B. David Tyler
@drbdt.bsky.social
UMass faculty. Notre Dame & UMass alum. Studies rivalry, identity, social sport consumption. Has unabated love of data. Causes existential crises through Excel.
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B. David Tyler
@drbdt.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Well, someone had to do it. Here's a starter pack for Graph Databases.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
I put a few accounts to get it rolling, but please chime in with suggestions to build a better curated list.
#graphdatabase #neo4j #database #data
bsky.app/starter-pack...
I put a few accounts to get it rolling, but please chime in with suggestions to build a better curated list.
#graphdatabase #neo4j #database #data
Like how the poppy 1950's music glosses over the racism and patriarchal social structure of the time?
(But dagnumit, I can't get enough of Buddy Holly)
(But dagnumit, I can't get enough of Buddy Holly)
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Like how the poppy 1950's music glosses over the racism and patriarchal social structure of the time?
(But dagnumit, I can't get enough of Buddy Holly)
(But dagnumit, I can't get enough of Buddy Holly)
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![me: do you sell ducks?
him: yes, but they're going quick
me: ok I'll take one
[later]
duck: quick
me: I see](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rfyhzlcoidbnttlmdor2onuw/bafkreicu3tca4eaxbhlfck4gdcdxw64djuzaacws5wwd5ertfksgavkzhi@jpeg)
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Playing around some more with Eurostat's flight data: observablehq.com/@eurostat-ws...
Some interesting discoveries when calculating the difference between 'passengers carried' and 'seats available'. We can visualize 'empty seats' and '% of seats that are empty'.
To be continued...
Some interesting discoveries when calculating the difference between 'passengers carried' and 'seats available'. We can visualize 'empty seats' and '% of seats that are empty'.
To be continued...
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Playing around some more with Eurostat's flight data: observablehq.com/@eurostat-ws...
Some interesting discoveries when calculating the difference between 'passengers carried' and 'seats available'. We can visualize 'empty seats' and '% of seats that are empty'.
To be continued...
Some interesting discoveries when calculating the difference between 'passengers carried' and 'seats available'. We can visualize 'empty seats' and '% of seats that are empty'.
To be continued...
Want to make #Excel MID's 3rd arg optional?
Please ⬆️
feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
If not, I'd love to know what I'm missing.
@wynhopkins.bsky.social @excelguru.ca @ddalgleish.bsky.social @unpivotshow.bsky.social @peltiertech.bsky.social @insightsmachine.bsky.social
Please ⬆️
feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
If not, I'd love to know what I'm missing.
@wynhopkins.bsky.social @excelguru.ca @ddalgleish.bsky.social @unpivotshow.bsky.social @peltiertech.bsky.social @insightsmachine.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Want to make #Excel MID's 3rd arg optional?
Please ⬆️
feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
If not, I'd love to know what I'm missing.
@wynhopkins.bsky.social @excelguru.ca @ddalgleish.bsky.social @unpivotshow.bsky.social @peltiertech.bsky.social @insightsmachine.bsky.social
Please ⬆️
feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
If not, I'd love to know what I'm missing.
@wynhopkins.bsky.social @excelguru.ca @ddalgleish.bsky.social @unpivotshow.bsky.social @peltiertech.bsky.social @insightsmachine.bsky.social
Same, but it's that people understand marginal tax rates.
(If one's "tax rate" is 35%, that doesn't mean every dollar is taxed at 35%!)
(If one's "tax rate" is 35%, that doesn't mean every dollar is taxed at 35%!)
December 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Same, but it's that people understand marginal tax rates.
(If one's "tax rate" is 35%, that doesn't mean every dollar is taxed at 35%!)
(If one's "tax rate" is 35%, that doesn't mean every dollar is taxed at 35%!)
Free link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Free link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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You know what lll never get tired of? Footage of the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
December 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
You know what lll never get tired of? Footage of the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
Two great points about e-canvas texture:
1. If writing on a laptop, it's like writing on glass. You can do it, but you don't want to do it for long.
2. Some e-ink devices get close, but are not quite there:
"It's like the uncanny valley, but for writers."
www.androidpolice.com/im-tired-of-...
1. If writing on a laptop, it's like writing on glass. You can do it, but you don't want to do it for long.
2. Some e-ink devices get close, but are not quite there:
"It's like the uncanny valley, but for writers."
www.androidpolice.com/im-tired-of-...
I'm tired of pretending note-taking on a tablet doesn't suck
Thinking of buying a Kindle Scribe or something similar? Think twice before buying
www.androidpolice.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Two great points about e-canvas texture:
1. If writing on a laptop, it's like writing on glass. You can do it, but you don't want to do it for long.
2. Some e-ink devices get close, but are not quite there:
"It's like the uncanny valley, but for writers."
www.androidpolice.com/im-tired-of-...
1. If writing on a laptop, it's like writing on glass. You can do it, but you don't want to do it for long.
2. Some e-ink devices get close, but are not quite there:
"It's like the uncanny valley, but for writers."
www.androidpolice.com/im-tired-of-...
Me: "I miss [NAME]'s early stuff. The newer videos are too produced."
Friend: "We are talking about #Excel Pivot Table tutorials, not Radiohead."
Friend: "We are talking about #Excel Pivot Table tutorials, not Radiohead."
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Me: "I miss [NAME]'s early stuff. The newer videos are too produced."
Friend: "We are talking about #Excel Pivot Table tutorials, not Radiohead."
Friend: "We are talking about #Excel Pivot Table tutorials, not Radiohead."
I see the argument for -- but don't agree with -- putting Miami into the #CFBPlayoff over Notre Dame. But putting in Alabama is daft af.
December 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I see the argument for -- but don't agree with -- putting Miami into the #CFBPlayoff over Notre Dame. But putting in Alabama is daft af.
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Hard disagree. The official BLS jobs numbers are still the most reliable data we have, and it's not close. And there's no way the Administration has (yet) fiddled with its data. I promise to let you know at the first whiff of interference.
The only reliable data we are going to get on this stuff now comes from the private sector. bsky.app/profile/atru...
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hard disagree. The official BLS jobs numbers are still the most reliable data we have, and it's not close. And there's no way the Administration has (yet) fiddled with its data. I promise to let you know at the first whiff of interference.
The #StrangerThings Effect.
Despite the spike, Netflix fared a lot better than it has for previous high profile moments of demand.
Despite the spike, Netflix fared a lot better than it has for previous high profile moments of demand.
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The #StrangerThings Effect.
Despite the spike, Netflix fared a lot better than it has for previous high profile moments of demand.
Despite the spike, Netflix fared a lot better than it has for previous high profile moments of demand.
But that's a number stored as text! The call won't go through!
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
But that's a number stored as text! The call won't go through!
Do I respond with...
- no? (lower case)
- 2?
- No? (upper case)
Respondents are inconsistent enough on their own. Don't introduce MORE variability.
(said as someone who spends much of his life cleaning inconsistent survey data)
- no? (lower case)
- 2?
- No? (upper case)
Respondents are inconsistent enough on their own. Don't introduce MORE variability.
(said as someone who spends much of his life cleaning inconsistent survey data)
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Do I respond with...
- no? (lower case)
- 2?
- No? (upper case)
Respondents are inconsistent enough on their own. Don't introduce MORE variability.
(said as someone who spends much of his life cleaning inconsistent survey data)
- no? (lower case)
- 2?
- No? (upper case)
Respondents are inconsistent enough on their own. Don't introduce MORE variability.
(said as someone who spends much of his life cleaning inconsistent survey data)
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We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
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We are facing a crisis of disconnection and this is directly linked to polarization.
New research finds that people living in communities with denser social networks consistently reported less partisan animosity and a greater sense of national unity.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
New research finds that people living in communities with denser social networks consistently reported less partisan animosity and a greater sense of national unity.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We are facing a crisis of disconnection and this is directly linked to polarization.
New research finds that people living in communities with denser social networks consistently reported less partisan animosity and a greater sense of national unity.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
New research finds that people living in communities with denser social networks consistently reported less partisan animosity and a greater sense of national unity.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
The first ever mid-week #MACtion in Amherst.
🤖🏈: Northern Illinois vs Massachusetts, 07:00 PM EST, ESPNU
Game Preview: https://gameonpaper.com/cfb/game/401762859
Northern Illinois: https://gameonpaper.com/cfb/team/2459
Massachusetts: https://gameonpaper.com/cfb/team/113
Game Preview: https://gameonpaper.com/cfb/game/401762859
Northern Illinois: https://gameonpaper.com/cfb/team/2459
Massachusetts: https://gameonpaper.com/cfb/team/113
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The first ever mid-week #MACtion in Amherst.
In honor of The White Stripes' recent induction into the Rock Hall of Fame, here's an old YouTube video that my daughters loved when they were little (and I still do).
youtu.be/az8UDe6UQGQ?...
youtu.be/az8UDe6UQGQ?...
We're Going to be Friends
YouTube video by Joshiesmooth
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In honor of The White Stripes' recent induction into the Rock Hall of Fame, here's an old YouTube video that my daughters loved when they were little (and I still do).
youtu.be/az8UDe6UQGQ?...
youtu.be/az8UDe6UQGQ?...
@sickoscommittee.org Amherst beats Williams with 14 points: No TDs or safeties.
November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
@sickoscommittee.org Amherst beats Williams with 14 points: No TDs or safeties.
Presenting right now at #NODES2025!! (really, watching former student Will Steadman present)
neo4j.com/nodes-2025/a...
neo4j.com/nodes-2025/a...
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Presenting right now at #NODES2025!! (really, watching former student Will Steadman present)
neo4j.com/nodes-2025/a...
neo4j.com/nodes-2025/a...
Kids used to die A LOT
November 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Kids used to die A LOT
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Halloween logicals, still the best 10/31 venn
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Halloween logicals, still the best 10/31 venn
When bringing in an immigrant is the solution to criticism that [American] Bad Bunny isn't "American enough for the Super Bowl," maybe nationality wasn't really the issue...
share.google/hlJK46PjSQ2s...
share.google/hlJK46PjSQ2s...
NFL announces Sting will headline Super Bowl-branded concert amid Bad Bunny controversy
An Englishman in San Francisco? Sting will headline a Super Bowl-branded concert two nights before the big game, with tickets for the event starting at $750 apiece.
share.google
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
When bringing in an immigrant is the solution to criticism that [American] Bad Bunny isn't "American enough for the Super Bowl," maybe nationality wasn't really the issue...
share.google/hlJK46PjSQ2s...
share.google/hlJK46PjSQ2s...
In honor of her retirement, here's the Under Armour ad from a decade ago about Misty Copeland getting rejected from ballet as a child.
youtu.be/rtX91YGaBXw?...
youtu.be/rtX91YGaBXw?...
Misty Copeland - I WILL WHAT I WANT :30
YouTube video by Under Armour
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In honor of her retirement, here's the Under Armour ad from a decade ago about Misty Copeland getting rejected from ballet as a child.
youtu.be/rtX91YGaBXw?...
youtu.be/rtX91YGaBXw?...
Outside my office last night, the UMass Performing Arts Center did a sing-along, cOZplay [sic] screening of #Wicked, complete with hot air balloon rides. You can't really tell from the photo, but the building was lit up in pink & green.
October 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Outside my office last night, the UMass Performing Arts Center did a sing-along, cOZplay [sic] screening of #Wicked, complete with hot air balloon rides. You can't really tell from the photo, but the building was lit up in pink & green.