Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social
@datavisFriendly
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#rstats developer of graphical methods for categorical and multivariate data; #datavis history of data visualization; #historicaldatavis; Milestones project
Toronto, Ontario
Joined August 2015
ANNOUNCE: #psy6135 I'm teaching my course _Psychology of Data Visualization_ again starting in Jan. Among other topics: #history of #dataviz, graph #perception, #rstats graphs, data journalism, ... Course materials (not yet revised) available at: https://t.co/LPgqsWs2AQ
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Cool. The sort of recursive example reproduces an example of itself and illustrates the calls via ```{.markdown shortcodes=false} ... ```
Did you know you can include external file content directly in your Quarto documents? The External extension lets you pull in content or specific sections with just a one line. Perfect for reusable snippets (and break reproducibility)! #Quarto #DataScience
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BREAKING: during Charlie Kirk's birthday celebration yesterday, President Trump surprised Erika Kirk, by presenting her with a specially signed birthday card for her husband, to honor his birthday, that brought her to tears.
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Yeah, ICE. Show 'em your F**KING BADGE 😀😀
Wait till you hear what happened when ICE showed up at these people’s farm! 😀😀😀😀😀
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🚨NEW: Legendary Singer Neil Young has announced that he is removing his music from Amazon Music due to founder Jeff Bezos' support for Donald Trump. RETWEET to thank @NeilYoung for standing up for our democracy!
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You can tell the "War in Portland" is raging when a guy in a kilt and a Darth Vader mask (the Unipiper) can ride his unicycle, unaccosted, past folks dressed as sharks and Garfield, playing "This Land Is Your Land" on bagpipes. KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD, Y'ALL! https://t.co/FQuim7zjZc
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🚨NEW: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has rejected the Trump Administration’s offer of federal funding in exchange for aligning with Trump’s agenda. This is the first university to do so. RETWEET to thank MIT President Sally Kornbluth for standing up to Trump!
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One of my all-time favorite animations!
Watch World War I Every Day On The Western Front In 60 Seconds See the full version: https://t.co/cyoZkXMNxD
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Alexa, what is antifa? Antifa is an abbreviation for anti-fascist; those who see themselves as antifa are recognized not for their beliefs but for their opposition to: fascism, nationalism, far-right ideals, white supremacy, authoritarianism, racism, homophobia, and xenophobia.
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This is good advice, similar to what I give younger colleagues and students. "Improve the paper" should be the shared goal. But argue convincingly (and politely) if you feel strongly that a reviewer has missed something new or important
One of my graduate students dropped by, struggling a bit with the reviews of their first journal paper. This is what I shared with them to help put them in a better headspace: 1. Peer reviewers are volunteers. 2. Map all comments to actions. 3. Address all comments. 4. Focus
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This is part of the WWII Memorial in DC. Over 400 gold stars. Each star represents 1,000 members of Antifa who gave their lives in defense of Democracy.
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TWEEPS: trump controls Congress and the White House. This shutdown? 100% his fault for blocking Dems pushing healthcare for millions. Even MTG agrees!🤯 Can we get 1,000 fast RTs and replies with #TrumpShutUSDown to make it trend! Please and thank you!🙏 💪🏽
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I’m pretty sure if Trump finds out who Habeas Corpus is, he’ll do everything in his power to try to deport him, given his Latin roots.
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And for our next trick, we’ll make it in an excel spreadsheet
Despite claims that dashboards are dead, they remain a highly requested BI deliverable. New features in Observable Canvases, like a streamlined viewer experience + control nodes, make dashboards easier to build & better to use, so they stay alive & well: https://t.co/F7UsDFFL0G
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This past week has marked several important dates that inspired chart- and map-makers around the world. The latest Dispatch covers ongoing conflicts, reunification, government shutdown, and much more. 📅 📊 https://t.co/1YtUuJrnNp
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Jimmy Kimmel: “According to a new poll, I am more popular than the President of the United States. Considering the fact that I’m not a convicted felon friend of Jeffrey Epstein and I’ve never paid off a porn star or sent a team of masked goons into a park to pull an old lady away
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BREAKING NEWS A fire has destroyed Trumps personal library today. The fire consumed both books. In a tragic twist, he hadn’t even finished coloring the second one.
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Totally captures PeePee style and why he lost in the last election. Petulant, whiny, childish twerp
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Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Night Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power. RETWEET to show Stephen some love‼️
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