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darraghmurray.bsky.social
Chart-nerd working in strategic #data insights, #dataviz and analytics engineering. Expect a lot of #AFL footy chat and/or popular music Tools: Mostly #rstats and #tableau I write The Datavist newsletter https://thedatavist.substack.com
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It seems #tableau has released an MCP server! I did a bit of a deep dive, connecting Tableau to Claude and running a few queries. You can read about it here! thedatavist.netlify.app/posts/2025-0... #Claude #AI #MCP #DataBS #DataSky #datafam

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This post from Seattle Data Guy on early data career is 100% gold. My one regret from my career was this point in particular. I missed out a lot because I was the only data guy #dataBs #datasky open.substack.com/pub/seattled...

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Total Recall.

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A great post from Dr Marco Motta on the pursuit of objectivity in data storytelling #dataviz #dataBS. Marco is both an expert in data viz and has a PhD in philosophy - so he has some unique perspectives that are worth engaging with www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-d...

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Argh this hit hard !

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This week on Counting Stuff, I had opportunity to vibe code a pdf extraction task for home, it went fine until things got really annoying. I still don't like it and am annoyed I can't write it off wholesale #dataBS www.counting-stuff.com/vibe-coding-...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Spent last few days diving into Model Context Protocol and honestly, it's got me thinking deeply about its impact on traditional business intelligence 🤔 . Keen to hear the thoughts of other AI/BI/data folks! Here's my post open.substack.com/pub/thedatav... #dataBS #dataSky #AI #MCP #dataviz

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Recently have switched to using Obsidian for notes. Man, it's a beautiful application - particularly on the Mac.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Fairly damning!

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A bit late to the party, but he's my game rating led match review of @brisbanelions.bsky.social v Essendon from last thursday (I've been sick!). Have a read if you're interested :) #AFL #AFLLionsBombers #footy roar-metrics.ghost.io/essendon-sca...

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US politics seems completely confusing to me. The ability for the leader to just pardon folks on a whim seems completely open to abuse and undermines the integrity of the judicial system. Why is that permitted?

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

My newsletter is back! I discuss the rather pointless debate over which popular business intelligence tool is ‘better’, rather saying other factors usually decide which tool is adapted to by practitioners and organisations. #dataBS #datasky #tableau #powerbi substack.com/home/post/p-...

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It sometimes blows my mind that many of the real-life settings in Bluey are in the park just down the road from me. #bluey

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Latest bit of Roar Metrics analysis - though a bit of 'non-analysis' as I didn't watch the full Brisbane Lions game. roar-metrics.ghost.io/2025-round-1...

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In Africa, 25% of the electricity is generated from low-carbon sources. Hydropower is the main source of low-carbon electricity, generating 17% of the continent’s electricity. theoutlier.co.za/charts/chart...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Player ratings for the @brisbanelions.bsky.social v the Hawks. #AFL #AFLHawksLions

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🤣 #dataBs

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I've been using Discord a bit for various data and analytics communities, and man, it SMASHES both Slack and Teams.

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Picture of a man who has no shame in ordering bubble gum flavoured ice cream

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We have a "never use yellow if you can help it" rule for our charts. We couldn't help it on this one www.economist.com/united-state...

submitted 37 days ago • 13 comments

Things that annoy me: the flagrant overuse of emojis in every single LinkedIn post nowadays.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

It's crazy that the Suns are now a good team. If they'd played that game in hand at home against the Bombers, and assuming they'd won (which is not beyond the realm of possibility), they'd be #1 on the AFL ladder.

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This is cheeky @australiainstitute.org.au , you might need to look at your charts in your recent university paper. Did Melbourne really only spend $68 on travel in 2023? Your figure numbers are also wrong I think! The text says this is figure 3 but it’s clearly figure 2?

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

This Cats v Dogs match is wild. Only the start of the last quarter and nearly 200 points scored. #afl #aflcatsdogs

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