and much much more: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11... Post includes some thoughts on developing an #rstats package with Claude Code.
testthat 3.3.0
testthat 3.3.0 brings improved expectations with better error messages, new expectations for common testing patterns, and lifecycle changes including the removal of `local_mock()` and `with_mock()`. I...
tidyverse.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
testthat 3.3.0 out now! This is a massive release with tons of improvements including better failure messages, new expectations, improved snapshotting, new vignettes, and much much more: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11... Post includes some thoughts on developing an #rstats package with Claude Code.
They've really captured Marc Andreesen here
I've never been to Medelhavsmuseet before, despite 25 years in Stockholm. It is quite a small museum and not cheap, 160 kr for an adult (free for teens and children). There are interesting things to see there but even at a leisurely pace you can see everything in less than an hour, so not cheap.
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
They've really captured Marc Andreesen here
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along with the heinous literal crimes i think a lot about how there's a kind of moral, national crime in subjecting all of us to this, to this consuming our politics, committed against us by a number of powerful and connected people up to and including the president
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
along with the heinous literal crimes i think a lot about how there's a kind of moral, national crime in subjecting all of us to this, to this consuming our politics, committed against us by a number of powerful and connected people up to and including the president
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
I'm seething, to be blunt. What is the point of this government, they can't do anything!
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm seething, to be blunt. What is the point of this government, they can't do anything!
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‘Better things aren’t possible’
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
‘Better things aren’t possible’
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
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On paper, he has a TRILLION dollars, but he can't make a single person happy. He can't make anyone he didn't pay laugh at his jokes, he can't buy love or respect or cool. It's one of the worst fates I could imagine, and that's aside from the misery and suffering and lives ruined he doesn't notice.
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
On paper, he has a TRILLION dollars, but he can't make a single person happy. He can't make anyone he didn't pay laugh at his jokes, he can't buy love or respect or cool. It's one of the worst fates I could imagine, and that's aside from the misery and suffering and lives ruined he doesn't notice.
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If you gave me a billion dollars, I would become the most popular person for quite a long time, because every struggling mom I know would get a bunch of money. I would pay for people's fun and for their worries to go away. I'd help people. He has an empire, but it's eternally empty. No love or hope.
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If you gave me a billion dollars, I would become the most popular person for quite a long time, because every struggling mom I know would get a bunch of money. I would pay for people's fun and for their worries to go away. I'd help people. He has an empire, but it's eternally empty. No love or hope.
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He pays people play his video games for him. He has a broken dick so he pays for machines impregnate his women for him. He bought twitter because he thought he could buy friends and popularity. He lives a transactional life where no one wants him for anything other than money he didn't really earn.
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
He pays people play his video games for him. He has a broken dick so he pays for machines impregnate his women for him. He bought twitter because he thought he could buy friends and popularity. He lives a transactional life where no one wants him for anything other than money he didn't really earn.
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He just got a trillion dollar package, and sure it's bullshit and imaginary but still, imagine inking a deal where you get a trillion dollars, more than anyone has ever had, and then going to your little computer and asking it to make a fake woman who pretends to like you. Weapons-grade cringe.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
He just got a trillion dollar package, and sure it's bullshit and imaginary but still, imagine inking a deal where you get a trillion dollars, more than anyone has ever had, and then going to your little computer and asking it to make a fake woman who pretends to like you. Weapons-grade cringe.
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Elon Musk has been having an existential crisis wrapped in a panic attack uninterrupted for multiple years. It's crazy how money can insulate you from meaningful criticism and consequences, but also from anyone caring about or helping you. This is the loneliest man alive. Ha ha. The little bitch.
Elon Musk is over on Twitter posting his sad/pathetic Ai prompts.
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Elon Musk has been having an existential crisis wrapped in a panic attack uninterrupted for multiple years. It's crazy how money can insulate you from meaningful criticism and consequences, but also from anyone caring about or helping you. This is the loneliest man alive. Ha ha. The little bitch.
My attempt at the #30DayMapChallenge is going OK I think. At the current rate of progress I think I should be able to finish 1 map within the 30 days. But it could be close. #RStats #GISStandsForGeneratingItSlowly
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My attempt at the #30DayMapChallenge is going OK I think. At the current rate of progress I think I should be able to finish 1 map within the 30 days. But it could be close. #RStats #GISStandsForGeneratingItSlowly
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Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) gave one of my very favorite keynotes of all time at #positconf this year 🥹 It really made my heart glow, and now that all the conf talks are on YouTube, you can watch it even if you missed conf!! #databs #rstats #python
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...
The Psychology of Technologists (Cat Hicks, Catharsis Consulting) | posit::conf(2025)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) gave one of my very favorite keynotes of all time at #positconf this year 🥹 It really made my heart glow, and now that all the conf talks are on YouTube, you can watch it even if you missed conf!! #databs #rstats #python
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...
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I read somewhere that it should actually be called Simulated Intelligence. It makes immediately clear what it actually is.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I read somewhere that it should actually be called Simulated Intelligence. It makes immediately clear what it actually is.
I had to read this so now you have to
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I had to read this so now you have to
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
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You can't even call Tesla shareholders a proper cargo cult though, because half the time Elon can't make the car go.
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
You can't even call Tesla shareholders a proper cargo cult though, because half the time Elon can't make the car go.
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My favorite comment on the FT story
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My favorite comment on the FT story
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A little bit of #ggplot2 and #rayshader for the "dimensions" prompt on day 6 of the #30DayMapChallenge! 🌧️
#RStats #DataViz
#RStats #DataViz
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A little bit of #ggplot2 and #rayshader for the "dimensions" prompt on day 6 of the #30DayMapChallenge! 🌧️
#RStats #DataViz
#RStats #DataViz
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Mamdani vs Sliwa and Cuomo
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/11/06/mamdani-vs-sliwa-and-cuomo/
#rstats #datascience
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/11/06/mamdani-vs-sliwa-and-cuomo/
#rstats #datascience
Mamdani vs Sliwa and Cuomo
Summary: Mamdani vs Sliwa and Cuomo: R-based spatial mapping, precinct results, and dot-density visuals in NYC using sf, GTFS, and diverging choropleths
kieranhealy.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Mamdani vs Sliwa and Cuomo
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/11/06/mamdani-vs-sliwa-and-cuomo/
#rstats #datascience
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/11/06/mamdani-vs-sliwa-and-cuomo/
#rstats #datascience
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If you’re a NY left politician of any persuasion who cares about keeping fascists out of power at any level of govt—get your ass building & operating better transit in these deserts.
Cars skew people reactionary—period.
And if your name happens to be @governor.ny.gov, start with Long Island.
Cars skew people reactionary—period.
And if your name happens to be @governor.ny.gov, start with Long Island.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you’re a NY left politician of any persuasion who cares about keeping fascists out of power at any level of govt—get your ass building & operating better transit in these deserts.
Cars skew people reactionary—period.
And if your name happens to be @governor.ny.gov, start with Long Island.
Cars skew people reactionary—period.
And if your name happens to be @governor.ny.gov, start with Long Island.
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LET'S GOOOOOOOO
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
LET'S GOOOOOOOO