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Amanda Alvarez
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tacos 🌮
data 📊
bees 🐝
mountains 🏔️🏕️🧗🏽‍♀️
fiber arts 🪡🧵🧶
baking 🧁🍰🍪🥐🍞
helping my kids collect hobbies 📷⚾️💃🏽🎶🤸🏽‍♀️🪴🎮
trying to keep it all together 🙃🍷

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Who knew Darwin was so relatable?
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
One of the fun things about Colorado is that people who make their livings forecasting the weather will tell you, “there might be no snow this week, or there might be 32 inches of it.” And it’s not because they’re being coy; they honestly don’t know, either.
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Currently obsessed with alltheviews.world
Aside from it just being cool, it does an amazing job of quantifying why I never felt comfortable when I lived in Houston.
All The Views
alltheviews.world
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Tight ends talking about prostate cancer screening has redeemed the rep of Super Bowl commercials
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
This is the greatest “fuck you” and I love it
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
It’s so gratifying to see this launch! Huge thanks to everyone who helped develop this rich framework.
We are excited to launch the Data Checkup–a health check for federal data collections.

The Data Checkup is a comprehensive framework for assessing the health of federal data collections, highlighting key dimensions of risk and presenting a clear status of data well-being.

Learn more below.
Introducing the Data Checkup: A Framework for Assessing the Health of Federal Datasets | America's Data Index
dataindex.us
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Five classes from college:
Computational Neuroscience
World History Through Food
Methods in Computational Finance
Film and American Culture
Cooking With Chef Roger
Five classes from college:

Soviet Foreign Policy (Fall 1990)
History of Jazz
Irish Literature
Vietnam War
Rhetoric of Cynicism and Counter Culture
Five Classes from college:
Violence and American Identity
Biodiversity
Descriptive Astronomy
The Inner Game of Golf
Ancient Chinese Philosophy
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Reposted by Amanda Alvarez
There are no good immigrant prisons for children because children should be free.
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Comfy cozy bed
I do not want to leave you
It is cold today
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by Amanda Alvarez
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
It’s been a rough year. Working with incredible people on (and around) @dataindex.us has definitely been important for me. Join us to hear about the work being done by some of the orgs working on the federal data monitoring and rescue efforts.
#dataBS
The Day Federal Data Went Dark: A Year of Monitoring and Action

Register here: tinyurl.com/webinar-data...

Co-hosted by dataindex.us and @apduorg.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Just a girl
Looking at the sky
Waiting for some F35s to pass by
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Violence
Google Meet show how late people will be based on meeting history
January 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Okay, these are awesome
🔴 Steal the Look: Cherry-throated Tanager

🏡 Working from home? Time to get cozy and stay productive. Wrapped in a heated blanket and perched in an EGGonomic office chair, I've never been more ready to math.

Learn more:
bit.ly/4qN7oPa
January 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Shoveling snow sure gets old fast.
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Best “to my naked eye” aurora yet!
(More coming!)
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I’ve decided to play “life skills bingo” with my kids. I’m making cards with squares like “check the oil,” “reset a tripped breaker,” “sew a button,” various kitchen tasks, etc.
Would love to hear suggestions for things to include!
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A few years ago, I bought what should have been a lifetime supply of sewing machine needles.
But today, I broke one, and I can’t find my hoard. Damn!
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by Amanda Alvarez
Correcting the record, line by line... and uncovering some new shady stuff in the process.
Our latest blog post debunks claims that the recently terminated Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey was “redundant.”

In reality, no other survey is capable of replacing it.

🔗 dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
Uncovering Additional Threats to Food Security Data: Why the “Redundancy” Claim Doesn’t Hold Up | America's Data Index
dataindex.us
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Correcting the record, line by line... and uncovering some new shady stuff in the process.
Our latest blog post debunks claims that the recently terminated Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey was “redundant.”

In reality, no other survey is capable of replacing it.

🔗 dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Reposted by Amanda Alvarez
The recording from our Rapid Response Data Briefing on the recently terminated Food Security Supplement (FSS) is now available. Learn about what the FSS is, why it matters, what's at risk, and how you can take action (also in the 🧵).
Rapid Response Data Briefing: Understanding the Food Security Supplement
YouTube video by Food Research & Action Center
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Amanda Alvarez
This morning we have 3 easy ways you can take action to defend public data (links in 🧵)
👇👇👇
The recording from our Rapid Response Data Briefing on the recently terminated Food Security Supplement (FSS) is now available. Learn about what the FSS is, why it matters, what's at risk, and how you can take action (also in the 🧵).
Rapid Response Data Briefing: Understanding the Food Security Supplement
YouTube video by Food Research & Action Center
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Amanda Alvarez
***TAKE ACTION***
If you want to see the Food Security Supplement reinstated, FRAC has made it easy for you to reach out to your Congressperson:
secure.everyaction.com/0vI9xoDpCkeD...
October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Amanda Alvarez
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Happy Cabrini Day!

In Colorado, the first Monday in Oct. is a state holiday named in honor of a woman who spent her life serving and advocating for orphans and immigrants. 🫶
October 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM