Trump's approval ratings are low so... they're going to stop reporting his approval rating. Can't make this complict shit up any more.

Virginia Native Pollinator Seed packets from the VA Department of Wildlife Resources.

I feel like this must be gaslighting...I can't possibly be listening to Del Hodges, who voted against rejoining RGGI, talking about how much carbon credits could bring in in revenue to the Commonwealth. (He's got a bill to create a Blue-Green Carbon Credit, related to oysters.)

no eres mis casa bonita no eres mis esposa bonita

#rstats In very non-Superbowl news, here's an experimental 📦 for nice graphics display and UX in VS Code (and other potential front-ends). github.com/grantmcdermo...

Housing. Richmond, Virginia. Twelve dollars a month for three rooms #richmond #virginia #undefined #photography #dorothealange https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017771899/

They'll all know that in a different electorate in Presidential year, or the next midterm after that, the gerrymandered advantage may give way, and they'll need to ponder how to mitigate their disadvantage among super-exurban and rural voters by catering to them rather than their RVA-region voters.

Thanks for joining us for #MappingUSA last weekend! Good news: videos are up: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #OpenStreetMap #MappingUSA #opendata #mapping #GIS #geospatial

ID: PHC0076/-#V.91.04.1555 [House Hunters Look in Jackson Ward] Date: Circa 1989 Artist: Richmond Newspapers, Inc. https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0076/-#V.91.04.1555&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH

Apparently Stan is precious about the case of a model's file extension and just... errors and won't tell you why? An hour wasted to find out I need to change "model.Stan" to "model.stan" 😠

yesterdays.maprva.org/subjects/mod... #rva

Is this the best #statsmeme about shrinkage and partial pooling? Or just the best Seinfeld meme about shrinkage and partial pooling? (Credit to @avivmokady.bsky.social)

This is the single largest increase in the average age of an element and the single largest decline in the average year since recordkeeping began in June 2023. That’s actually a good thing: it means we’re mitigating #recentism, bringing more historical balance to our coverage.

I was going to ask someone to remind me of the magic "resize quarto figures interactively, then insert the figure size parameters back into the quarto document" plug-in; I managed to find it, so here it is again for anyone who didn't hear about it the first time: github.com/EmilHvitfeld...

Join us Feburary 11 for a demo of @danielvanstrien.bsky.social's IIIF Illustration Detector. Zoom on the IIIF Community Calendar: iiif.io/community

🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update. On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R 📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K... #RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪

Rooney's Malt Whiskey: "Palatable", "A Tonic for Everyone". #rva yesterdays.maprva.org/14937/ yesterdays.maprva.org/7227/

The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) is seeking a scientist in wildlife biology, ecology, or a closely related discipline, with a focus on movement ecology, spatial data analysis, and/or scavenger and carnivore systems. Read and apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3x7uwk

"Everything in #rstats is a function"; piping a condition into "if": > TRUE |> if(cond = _) "Yes!" Error: unexpected '=' in "TRUE |> if(cond =" But... > TRUE |> `if`(cond = _, expr = "Yes!") [1] "Yes!"

It's pretty annoying that this guy is getting paid $365k/yr for what seems like the sole job of being an asshole to City Council just to cover for the Mayor's lack of sand.

Entangled Right Whale “Division” (5217) Found Dead off North Carolina Welp, down to about 379 in existence...

Coming soon. Tell your friends and remind your enemies.

#rstats I've been testing out `arf`, a new R console written in Rust. Early days, but a v. smooth experience so far. Much simpler to install and link from VS Code than radian, for example, with better features too. github.com/eitsupi/arf

Great exhibit on this cottage at the Library of Virginia! thejxnproject.org/skipwith-rop... #rva

in my 7 yrs as a fisheries observer on the BC groundfish trawl, there were 3 vessel sinkings with multiple fatalities. observer was sole survivor in 2 of them 2 boats had holds full of turbot, 1 flooded due to a faulty seacock. Free-surface effect w/ turbot (arrowtooth flounder) is a motherfucker

A. they're flat B. They have large, rough scales on their "up" side C. their "down" side is extremely slimy so the rough sides can cause a whole bunch of turbot to "velcro" themselves into a huge clump with the slippery sides facing out, which then slides around & can literally capsize the vessel

(the historic picture part will all be based in #RVA)

Today at 2 Eastern! Join me, @maprva.org, @openhistoricalmap.org, and @oldinsurancemaps.net to georeference some old maps, geotag old pictures, and use them to map your historic surroundings.

And please enjoy (or revisit) this piece where he put together the actual route of the Rocky II training montage, which is my favorite Dan McQuade piece and one of my favorite posts ever: www.phillymag.com/news/2013/09...

The elderly lobsterwoman who was the subject of the best photo ever has passed away. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...

For context, this is the graph for the long and short term loss of staff for NOAA southeast fisheries. We had already been losing staff gradually over time due to budgets not keeping up with inflation.

A graduate from our lab dreamed of working for NOAA since high school. Joined our program as it was sponsored by NOAA to 📈BIPOC. Moved across the country after graduation to work for NOAA. Fired for no reason except that they were in their first year. One fewer black man = more older white men.

Of all the departures this past year at NOAA—via the fork offer, retirements, etc.— the one that stung the most was the firing of people in their probationary first year. They have more modern skills than those of us who received their PhDs in the 90s and 00s. My whole department is in its 50s now.

Hello fellow legal experts. I have made it all the way to the Virginia Capitol despite all the roads and sidewalks being covered in ice and snow. Today I am here for the Senate Courts of Justice meeting as they will take up firearm related bills.

HB1048: closes fishery until determination that it "does not negatively impact other fisheries or menhaden-dependent species" HB1049: limits catch to 15% quota/month or 33%/trimester, requires observers SB474: funds VIMS to conduct research in support of "defensible and...reasonable" harvest limits

The freezing rain is no joke -- a little over 3/8" ice over the snow so far with another hour to go. My greenhouse has collapsed under the weight of the snow+ice; I was lucky to catch it early enough to save the chicken coop by pulling the ice off with a shovel and rake. #rva

Is there a metric for how dry/wet the snow is? I feel like it's been a long time since I've seen dry snow in the Mid-Atlantic -- anything that bears any resemblance to "powder". Today is light and powdery;clearing the car was a breeze. @subletteweather.com

The dog was made for this.

Sanborn to Run: Overcoming Workplace Obstacles for Fire Insurance Surveyors "surveyors did not exactly get the red carpet rolled out for them...sometimes they were locked out on high-rise roofs, attacked by dogs, shot at by smugglers, and even seized by military police on suspicion of espionage."

Got maybe 0.25-0.5" overnight in Varina. Sleet has started. #rva

Now the question is: when exactly will I lose power? I'm guessing 3pm tomorrow.

Windows users don't know the magic of cronjobs, which allow you to play Smashmouth's All Star once an hour. That is what Linux on the desktop promises.

Honestly this is one of the most profoundly *original* American sentiments, echoing everything that occupied Bostonians expressed in the pivotal mid-1770s.

I will definitely be putting this to the test! #rva

Well, @subletteweather.com wins the onset forecast. Here we are at dusk, and snow started about 5 minutes ago in Varina. #rva

Writing a GeoPackage(GPKG) library from scratch taught me a lot about some friction between the spec and the modern geospatial ecosystem🦀🌍 GPKG is SQLite. We take that for granted, but have you ever stopped to think about the advantages and disadvantages? Here’s my take. dev.to/yutannihilat...

As a result, execs tend to overestimate LLM impact, while staff underuse them, not because the tools aren’t powerful, but because there’s a “last-mile” gap in applying LLMs to their day-to-day work.

Since 2020, electricity prices have increased by an average of 40 percent across the country. But the rise in costs hasn’t affected each type of user equally. An unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay. https://wapo.st/49A1v25