Mwambu
mwambu.bsky.social
Mwambu
@mwambu.bsky.social
Statistics student at Makerere University Kampala, Uganda.
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“Coca-Cola is the biggest supplier of bottled water worldwide, followed by Danone, Nestlé and PepsiCo, according to Euromonitor International. These multinationals have been… buying up well‑known local brands…rights to extract water from aquifers across the world”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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We are excited to announce that plotnine v0.14.0 is now out!

Plotnine brings the grammar of graphics to #Python. In addition to an amazing new hex logo 🛸 , this latest release introduces a host of enhancements and features.

Check them out in the blog post: plotnine.org/blog/2024/11...
November 18, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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We've got a brand new, baby website for Positron! Take a look if you are interested in getting started, and please let us know how it goes:
positron.posit.co
Positron
A next-generation data science IDE
positron.posit.co
October 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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We’re thrilled to share that @hadleywickham.bsky.social has been honored with the 2025 ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Award by the American Statistical Association.

This award highlights Hadley’s contributions, particularly his development of #RStats tools.

Congratulations, Hadley!
October 23, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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Update: archive.org is back online in a provisional, read-only manner. Learn more in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/10/21/i...
October 21, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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A short list of freely available econometrics resources - which ones do you like? Which ones did we miss? Add them in the comments! #econsky

@causalinf.bsky.social ’s The Mixtape mixtape.scunning.com
@nickchk.bsky.social ’s The effect book: theeffectbook.net
Causal Inference The Mixtape
mixtape.scunning.com
October 1, 2024 at 6:26 AM
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The stakes of the lawsuit against our library are clear: Libraries must have the right to innovate and adapt to new technology, so that we can continue preserving knowledge in the digital age. eff.org/document/hac...
March 14, 2024 at 3:47 PM