Mahir Yavuz
@mahiryavuz.bsky.social
@etsy
data, ai, climate, visualization, politics
data, ai, climate, visualization, politics
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"A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users."
Our physical space and resources matter *greatly!*
bookriot.com/innovative-s...
Our physical space and resources matter *greatly!*
bookriot.com/innovative-s...
Innovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being
"Our research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use"
bookriot.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users."
Our physical space and resources matter *greatly!*
bookriot.com/innovative-s...
Our physical space and resources matter *greatly!*
bookriot.com/innovative-s...
Reposted by Mahir Yavuz
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December 6, 2024 at 10:55 PM
This feed sorts posts by popularity to give a sense of what's currently trending.
For the original, reverse-chronological 📰 News feed, please visit:
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2050 is as close as 2000. Let that warp your sense of time for a minute.
January 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
2050 is as close as 2000. Let that warp your sense of time for a minute.
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50 Watts is such a good online store for weird, arty books: 50wattsbooks.com (I think shipping is US-only for the near future, though)
50WattsBooks.com - unusual art books, comics, zines, and picture books
50 Watts Books is a bookstore and indie publisher specializing in art books, Japanese art, underground comics, Surrealism, international picture books.
50wattsbooks.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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Only thing I miss from twitter: great responses to NYCASP account
November 27, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Only thing I miss from twitter: great responses to NYCASP account
more than 10 people asked me whether i use bluesky since the election. very limited but a strong signal for the future of here 💙
November 26, 2024 at 5:45 PM
more than 10 people asked me whether i use bluesky since the election. very limited but a strong signal for the future of here 💙
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The Gini coefficient is the standard way to measure inequality, but what does it mean, concretely? I made a little visualization to build intuition:
www.bewitched.com/demo/gini
www.bewitched.com/demo/gini
November 23, 2024 at 3:31 PM
The Gini coefficient is the standard way to measure inequality, but what does it mean, concretely? I made a little visualization to build intuition:
www.bewitched.com/demo/gini
www.bewitched.com/demo/gini
Reposted by Mahir Yavuz
Some notes on NuExtract, a family of small LLMs fine-tuned for structured data extraction simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/16/...
NuExtract 1.5
Structured extraction - where an LLM helps turn unstructured text (or image content) into structured data - remains one of the most directly useful applications of LLMs. NuExtract is a …
simonwillison.net
November 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Some notes on NuExtract, a family of small LLMs fine-tuned for structured data extraction simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/16/...
who to follow on bluesky? #followfriday 🫠
November 16, 2024 at 10:10 PM
who to follow on bluesky? #followfriday 🫠