Matt Worthington
@mrworthington.bsky.social
Husband, parent | Policy + Data Science | @spurs & SATX native | Used to flip @Whataburger | #rstats, #observablehq, #rshiny, + #txlege 🤓
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As a follow-up, I thought I'd show folks the kind of templated report I was able to build with typst after just a day of learning how to leverage it in Quarto.
Thanks to everyone mentioned below! Feeling super inspired to make more stuff, including maybe a #quartopub extension!
#rstats
Thanks to everyone mentioned below! Feeling super inspired to make more stuff, including maybe a #quartopub extension!
#rstats
Reposted by Matt Worthington
Everyone should know: Trump is choosing to take money for food from millions of Americans.
Trump can and legally should keep SNAP running.
If you are struggling to afford groceries, it’s because Trump chose to make it that way.
Trump can and legally should keep SNAP running.
If you are struggling to afford groceries, it’s because Trump chose to make it that way.
'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Everyone should know: Trump is choosing to take money for food from millions of Americans.
Trump can and legally should keep SNAP running.
If you are struggling to afford groceries, it’s because Trump chose to make it that way.
Trump can and legally should keep SNAP running.
If you are struggling to afford groceries, it’s because Trump chose to make it that way.
The phrase we use most often at work is, “Microsoft can create a new state of matter, and yet…{insert valid criticism like constantly forcing two versions of outlook and teams onto a PC’s taskbar even if user doesn’t use one version.}”
All of the criticism applies, TBH.
All of the criticism applies, TBH.
I don't typically work in Excel, but I'm using it for a task right now.
Appreciate you, Claude, for validating my feelings here...
Appreciate you, Claude, for validating my feelings here...
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The phrase we use most often at work is, “Microsoft can create a new state of matter, and yet…{insert valid criticism like constantly forcing two versions of outlook and teams onto a PC’s taskbar even if user doesn’t use one version.}”
All of the criticism applies, TBH.
All of the criticism applies, TBH.
Reposted by Matt Worthington
I rly hope @observablehq.com Plot never goes away (along with Framework). It makes dashboarding so stupid easy.
Just added some new things to the internal alpha site before we put this up as another Viz Experiment.
Just added some new things to the internal alpha site before we put this up as another Viz Experiment.
June 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I rly hope @observablehq.com Plot never goes away (along with Framework). It makes dashboarding so stupid easy.
Just added some new things to the internal alpha site before we put this up as another Viz Experiment.
Just added some new things to the internal alpha site before we put this up as another Viz Experiment.
Reposted by Matt Worthington
#RStats WHAT MAGICKS IS THIS?!?!?! github.com/t-kalinowski...
GitHub - t-kalinowski/quickr: R to Fortran Transpiler
R to Fortran Transpiler. Contribute to t-kalinowski/quickr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#RStats WHAT MAGICKS IS THIS?!?!?! github.com/t-kalinowski...
Reposted by Matt Worthington
yup, I had to look at this so now you do too. God save our eyes.
March 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
yup, I had to look at this so now you do too. God save our eyes.
Reposted by Matt Worthington
Traces of Texas reader Stan Watty kindly sent in this humorous photo and, given the weather lately hereabouts and projecting into next week, when another massive cold front is expected, I laughed. Thank you, Stan.
February 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Traces of Texas reader Stan Watty kindly sent in this humorous photo and, given the weather lately hereabouts and projecting into next week, when another massive cold front is expected, I laughed. Thank you, Stan.
Reposted by Matt Worthington
The data at USAID's ForeignAssistance dot gov was removed over the weekend, but it seems to be back (for now). As a backup, I've uploaded the data both as static CSV files and a queryable API
- Details: andrewheiss.github.io/foreignassis...
- API: foreignassistance-data.andrewheiss.com
- Details: andrewheiss.github.io/foreignassis...
- API: foreignassistance-data.andrewheiss.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The data at USAID's ForeignAssistance dot gov was removed over the weekend, but it seems to be back (for now). As a backup, I've uploaded the data both as static CSV files and a queryable API
- Details: andrewheiss.github.io/foreignassis...
- API: foreignassistance-data.andrewheiss.com
- Details: andrewheiss.github.io/foreignassis...
- API: foreignassistance-data.andrewheiss.com
Saw this post and thought a new #rstats package just dropped. 😂
I've been working on this #geometric #embroidery #sashiko piece over the last few weeks. Based on hand drawn hexagons, using old skool islamic ruler and compass techniques. I tried to move away from mini experiments, and attempt a larger finished composition.. I even made the wooden frame myself ✌️
January 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Saw this post and thought a new #rstats package just dropped. 😂
Reposted by Matt Worthington
In San Antonio back in the day, you could pay for your driver's license on the installment plan.
Another great photo from Russell Lee.
Another great photo from Russell Lee.
January 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In San Antonio back in the day, you could pay for your driver's license on the installment plan.
Another great photo from Russell Lee.
Another great photo from Russell Lee.
As a follow-up, I thought I'd show folks the kind of templated report I was able to build with typst after just a day of learning how to leverage it in Quarto.
Thanks to everyone mentioned below! Feeling super inspired to make more stuff, including maybe a #quartopub extension!
#rstats
Thanks to everyone mentioned below! Feeling super inspired to make more stuff, including maybe a #quartopub extension!
#rstats
January 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
As a follow-up, I thought I'd show folks the kind of templated report I was able to build with typst after just a day of learning how to leverage it in Quarto.
Thanks to everyone mentioned below! Feeling super inspired to make more stuff, including maybe a #quartopub extension!
#rstats
Thanks to everyone mentioned below! Feeling super inspired to make more stuff, including maybe a #quartopub extension!
#rstats
Whew. Spent a lot of time today learning about utilizing typst in quarto and wow, am I glad I did. Grateful to @nrennie.bsky.social, @dgkeyes.com, @cscheid.net, @hrbrmstr.dev, @chriskenny.bsky.social for sharing their knowledge via blogs, talks, and public repos.
#rstats #quartopub
#rstats #quartopub
January 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Whew. Spent a lot of time today learning about utilizing typst in quarto and wow, am I glad I did. Grateful to @nrennie.bsky.social, @dgkeyes.com, @cscheid.net, @hrbrmstr.dev, @chriskenny.bsky.social for sharing their knowledge via blogs, talks, and public repos.
#rstats #quartopub
#rstats #quartopub
January 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Heard someone say today that they felt like AI would likely eliminate the need for some jobs in their industry while creating new ones, but likely result in hiring more people overall for them.
Not an AI expert by any means, but curious what industries end up this way than what’s often projected.
Not an AI expert by any means, but curious what industries end up this way than what’s often projected.
January 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Heard someone say today that they felt like AI would likely eliminate the need for some jobs in their industry while creating new ones, but likely result in hiring more people overall for them.
Not an AI expert by any means, but curious what industries end up this way than what’s often projected.
Not an AI expert by any means, but curious what industries end up this way than what’s often projected.
Reposted by Matt Worthington
Instead of manually updating dates in your file names (which we often forget to update), programmatically add the current date in #rstats using something like lubridate::today(). :)
January 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Instead of manually updating dates in your file names (which we often forget to update), programmatically add the current date in #rstats using something like lubridate::today(). :)
Reposted by Matt Worthington
Latino Wealth Gap Persists Despite Their Growing Role In The U.S. Economy - The Latino economic story is two-sided. One end tells the story of contributions, growth, and strength, and the other tells the story of struggles and financial instability.
www.forbes.com/sites/noreen...
www.forbes.com/sites/noreen...
Latino Wealth Gap Persists Despite Their Growing Role In The U.S. Economy
One tells the story of contributions, growth, and strength, and the other tells the story of struggles and financial instability.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Latino Wealth Gap Persists Despite Their Growing Role In The U.S. Economy - The Latino economic story is two-sided. One end tells the story of contributions, growth, and strength, and the other tells the story of struggles and financial instability.
www.forbes.com/sites/noreen...
www.forbes.com/sites/noreen...
Feel like I keep seeing that bluesky’s the data app now. Is that for real, for real? Cause I heard LinkedIn was kinda becoming that too. Asking cause I don’t want to get my hopes up, but also… hopes are kinda up.
#rstats #quarto #observablehq
#rstats #quarto #observablehq
November 5, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Feel like I keep seeing that bluesky’s the data app now. Is that for real, for real? Cause I heard LinkedIn was kinda becoming that too. Asking cause I don’t want to get my hopes up, but also… hopes are kinda up.
#rstats #quarto #observablehq
#rstats #quarto #observablehq
Maaaaaannn… the combo of DuckDB, Arquero, Observable Plot, and Quarto Dashboards is ridiculously good for so many ideas. For all my #rstats peeps, I still use R in these workflows, but almost entirely for the pre-processing and data engineering side of things.
September 29, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Maaaaaannn… the combo of DuckDB, Arquero, Observable Plot, and Quarto Dashboards is ridiculously good for so many ideas. For all my #rstats peeps, I still use R in these workflows, but almost entirely for the pre-processing and data engineering side of things.
First go w/ Docker in GH Actions today + I’m sold! For anyone interested, here’s the repo I created to learn how to do it! LT goal is using GH Actions, R, + Docker to build pipelines that feed parquet files to DuckDB in quarto dashboards w/ OJS data viz.
github.com/mrworthingto...
github.com/mrworthingto...
GitHub - mrworthington/irs_migration_data: This is a repo that downloads and organizes US migration data for consumption into a Quarto Dashboard
This is a repo that downloads and organizes US migration data for consumption into a Quarto Dashboard - mrworthington/irs_migration_data
github.com
July 17, 2024 at 8:08 PM
First go w/ Docker in GH Actions today + I’m sold! For anyone interested, here’s the repo I created to learn how to do it! LT goal is using GH Actions, R, + Docker to build pipelines that feed parquet files to DuckDB in quarto dashboards w/ OJS data viz.
github.com/mrworthingto...
github.com/mrworthingto...
On a related note, I’m wondering how folks make nice tables in @observablehq with similar quality to reactable or gt in #rstats? I know of tan stack table, but wondering if there’s anything similar to how Plot offers a lot of JS equivalent functionality to what ggplot2 does in #rstats?
July 1, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Do any #rstats observable nerds know if there’s a ggrepel equivalent for #observablehq’s Plot library?
June 30, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Do any #rstats observable nerds know if there’s a ggrepel equivalent for #observablehq’s Plot library?
Reposted by Matt Worthington
Threw together a small Observable Framework dashboard example that has a basic shell CISA KEV JSON data loader and 2 pages.
Code: rud.is/kev-dashboar...
Preview: rud.is/kev-dashboar...
Code: rud.is/kev-dashboar...
Preview: rud.is/kev-dashboar...
February 18, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Threw together a small Observable Framework dashboard example that has a basic shell CISA KEV JSON data loader and 2 pages.
Code: rud.is/kev-dashboar...
Preview: rud.is/kev-dashboar...
Code: rud.is/kev-dashboar...
Preview: rud.is/kev-dashboar...
Been playing around w/ @observablehq for some spatial viz. I can’t quite figure out how to pass a bounding box to the domain argument of a projection. Goal is to select a county and have the county fill the entire viewport of the chart. Anyone got a solution?
#rstats #quartopub #ObservablePlot
#rstats #quartopub #ObservablePlot
Plot County Map with Filter
observablehq.com
February 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Been playing around w/ @observablehq for some spatial viz. I can’t quite figure out how to pass a bounding box to the domain argument of a projection. Goal is to select a county and have the county fill the entire viewport of the chart. Anyone got a solution?
#rstats #quartopub #ObservablePlot
#rstats #quartopub #ObservablePlot