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datab.ae
the artist formerly known as dataeditor on the bird site data for new york times wood for databae woodshop
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has anyone considered that comey accidentally just posted his pin number

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

this wikipedia page has seen more than 70 edits today, most in the last couple hours, in case you wonder how it's going

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

making a spreadsheet with no actual values in it, just colors that mean something to me that i'm not gonna write down

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

trying to be more efficient with my code. turned 105 lines of code in 30. does the exact same thing. please clap.

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

every car is the quiet car if i just take out my hearing aids

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

"other than being mostly unreadable, i think i made a pretty good graphic." - me, moments ago

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

need a new Bill Swerski's Superfans with this news

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

has this pope ever tasted malort is my question

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

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c'mon pope pizzaballa

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

one of my funnest fun facts about nfg is that the lead singer is also a part time tattoo artist. naturally, yes, i have been tatted by him.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

til my transcription app knows to identify that bagpipes are playing

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

started playing blue prince this week and i simply cannot put it down

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

weird question: are dc drivers taught to use their emergency blinkers to indicate that they want to parallel park? because i see this all the time and it makes no sense to me.

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

a small Texas county found a way to make money off migrants: arrest them for trespassing, make them post bail to get out of jail, turn them over to ICE, collect forfeited bail money. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

submitted 18 days ago • 99 comments

hello, it is i, an expert in the thing i only just read about five minutes ago

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

no maybe you can do it differently

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

knocked out three things with this story: - first byline - first lead byline - first graphic made

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

schools targeted by the administration over accusations of antisemitism became far more reliant on lobbyists with Republican ties in the first quarter of this year

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

a fun thing is that hearing aids, as wonderful as they are, are still technology and can sometimes just not work like they're supposed to. so today i'm walking around with one just not working, making everything much harder.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

data. gimme it.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

27 crypto wallets acquired ~$1,000,000+ of the president's memecoin after top holders were invited to a special dinner with Trump. It "creates the specter of a pay-to-play deal". So who are payers? There are hints that many aren't even American. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

as a nearly-deaf guy with a woodshop and a hatred of large vehicles this feels like it was built for me

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

oh we official official

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I tried to help a reporter find a migrant who was arrested after a wrong turn found him in Canada and trying to return to the US. We could see his entrance, arrest, detention and the details of his case, including his attempts to secure a lawyer. and a subsequent removal order. But then?

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

i am probably who i say i am

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

police often find less cash on people and seize it, claiming it was related to a crime but never charging the owner with one.

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

give me the big spreadsheets. i can handle them.

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submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

love to make my own crosswalks with government data because they couldn't just use unique values for stuff

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

in about half of cases with pending asylum applications, the immigrant does not have a lawyer.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

i don't want to have to convert data from a pdf to a spreadsheet but i do get a sense of satisfaction from extracting it from a printed, then scanned, then hand redacted, then scanned again but skewed spreadsheet.

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

my job is 10 percent analysis and 90 percent putting data back in the form the government keeps it but won’t give to me

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

i’m super open about my mental health in the hopes of both destigmatizing it and convincing people who need or want help to get it.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment