Apply for the @GitHub Student Developer Pack and get access to AI tools like #Deepnote in 4 steps:
1️⃣ Visit the #GitHubEducation page
2️⃣ Verify your student status (school email or docs)
3️⃣ Wait a few days for approval
4️⃣ Get access to #Github and partner offers like #Deepnote
For #map lovers, #Reuters released "First Basemap," a free tutorial that shares one of their most valuable recent innovations. You can follow the step-by-step guide and create a virtually free interactive map of the world.
Link to the tutorial: palewi.re/docs/first-b....
The majority of suicide #deaths in the U.S. involve a gun. In 2023, someone died of gun suicide every 19 mins. Gun injury deaths accounted for 1,108,690 years of potential life lost before 65—more than diabetes, stroke, and liver disease combined.
Source: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
#Firearms is the leading cause of death in the US. States with the highest rates are led by #Republicans (#Mississippi, #Louisiana, #Alabama), while states with the lowest rates are led by #Democrats (#Massachusetts, #NewJersey, #NewYork, #Hawaii, #Connecticut, #California).
#MappingTime
Just used #Claude to help me clean up some of the #mapping syntax for scraping and analyzing #GoogleTrends data that I wrote a few years ago.
Now… let’s see if we can predict the results before today’s election in Tennessee!
Are you also a #map lover? Hope you enjoy this! 🗺️🚀
Life is hard. Everyone is dealing with their own battles. Someone’s kid got diagnosed with a disease. Someone else is grieving a loss. Another person is trying to keep the lights on, or trying to rebuild the life. Most are doing the best to make it through the day and support the people we love.
Key takeaways and solutions:
💡Real world business problems are complex;
💡It takes years of hands-on practice to become a skilled #DataAnalyst;
💡Stay positive—embrace failure as a learning opportunity and keep refining your strategies.
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The following thread at #Reddit hits me in the heart:
1️⃣ A #DataEngineer posted about feeling like a failure—constantly confused, no guidance, unrealistic deadlines.
2️⃣ They miss using their #coding skills and feel stuck between business tasks and tech work.
www.reddit.com/r/dataengine...
The Road Less Traveled...
Sometimes, we tend to follow conventional wisdom and ignore the fact that change is a part of life.
This #DataViz shows that having a top-aligned axis might be a good practice as labels and highlights are more likely to be in the reader's field of view.
The magic happens in the overlaps:
✨ #Programming & #BigData connects engineers and analysts
✨ Analysis & Hypothesis Development/Testing drives model development and decision-making
✨ #Storytelling & #Visualization brings insights to life!
🔄 #DataAnalytics is a Team Sport. This image by
@DataScienceDojo shows it perfectly!
🔧 Data Engineers build pipelines and APIs.
🧪 Data Scientists analyze patterns and build models.
💼 Managers bridge the gap with critical thinking and ensure business decisions align with goals.
In a recent post "Skills vs. AI skills" ( "https://towardsdatascience.com/skills-vs-ai-skills/ Dr. Tosic shared tips on using #AI:
🧠Experiment with multiple AI models.
🧠Understand AI failures and how to evaluate outputs.
🧠Use low-code or no-code platforms to create, not just consume, AI products.
This is a very nice summary!
In three months, Jessie Mahr led the nation’s most coordinated effort to archive federal datasets and rebuild data tools that communities, companies, agencies and investors rely on to inform decisions involving weather, water quality, disasters, air pollution, and climate change.
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Just read this from an influencer I follow on LinkedIn: Deep domain expertise plus alien-level technical skills equals lots of interesting and rewarding work to do.
Do you agree?
✔️ Creating high-quality, customizable visualizations with ggplot2, plotly, etc
✔️ Spatial analysis using sf, tmap, and leaflet
✔️ Automating reports & workflows with rmarkdown and GitHub Actions
✔️ Extending workflows with #AI tools like GitHub Copilot, chatgpt, or OpenAI APIs
People think R is just for stats. But it also shines in many areas:
✔️ Pulling and cleaning data from Google Sheets (googlesheets4), Qualtrics surveys (qualtRics), Census Bureau APIs (tidycensus), and transforming with dplyr + tidyr;
The #Rstats Ecosystem, @nonfamous.bsky.social, 2017
Deploying tools or KPIs is easy. We often rely on them to simplify the decision-making process. Are managers making good decisions? That is a business question. A tool, #dashboard, or #KPI should not be a substitute for aligning #data and people to work together effectively.
Arvind Narayanan's new book opening. The analogy of "Vehicle" to "Artificial Intelligence" (#AI) truly captures what we are going through right now.
#caret really makes beginner's life way much easier. You can run a random forest model with only one line of syntax.
library(caret)
model <- train(Species ~ ., data = iris, method = "rf")
#PyCrat is very close to the #caret package in R. There is a very good documentation of the #PyCrat package for free at pycaret.gitbook.io/docs. #PyCrat is designed to simplify and automate workflows for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.
#AI can be our best companion—if we know the fundamentals—allowing us to stand on the shoulders of #AI and the vast knowledge base built by previous programmers on #GitHub, #StackOverflow, and #StackExchange. #Copilot #GoogleColab
I was analyzing the 50-day vs. 200-day moving average using #Python when I encountered some errors. I turned to #AI for quick solutions. I could not be more excited about all what is available at my fingertips in mini-seconds. #Copilot #GoogleColab
#SEO - "Outside the industry, nobody knows what we do” - Schultheiß & Lewandowski (2021).
Can @bsky.app verify this? I kept hearing we're entering the 💰 #GoldenAgeofAmerica - am I on an #AlternateReality?
I’m just a humble two-legged mammal trying🥵 to feed a family — with #ZeroInterestInPolitics, no red or blue wines. Just wondering: is there a magic way for surviving this💰 #GoldenAge?
Can @bsky.app or anyone credible check the story being pushed for publication? Does this happen randomly or regularly?
I’m a #DataNerd who started worrying about food🍕 supplies for my kids this fall. Will my kids have anything to eat when these farmers take an unpaid vacation🏖️? #GoldenAgeofAmerica💰
I was told we’re entering the💰 #GoldenAgeofAmerica -so I assume imported groceries (funded by #tariffs magically paid by foreigners, of course) will be falling from the sky any minute now?
Should I even bother #shopping? Or just wait outside with a basket and hope for a #sandwich🥪 and #pizza🍕 storm?
I was told we’re entering the💰 #GoldenAgeofAmerica -so I assume imported groceries (funded by #tariffs magically paid by foreigners, of course) will be falling from the sky any minute now?
Should I even bother #shopping? Or just wait outside with a basket and hope for a #sandwich🥪 and #pizza🍕 storm?
Can @bsky.app verify the story? I kept hearing we're entering the 💰 #GoldenAgeofAmerica - am I on an #AlternateReality?
I’m just a humble two-legged mammal trying to feed a family — with #ZeroInterestInPolitics, no red or blue wines. Just wondering: is there a way for surviving this💰 #GoldenAge?
Can @bsky.app or anyone credible check the story being pushed for publication? Is this happening randomly or regularly?
I’m a #DataNerd who started worrying about food supplies for my family this fall. Will my kids have anything to eat when these farmers take an unpaid vacation? #GoldenAgeofAmerica