iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Nick Wan @nickwan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m hiring for a new psychology and cognition coach! If you get excited about cool results like in this thread and want to find ways to apply this back to players before games, in the dugout, and after games, check the posting out here: www.teamworkonline.com/baseball-job...

teamworkonline.com

Psychology & Cognition Coach - Cincinnati Reds

Title: Psychology & Cognition CoachDepartment: Baseball Operations – Baseball Analytics - Psychology & CognitionFLSA Status: Salary - ExemptDate Created: 10/28/2025Date Reviewed: 10/01/2026Minimum Req...

01010

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is definitely going in my lesson on terrible charts HT: @emilydawn.bsky.social

A line chart showing different LLM lines from companies, but the y-axis is just the name and release number of the model.

Caption: Open AIs internal benchmarks show GOT 6.1 Sol crushing Opus 5.5, with anthropic struggling to keep up.

000

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Paul Kelleher @paulkelleher.net · 30/09/2026

Wow! Here’s audio of Judith Jarvis Thomson introducing the Trolley Problem. Bonus: “The” Trolley Problem probably isn’t what you thought it was. youtu.be/V-CAEhBBTp0?...

youtu.be

The Trolley Problem - Judith Jarvis Thomson (1978)

YouTube video by Philosophy Overdose

53215

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Sam Gregory @gregorydsam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The best way to get your work in front of industry professionals in soccer analytics? Submit a research proposal to the American Soccer Insights Summit!

085

Reposted by B. David Tyler

cata @catabush.com · 25/09/2026

You should really consider submitting a proposal, especially if you're a student — and even if you're not a student! We've had some incredible research come out of this competition, and I can't wait for more. Like last year, I will be leading the research competition, so please sign up!

0115

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Netflix costs $29 a month in Switzerland and $2.84 in Pakistan. Sounds fair, until you factor in income. Dr. Colin von Negenborn built a Netflix index that flips the map, this week in Nightingale. buff.ly/rcEN0KZ

251

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I drooled on my phone while reading about this dataset

100

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 23/09/2026

Yeah, I summarised above, but for my heuristics this would be like: What is the expected outcome for this dashboard? "I expect PEOPLE to USE it DAILY, to see these metrics." So, your output should fit this, in a positive way. Make a good, meaningful, useful, and easy to use, pleasant, dashboard.

151

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 23/09/2026

But the thing that has always set bad and good analysts apart is the skill to focus on the outcomes instead. Why is this thing needed? Who is it for? Why should it exist? Should it even exist? And if so, what outcomes will it achieve? Now that the outputs are cheaper to produce, outcomes matter more

141

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Brian Mills @bmmillsy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just in case bean counters tell you "the expectations are much higher now in terms of how many papers you should have when you go up for full," well...we can of course check on that. (Keeping in mind that bean counting is not a great method)

352

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Ella Brockway @ellabrockway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A college football tradition unlike any other: A new group of users discover the national treasure that is the Hats section of the Campus Gear store in Evanston

13519

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Wondering if you can outsource your data viz work to ChatGPT? 📊 I tested out a few different generative AI tools, giving them prompts to visualise two different data sets. If you're interested in the results, you can read them here: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/gen-ai-... #RStats #Python #DataViz #GenAI

nrennie.rbind.io

Generative AI for Data Visualisation – Nicola Rennie

Can generative AI create good data visualisations? This blog post compares the performance of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini when presented with a generic request to visualise a dataset.

66521

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My list of data-related resources had a bit of a re-fresh recently! They're now all in the one site. You can still browse by topic or see them all at once! 📊 Link: nrennie.rbind.io/resources/ #RStats #DataViz #StatsEd

25515

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Interesting #dataviz. Normally, we see something like a single mean with CIs, but these charts report the range as the metric. I.e., the full range is prominent. I appreciate this important choice to reinforce that the numbers aren't perfect.

000

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 14/09/2026

Our team just released our most substantial new product of the last three years, Sports Reference Hub. It's the most convenient place for you to follow your teams across our sites the way you want to. We have made a long-term commitment to advance & improve Hub. www.sports-reference.com/hub

sports-reference.com

Sports Reference Hub — One page. All your favorite teams.

Build your free, customizable Sports Reference homepage for the teams, leagues, and stats you care about.

4319

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why does this car even have a left blinker?

010

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Slowing down," then, doesn't necessarily mean literally slowing down AI production. It means making sure your testing environments are actually secure, that your agents have fail safes built in, and that admin access to critical systems isn't guarded by a plain text 4 letter password.

659755

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sweet, beautiful data integrity enforcement

010

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10/09/2026

euphemism = polite term for an impolite thing dysphemism = impolite term for a polite thing

261474287

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My flight to Australia in 2009 was on one of the first A380s in service. I really thought these would be a mainstay of future long-haul travel. Shows how much I know about the economics of airlines. www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviatio...

flightradar24.com

Qantas’ A380s set for an early retirement — again | Flightradar24 Blog

Qantas' Airbus A380 set for an early retirement — again. The last scheduled flight with an A380 is expected by mid-year.

000

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Great solution. It doesn't break any existing workflows & won't accidentally return the wrong folder. It would be great to also silently address trailing spaces, but since the below is a valid, using Text.Trim() could find the wrong file. MyFolder |--"Data.csv" |--"Data .csv"

010

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

No hyperbole: This is the best punt I've ever seen

000

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@sickoscommittee.org Can't wait for the later games? Western Carolina and Campbell were postponed yesterday and kicked off at 11:00 a.m. this morning.

000

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Here’s the linked video of what was viewed during the replay process:

033

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This came on the radio as I pulled into the office this morning. That's a sign from the universe that I should listen to @pixiesofficial.bsky.social while working today.

A photo of a satellite radio screen in a car showing the song "U Mass," by the Pixies, playing on Sirius XMU. In the background, we are looking out the front windshield of the car and can see the UMass library.

011

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's a systemic problem in science reporting that these summaries exaggerate the evidence. In the actual candy study, the participants were all students, status was manipulated in the lab by telling some students they were better than others, and "nearly twice" means 1 piece vs 2 pieces.

Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people.

1329166

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Great choice by @paulnoth.bsky.social for the cover! It's my second favorite of his comics.

010

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I wish it were the default, but this is still wonderful to see.

010

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Anyway, small school football rules, and i’m gonna watch more of it than ever this year, lol. (YouTube TV + ESPN Unlimited = silliest quadboxes imaginable.)

8543

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is why at least 70% of analytics happens before ever running statistics or making a visual. Thank you to @bcfremeau.bsky.social (and, of course, @collegefootballdata.com) for all you do to maintain data integrity.

010

Reposted by B. David Tyler

SportsDataverse @sportsdataverse.org · 01/09/2026

PWHL was rewritten and expanded — players, leaders, transactions, playoff bracket, shift charts, xG play-by-play — plus fixes so pwhl_stats() finally honors the season and team you asked for.

132

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Congestion pricing continues to rack up the Ws

010

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I just finished reading "Palaces for the People" which explains how locations, like the library, are not only tools for learning but also for connecting people and bridging divides. The future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces. I highly recommend it!

2226

Reposted by B. David Tyler

J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 31/08/2026

How about rather than just repeat league propaganda, examine the research on the subject. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

1142

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 28/08/2026

These are your words of the week dolly noblesse oblige Kafkaesque minstrel digress ubiety www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

merriam-webster.com

The Words of the Week - Aug. 28

Dictionary lookups from music, social media, and the Supreme Court

1148574

Reposted by B. David Tyler

Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Collaborative reasoning is often superior to individual reasoning Correct reasoning was executed by 9% of individuals but by 75% of groups. Groups were 8X smarter! Groups got the correct answer, even when *every member* of the group came to the wrong conclusion www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

0205

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

OK, that gives me a hard line for how far back I'm willing to go with my historical football analysis. I'm not re-coding all the integer fields into floats.

030

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A few years ago, my daughter's assignment was to make a celebrity out of a 2-liter (she chose Dolly Parton, ofc). She got one of those "record a greeting" cards and removed the inner tech so that, whenever you lifted a flap on Dolly's back, it played Coat of Many Colors.

A doll-like, handmade creation of Dolly Parton holding a guitar, made from a 2-liter bottle. The bottle is surrounded by a patchwork of fabric to represent Dolly's "Coat of Many Colors."

Backside of the 2-Liter. One of the flaps on the Coat of Many Colors, normally held in place with a magnet, is being lifted to reveal small electronics. Lifting triggers a switch that plays the chorus of Coat of Many Colors.

121

Reposted by B. David Tyler

David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yesterday, Nola Agha and I were on NPR discussing the WPBL. www.nprillinois.org/springfield-... Today, @victor-matheson.bsky.social and I were on Marketplace discussing the demise of LIV Golf. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0... I am more optimistic about WPBL than I was ever about LIV Golf!

marketplace.org

Saudi Arabia will no longer fund LIV Golf. What happened?

The golfing upstart was able to pull big stars away from the PGA Tour, but ultimately struggled to attract TV deals, sponsors and fans.

121

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yet somehow she was still 50x more gorgeous on the inside. HT: @mrtylercrook.bsky.social

A Twitter interaction where someone posted a photo of Dolly Parton looking fetching in black and red lingerie. Someone else replied to the photo with, "Well then what the hell did Jolene look like????"

000

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Swear on Dolly" www.facebook.com/watch/?v=687... #DerryGirls

Screengrab from Derry Girls of a portrait of Dolly Parton hanging on the wall. After Erin claims she's not lying, her mother forces her to swear by it. The CC read "Swear on Dolly."

010

B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

5 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head - Yoink - Yeah, well you don't (gun shop guy) - Where's my Tab? - No one who speaks German could be an evil man - Lisa, I'd like to buy that rock (At least 4 of these would be different if I tried making this list again in 15 minutes)

000