Icy Fennel Jar
@icyfenneljar.bsky.social
Books and tea and sometimes R
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Devastated to see what’s happening at a place that I loved because it was the writing home of so many people I loved. what a gutting week
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Devastated to see what’s happening at a place that I loved because it was the writing home of so many people I loved. what a gutting week
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This cold weather is bringing all the cool birds to Brooklyn Bridge Park!
Northern Pintail, another patch bird for me.
Thanks to Anamaria for finding this one!
Northern Pintail, another patch bird for me.
Thanks to Anamaria for finding this one!
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This cold weather is bringing all the cool birds to Brooklyn Bridge Park!
Northern Pintail, another patch bird for me.
Thanks to Anamaria for finding this one!
Northern Pintail, another patch bird for me.
Thanks to Anamaria for finding this one!
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Motion for Minnesota to adopt the Laser Loon as our War Time Flag.
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Motion for Minnesota to adopt the Laser Loon as our War Time Flag.
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Then again sometimes we *do* have the cool parts of cyberpunk. An e-assist cargo bike is cyberpunk as hell, like this was literally total sci-fi tech when I was a kid and now I just drive one every day.
when you see "we don't have the cool parts of cyberpunk", its about the reality that you're not a typical cyberpunk protagonist
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Then again sometimes we *do* have the cool parts of cyberpunk. An e-assist cargo bike is cyberpunk as hell, like this was literally total sci-fi tech when I was a kid and now I just drive one every day.
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I would like to point people to this short story by @naomikritzer.bsky.social it really encapsulates a lot of the attitude we hold dear. I love it. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I would like to point people to this short story by @naomikritzer.bsky.social it really encapsulates a lot of the attitude we hold dear. I love it. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
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I have ARCs! So exciting to have this novel get closer to being real.
January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I have ARCs! So exciting to have this novel get closer to being real.
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I am but a humble peddler of wheres but also I'm a legit professional GIS analyst and I yearn for the map mines
January 2, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I am but a humble peddler of wheres but also I'm a legit professional GIS analyst and I yearn for the map mines
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My favorite part of zines is that they exist to be shared. You can keep a very few that move you but the rest are supposed to be shared with others (in laundromats, at bus stops, in cafes, at libraries, etc etc etc). To me this very aspect is what distinguishes them from art books.
I have a few difficult problems to solve.
First problem:
What is the context for zines? How are they supposed to exist? Where do you find them, where do you read them once you’ve found them, what do you do with them when you’ve read them?
First problem:
What is the context for zines? How are they supposed to exist? Where do you find them, where do you read them once you’ve found them, what do you do with them when you’ve read them?
December 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My favorite part of zines is that they exist to be shared. You can keep a very few that move you but the rest are supposed to be shared with others (in laundromats, at bus stops, in cafes, at libraries, etc etc etc). To me this very aspect is what distinguishes them from art books.
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🎄 ANNOUNCEMENT: R Package Development Advent Calendar 2025! 🎄
Starting December 1st, I'm launching a 25-day journey through modern R package development. here's why you should follow along 🧵
#rstats #RPackageAdvent2025 #OpenSource
Starting December 1st, I'm launching a 25-day journey through modern R package development. here's why you should follow along 🧵
#rstats #RPackageAdvent2025 #OpenSource
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🎄 ANNOUNCEMENT: R Package Development Advent Calendar 2025! 🎄
Starting December 1st, I'm launching a 25-day journey through modern R package development. here's why you should follow along 🧵
#rstats #RPackageAdvent2025 #OpenSource
Starting December 1st, I'm launching a 25-day journey through modern R package development. here's why you should follow along 🧵
#rstats #RPackageAdvent2025 #OpenSource
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My paper "Examining the Interface Design of Tidyverse" is now published in ANZJS. This paper calls attention to the importance of UI/UX principles & approaches to statisiticians and #rstats developers.
Many thanks to reviewers who made this paper better!
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Many thanks to reviewers who made this paper better!
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
My paper "Examining the Interface Design of Tidyverse" is now published in ANZJS. This paper calls attention to the importance of UI/UX principles & approaches to statisiticians and #rstats developers.
Many thanks to reviewers who made this paper better!
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Many thanks to reviewers who made this paper better!
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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OMG OMG OMG. I handed in my upcoming book on the census - "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census." Now, the fine folks at the University of Chicago Press will begin the march towards production (September 2026). OMG OMG OMG.
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
OMG OMG OMG. I handed in my upcoming book on the census - "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census." Now, the fine folks at the University of Chicago Press will begin the march towards production (September 2026). OMG OMG OMG.
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R-Ladies and its chapters share so many amazing recordings!
Interested in seeing what they are and how to watch them?
🔍 Check out the R-Ladies YouTube Video Feed
🔗 ivelasq.github.io/rladies-vide...
Made with flexdashboard + GitHub Actions!
🧑🏫 Tutorial here: ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/automat...
Interested in seeing what they are and how to watch them?
🔍 Check out the R-Ladies YouTube Video Feed
🔗 ivelasq.github.io/rladies-vide...
Made with flexdashboard + GitHub Actions!
🧑🏫 Tutorial here: ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/automat...
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
R-Ladies and its chapters share so many amazing recordings!
Interested in seeing what they are and how to watch them?
🔍 Check out the R-Ladies YouTube Video Feed
🔗 ivelasq.github.io/rladies-vide...
Made with flexdashboard + GitHub Actions!
🧑🏫 Tutorial here: ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/automat...
Interested in seeing what they are and how to watch them?
🔍 Check out the R-Ladies YouTube Video Feed
🔗 ivelasq.github.io/rladies-vide...
Made with flexdashboard + GitHub Actions!
🧑🏫 Tutorial here: ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/automat...
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That would be one of the MANY acclaimed staff recs from our beloved bookseller Alan H.! After 30+ years working at the store, he's accrued a following for his literary criticism. Read all of his recs on our site: www.harvard.com/staff-picks/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
That would be one of the MANY acclaimed staff recs from our beloved bookseller Alan H.! After 30+ years working at the store, he's accrued a following for his literary criticism. Read all of his recs on our site: www.harvard.com/staff-picks/...
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If you're like me and wish "Gilded Age" was all Peggy Scott, then you need "Our Ancestors Were Messy." @nicholehill.bsky.social spills the tea on Black icons like Ida B. Wells and Langston Hughes, with gossip torn from the headlines of Black newspapers. So good!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Our Ancestors Were Messy
History Podcast · Updated Biweekly · A recap of the gossip, scandals, and pop culture that made headlines and then history in pre-Civil Rights Era America. Host Nichole Hill takes her guests through t...
podcasts.apple.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
If you're like me and wish "Gilded Age" was all Peggy Scott, then you need "Our Ancestors Were Messy." @nicholehill.bsky.social spills the tea on Black icons like Ida B. Wells and Langston Hughes, with gossip torn from the headlines of Black newspapers. So good!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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I was looking for some migrant warblers, then… Zoop! In a single elongated strike, a dragonfly for dinner
Green Heron 🪶
Green Darner 🪲
📷🌿
Green Heron 🪶
Green Darner 🪲
📷🌿
September 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I was looking for some migrant warblers, then… Zoop! In a single elongated strike, a dragonfly for dinner
Green Heron 🪶
Green Darner 🪲
📷🌿
Green Heron 🪶
Green Darner 🪲
📷🌿
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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It's still hard to admit that I've been struggling with my comics work (the thing I was known for!!) but getting to write this essay was a truly lovely and centering thing to remind me of what will always still matter (little guys).
Today's Love Letter is from the unstoppable @shing.bsky.social. Shing's ode to Making Little Guys is one of the single most nourishing pieces of nonfiction I have ever read. Maybe you need this one as much as I do.
Little Guys
A Love Letters Feature by Shing Yin Khor - September 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's still hard to admit that I've been struggling with my comics work (the thing I was known for!!) but getting to write this essay was a truly lovely and centering thing to remind me of what will always still matter (little guys).
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Hey hey hey! My new novel Everybody's Perfect is available to preorder with a release date of June 30th 2026! (I'm linking to Amazon but you can preorder it from anywhere good books are sold) www.amazon.com/Everybodys-P...
Everybody's Perfect
Everybody's Perfect - Kindle edition by Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Everybody's Perfect.
www.amazon.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Hey hey hey! My new novel Everybody's Perfect is available to preorder with a release date of June 30th 2026! (I'm linking to Amazon but you can preorder it from anywhere good books are sold) www.amazon.com/Everybodys-P...
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I have always liked how often it is full of people reading books.
everyone tell me your favorite subway interactions. one time this older dude sat down next to me, called me a snow bunny, and opened his bag to show me that it contained piles of banded cash
August 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I have always liked how often it is full of people reading books.
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why plot the color space in R, when you could spend 3 years quilting it
August 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
why plot the color space in R, when you could spend 3 years quilting it
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A Green Heron fully extends her/his wings while taking a turn over the lake.
August 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A Green Heron fully extends her/his wings while taking a turn over the lake.
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THE PICNIC: 5 decades of the Million Year Picnic (2021,2023), a documentary about our shop directed by Vincent-louis Apruzzese, is now available to watch on YouTube!
celluloidslammer.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
celluloidslammer.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
The Picnic - 5 decades of the Million Year Picnic (2021,2023) directed by Vincent-louis Apruzzese
celluloidslammer.blogspot.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
THE PICNIC: 5 decades of the Million Year Picnic (2021,2023), a documentary about our shop directed by Vincent-louis Apruzzese, is now available to watch on YouTube!
celluloidslammer.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
celluloidslammer.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
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I just discovered a new super easy way to constrain annotations to specific facets in {ggplot2} with at_panel() from @teunbrand.bsky.social's {ggh4x} teunbrand.github.io/ggh4x/refere... #rstats #dataviz
July 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I just discovered a new super easy way to constrain annotations to specific facets in {ggplot2} with at_panel() from @teunbrand.bsky.social's {ggh4x} teunbrand.github.io/ggh4x/refere... #rstats #dataviz
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How is there a *new Rachel Hartman book out* and I did not know about it! I live under a rock, but still!
Out tomorrow! I know the world is shit right now. Not gonna lie, releasing a book feels like spitting into a tornado. But maybe it can be restorative when you're exhausted, a balm to your heart. When the well is empty, maybe it can be a little rain.
Up now at @reactorsff.bsky.social, the first chapter of my upcoming novel, AMONG GHOSTS!
reactormag.com/excerpts-amo...
reactormag.com/excerpts-amo...
June 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
How is there a *new Rachel Hartman book out* and I did not know about it! I live under a rock, but still!