Michael Purtell
@michaelpurtell.bsky.social
Democratic activist in San Jose. Semiconductor, python-based data science, music, sports and anything related to California or New York State.
All set up for Sen Dave Cortese’s, Picnic by the Lake, which opens in 10 minutes. Stop by the @sccdp.bsky.social table to say hi or register to vote. Ask me for a very cool sticker from @fieldteam6.org
#voterizer
#voterizer
October 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
All set up for Sen Dave Cortese’s, Picnic by the Lake, which opens in 10 minutes. Stop by the @sccdp.bsky.social table to say hi or register to vote. Ask me for a very cool sticker from @fieldteam6.org
#voterizer
#voterizer
How cool is this #GratefulDead themed football jersey to be worn by the Oregon Ducks this coming weekend.
If I was an Eagle, I'd dress like a duck.
If I was an Eagle, I'd dress like a duck.
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
How cool is this #GratefulDead themed football jersey to be worn by the Oregon Ducks this coming weekend.
If I was an Eagle, I'd dress like a duck.
If I was an Eagle, I'd dress like a duck.
A highlight of mine from last year's @pybay.bsky.social was @pamelafox.bsky.social , who gave a fascinating talk titled 'Playing Improv ...with Python'. Very happy that Pamela is back as a featured speaker for PyBay2025 (tomorrow 10/18) in San Francisco. Hope to see you there.
#PythonDev
#PythonDev
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A highlight of mine from last year's @pybay.bsky.social was @pamelafox.bsky.social , who gave a fascinating talk titled 'Playing Improv ...with Python'. Very happy that Pamela is back as a featured speaker for PyBay2025 (tomorrow 10/18) in San Francisco. Hope to see you there.
#PythonDev
#PythonDev
@pybay.bsky.social 2025 in San Francisco is tomorrow October 18. Featured speaker Guido van Rossum, aka benevolent dictator for life or BDFL, is just one highlight of an amazing program. I will be working there as a volunteer and hope to see you there.
#PythonDev
#PythonDev
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@pybay.bsky.social 2025 in San Francisco is tomorrow October 18. Featured speaker Guido van Rossum, aka benevolent dictator for life or BDFL, is just one highlight of an amazing program. I will be working there as a volunteer and hope to see you there.
#PythonDev
#PythonDev
Just finished chapter 12 of Storytelling with Data Before & After. Here is the table of contents. Reading it slowly helps me think through many interesting scenarios that have already improved my work.
storytellingwithdata.com/books
#SWDbeforeandafter
storytellingwithdata.com/books
#SWDbeforeandafter
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Just finished chapter 12 of Storytelling with Data Before & After. Here is the table of contents. Reading it slowly helps me think through many interesting scenarios that have already improved my work.
storytellingwithdata.com/books
#SWDbeforeandafter
storytellingwithdata.com/books
#SWDbeforeandafter
Listen to @PaulaPoundstone.bsky.social 🎧
Trump “knows about important things” like my cat thinks it understands astrophysics—adorable but wrong.
If you believe in expertise born from action (not bravado), help @FieldTeam6.org #RegisterDemocrats. 🐱🗳️
#Voterizer
fieldteam6.org
Trump “knows about important things” like my cat thinks it understands astrophysics—adorable but wrong.
If you believe in expertise born from action (not bravado), help @FieldTeam6.org #RegisterDemocrats. 🐱🗳️
#Voterizer
fieldteam6.org
September 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Listen to @PaulaPoundstone.bsky.social 🎧
Trump “knows about important things” like my cat thinks it understands astrophysics—adorable but wrong.
If you believe in expertise born from action (not bravado), help @FieldTeam6.org #RegisterDemocrats. 🐱🗳️
#Voterizer
fieldteam6.org
Trump “knows about important things” like my cat thinks it understands astrophysics—adorable but wrong.
If you believe in expertise born from action (not bravado), help @FieldTeam6.org #RegisterDemocrats. 🐱🗳️
#Voterizer
fieldteam6.org
Busy morning at @sccdp.bsky.social headquarters for the Labor Day Pre-Protest gathering. Good turnout, with poster supplies, great bagels and coffee for all attendees. Thank you #sccdp
#voterizer
#voterizer
September 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Busy morning at @sccdp.bsky.social headquarters for the Labor Day Pre-Protest gathering. Good turnout, with poster supplies, great bagels and coffee for all attendees. Thank you #sccdp
#voterizer
#voterizer
"storytelling with data, before & after" will enhance the graphs you make for educating and influencing other people. I regularly use their techniques for dataviz with @plotly.com , but they are tool agnostic and apply to any plotting tool. Book comes out next month.
#SWDbeforeandafter
#python
#SWDbeforeandafter
#python
August 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"storytelling with data, before & after" will enhance the graphs you make for educating and influencing other people. I regularly use their techniques for dataviz with @plotly.com , but they are tool agnostic and apply to any plotting tool. Book comes out next month.
#SWDbeforeandafter
#python
#SWDbeforeandafter
#python
Cole Nussbaum Knaflic, author of 2015's "Storytelling with Data", has teamed up with Mike Cisneros and Alex Velez on "Before & After". Check out 3 free chapters at the link below, which led me to preorder the book. Can't wait to get it.
www.storytellingwithdata.com/books
#StorytellingWithData
www.storytellingwithdata.com/books
#StorytellingWithData
August 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Cole Nussbaum Knaflic, author of 2015's "Storytelling with Data", has teamed up with Mike Cisneros and Alex Velez on "Before & After". Check out 3 free chapters at the link below, which led me to preorder the book. Can't wait to get it.
www.storytellingwithdata.com/books
#StorytellingWithData
www.storytellingwithdata.com/books
#StorytellingWithData
US Rep Liccardo speaking at Santa Clara County Government Center in San Jose, on the topic of HR1 slashing health care and food assistance. US reps Lofgren and Liccardo, state and local officials are on the program.
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
August 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
US Rep Liccardo speaking at Santa Clara County Government Center in San Jose, on the topic of HR1 slashing health care and food assistance. US reps Lofgren and Liccardo, state and local officials are on the program.
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
Quote from Ash Kalra during Town Hall at Santa Clara County Government Center in San Jose: “Housing is Healthcare, especially for seniors”. Topic is HR1 cut of vital programs, with US reps Lofgren, Liccardo, state and local officials.
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
August 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Quote from Ash Kalra during Town Hall at Santa Clara County Government Center in San Jose: “Housing is Healthcare, especially for seniors”. Topic is HR1 cut of vital programs, with US reps Lofgren, Liccardo, state and local officials.
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
Town Hall at Santa Clara County Government Center is just getting started. Topic is the Big Bad Bill aka HR1 that slashes health care and food assistance. US reps Lofgren and Liccardo, state and local officials are in the program.
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
August 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Town Hall at Santa Clara County Government Center is just getting started. Topic is the Big Bad Bill aka HR1 that slashes health care and food assistance. US reps Lofgren and Liccardo, state and local officials are in the program.
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
@sccdp.bsky.social
@southbayswingleft.bsky.social
#voterizer
Tired of being told you hate the country because you want it to be better? Help @FieldTeam6.org register voters.
Because love isn’t loud. It’s quietly showing up & getting the job done. 💙
Volunteer. Vote. Love your country like a dog loves a ball. 🐶
#Voterizer
Because love isn’t loud. It’s quietly showing up & getting the job done. 💙
Volunteer. Vote. Love your country like a dog loves a ball. 🐶
#Voterizer
July 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Tired of being told you hate the country because you want it to be better? Help @FieldTeam6.org register voters.
Because love isn’t loud. It’s quietly showing up & getting the job done. 💙
Volunteer. Vote. Love your country like a dog loves a ball. 🐶
#Voterizer
Because love isn’t loud. It’s quietly showing up & getting the job done. 💙
Volunteer. Vote. Love your country like a dog loves a ball. 🐶
#Voterizer
On July 4 I will march in the San Jose Rose Garden parade with @sccdp.bsky.social and visiting with County Supervisor Betty Duong and her spirited team. Parade is over by noon, leaving plenty of time for BBQs, ballgames or picnics. Please join us, register here: bit.ly/43Uoimg
#voterizer
#sccdp
#voterizer
#sccdp
June 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On July 4 I will march in the San Jose Rose Garden parade with @sccdp.bsky.social and visiting with County Supervisor Betty Duong and her spirited team. Parade is over by noon, leaving plenty of time for BBQs, ballgames or picnics. Please join us, register here: bit.ly/43Uoimg
#voterizer
#sccdp
#voterizer
#sccdp
Just finished chap 9 of Python Polars. Finding so many useful capabilities previously unknown to me after 18 months of using polars. One example is item(), which returns a dataframe element. Very well-written book.
@pola.rs
@jeroenjanssens.com
#PythonDev
#PythonProgramming
#PythonDevelopment
@pola.rs
@jeroenjanssens.com
#PythonDev
#PythonProgramming
#PythonDevelopment
June 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Just finished chap 9 of Python Polars. Finding so many useful capabilities previously unknown to me after 18 months of using polars. One example is item(), which returns a dataframe element. Very well-written book.
@pola.rs
@jeroenjanssens.com
#PythonDev
#PythonProgramming
#PythonDevelopment
@pola.rs
@jeroenjanssens.com
#PythonDev
#PythonProgramming
#PythonDevelopment
Python @pola.rs has this gem in chap 3 (paraphrased): Translating pandas to Polars line by line is like Dutch to English word for word, where "Dat zet geen zoden aan de dijk.” translates to "That puts no sods on the dike". Loving this book.
@jeroenjanssens.com
@ritchie46.bsky.social
#PythonDev
@jeroenjanssens.com
@ritchie46.bsky.social
#PythonDev
June 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Python @pola.rs has this gem in chap 3 (paraphrased): Translating pandas to Polars line by line is like Dutch to English word for word, where "Dat zet geen zoden aan de dijk.” translates to "That puts no sods on the dike". Loving this book.
@jeroenjanssens.com
@ritchie46.bsky.social
#PythonDev
@jeroenjanssens.com
@ritchie46.bsky.social
#PythonDev
The Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival is now open. I am here until 1PM, with @sccdp.bsky.social and the South County Democratic Club. Hit me up for one of these cool stickers from
@fieldteam6.bsky.social , available in English and Español.
Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#sccdp
@fieldteam6.bsky.social , available in English and Español.
Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#sccdp
May 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival is now open. I am here until 1PM, with @sccdp.bsky.social and the South County Democratic Club. Hit me up for one of these cool stickers from
@fieldteam6.bsky.social , available in English and Español.
Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#sccdp
@fieldteam6.bsky.social , available in English and Español.
Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#sccdp
On Sunday May 25 (tomorrow) I will be with the South County Democratic Club and @sccdp.bsky.social at the Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival until 1PM. Hit me up for a free sticker from
@fieldteam6.bsky.social , available in English and Español.
Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#sccdp
@fieldteam6.bsky.social , available in English and Español.
Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#sccdp
May 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
On Sunday May 25 (tomorrow) I will be with the South County Democratic Club and @sccdp.bsky.social at the Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival until 1PM. Hit me up for a free sticker from
@fieldteam6.bsky.social , available in English and Español.
Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#sccdp
@fieldteam6.bsky.social , available in English and Español.
Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#sccdp
Santa Clara County Democratic Party @sccdp.bsky.social is at the Berryessa Art Festival in San Jose. Ready to go 3 hours before it opens at 10AM. We need to talk, please stop by and say hello.
#sccdp
#voterizer
#sccdp
#voterizer
May 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Santa Clara County Democratic Party @sccdp.bsky.social is at the Berryessa Art Festival in San Jose. Ready to go 3 hours before it opens at 10AM. We need to talk, please stop by and say hello.
#sccdp
#voterizer
#sccdp
#voterizer
Tomorrow May 10 (Saturday) I will be with @sccdp.bsky.social at the Berryessa Art Festival in San José, at table #803. Like and reshare this post to get a mucho cool sticker (English or Spanish) from @fieldteam6.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#voterizer
May 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Tomorrow May 10 (Saturday) I will be with @sccdp.bsky.social at the Berryessa Art Festival in San José, at table #803. Like and reshare this post to get a mucho cool sticker (English or Spanish) from @fieldteam6.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.
#voterizer
#voterizer
Help register voters with state specific postcards designed by James McMullan. Your personal hand-written message will make a difference and will be a keeper. Field Team 6 has voter addresses for specific elections, or you can use your own.
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#voterizer
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#voterizer
May 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Help register voters with state specific postcards designed by James McMullan. Your personal hand-written message will make a difference and will be a keeper. Field Team 6 has voter addresses for specific elections, or you can use your own.
fieldteam6.myshopify.com/products/jam...
#voterizer
fieldteam6.myshopify.com/products/jam...
#voterizer
WATCH Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows about why the SAVE Act and EO is both unconstitutional and deeply destabilizing to the bedrock of our democracy.
#HandsOffHerVote #Voterize
#HandsOffHerVote #Voterize
May 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
WATCH Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows about why the SAVE Act and EO is both unconstitutional and deeply destabilizing to the bedrock of our democracy.
#HandsOffHerVote #Voterize
#HandsOffHerVote #Voterize
Who doesn't like a great headline?
#voterizer
#voterizer
May 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Who doesn't like a great headline?
#voterizer
#voterizer
✅ Did you already call your Senators & Rep today? Good job!
🚀 Fire up your socials w/customizable posts to your electeds:
👉To vote yes/no
✊Tell ‘em why it matters to you
👏Thank them or🔥 urge ‘em to fight!
#PleaseGrowASpine #PGAS #CallYourSenator #CallYourRep
#voterizer
#sccdp
🚀 Fire up your socials w/customizable posts to your electeds:
👉To vote yes/no
✊Tell ‘em why it matters to you
👏Thank them or🔥 urge ‘em to fight!
#PleaseGrowASpine #PGAS #CallYourSenator #CallYourRep
#voterizer
#sccdp
April 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
✅ Did you already call your Senators & Rep today? Good job!
🚀 Fire up your socials w/customizable posts to your electeds:
👉To vote yes/no
✊Tell ‘em why it matters to you
👏Thank them or🔥 urge ‘em to fight!
#PleaseGrowASpine #PGAS #CallYourSenator #CallYourRep
#voterizer
#sccdp
🚀 Fire up your socials w/customizable posts to your electeds:
👉To vote yes/no
✊Tell ‘em why it matters to you
👏Thank them or🔥 urge ‘em to fight!
#PleaseGrowASpine #PGAS #CallYourSenator #CallYourRep
#voterizer
#sccdp
One nation, under Canada, with liberty and justice recalled.
April 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
One nation, under Canada, with liberty and justice recalled.