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If the salary is so ✌🏾competitive✌🏾 then post it 🌚
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[in the club with Pythagoras]
‘WHAT IS… WHAT IS UR FAVORITE TRIANGLE’
‘goddammit not now Pythagoras’
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great post from @nicmend on how prevailing wage laws and the false claims act work can in tandem to protect workers, taxpayers, and prevent fraud in all the new infrastructure spending. taf.org/post/whistlebl
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apparently nathan chen is a stats major and now i’m just thinking about him googling “how to move legend ggplot” between doing quad lutzes
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nominate five democratic children in a trench coat to replace breyer
after confirmation, the coat comes off
its a 7-6 court baby
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me, rebozo belly sifting
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big day for MLK quotes with weird ellipses in the middle
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This is my greatest work and it is for...zero people?
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Eat it, nerds
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from my entrails to yours, happy new year, you made it
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Very excited to share the ✨new and improved✨ Spatial Equity Data Tool launched today! The tool allows users to upload data and quickly assess geographic and demographic disparities.
So what's new? A thread:
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lookout y'all: dope, accessible, cleanly and distinctively branded, readable, informative viz coming to
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Mercator projection of human head🗺🌎
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Kʼinich Ahkal Moʼ Nahb III, ajaw of the Maya city of Palenque would have been 1343 today
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Read this great post from this GREAT human
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As I wrap up my tenure at Urban, allow me to pontificate about what charts do.. twitter.com/jschwabish/sta…
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yesterday me and came up with a columbo themed restaurant where all the waiters dress and act like him and they bring your spaghetti and walk away and say"oh and one last thing: meatballs" and then they give you your meatballs
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THREAD: This summer, I interned for Mayor Muriel Bowser in the office of communications. This internship was listed on LinkedIn as an unpaid position. I decided to apply anyways because it seemed like a good opportunity.
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My summer plans The Delta variant
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) says he regrets signing law banning local mask mandates, as COVID cases quickly rise in his state.
“In hindsight, I wish that had not become law,” said Hutchinson, who has asked lawmakers to allow school districts to adopt mask mandates.
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my good and brilliant friend Joe Klaver (not on twitter, but lurks here), wrote this really clear and helpful explainer for about US election dispute procedures, with some nice comparative context!
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Kids under 12 still aren't able to be vaccinated, so maybe take a breath before being dismissive of folks' fears about the loosening of the mask mandates in public. Everyone wants to get back to normal. Not everyone can yet.
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We are THRILLED to unveil the new, paywall-free Nightingale site 🥁🥁🥁! Featuring a new mark courtesy of 👏👏👏 ... Please visit it at nightingaledvs.com and let us know your thoughts!
#DataVisualization #dataviz #communitylove
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Pouring one out — along with a piece of chocolate cake, an ice-cream cone, a pickle, a slice of Swiss cheese, a slice of salami, a lollipop, a piece of cherry pie, a sausage, a cupcake, and a slice of watermelon — for Eric Carle.
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Y'all the incomparable has been working on this for months and the new brand RULES, y'all gotta check out the new site when it launches soon it is STUPENDOUS (fantastic work with )
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Exciting news—ANDE has a new look! We’re thrilled to unveil our new brand, which reflects our growth from a small membership organization of 34 members into a trusted and established network of over 300 members.
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Today I'm launching the e.e. cummings free poetry archive at cummings.ee.
Here's what it's all about. 🧵
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‼️ Big news ‼️ We're excited to announce that management has signaled their intent to begin the process of voluntary recognition! We look forward to seeing their proposal and working in good faith for a contract that does justice to Urban's mission and its staff.
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The letter from supervisory staff demonstrates the culture of mutual support and shared values within the Urban community. I appreciate and share their commitment - and yours - to a strengthened Urban.
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We are thrilled to see over 135 supervisory @urbaninstitute staff publicly support our right to organize! We are grateful for their letter and once again urge @swartell and Urban Institute leadership to voluntarily recognize our union.
supporting-urban-union.medium.com/supporting-urb
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We are thrilled to see over 135 supervisory staff publicly support our right to organize! We are grateful for their letter and once again urge and Urban Institute leadership to voluntarily recognize our union.
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135+ senior colleagues & I urge President Sarah Rosen Wartell to voluntarily recognize the . Read the full statement (which does not represent the Urban Institute or the Urban Institute Employees’ Union):
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Good morning! We just informed our management that a supermajority of eligible staff have formed the Urban Institute Employees Union, organized with the . Read our press release here:
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Colorization APIs are becoming widespread; AI-colorized historical photos are circulated without caveat. But is AI colorization providing an accurate image of the past? To find out, I digitally desaturated these color photos by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken between 1909 and 1915.
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boys chat in agreement
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march 1st tomorrow
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For anyone in news who thinks their work is too sensitive or special to be open source software ...
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This is the open source flight code that the NASA Mars drone is running
github.com/nasa/fprime
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The best sign to identify a grifter in a professional field is how often they belittle or demean the work of others to make theirs stand out.
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