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Demographer / Senior Researcher @dst.dk / Board member @demografi.dk / PhD'20 U Groningen / EDSD 2017-18 ✨ @datavizartskill.ikashnitsky.phd 🔗 https://ikashnitsky.phd 😍 #demography #dataviz #rstats 🙌 #openscience #bibliometrics
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I know this is weird, but I literally have no idea what's going on since yesterday — I suddenly got 200+ new followers without a single indication why ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

#demography folks There is a curious paper in PNAS that tracks life expectancy vs income for 6 decades in Sweden. It calculates e40 for each percentile of the population… in a weird way (see third screenshot). Any thoughts? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (I'm sure the flimsy methods are consequentual)

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

A fast way to use Human Mortality Database locally #demography mortality.org offers a convenient option of downloading all its data as a single .zip archive (~150mb) download --> unpack --> grab fread_hmd_dir() from gist devtools::source_gist("0f93062f2b67eeac69949554027fa84f") --> use!

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Conspiracy: tariffs against penguins were lobbied by Microsoft 🙃

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

ADHD — Attention Deficit Hey Dude

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I've been slightly carried away today with the power of Gemini AI Studio in debating abstract background images 🤩

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

It is crucial to keep repeating the basic basics until it sinks even with the dumbest ones (who are unfortunately giving the last fierce fight for the dark side in academia, led by the champions of the dumb)

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Today, Anatoly G Vishnevsky would have turned 90 Four years ago covid destroyed his health. Until his last days, aged 85, AG remained the central figure of Russian demography I am blessed to have spent a short but transformational part of my life and academic path with AG. Thank you Teacher ❤️‍🩹

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

3 years ago, Jim Vaupel passed away he was an exceptional scholar, mentor, and teacher he founded multiple influential structures in #demography here is a short footage on how he approached the challenges read many more warm stories at our memorial website remembering-james-vaupel.org

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This August, Works in Progress magazine is hosting another 'Invisible College', a week-long seminar for 18-22 year olds in Cambridge. Our lecturers will cover the industrial revolution, science reform, housing, urbanism, and more. Share with students & apply here!

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

Morality is best measured by love expectancy. Thanks for attending my Democracy 101, Ilau Katsnitskai

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

💥José Manuel Aburto is seeking an early career colleague to join his forming team as a postdoc 🌿 JM is an exceptional mentor and friend. And now he is inviting a lucky colleague to join for an exciting ride. It's a highway to the frontier of demography. Catch this unique chance 🚀 lnkd.in/dBJyaF9p

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

A huge shoutout to @christian.czymara.com 🙌 who created a customised #rstats chatgpt called Code Nerd that replies only with bare code. It's absolutely magnificent 😍 chatgpt.com/g/g-J5futwiV...

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

Here's an absolutely brilliant editorial/essay by @masudhusain.bsky.social suggesting an explanation why academic jobs are becoming ever more stressful and less fulfilling 🔗 academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

Let me tell you a personal #dataviz maturing story #twitterkast Early in my (side track) dataviz path I had a curious exchange with one colleague on twitter He used a colorful plot, eye-catching but totally useless to reflect the data I criticized it. Later, I largely reconsidered my position…

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