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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

It's that time of year again! All Things Open 2025 has kicked off and let the nerding begin!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Elderly and disabled people told Congress that cutting Medicaid could kill people and in response, they were arrested in their wheelchairs. What the hell are we doing?

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know.bi @know.bi · 24/04/2025

🚀 Apache Hop 2.13 is out! 84 tickets, 8 contributors, 2 months of work — this release brings big wins for data workflows 💪 🔗 Blog post: www.know.bi/blog/our-blo... 👉 Work with us: www.know.bi #datasky #databs #apachehop #etl #dataengineering #opensource #gcp #mysql

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Just because a tool/technology can do something, doesn't mean it should. Sure I can use a hammer on screws, but a screwdriver or drill would perform a lot better. It's definitely like that with a lot of data tooling - both foundational and esoteric. 1/ #databs

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Building data platforms is not just about tech. It's also not purely about data governance. It has to be a blend optimized for the use case and for best performance of the data available. Even a basic RDBMS and a data dictionary in a spreadsheet can provide value provided it's the right fit. #databs

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The information you include in a data dictionary (a collection of names, definitions, and attributes about variables in a dataset), depends on your data and how you plan to use the document. Some ideas of fields to consider including. 👇 Data dictionary template and example are here: osf.io/ynqcu

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

It just goes to show - using data is easy, determining its worth is quite difficult. Especially when resources for data governance are not made a priority. Data Is Very Valuable, Just Don't Ask Us To Measure It, Leaders Say - Slashdot m.slashdot.org/story/439061

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Nicolò Giso @nicologiso.com · 01/02/2025

"Who cares about classic ML when you can have your own AI assistant?" says your CEO #databs

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is ridiculous and uncalled for. Years of research are going to be stalled because of this. Researchers are going to be unable to publish findings or even perform/complete their work because of politics. gizmodo.com/cdc-ordered-...

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CDC Ordered to Scrub Website of Words Like 'Transgender' and 'LGBT'

A CDC employee spoke with Gizmodo about the

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21/01/2025

Tomorrow’s the big day! 🎉 Join us for Public Domain Day 2025 as we celebrate works from 1929 entering the #PublicDomain. It’s free for everyone to enjoy! 🎶🎬 🖋️ 📅 Jan 22 🕙️ 10 AM PT/1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ REGISTER ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1104135491979 #PublicDomainDay @InternetArchive

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Singin' in the Public Domain: Public Domain Day 2025

On January 1, 2025, creative works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US. Celebrate with us!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978? 100%? 500%? Try 1,085% Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24% | Common Dreams

CEOs at top US companies saw their pay skyrocket by 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay only increased by 24%

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Adi Polak @adipolak.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This made me think Credit : Dr. Ordax on Linkedin

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Andrew Meredith @a4w-m6h.com · 20/12/2024

Data quality is not just a data engineering problem. Data quality is not just a data engineering problem. Data quality is not just a data engineering problem. #dataBS

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Tinz Twins | AI and Coding @tinztwinshub.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

🆕 Exciting news 🆕 PydanticAI: A new agent framework to build LLM Apps! #datasky #mlsky #LLMs

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David Asboth @davidasboth.com · 27/11/2024

Excited that my book is on its way to production, with a new name! The Well-Grounded Data Analyst: Solve real-world problems like a pro It fits nicely with Manning's "Well-Grounded" series (there are developer versions for Python, Java, and Ruby). Really looking forward to it being published now!

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Bart Maertens @bart.know.bi · 22/11/2024

These incremental changes, week after week, by a relatively small but very motivated team of contributors are what makes open source work.

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Pelayo Arbués @pelayoarbues.com · 19/11/2024

According to @chris.blue, analytics engineers and data engineers should be merged into the same team. Data pipelines are commoditized and analytics engineers don't provide enough value. materializedview.io/p/merge-anal...

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It's Time to Merge Analytics and Data Engineering (Again)

Data pipelines are commoditized and analytics engineers don't provide enough value.

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Distilling clean, quality data should be the default. If it's being used in your business or applications take the time to do quality analysis and ensure it's fit for purpose. Put checks in place to make sure it remains of good quality. Otherwise it's a ticking timebomb. #databs

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Okay, one of the things Twitter was really good for was sounding the alarm & driving calls to Congress when terrible legislation came up for a vote. Bluesky, IT'S TIME. H.R. 9495 would allow Trump to shut down any nonprofit by claiming they're "terrorists" www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-o...

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Christian Minich @christianminich.com · 19/11/2024

SDF just released SDF lint, a sql linter written in rust and intended to be a drop in replacement for sqlfluff. The rust “this python library but fast” continues apace #dataBS open.substack.com/pub/sdfteam/...

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1000X Faster SQL Linting

We introduce SDF lint, a high performance dialect specific SQL linter, written in Rust.

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Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 16/11/2024

One of my favourite pieces on the role of the data analyst comes from @rdpeng.org , who in turn quotes Tukey's "The Future of Data Analysis" from 1962 (!) simplystatistics.org/posts/2019-0... #databs

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Simply Statistics: Tukey, Design Thinking, and Better Questions

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Alexander Doria @dorialexander.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Releasing two trillion tokens in the open. huggingface.co/blog/Pclangl...

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Matthew Mullins @mmullins.coginiti.co · 05/11/2024

A couple of years ago Fivetran forced users off SQL transforms and onto dbt. Now it appears Fivetran is charging customers for dbt model runs. This consumption based nickel and diming at a time when every org is looking to cost optimize.

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Reddit - Dive into anything

News & discussion on Data Engineering topics, including but not limited to: data pipelines, databases, data formats, storage, data modeling, data governance, cleansing, NoSQL, distributed systems, streaming, batch, Big Data, and workflow engines.

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Tim @talbtree.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Starting my new data analyst job next week and wanted to have a refresh of SQL. Ran through the SQL Murder Mystery (mystery.knightlab.com) and SQL Island (sql-island.informatik.uni-kl.de). Nice confidence boost seeing how much quicker and more efficient I was compared to a few months ago

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SQL Murder Mystery

Use SQL queries to solve the murder mystery. Suitable for beginners or experienced SQL sleuths.

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Looks like there's some good talks at NODES. Check it out - it's both online and free :) neo4j.com/nodes2024/ag... #neo4j #databs

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Nodes 2024 Agenda

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Oskar Dudycz @oskardudycz.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

🌶️ Tech debt is deader than dead; shock is all in your head. At least I'm shocked that after 32 years, we're still using this term. I discussed why I consider the Tech Debt metaphor harmful and why I believe it's just an easy excuse not to be accountable. www.architecture-weekly.com/p/tech-debt-...

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Tech Debt doesn't exist, but trade-offs do

Tech debt is deader than dead, shock is all in your head. At least I'm shocked that after 32 years we're still using this term. I discussed today why I consider Tech Debt metaphore harmful, why I beli...

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Why are LLMs bad for search? Because LLMs are nothing more than statistical models of the distribution of word forms in text, set up to output plausible-sounding sequences of words. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpE4... >>

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ChatGP-why: When, if ever, is synthetic text safe, appropriate, and desirable?

YouTube video by GRAILE AI

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Adam Boscarino @ajbosco.dev · 04/11/2024

I'll probably get run off #dataBS, but I still haven't used DuckDB in production. This post from @chris.blue nails why that is. materializedview.io/p/duckdb-is-...

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DuckDB Is Not a Data Warehouse

DuckDB is a tool, not a product.

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Are you implementing data contracts or data mesh in your organization or are curious where to start? Check out Jean-Georges Perrin's and Eric Boda's new book Implementing Data Mesh: www.oreilly.com/library/view... Also check out the Open Data Contract Standard github.com/bitol-io/ope... #databs

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Implementing Data Mesh

As data continues to grow and become more complex, organizations seek innovative solutions to manage their data effectively. Data mesh is one solution that provides a new approach to managing … - Sel...

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Being data driven is definitely a paradigm shift. From experience most managers aren't given the breathing room or tools to actually accomplish it. If they are given anything it's because someone got sold a sexy dashboard or there's some ulterior motive. Corporate politics are the worst.

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alex @dremenec.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs. However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!

An infographic. There are six panels.

1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded.

2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text.

3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky.

4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german.

5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say.

6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

James, stop trying to make 'bonfire night' happen

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

My one borderline political post of the season. Please be sure to vote. It's important to get your voice heard. The lines were long for early voting here in NC, but that's good. Haven't seen this kind of turn out in a long time.

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Rami Krispin @ramikrispin.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

PyCon US 2025 call for papers is now open 👇🏼 us.pycon.org/2025/ #python

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PyCon US 2025 - PyCon US 2025

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Jeremy Allen @jeremy-data.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

online tech culture and events "...expose us to a number of tech-forward biases about our industry that are overenthusiastic about the promises of new technology without talking about tradeoffs..." - @vickiboykis.com

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

This year's ATO was definitely back to before COVID. Felt great to network in person again and just nerd out! Always goes faster than we want and look forward to next year. Don't forget - ATO has a meetup here in the Triangle if you're in the area. #allthingsopen

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Nate Sooter ⛳️ @natesooter.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Tired: Trick or Treat Wired (for data peeps): Trunc or Treat

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Marcus Noble @averagemarcus.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Are you going to be at #KubeCon next month in SLC? Do you have an old laptop you no longer use or need? Why not consider donating it to a good cause while you’re there and help benefit two awesome non-profits? events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...

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Laptop Drive | LF Events

We are hosting a laptop drive at KubeCon+CloudNativeCon North America 2024 to benefit two non-profit organizations that are changing lives in meaningful ways. Black Girls Code (BGC) is a nonprofit…

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Can't beat the variety of content and community at #allthingsopen2024. It's good to be back in person.

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Interoperability and high scalability to an open source analytics database #clickhouse and other open source data lake solutions #allthingsopen2024 #bigdata at true scale

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OpenDataAlex @opendataalex.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Kicking off the day at #allthingsopen2024 with OSI and open source definition in AI

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