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Andrew Marder

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I like data, statistics, programming, and art. https://andrewmarder.net and https://locovote.com #DataScience #DataViz #RStats #Python

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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · Jun 16

Introducing Locovote! 🎉

Compare Massachusetts towns (schools, taxes, budgets, and more). Data sources are clearly cited, so you know where it’s coming from. Free, open source, and easy to use: locovote.com

Sankey diagram illustrating revenues and expenditures for Cambridge, MA in 2024.

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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 1h

I think the protestors in Portland are doing really important work. If Portland was really burning down, why would there be a dude in a chicken suit yelling at ICE. It gives the world visual evidence that the president is lying.

Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 5h

www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

'More than meets the eye': The hidden meanings in a US masterpiece

School of Beauty, School of Culture is among the exhibits in a major new London retrospective of the US artist Kerry James Marshall. But there is more to it than first meets the eye.

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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 11h

I liked this graphic, neat to see how common letters got extra space.

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Moritz Stefaner / Truth & Beauty @moritzstefaner.bsky.social · 18d

Just in case you were wondering why capital letters are also called "UPPERcase" :)

"A Pair of Printer’s Cases", drawn by Rudolph Ruzicka. showing a typesetting case with capital laters in the upper case — literally

Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 12h

So good. 👏

Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 15h

"Today, I have only one dream: that our children live in the best possible world. Between the global rise of fascism and climate warming, this dream faces many challenges. But we can fight for it. For this, as always, we need to gather people and unite around the right causes." 👏

Gaël Varoquaux @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social · 15h

The full text is here: I kept it short, but it is deeply meaningful to me
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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 16h

For folks who want it, here's the transcript: www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

What exactly is Antifa? - Transcript | CBC Radio

Front Burner Transcript for October 8, 2025

www.cbc.ca

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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 17h

This link works a bit better for me, I'm not sure if the text is exactly the same.

www.institutionalinvestor.com/Article/1020...

How Harvard Lost Russia

Since being named president of Harvard University in 2001, former U.S. Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers has sparked a series of controversies that have grabbed headlines.

www.institutionalinvestor.com

Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 1d

Love this call to action:

- So send the tweet.
- Use the disfavored word.
- Donate to an embattled non-profit.
- Subscribe to your local paper.
- Read a banned book.
- Show empathy for your fellow human beings.
- Throw the (metaphorical) tomatoes.

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 1d

I had my first run-in with Trump 2.0 complicity days after the 2024 election.

Since then we've seen more examples from media, universities, law firms & many others.

Does what the little guys do matter? Yes, more than ever.

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How to Not Capitulate for Dummies

A framework for weighing decisions under Trump.

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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 1d

I pick REVENGE!!!

(looks fun)

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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 1d

a woman in a police uniform is standing in front of a group of police officers .

Alt: A police officer saying "dear lord, that's horrifying!"

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 2d

Looks like a nice way to celebrate! www.darlingcambridge.com

Darling

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 3d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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Andrew Marder @andrewmarder.net · 2d

Doesn't hurt to be a little extra careful on Halloween. 🎃😱