Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026This report — every word, table, and chart — was made in #rstats www.dewr.gov.au/workplace-re...dewr.gov.au 5445
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I think, against my better judgement, I’m about to do something I swore I’d never do again — submit an #Rstats package to CRAN 3370
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 07/03/2026this is a disaster of world-historic proportions. Non-massive cars are extinct 84310
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 05/03/2026no one believes me when I say I made the “days since 100 cases x-axis, log scale cases y-axis” chart first 380
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 04/03/2026finally, in my forties, I feel I am developing the ability to see someone be wrong on the internet and not reply to them 10403
Reposted by Matt CowgillMatt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I started making this R package 6 years ago. I finally have it in a state I'm happy with, thanks to Claude Code #Rstats github.com/MattCowgill/... 820541
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I started making this R package 6 years ago. I finally have it in a state I'm happy with, thanks to Claude Code #Rstats github.com/MattCowgill/... 820541
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Self recommending! Note: I do not endorse Erin and Ben’s pronunciation of เพื่อไทย 100
Reposted by Matt CowgillNick Evershed!? @handle.invalid · 04/11/2025when making a new graph/chart/whatever you really have to ask yourself these two questions imo 1) is this chart/map better than a table 2) is this chart/map better than a bar chart 1234
Reposted by Matt CowgillMatt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 03/11/2025want to compare two numbers? Bar chart. Add more numbers? Bar chart. Want to add another category of numbers to sit alongside the first? Believe it or not: bar chart. 2132
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 03/11/2025the unfortunate truth re: data visualisation is that you really do gotta hand it to bar charts 3494
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Is the MLB pitch clock the greatest modern rule change of any professional sport? 150
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 28/10/2025that’s right, I’m back on Bluesky, you’re welcome 5200
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 28/10/2025when did we decide, as a society, that “cohort” is just a synonym for “group” rather than specifically a group that shares some time-invariant characteristic(s) 4182
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 15/10/2025I have, alas, forgotten my golden rule: Never Post 7330
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 14/10/2025probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation. 2635048
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 06/10/2025after spending a couple of weeks in Japan, I continue to be amazed that NYC is the world’s only large, dense city with a subway system 6230
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 05/10/2025this bit lives in my brain youtube.com/shorts/850Vk...youtube.comAustralian vs American mannersYouTube video by Almost Friday Podcast 0182
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Impossible to read this passage in Seeing Like a State and not picture Canberra from above 2244
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 29/09/2025@rhtebooks.bsky.social u theonion.com/man-always-g... 100
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Got a day off in Kyoto. How many times can I sing 🎶 “daaaay off in Kyotooo” 🎶 before my family kills me? Let’s find out 0110
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 27/09/2025most people come home from Japan thinking “I wish we had their high speed trains” or whatever. Me? I want Japan’s approach to rating things on Google Maps. 3/5 = fine, 3.5 = pretty good, 4 = exceptional. Instead we’ve got the American “everything is awesome” style, where <5 stars is an insult 11492
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 25/09/2025@noamross.net {redoc} is coming back!? This is *extremely* exciting to me 190
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 24/08/2025one thing I’ve learned from Online is that Americans seem weirdly obsessed with special, comfortable Travel Clothes. Just wear normal stuff, it’s fine 5270
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 26/07/2025I love the FT, but who is asking for Martin Wolf on the sounds of summer 030
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 23/07/2025my favourite type of post: shows how to use public data to produce something interesting with just a few lines of R code 0325
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Abundance has generated more bad and weird takes online than any book since Piketty’s Capital 180
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 01/06/2025I made some good PPTX slides when I was at Grattan Institute 0211
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 24/05/2025what happened to the positive visions of the future from my youth (Cher’s clothes computer in Clueless) 1152
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Jony Ive is truly an inspiration to bald men everywhere. We, as a group, need some wins 4160
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 16/05/2025there’s a certain normcore matplotlib chart style that now screams “ChatGPT made this” 0122
Reposted by Matt CowgillMatt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 06/05/2025if you’re an Australian economist interested in public policy and the labour market, come work with me! dewr.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...dewr.nga.net.auDepartment of Employment and Workplace Relations - Senior Economist/Assistant Director 41711
Reposted by Matt CowgillBen Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · 07/05/2025🚨 Job alert! 🚨 There's a couple of economist roles going at the Australian Public Service and I hear that #rstats is a desirable skill for the role! Senior Economist/Assistant Director: tinyurl.com/2dk99y85 Economist: tinyurl.com/3bhzpvww #econskydewr.nga.net.auDepartment of Employment and Workplace Relations - Senior Economist/Assistant Director 0103
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 06/05/2025if you’re an Australian economist interested in public policy and the labour market, come work with me! dewr.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...dewr.nga.net.auDepartment of Employment and Workplace Relations - Senior Economist/Assistant Director 41711
Reposted by Matt CowgillLiam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 29/04/2025@mattcowgill.bsky.social aims to govern in just a few lines of R code 0145
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 19/04/2025my favourite type of coding is spitecoding If you ever want me to code something up, simply say “I bet R can’t do [x]” 5824
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I’m seeing a lot more insane, unhinged takes on this app lately, which makes me think Bluesky is gonna stick around 1290
Reposted by Matt CowgillLiam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 11/04/2025In my opinion you should get a blog 251
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 10/04/2025MY TAKE ON AN IMPORTANT RECENT ISSUE: I thought White Lotus s3 was pretty terrible. 2 stars 390
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 28/03/2025telling my son “no, the caretaker conventions do not allow me to do that” when he asks me to play Pokémon battles 1272
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 27/03/2025it’s cool that Dell laptops have like 13 minutes total battery life, that’s all you really need anyway 5260
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 16/03/2025PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: it’s still possible to use your phone as a phone. You don’t need to turn on speaker mode and then hold your phone up to your ear. This is, in fact, silly. 6963
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Baby boomers love(d) Eric Clapton, subsequent generations mostly… don’t. Has there been any artist that’s suffered a bigger inter-generational decline in average views re: quality? 17151
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 15/03/2025still looking for #Rstats users’ views re Databricks 030
Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I love to read old conference volumes, they’re fascinating period pieces 081
