Jenna Jordan

9 Nov 2024

One of my favorite things that I did in the old place was curate a list of Data Librarians. #datalibs are one of my favorite communities, and I hope this starter pack can help us find each other again in this new place. Please reply or DM me with more folks to add to the pack! go.bsky.app/DPpUuPm

#Rstats #r #carpentries #publichealth #datalibs ratiopbc.com/careers/#tec...

Jenna Jordan@jennajordan.me

Calling all certified Carpentries Instructors who love R... come work with me! @ratiopbc.com is hiring a Technical Instructor (contractor) to teach @carpentries.carpentries.org workshops on R as part of a data upskilling initiative at a state-level public health agency ratiopbc.com/careers/#tec...

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and statistics has never been my favorite either. So I'm looking for a partner who can deliver the R workshop(s) (as well as adapt them for a public health dataset!). You should be based in the US (the client is on Mountain Time), be a certified Carpentries Instructor, and have taught the R lesson.

See the job posting for more details, and please reach out to me if you have any questions! Also, please share this job posting around if you know anyone who might be interested! It's part-time (5-10 hrs/week), for about 4-6 weeks (R workshop will be in March 2027). ratiopbc.com/careers/#tec...

I got to help design this curriculum to build data skills AND data culture for this public health agency, and naturally I centered it around Carpentries lessons. This means that I get to teach Carpentries workshops as part of my job - yay!! But y'all, it has been a long time since I touched R...

Yeah so I just downloaded MapQuest, and I gotta say I love how they are leaning into the “quest” aesthetic (very retro video game vibes) Also this is the most baller map layer ever. Keep going MapQuest!

MapQuest@mapquest.com

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

Bella says: don’t forget to vote and do your part to fight fascism!

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Gavan Reilly

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You know the xkcd strip about how all modern internet architecture is eventually built on something a hobbyist maintains for free? Someone went out and found them all. sheets.works/data-viz/hol...

Who tf decided incompetence is ok if it’s cute? Oh right, manosphere tech bros. Anthropomorphizing the chatbots wasn’t enough, now they have to kindchenschematize the AI agents? Defenestrate the lot

thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/no-mark-zu...

thefuturehunter.substack.comNo, Mark Zuckerberg, your cute little AI labubu can’t see my bank accountThe cutesification of AI is here. But making powerful technology look adorable and harmless could really mess with our judgement.

hntrbrk.comDox for Me, O MuseMuse AI can leverage Facebook data to build lists of people in vulnerable groups on request for ordinary users.

JFC hntrbrk.com/breaking-new...

Cursed blog post now living in my mental drafts: "So you want to build a database in Excel" I have a lot of other blog posts to write firsts. Nothing about this is written down. But... it's gonna live rent-free in my head for a while. So we shall see. Maybe by spooky season next year...

*firsts -> first. I don't want an edit button, really. Only sometimes. Reply post of shame must suffice.

It is a known fact that you should not try to build a database in Excel. But, people are going to do it anyways. (Right now, I, somehow, am people). So if you're going to do it anyways, I want to help you do it safely. With appropriate constraints. And an exit strategy.

If this (blog post) actually ever happens, I will need an Excel Wizard as a co-author. Because I am not proficient in Excel. I do the database & design stuff, someone else does the Excel stuff. Apply at your own peril.

JH: "There's a lot of skills that don't matter... I actually don't know my address [or my phone number]" Interviewer: "I don't really believe that to be true" JH: "It's completely true.... I can live with it." The question I wish the interviewer had followed up with: "Does your wife?"

This isn't new-age AI billionaire so smart he can't remember basic things anymore bullshit. This is just typical old man with a wife bullshit. Take away his wife, his assistant, see how long he can live with it. How many women out there remember their husband's social security number, etc for them?

reddit.comFrom the AIdaily_news community on Reddit: Jensen Huang claims he doesn't know his own address, and so children forgetting how to basic math is okExplore this post and more from the AIdaily_news community

Video didn't embed properly so here's a link to the interview clip: www.reddit.com/r/AIdaily_ne...

Guess what just got delivered from @bookshop.org … My copy of Ontology Pipelines by @jtalisman.bsky.social! Can’t wait to dive in 🥳

ratiopbc.com Ratio PBC | Part 1: Prerequisites for starting a dbt project

Last week I introduced a new series for @ratiopbc.com's blog about how to build your organization's first #dbt project. This week I'm publishing part 1 of the series... "Prerequisites for starting a dbt project" Check it out here: ratiopbc.com/blog/2026-09...

This series is about bringing dbt into organizations where new tech usually moves slowly and carefully, like government, academia, and nonprofits. This post covers what you need to have in place before you ever run 'dbt init'...

...and signals that tell you whether a dbt project is the right investment for your team in the first place. I hope it helps you get started on your dbt journey - and please send it to any friends or colleagues who are interested in starting their own dbt journey!

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404 Media

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It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

ratiopbc.com Ratio PBC | Intro: How to build your organization’s first dbt project

Today we are officially (re)launching @ratiopbc.com's blog... along with a revamped website! I have the honor of publishing the first blog post, which is in fact the first of a whole series about how to build your organization's first #dbt project. ratiopbc.com/blog/2026-09...

This series will help you figure out: 👉 Where to start and how to create your first dbt project 👉 What goes into a dbt project and how to organize it 👉 The best way to get from raw data chaos to clean data product and what the migration actually looks like ...(cont)...

ratiopbc.com Ratio PBC | Intro: How to build your organization’s first dbt project

...(cont)... 👉 How to sell your dbt project to your boss (and everyone else) 👉 How to scale your project and team We will release one post a week so stay tuned for the rest of the series! But for today, please check out the introduction: ratiopbc.com/blog/2026-09...

ratiopbc.com Ratio PBC | Intro: How to build your organization’s first dbt project

This introductory post tells you what to expect from our series about bringing dbt into organizations where new tech usually moves slowly and carefully, like government, academia, and nonprofits. And if you're still learning what exactly dbt is, we've got you covered too.

9 Sept

I can't believe it's already here - next week is #dbtSummit, y'all! I can't wait to see everyone in person again, geek out about everything dbt, and hang out with the coolest data nerds around. In case you haven't heard, peer exchanges are a can't-miss for in-person Summit attendees...

...coming up with socio-technical solutions together and contributing to a trailguide for other dbt pioneers to learn from. Speaking of writing a trailguide for creating your organization's first dbt project... that's exactly what I've been working on for the past few months.

getdbt.comBuilding dbt projects in rough terrain: creating a trailguide for dbt pioneers | dbt SummitNot all of us work at organizations that live on the cutting edge, and while dbt may now be a decade old there are plenty of organizations that are just startin

9 Sept

Tomorrow we'll be publishing the first post to introduce the series on @ratiopbc.com's brand new blog, so stay tuned! And if you want to help contribute to a later post in this dbt trailguide series... attend our peer exchange session next Friday 😉

...and Eric Guroff and I will be facilitating a peer exchange on Friday (the final day!) at 11am PT: "Building dbt projects in rough terrain: creating a trailguide for dbt pioneers" Find it in the agenda here: www.getdbt.com/dbt-summit/a...

9 Sept

This session is for all of my fellow dbt pioneers in the government & nonprofit space (or similarly slow-moving organizations). We're going to be working through the problems you are facing (or will be facing, or have already faced) as you start your organization's first dbt project...

tasmin.substack.comMathematicians need to actDo not collaborate with AI companies for the foreseeable future.

8 Sept

From last month: tasmin.substack.com/p/mathematic...

Micah Warren@micah541.bsky.social

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30 Aug

Say it louder for the folks in the back

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tandfonline.comData Organization in SpreadsheetsSpreadsheets are widely used software tools for data entry, storage, analysis, and visualization. Focusing on the data entry and storage aspects, this article offers practical recommendations for o...

21 Aug

A lot of spreadsheet people haven’t even read their foundational texts and it shows. You should fix that: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

20 Aug

I originally misread this as "protecting joy", and tbh I think that's the version I'm going to stick with.

Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social

Mamdani is succeeding in part by projecting joy Ossoff is succeeding in part by projecting steely ferocity We’re in a moment when attitude is nearly as powerful as ideology, because we all need courage. And these are two ways of summoning it

19 Aug

I went to see The Odyssey last night with friends. I was warned it would be loud, so I bought fancy earplugs in prep. I took a preemptive excedrin just case. I asked the theater if they could check the volume and lower it. Y’all, this movie was a painful experience on multiple levels.

And don’t even get me started on the storm at sea scene. I had to physically cover my eyes. Was it glorious and beautiful and amazing? I have no idea because I physically could not watch it due to the light flashes. It was, again, physically painful. I had to cover my eyes with my hands. Just WTF

19 Aug

Oh yeah and I remember hating Odysseus when I read the book in high school, I fully stand by that, and Anne Hathaway was the best part of the movie, they should have let her rage even more. And that final scene with Athena? Needed way more of that. *Men*. Eugh.

Whomever was in charge of sound balancing and just sound in general for this movie deserves the opposite of an award. This was the first time I’ve seen a Christopher Nolan movie in theaters. My friends informed me they are all like this. That this is a deliberate choice on his part.

19 Aug

So give Christopher Nolan an anti-award for sound, please. Why do you want your audience to be in pain? And I couldn’t understand significant chunks of the dialogue. I needed subtitles. Because the sound balancing was so bad. Deliberate choice to inflict pain on your audience? *Men*, eugh.

10 Aug

Queen shit

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science

Sorry to hear, but it's my field of study

23 July

Today was a great day. I saw Renee Christine play live, I had a delicious arepa from a local restaurant that won a Michelin bib gourmand for dinner, I started my first weaving project (a 30 day kit from a local artist)… AND I just found out that A Shop For Killers season 2 premiers today!!

23 July

I didn’t even know that A Shop For Killers was getting a season 2, though of course I’ve been waiting and hoping for one for 2 years since it ended on a cliffhanger. Hopefully this season we get more of one of my favorite actors, Lee Dong-Wook. Oh and here’s day 1 of my weaving project