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Data science for the public good. Optimizing my science fiction reading list. Mostly R, R Shiny, and SQL, with a little bit of bad python sprinkled in.
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[speed date] HER: hi i’m- ME: if a fish had sex with a duck would the baby be called a dish or a fuck HER: what ME: dish or fuck hurry please

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It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side

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At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes

submitted 85 days ago • 131 comments

how badly did you lose the rap battle when the american heart association recommended using the diss track against you to perform cpr

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

I'm a truck driver and when I'm finished eating my banana, I throw the skin out of the window. I don't see this as littering. I see this as a shrewd Mario kart move to stop other trucks from overtaking me.

submitted 16 days ago • 14 comments

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate Kendrick: actually

submitted 17 days ago • 119 comments

Drake's gonna be the first person to ever lose a Super Bowl halftime show.

submitted 18 days ago • 24 comments

KENDRICK JUST NOW

submitted 17 days ago • 80 comments

Evening on Karl Johan Street, by Edvard Munch, 1892

submitted 17 days ago • 64 comments

the AI scam

submitted 60 days ago • 14 comments

If you see this post a fictional artist/band that you would love to see live.

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Seeing someone going for a run past my house, on a day when the wind chill is 10 and there is ice all over the sidewalk. I am the opposite of impressed. I’m concerned about their mental health.

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you may joke that tiktok users won't adapt to bluesky because they can't read but that doesn't seem to stop bluesky's native userbase

submitted 39 days ago • 55 comments

Babe, what's wrong? You've hardly touched your Wu-Tang Flan.

submitted 39 days ago • 30 comments

This is the most insane house I've ever seen, like Randyland and the Winchester mansion had a baby. At no point did I know what was coming in the next picture, nor could I guess the next line in the description. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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Yes, they will. #WorldBollardAssociation

submitted 48 days ago • 35 comments

every single day I see a new person say something about AI that is basically equivalent to "we are so close, all we need to do is draw the rest of the fucking owl"

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If you’re ever wondering why wildfire smoke is so bad for you it’s because it includes things like “an entire bicycle”

submitted 45 days ago • 174 comments

Speak at posit::conf(2025)! posit::conf(2025) is coming to Atlanta, GA in Sept, and we're looking for talks on data science with R & Python. Learn more: posit.co/blog/speak-at-posit-conf-2025/ Deadline Feb 3! #positconf2025 #rstats #python #pydata #datascience

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The NY Post is sooooo close to getting it…..

submitted 52 days ago • 11 comments

stolen from twitter where it was posted with the caption ‘lmao the bathtub’ and they are not wrong www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

submitted 52 days ago • 34 comments

Might as well post that picture of my son when he was a baby. The one where he look like he was born playing darts. In 1957. Looking like he just got some bad news about a tractor trailer his nephew was minding for him. With a face like my dad's when I tell him about my podcast.

submitted 523 days ago • 135 comments

as someone who lives into New Jersey and commutes into New York the idea that I would drive my fucking car there is the most insane shit I've ever heard. why don't i just drag my bathtub there every day. why dont I bring my stove

submitted 54 days ago • 38 comments

Kinda crazy how no one initially suspected a cybertruck exploding into flames as being intentional because everyone who saw it was like "yeah, they do that sometimes."

submitted 56 days ago • 101 comments

You’re still arguing about tabs vs. spaces? May I present…

submitted 63 days ago • 163 comments

I have a brilliant plan, all I need is: - the copyright to everything - all the money in the world

submitted 60 days ago • 141 comments

If Mariah Carey sees her shadow today it means 6 more weeks of Christmas music.

submitted 62 days ago • 38 comments

Me in 2004, teaching 10th graders: For the love of god don't cite Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet

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Remember to take the camel out of the freezer before you go to bed tonight

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Time to watch the best Christmas movie:

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

In addition to the charities I normally donate to each year, I’m looking to donate to a reputable charity doing work on the ground in Sudan. Save the Children looks like a good option. Anyone have any other recommendations?

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random. Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

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I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh

submitted 69 days ago • 509 comments

just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’

submitted 68 days ago • 286 comments

A plague? Social and political upheaval? Resurgence of hatred over a small, vulnerable population? Panic over Venus in the sky? Baby, the mid-14th century is so back

submitted 72 days ago • 5 comments

the perfect rating doesn't exi...... 📽️

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Very annoyed to report that going to bed at a consistent time every night and getting a full 8 hours of sleep has been very good for my mental health, energy levels, and productivity. Next you're going to tell me that exercise is good for me too. When does it end

submitted 76 days ago • 51 comments

I did my first "Sounds interesting, let's touch base after the holidays" today, and it felt great. Did not specify that I meant Easter. They'll figure it out.

submitted 79 days ago • 89 comments