Lead data scientist for Statistical Computing @urbaninstitute. Adjunct @McCourtSchool. Musician. Lifelong Learner. Opinions are my own.
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My only evidence is conversations with folks but I fear Flock backlash is because people think they should be able to break driving laws with impunity instead of a principled backlash against surveillance.
The median American's exposure to deaths from injury, including traffic fatalities and unintentional poisonings from drugs and alcohol, increased every year from 2014 to 2024.
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I'm a take off work to watch the entire first weekend of the NCAA tournament kind of guy. I don't understand expanding the tourney to 76 teams. I have no desire to watch 9-11 Minnesota play play 8-12 Auburn days before 65% of their players hit the portal.
My original conspiracy theory is that auto companies manufactured @oliviarodrigo and her big song "Driver's License" because of concerns about declining Gen Z interest in driving. Olivia, welcome to the @waroncars.
The federal budget should play a role in supporting future generations, but spending on programs like the adult portion of Social Security and interest on the debt dwarfs spending on children.
14 more visualizations worth checking out here: apps.urban.org/features/2025…
Claire Bowen and I wrote about the last government shutdown's affects on federal government data during uncertain times.
Here we are again. Friday's jobs report will be delayed because of the current shutdown.
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🚨My team at the @urbaninstitute is hiring a Research Associate🚨
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Today marks 7 years since our last traffic fatality in Hoboken, 1 of the only US cities to reach this milestone. Although we’ve had success creating safer streets, we’ll continue to aggressively implement Vision Zero in all major infrastructure projects.
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Everyone loves to hate on corporate landlords. Today, I'm going to show some love.
Corporate landlords shovel their dang sidewalks! In DC and Philly, it appears that approximately no one else does. Thank you, corporate landlords, for doing your part.
.@urbaninstitute is hiring a DS Analyst! Ideal role for a BA (or equiv experience) in CS, Math, Econ, Stats, or related field. This is a great opportunity for you if you love #rstats/#python and want to work with cutting-edge quant social sciences. urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/…
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Holy buried lede, batman! Norway, Finland, and Denmark, where college is FREE, have pretty similar student debt to the U.S. xitter.cf/jburnmurdoch/status/17…
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BREAKING: The IRS is using funds from Biden's #IRA legislation to launch a free online tax filing service, Direct File, in 2024 for taxpayers.
The program will be piloted in 13 states, saving working families money, time, and stress. This is progress.
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Warning: the visual editor in @posit_pbc's RStudio will reformat your README.md so it no longer correctly renders on GitHub.
I only touch the visual editor for the Zotero integration. Otherwise it's just pain.
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Look no further for evidence of the consummate malfeasance of America’s road engineers.
(Thanks @YIMBYLAND.)
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My most deeply held belief is that Olivia Rodrigo is a conspiracy by the Big 3 auto companies to get youths who stopped caring about driving and licenses to care about driving and licenses.
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Last day for early bird registration for Virtual Traveling Course on Data Visualization with R with @awunderground
Course details: community.amstat.org/coc/cha…
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This might be the worst chart crime I've ever seen.
Look closely until you see it...
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Save the date! We are hosting a virtual traveling course on Data Visualization with R on September 29 (all-day) with @awunderground. Registration will be coming soon with reduced rates for students and early registrants!