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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There is nothing inappropriate about Donald Trump's relationship with Natalie Harp. by David Brooks

Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's always great to be part of a data rescue hackathon one day and see datasets rescued in the hackathon appear in DataLumos the following day. @icpsr.bsky.social @datarescueproject.org @williamsinstitute.bsky.social @mapresearch.bsky.social

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So, Farage is the 1st victor in a UK by-election to not attend the count since Bobby Sands in 1981. Which is fitting, given Farage's willingness to chant "Up the ’Ra!" if he's paid enough.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Donald Trump Hides in Catering Trucks The Right Way By Ezra Klein

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Or, depending on the situation and what version of Stata you have and so on, consider having original and edited versions of your data in separate frames. And while I've never made much use of it, there is also the -snapshot- command.

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Big Mama Thornton ft. Buddy Guy🎸 🎶'Hound Dog'🎨 #bluesmusic #blues

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Nigel Farage accepts suspicious donations from exiled crypto-bro billionaries the right way by Ezra Klein

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I was in a work meeting and a Millennial co-worker asked, "has any of you ever heard of this move 'Shane'?" and started talking about it as if it were some obscure indie flick.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

📷 A historic freight car on the ramp at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site. ▶ Watch a short video about the unloading platforms used by the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/5Io_Fvpmq0Y?si=J42ng1PyFBI… --- Photo: www.instagram.com/rillymilly

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

While I'm not expecting it to happen, it would be beyond awesome if Farage lost this by-election to Count Binface.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026

NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.

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“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns

The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Victor Wembanyama missing free throws at age 22 raises new questions about Joe Biden's age.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Jesus Christ. Brian Kilmeade - you dumb, ignorant c***. You stupid, stupid f***.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Viktor Orban's defeat at age 62 raises new questions about Joe Biden's age.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The real winner in the War with Iran? Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at age 86 raises new questions about Joe Biden's age.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

What could have caused the daily values for the Trade Policy Uncertainty Index to spike up in recent days, I wonder.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Random aside: the character of Steve Fleming in "The Thick of It" is meant to have been based in part on Peter Mandelson.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"I don't deserve this, to die like this! I was building a house!" "'Deserve''s got nothing to do with it."

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

For more on the removal/alteration of measures of sexual orientation and gender identity in federal data collections, see this recent webinar on the topic: youtu.be/YJF4BuhzZxM?... @williamsinstitute.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social

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Disappearing Data: Monitoring Federal SOGI Data Losses and Advancing Accountability

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

An Englishman stands up in a hall and announces, ”I was born an Englishman, I have lived an Englishman and I shall die an Englishman.” At which point a Scotsman shouts, “Dear God, man, have ye no ambition?”

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Have these data been published yet? I'm not seeing them at the NaNDA site, and the DOI in the post points to the data on essential businessness by tract/ZCTA that were recently published.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Mandelson was even telling Epstein to encourage Jamie Dimon to threaten the UK government over plans to tax bankers' bonuses, while Mandelson was the Business Secretary in the UK government.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Is there a need? No. Would the explanation be entertaining and/or informative for a lot of folks, even those familiar with Mandelson? Yes. So go for it! Fire both barrels.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Brooks' most inspired column in years.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Without Jones, there's no "Black Dog" or "The Ocean" or "No Quarter." Or those string arrangements for "The Rain Song" and "Kashmir." Or those great chord changes in "Since I've Been Loving You." Take him away and you'd still have a good band, but not a great one.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Jones talking about how he got into arranging - he'd never done it before, but his dad always told him to never turn down work - made me laugh out loud.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Jones has made that point for years, but the film is very good at explaining what he means by laying out the different backgrounds and experiences and talents the 4 of them brought to the table and how they complemented each other and made the whole greater than the sum of the parts.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A rare defeat for Sir Humphrey Appleby.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I was at @icpsr.bsky.social earlier checking for new releases and saw several new additions to DataLumos that were from yesterday's hackathon put together by the @datarescueproject.org and @rdapassociation.bsky.social folks. Not the worst thing to see at the start of a work day. ☺️

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Christopher Moltisanti Weighs In On Current Events @moltisantithots.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Cuomo hired me to say Mamdani's people beat me up, T.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Brooks' next column, which will be written between glasses of whiskey during a layover at EWR.

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

So I looked up their album sales at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_d..., and you've got a very good point. The sales of their 1st 3 albums in the U.S. were nothing to sneeze at, even if they never had anything like the pop-culture status in the U.S. that they had in the UK.

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Oasis discography - Wikipedia

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Rob O'Reilly @edc-data.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Back in the Britpop days, I'd periodically see/read some commentary that asked some variation of the question of why Americans "don't get" Oasis. And I'd think, "well, maybe we do get Oasis, and that's why they're not that popular over here."

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

30 September 1928 | Elie Wiesel was born in Romania. A Jewish writer, Auschwitz & Buchenwald survivor, Peace Nobel Prize laureate. "Indifference is the epitome of evil." / „We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Not Fade Away While monkey man Musk may be the Mick Jagger of tech, his honky tonk in Wisconsin made him look like a stupid boy. The GOP hopes this tweet-writing man stays 2000 light years from the White House til after ruby Tuesday ‘26, but you can’t always get what you want. by Maureen Dowd

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Donald Trump can still become pope if Mike Pence has the courage.

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