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carl.cx
Computational social scientist studying decentralized social networks. PhD Candidate at Northwestern with @communitydata.science (ABD!) I post about: land use, Chicago, and #Rstats 🤓🏳️‍🌈🦞
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"React Native is like building a statue out of mud, and every couple months they come out with a new version of mud that doesn't stick to the old mud"

We are almost dipping into livable conditions

The perfect poster doesn’t exi-

OpenAI is now required by court order to preserve all ChatGPT logs including "temporary chats" and API requests that would have been deleted if I understand this correctly, it means data retention policies for apps that use OpenAI API simply cannot be honored

We can make Mike Tauchman an all-star as a little treat

All that's old is new again. YouTube comments on a piece produced by David Cope's (RIP) "Experiments in Musical Intelligence". www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgG1...

I'd like my roses for putting Big Thief on my end-of-year list in 2016

Using ridership data and route distance, I visualized what cutting 40% of bus service could look like with a combined view, only cuts, and remaining. This cuts almost all express routes except the 146/147/26, work shuttles, near-suburbs, and keeps most residents within 1 mile of a stop.

We need more indie rock songs with mandolin

Would be fantastic to have {renv} use {uv}

You can’t stop me — I’m just going to use them more

control panel of the day #HCI

"People don't read anymore, I write these words for Worldspider."

Very atmospheric #Giacometti exhibition at the Tate Modern today.

Didn’t get the context of this at first (in spring training, tapping your helmet was how you asked for a review of the robo-umpire’s call), but now I realize that the insult space of treating people like they’re computers hasn’t even *begun* to be explored. It’s an exciting time.

When the $1.50 fee on delivery by motor vehicles to fund transit statewide was unveiled, progressives and others (see below) quickly waved the "equity" flag in opposition. Uber was only too happy to play off this opposition, helping to take down the fee and the transit reform bill with it. 🧵

"Authorities told WBTV that adults must be held accountable in these types of incidents and should ensure their children are in a safe environment. The driver of the SUV has not been charged at this time, per WCNC."

Look for the helpers

Figured some chi urbanists would dig this yard sale item. @robertloerzel.bsky.social @mclean.bsky.social @slucy.bsky.social

All hands on deck. If you live in Illinois you MUST CALL YOUR STATE *REP* RIGHT NOW! And call their Springfield office. Tell them you support the NITA transit reform and funding legislation. We need to fix it and fund it — tell Illinois House to vote YES on transit. ilenviro.org/legislator-l...

So over fencing public parks and subjecting people to security. I just want to eat my dinner in one of the best lunch spots downtown

Don’t speak to me or my little free son ever again

Today we are trying to download DeepSeek-R1-0528 on the Chicago PARKS-FREE-WIFI network

this came to me in a fever dream

Sign-up for the next round of the rainbowR buddies scheme is open until Mar 2nd! Pairs will be introduced on Mar 3rd 🌈👯‍♂️ If you're LGBTQ+ and code in #RStats, and want an opportunity to connect with someone else in the community (through a random pairing), this is for you 😃 rainbowr.org/buddies

After disrupting the notebook world, #marimo is expanding to markdown with a new #Quarto extension (WIP)! marimo-team.github.io/quarto-marimo/ What's marimo? Reactive #jupyter -like notebooks that automatically run cells when code changes. marimo islands is making this tech portable everywhere 🏝️

NEW @pewresearch.org data on Bluesky: "It has become a destination for many news influencers, especially those who lean to the political left." The share of news influencers with a Bluesky account roughly doubled after the 2024 election, from 21% to 43%. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Figured out how to make steel cut oats in my rice maker

Would love to see this website do Richard Prince discourse

Still there

Nice.

I am disappointed in the AI discourse steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am...

I genuinely don't follow what point is being made here. Vacancies in New York are low because there isn't enough housing! This building is very expensive because ... there isn't enough housing! Where is the tension? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/r...

I just wanted to publicly acknowledge that the Plume R package saved me from going more banana than usual while dealing with a manuscript with 15 co authors! arnaudgallou.github.io/plume/index.... #rstats #quarto

Learn your tools, but don't spend all day just sharpening your axe.

It is time to learn vim keybindings

With {bases} about to become a core plugin in v1.9, I think academics using @obsidian.md should consider using the BibLib plugin to put all their literature note metadata within the file properties.