Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialDarragh Murray @darraghmurray.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Was honoured to contribute to this excellent post on the Flerlage Twins blog, on some simple tricks to avoid the stacked bar problem. 262
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 02/04/2025We keep writing about this destruction without getting to the core of it. “White Americans who are racially resentful towards Blacks, hold negative views of immigrants, and believe that whites are being discriminated against are especially likely to hold anti-democratic beliefs.”psypost.orgStudy shows growing link between racial attitudes and anti-democratic beliefs among White AmericansA new study reveals anti-democratic beliefs among white Americans are strongly linked to racial resentment and perceived white status threat. This connection has grown stronger over the last decade. 1252065663
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.” 641193634591
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialDarragh Murray @darraghmurray.bsky.social · 23/03/2025My first post on my new @brisbanelions.bsky.social themed #AFL footy sites + newsletter, looking at the player ratings from today’s fairly worrying victory over the West Coast Eagles. It's got some fancy charts and sports #dataviz Read--> roar-metrics.ghost.io/flat-lions-s... 061
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialMr. Fresh™️ 📡 @mrfresh.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Have a good weekend, all. I haven’t already, ease into it with a track we released last year. Your’s truly on guitar, acoustic piano, drum programming. #musicsky #aftersixproductionsyoutu.beThe new single by AfterSix Productions: Indigo Blue. Now on SpotifyYouTube video by AfterSix Productions 353
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialThe Narrator @parkour-lewis.bsky.social · 19/03/2025So much for that Black and Brown unity…🤔🤨 www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/t...cnn.comGoogle agrees to pay $28 million to settle claims it favored white and Asian workers | CNN BusinessGoogle agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming that it favored white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers. 1012762
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Why is it so complicated to connect a sharepoint list to tableau? #datafam #tableau 030
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The seeming lack of concern about the “DEI” purges is either naïveté or willful ignorance of the fact that this is not about diversity training or hiring goals but about enacting a neo-segregation across American life. 8491122
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialAskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com · 15/02/2025👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🐆🥣😳 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 547142764136
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Im sure at some point Bluesky will have something like this that’s native, until then this can be used for polls. blueskypolls.xyzblueskypolls.xyzCreate Polls on BlueskyCreate and share customizable polls on Bluesky with emoji options, real-time preview, and instant sharing. 110
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialRob Taylor @trebor-rolyat.bsky.social · 05/02/2025🚨New #tableau viz “Paper Planes” Finally finished the data project with my son. We built and flew paper planes throughout January and collected the results. Then we built a crazy folding viz for it! #tableaupublic link public.tableau.com/app/profile/... (Fixed) #DataFam #FamilyFun #OrigamiViz 093
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Reading “The Message” by Ta-Nehisi Coates #booksky 1370
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I really wonder how often Netflix conducts A/B testing and how they determine when they’ve hit the jackpot on raising prices. Smh 000
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialSuing Cynthia’s Garchomp @thebestatty.blacksky.app · 28/01/2025My client gave me permission to brag on myself but I helped them solidify a multi-million dollar deal managing Minecraft servers!!!!! I received the contract from the other attorney and redrafted it and renegotiated terms and got NO PUSH BACK and the clients are BEYOND elated! True ADVOCACY 🥳🔥🎉 4952335
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Is there really no way to migrate powerbi dashboards to #tableau? 👀 otherwise I’ll have to recreate everything from scratch 😬😬 100
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 27/01/2025What’s up with all the hype around deepseek? Is it innovative in some way superior than ollama? 010
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Everyday is going to be something for the next four years. Sigh. Gotta stay focus though. 000
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/01/2025ICE attempted to enter a South Side elementary school this morning and were denied entry, Chicago Public Schools officials claim abc7chicago.com/amp/post/us-... 1763761824
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Something I should do more is to run the optimizer in #tableau, really help with speed. 010
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 23/01/2025My work VPN really slowed my speed down from 500Mbps to 50Mbps 😭😭 000
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Unsure if this is the right to read this but..currently reading Man’s search for meaning by Viktor Frankl. #booksky #reading 010
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I’m reading all of the executive orders and this is just depressing. So much progress just got erased in just a few hours. 010
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialMr. Fresh™️ 📡 @mrfresh.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Pls repost as you see fit. 053
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Reading “Faces at the Bottom of the Well” #reading 100
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 16/01/2025One of the things that mentioned in the book was how a lot of people simply don’t log in their brokerage accounts when the stock market is on the downside. I’m people. I definitely need to change that. 000
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialhowrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Reading “the data detective” by Tim harford 101
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialAnn Pregler @annpregler.com · 14/01/2025I'm so excited to share that I placed 5th globally in #IronViz 2025! Congratulations to everyone who entered, regardless of placement - there were so many incredible entries this year. #dataviz #tableau tabsoft.co/4g0hXZptabsoft.coTop 10 Qualifiers for Iron Viz 2025Explore the 2025 Iron Viz Qualifier competition results and see the finalists who are headed to Tableau Conference in April. 4262
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialDarragh Murray @darraghmurray.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Super stoked to place in the top 10 of the #tableau 2025 ironviz qualifier! www.tableau.com/blog/top-10-... congratulations to Bo, Kathryn and Ryan for qualifier for the final in San Diego later this year #datafamtableau.comTop 10 Qualifiers for Iron Viz 2025Explore the 2025 Iron Viz Qualifier competition results and see the finalists who are headed to Tableau Conference in April. 8322
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 14/01/2025www.pollgen.com I like the layout of the website. One pet peeves i see on many websites is to have a “home” button in the home page. Why? 😩 but I like how the boxes show up for feedback and signin instead of taking users to a different page. Will implement that.pollgen.comPoll Gen - Create and Share Polls InstantlyGenerate polls in seconds using AI, share them instantly, and gather responses in real-time. 000
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 13/01/2025www.birls.org An interesting website that can cause controversy on its usage. On the tech side though this is a well laid out website, though it needs some improvement.birls.orgSearch the BIRLS Database - over 18 million records about deceased US veterans, from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, now online and FREE from Reclaim The RecordsSearch the BIRLS Database - over 18 million records about deceased US veterans, from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, now online and FREE from Reclaim The Records 000
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/01/2025New from me: These programs help Black students graduate at Northern Illinois University. A conservative legal group filed a civil rights complaint against them.whatimreading.netThese programs help Black students graduate. A federal complaint claims they’re discriminatory.A conservative legal group has filed a civil rights complaint against Northern Illinois University for its Black Student Achievement and Black Male Initiative programs. 35573294
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialMarc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · 04/01/2025theins.ru/en/news/277378theins.ruRussian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continuesThe Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the ... 8223117
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Seems like I’ve been missing out on all the craziness online. 😂 still enjoying the holidays. 000
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 17/12/2024It will be a miracle when any of those AIs can write a script for their own APIs in any language, or even just one, without any errors or bugs. 000
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Finding ways to speed up the time to publish my dashboards to the tableau server has been quite the task. 000
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialLiterary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 14/12/2024“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin 299363117568
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Seems there are many sites being created on top of bsky and gathering different type of information www.bskyinfo.combskyinfo.comTop Bluesky Tools: Analytics, Unfollow & Search Tools | BSkyInfoDiscover the best Bluesky tools for analytics (Bcounter), unfollowing (Unfollow Tool), and advanced search (ClearSky). Free and trusted tools to enhance your Bluesky experience. Updated daily with new... 110
Reposted by @howrdj.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024"We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said Kwame Alexander in the statement on the renowned Nikki Giovanni’s deathnpr.orgRenowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall. 2741951221
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Opainai: Dora is here, this is our gift to the world Sora:media.tenor.comsnoop dogg is wearing glasses and a hat and says " say what hold up "ALT: snoop dogg is wearing glasses and a hat and says " say what hold up " 000
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 08/12/2024apnews.com/article/nami... Another country with a first woman as president. The US will catch up…some dayapnews.comNamibia will have its first female leader after VP wins presidential election for the ruling partyNamibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of last week’s presidential election as the long-ruling party remains in power. 000
howrdj.bsky.social @howrdj.bsky.social · 06/12/2024m.youtube.com/watch?v=pn5J... Cool concept but I think relying too much on ai takes something away. But still, it could be a fun exercise, you will definitely improving your debugging skills.m.youtube.comWhat can you build in 4 hours with Google Gemini? — Web Dev Challenge S1E8YouTube video by Learn With Jason 000
