David Ranzolin
@daranzolin.bsky.social
Real hoop and #rstats. github.com/daranzolin
What could be more undignified than looking at your phone at the urinal?
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What could be more undignified than looking at your phone at the urinal?
{sqltargets} 0.3.0 just hit CRAN, now includes the ability to pass 'dbi' parameters into queries. Turns out using SQL with #rstats {targets} is pretty fun!
github.com/daranzolin/s...
github.com/daranzolin/s...
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
{sqltargets} 0.3.0 just hit CRAN, now includes the ability to pass 'dbi' parameters into queries. Turns out using SQL with #rstats {targets} is pretty fun!
github.com/daranzolin/s...
github.com/daranzolin/s...
Getting faux-outraged or flabbergasted at every thing the cat does around the house is peak living.
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting faux-outraged or flabbergasted at every thing the cat does around the house is peak living.
Reposted by David Ranzolin
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
Gonna be a data.table person after seeing this.
(slice_head/slice_max should’ve been peak())
(slice_head/slice_max should’ve been peak())
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Gonna be a data.table person after seeing this.
(slice_head/slice_max should’ve been peak())
(slice_head/slice_max should’ve been peak())
There was a house in my neighborhood with three signs:
No on A
No on 50
Rishi Kumar for Assessor
Knowing nothing about Kumar, I knew immediately not to vote for him.
No on A
No on 50
Rishi Kumar for Assessor
Knowing nothing about Kumar, I knew immediately not to vote for him.
People of Santa Clara County.
Put this on your calendar NOW.
You need to vote AGAIN on December 30 to make sure Rishi Kumar does not become assessor in this run off election.
Put this on your calendar NOW.
You need to vote AGAIN on December 30 to make sure Rishi Kumar does not become assessor in this run off election.
Hey Santa Clara County voters
Do NOT vote for Rishi Kumar for assessor.
Please reshare to boost!!
Vote for Neysa Fligor.
Do NOT vote for Rishi Kumar for assessor.
Please reshare to boost!!
Vote for Neysa Fligor.
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
There was a house in my neighborhood with three signs:
No on A
No on 50
Rishi Kumar for Assessor
Knowing nothing about Kumar, I knew immediately not to vote for him.
No on A
No on 50
Rishi Kumar for Assessor
Knowing nothing about Kumar, I knew immediately not to vote for him.
Reposted by David Ranzolin
"Which brings us to the real reason why Trump is an enemy of urban America. If cities like D.C. and Los Angeles truly were crime-ridden hellholes, they would pose little threat to the MAGA movement. It is because these are prosperous and dynamic places that they must be occupied."
August 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Which brings us to the real reason why Trump is an enemy of urban America. If cities like D.C. and Los Angeles truly were crime-ridden hellholes, they would pose little threat to the MAGA movement. It is because these are prosperous and dynamic places that they must be occupied."
Reposted by David Ranzolin
The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.
The Three Towers of Phase 1 of Sen̓áḵw nearing completion! senakw.com
Pictured from near the Vancouver Academy of Music in what is now Vanier Park, but what was once yet another part of the old village of Sen̓áḵw and former Kitsilano 6 Reserve.
Pictured from near the Vancouver Academy of Music in what is now Vanier Park, but what was once yet another part of the old village of Sen̓áḵw and former Kitsilano 6 Reserve.
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.
Finally checked the Use Native Pipe Operator RStudio #rstats option. For those constantly piping into [Vv]iew(), a small advantage to the native pipe is that the 'title' argument gets automatically supplied as the function call instead of the cryptic '.' from magrittr.
July 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Finally checked the Use Native Pipe Operator RStudio #rstats option. For those constantly piping into [Vv]iew(), a small advantage to the native pipe is that the 'title' argument gets automatically supplied as the function call instead of the cryptic '.' from magrittr.
Unironically yes--to quote the scientists at the IPCC in a report on the MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE: '...cities will achieve the largest GHG emissions savings by replacing, repurposing, or retrofitting the building stock, targeted infilling and densifying...'
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Unironically yes--to quote the scientists at the IPCC in a report on the MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE: '...cities will achieve the largest GHG emissions savings by replacing, repurposing, or retrofitting the building stock, targeted infilling and densifying...'
Now:
📕 Say Nothing
🎮 Expedition 33
I am MOVED. Life is good.
📕 Say Nothing
🎮 Expedition 33
I am MOVED. Life is good.
📺 Watching Andor.
📕 Reading Clytemnestra.
🎮 Playing Disco Elysium.
Hitting the elite storytelling trifecta across all media.
📕 Reading Clytemnestra.
🎮 Playing Disco Elysium.
Hitting the elite storytelling trifecta across all media.
June 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Now:
📕 Say Nothing
🎮 Expedition 33
I am MOVED. Life is good.
📕 Say Nothing
🎮 Expedition 33
I am MOVED. Life is good.
Inside the NBA was neither informative nor entertaining. The emperor’s new clothes of sports shows. If I wanted to listen to a bunch of petty republican bullies spew nonsense I’d turn on Fox News.
Ernie Johnson with an emotional sign-off from 'Inside the NBA' on TNT. 🏀📺🎙️❤️ #NBA
June 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Inside the NBA was neither informative nor entertaining. The emperor’s new clothes of sports shows. If I wanted to listen to a bunch of petty republican bullies spew nonsense I’d turn on Fox News.
This is the least sexy data and programming post of all time, but sqlfluff is great software. Useful, intuitive, and versatile, it's helped me write better code.
May 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is the least sexy data and programming post of all time, but sqlfluff is great software. Useful, intuitive, and versatile, it's helped me write better code.
This is 100x worse than any pie chart.
Hard-hitting analysis from NYT. As you can see from the diagram, legal impediments are a weak gray box that can be defeated by a strong orange arrow and bold typeface
Gift article (but it’s bad) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift article (but it’s bad) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is 100x worse than any pie chart.
@jdcmedlock.bsky.social was cooking here 🔮
May 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@jdcmedlock.bsky.social was cooking here 🔮
Reposted by David Ranzolin
Sephiroth is our next Surgeon General. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
May 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Sephiroth is our next Surgeon General. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
📺 Watching Andor.
📕 Reading Clytemnestra.
🎮 Playing Disco Elysium.
Hitting the elite storytelling trifecta across all media.
📕 Reading Clytemnestra.
🎮 Playing Disco Elysium.
Hitting the elite storytelling trifecta across all media.
May 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
📺 Watching Andor.
📕 Reading Clytemnestra.
🎮 Playing Disco Elysium.
Hitting the elite storytelling trifecta across all media.
📕 Reading Clytemnestra.
🎮 Playing Disco Elysium.
Hitting the elite storytelling trifecta across all media.
Reposted by David Ranzolin
This is the education plank of the plot to enslave America: secular private academies for the rich, religious instruction for the middle class, and a prison-like rump of public schools for the poor. With our Constitution in tatters, they're racing to implement it
The Texas House early on Thursday approved a far-reaching school voucher program, agreeing to send $1 billion of taxpayer dollars to families for private and often religious education. trib.al/MKJ8Kyg
April 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is the education plank of the plot to enslave America: secular private academies for the rich, religious instruction for the middle class, and a prison-like rump of public schools for the poor. With our Constitution in tatters, they're racing to implement it
Thinking about Disco Elysium. Harry is somehow both a singular individual and “Everyman” like from a morality play. A work of true genius, on par with Shakespeare, Homer, Tolstoy, Twain, etc.
April 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thinking about Disco Elysium. Harry is somehow both a singular individual and “Everyman” like from a morality play. A work of true genius, on par with Shakespeare, Homer, Tolstoy, Twain, etc.
Reposted by David Ranzolin
I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism
March 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism
{targets} is so good it's imo the only remaining reason to learn and use #rstats
In their tutorial on the targets package in R, Abner Bogan & Lindsay Platt from @cuahsi.bsky.social share insights for #EarthScienceData
➡️ www.esipfed.org/guest-blog-r...
A few highlights 🧵 #Rstats #ecology #environmentalscience
➡️ www.esipfed.org/guest-blog-r...
A few highlights 🧵 #Rstats #ecology #environmentalscience
Guest Blog: Reproducible Data Pipelines In R With {targets} - ESIP
Reproducibility is a huge challenge in science, especially as datasets grow larger and workflows become more complex. Enter targets — an R package that helps
www.esipfed.org
March 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
{targets} is so good it's imo the only remaining reason to learn and use #rstats
You read this on a cover letter:
"I love working with people, code, and even other people's code."
You think this person is:
A. Funny
B. Extremely skilled
C. A liar
"I love working with people, code, and even other people's code."
You think this person is:
A. Funny
B. Extremely skilled
C. A liar
March 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
You read this on a cover letter:
"I love working with people, code, and even other people's code."
You think this person is:
A. Funny
B. Extremely skilled
C. A liar
"I love working with people, code, and even other people's code."
You think this person is:
A. Funny
B. Extremely skilled
C. A liar