#SNAP (a.k.a. #foodstamps) run out at the end of the week. Barring any last-minute changes, no benefits will go out on November 1. If you're in a position to do so, please consider helping out if you can. @feedingamerica.org is a great place to start. #EndHunger #FoodInsecurity #CommunitySupport

I'm such a dork. 😜 I wanted to teach myself how to do more with images in Tableau - something I don't get to play around with a lot at work. Specifically, map layers and image swaps based on parameter changes. Here's the result. Not a lot of data (just IMDb ratings) but I like how it turned out!

Simultaneously the funniest yet most deeply upsetting headline @theonion.com has ever posted. (No link for now, but you know the place. Hasn't been updated yet for today's fresh new horror.)

"It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...

Wish I could be there at #TC25 ... that was the plan up until the Trumpcession and cuts to healthcare and academic programs. But, making the main keynote was a pretty cool consolation prize? Thanks, #datafam, for keeping me in mind. Hope to see you in San Diego for Tableau Conference 2026!

Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced in a message to affiliates Monday afternoon. www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

It's time for #TheVizzies! These are the #Tableau community awards, decided by the #datafam. Visionaries aren't eligible, so this is a great opportunity to recognize people who aren't "big names" in the dataviz community. Submit your nominations here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

First time playing this game in 40 years. Still can beat that dam stage on the first try.

The Democrat's "daring" new strategy: Roll over. Play dead. Let's do nothing and watch the country go up in flames. (Sadly, I'm not even joking here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...

This energy.

Diversity is a fact: All kinds of people exist. Equity is a goal: All kinds of people deserve a chance at success. Inclusion is how we get to equity. By including them, they can achieve success. It's that simple.

It feels so weird to be taking mandatory Cybersecurity Awareness Training at work, knowing that the entire U.S. Government is currently being hacked by a bunch of 19-year-olds without anyone really caring or doing anything to stop it.

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

The longer any talk on AI or ML goes, the chances of someone mentioning Terminators or Sexbots approaches 100%.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

🐍🏮 Happy Chinese New Year! 🏮🐍 Wishing a joyful and prosperous Year of the Snake to all who celebrate. Xīnnián kuàilè! 新年快乐!

I’m a data guy. I love facts and figures. Everyone has an opinion, but numbers never lie. Going to repost this link for anyone that needs it. I was thinking of doing something similar (with gas and eggs, rather than golf) in case it’s helpful to show others. trumpgolftrack.com

TJ was always one of my all-time favorite presidents. "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” Now is that time. #RESIST

I honestly don’t get the whole Gulf of America thing. Too similar to George W. Bush’s attempt to rename “freedom fries.” If I were the president of Mexico, I’d play along. Just say “I’ve officially renamed the Gulf of America back to the Gulf of Mexico.” Now what? 🤣

“Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the path that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Happy to be a part of the minority here.

Vote with your wallets. Vote with your feet. If you haven't already, bookmark this site. Download the app to your phone. Look at which companies are taking a stand for the things you believe in. Then hit the ones that don't in the place that hurts the most - their bottom line.

Pick your focus and stick with it. We cannot fight in all fronts or we will become overwhelmed. But we can all peel off a corner in our area of expertise and begin to reveal effective strategies for resisting the chaos. Every single one of us has something to offer.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

I'm an Epidemiologist who worked on COVID response. My concrete suggestion is to follow the safety guidance of the WHO, rather than the CDC. CDC is under executive control & can be muzzled at the president's whim. Scientists around the world are monitoring possible pandemics & communicating to WHO.

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

Hey, #datafam. Tableau currently links to X despite its owner promoting harmful symbols. This could tarnish Tableau's image by association. Let’s urge them to act: drop X and replace it with BlueSky. Protect our community's values. #Tableau #DataVizEthics ideas.salesforce.com/s/idea/a0BHp...

Nazis are bad. They will not be tolerated ANYWHERE and deserve no quarter. I will personally lay my life (and my wallet) on the line to ensure that. Stop buying anything Tesla and get the hell off X. This is non-negoitable. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Genuinely hoping that other preachers, pastors, priests, and the like follow this shining example. Speak the words of Christ. His words remain true, even if society right now is rejecting them.

Confirmed.

Lots of online US-based atheists routinely go after the religious: this is folly. Democracy requires majority numbers and moderates, liberals, and the left (religious AND not) need to pool together.

EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. 🔥🔥🔥

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde was an absolute hero, speaking knowledge to power. Dear God, I pray that we see a little more of that in the years to come.

This might be a record-setting snow day for my hometown of Mobile, Alabama. Don’t worry though. We’re prepared.

Not sure how folks can gaslight this. Much different case than the “Dean scream” of 2004. This was definitely something that was deliberate and planned.

I know this sounds weak, I know it. But kindness is one of the few things we carry that can make a difference for each other. We can’t undo all this hate, but we can still make life a little easier for others.

Gayle King said: Where are the Black and brown folks? And people on the right are losing their shit. Get used to it, Gayle! They think inviting Black folks is DEI, so—CANCELED!

When people compare our new Commander-In-Depends and his cronies to "nazis," it's not the generic, slang, "anybody we don't like" use of the term. It's actual, goose-stepping, sieg-heiling, literal fucking Nazis. I am at once flabbergasted…and at the same time, somehow, not surprised in the least.

Who wore it better: Melania, or Judge Doom?

Lots of #RESIST posts today, as to be expected. Which is good - we cannot be passive in the face of injustice. At the same time, I don’t want my feed to only be a left-wing echo chamber. Looking for positive, uplifting accounts to follow. Need a little hope in these dark times. Any suggestions?

Things we took for granted in our leadership, things like goodness, wisdom, and basic truthfulness are no longer in play, and as things are eroding quickly here we wanted to let you know that we're sorry. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...

More than 200 executive orders expected tomorrow. Not one of them will lower the price of eggs.

Less than 24 hours now. As for me? I've got no plans to kiss the ring or obey in advance. I'll continue to fight the good fight. Even if I'm just one tiny blue dot in a very red state. It changes nothing. Right is still Right, no matter who is in charge.

Oh come ON now. This new JWST image is just ASTOUNDING. I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it. NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)