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Sam Learner
@samlearner.bsky.social
graphics/data journalist on the @financialtimes.com visual storytelling team

work: https://www.ft.com/sam-learner
projects: https://samlearner.com/projects
signal: samlearner.79
not sure you can really call it "publicly-traded" though lol
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
hmm, didn't know they were getting different data. that's interesting, thanks!
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
but is it an "ability to make faster calls" or is it just a "willingness to make slightly more uncertain calls"?
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
in the span of three sentences, I am told that:
- Chicago uses 82.7 billion kWh per day*
- Chicago uses 30.2 billion kWh per year

*21 kWh for each of the 4 billion people that live there, I guess
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
hi! would you mind sending me info on this too?
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
ah wait you're right! my bad, it's ~20 people
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I think that often, the more useful a tool is, the harder it is to commit to maintaining. the one project I've had to fully kill was because a group of researchers was using the data (court filings on cleveland evictions) and I just couldn't guarantee that it would be reliable long-term
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I get frustrated when a maintainer for some library/tool I depend on throws in the towel, but I get it
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM