Ken Đinh Vũ (he/him/his)
@kenvu.bsky.social
🔍 Program evaluation & data storytelling
🌎 Nonprofit/public service
🎸 Blues/punk/industrial rock enthusiast
📚 Into history, sociology, & self-help + dystopian, superhero, & tragedies
All my work and other social media accounts here - linktr.ee/kenvu
🌎 Nonprofit/public service
🎸 Blues/punk/industrial rock enthusiast
📚 Into history, sociology, & self-help + dystopian, superhero, & tragedies
All my work and other social media accounts here - linktr.ee/kenvu
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#introduction
I'm an MS Statistics graduate who codes in #r (and #python in the past).
I work as a data storyteller in #education and #environment -related contexts.
Interests: Mental health, nature, some politics, history, and culture, #rstats
Hobbies: hiking, food, D&D, gaming, reading
I'm an MS Statistics graduate who codes in #r (and #python in the past).
I work as a data storyteller in #education and #environment -related contexts.
Interests: Mental health, nature, some politics, history, and culture, #rstats
Hobbies: hiking, food, D&D, gaming, reading
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Watch for:
-Insurection Act in Blue States to intimidate midterm Voters
-renewed push for a Super SAVE Act in the Senate that will disenfranchise 100M Voters
-renewed attack on mail in ballots by USPS
-renewed attack on Blue State Voter Rolls by our DOJ
-Red States NOT Counting ALL Ballots
-Insurection Act in Blue States to intimidate midterm Voters
-renewed push for a Super SAVE Act in the Senate that will disenfranchise 100M Voters
-renewed attack on mail in ballots by USPS
-renewed attack on Blue State Voter Rolls by our DOJ
-Red States NOT Counting ALL Ballots
January 26, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Watch for:
-Insurection Act in Blue States to intimidate midterm Voters
-renewed push for a Super SAVE Act in the Senate that will disenfranchise 100M Voters
-renewed attack on mail in ballots by USPS
-renewed attack on Blue State Voter Rolls by our DOJ
-Red States NOT Counting ALL Ballots
-Insurection Act in Blue States to intimidate midterm Voters
-renewed push for a Super SAVE Act in the Senate that will disenfranchise 100M Voters
-renewed attack on mail in ballots by USPS
-renewed attack on Blue State Voter Rolls by our DOJ
-Red States NOT Counting ALL Ballots
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. '𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭. - Tracy Chapman ✊⚖️🔦
#tracychapman #folksinger #quoteoftheweek #truthjusticelove #lyrics #quote #songquote
#tracychapman #folksinger #quoteoftheweek #truthjusticelove #lyrics #quote #songquote
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 AM
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. '𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭. - Tracy Chapman ✊⚖️🔦
#tracychapman #folksinger #quoteoftheweek #truthjusticelove #lyrics #quote #songquote
#tracychapman #folksinger #quoteoftheweek #truthjusticelove #lyrics #quote #songquote
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I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
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An ICE agent shot a woman to death in her car as she attempted to drive away. He was not in danger. She was not trying to hit him. You can watch her killing in multiple videos and judge for yourself.
Meanwhile, at least 30 Asian immigrants died in ICE custody.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Meanwhile, at least 30 Asian immigrants died in ICE custody.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
January 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
An ICE agent shot a woman to death in her car as she attempted to drive away. He was not in danger. She was not trying to hit him. You can watch her killing in multiple videos and judge for yourself.
Meanwhile, at least 30 Asian immigrants died in ICE custody.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Meanwhile, at least 30 Asian immigrants died in ICE custody.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
In spite of the uncanny valley that are the CGI humanoids and the silly ways they tried to make the movie longer, The Polar Express is still a fun Xmas classic for me! It feels ominous and tragic yet still purely hopeful and wholesome at the same time 😊 🎄 #thepolarexpress #Xmas #xmasmovie
December 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
In spite of the uncanny valley that are the CGI humanoids and the silly ways they tried to make the movie longer, The Polar Express is still a fun Xmas classic for me! It feels ominous and tragic yet still purely hopeful and wholesome at the same time 😊 🎄 #thepolarexpress #Xmas #xmasmovie
"Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition,
respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and
open communication." - bell hooks ❤️
#allaboutlove #bellhooks #bookquote #love
respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and
open communication." - bell hooks ❤️
#allaboutlove #bellhooks #bookquote #love
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition,
respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and
open communication." - bell hooks ❤️
#allaboutlove #bellhooks #bookquote #love
respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and
open communication." - bell hooks ❤️
#allaboutlove #bellhooks #bookquote #love
Some #wisdomwednesday advice I wrote myself as an overthinker myself 😪🧠
I find being skeptical keeps you safe while optimism keeps you motivated.
The two don't have to cancel each other out AND can help one another.
#lifeadvice #selfdoubt #lifebalance #lifewisdom #selfdoubt #hope #allinmoderation
I find being skeptical keeps you safe while optimism keeps you motivated.
The two don't have to cancel each other out AND can help one another.
#lifeadvice #selfdoubt #lifebalance #lifewisdom #selfdoubt #hope #allinmoderation
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Some #wisdomwednesday advice I wrote myself as an overthinker myself 😪🧠
I find being skeptical keeps you safe while optimism keeps you motivated.
The two don't have to cancel each other out AND can help one another.
#lifeadvice #selfdoubt #lifebalance #lifewisdom #selfdoubt #hope #allinmoderation
I find being skeptical keeps you safe while optimism keeps you motivated.
The two don't have to cancel each other out AND can help one another.
#lifeadvice #selfdoubt #lifebalance #lifewisdom #selfdoubt #hope #allinmoderation
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It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
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From John Rawls' A Theory of Justice.
!["What [people] want is meaningful work in free association with others, these associations regulating their relations to one another within a framework of just basic institutions. To achieve this state of things great wealth is not necessary. In fact, beyond some point it is more likely to be a positive hindrance, a meaningless distraction at best if not a temptation to indulgence and emptiness."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:givg3amslsq46o3f25ga5esh/bafkreifvhptxvgtcd7vn6yvl2ve2xei2jmo3vbfv5za7twuw7asrdjf7jm@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
From John Rawls' A Theory of Justice.
Just saw #samanthafish live! Amazing #bluesrock guitarist and singer with more feminist-minded lyrics (plus, her iconic cigar box guitar)!
Got her albums Belle of the West and her latest Grammy-nominated work Paper Doll - my favorite albums from her! 😎🔥🎸
#femaleguitarist #livemusic
Got her albums Belle of the West and her latest Grammy-nominated work Paper Doll - my favorite albums from her! 😎🔥🎸
#femaleguitarist #livemusic
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Just saw #samanthafish live! Amazing #bluesrock guitarist and singer with more feminist-minded lyrics (plus, her iconic cigar box guitar)!
Got her albums Belle of the West and her latest Grammy-nominated work Paper Doll - my favorite albums from her! 😎🔥🎸
#femaleguitarist #livemusic
Got her albums Belle of the West and her latest Grammy-nominated work Paper Doll - my favorite albums from her! 😎🔥🎸
#femaleguitarist #livemusic
Some underrated musicians who play blues I recommend:
- Cassie Taylor (a melodic bassist and LGBTQ+ activist)
- Vicki Huang (Taiwanese folk player and DJ)
- Reverend Robert Jones (country blues player, teacher, and educator)
- Samantha Fish (Grammy nominated rockstar)
Anyone else you'd add?
- Cassie Taylor (a melodic bassist and LGBTQ+ activist)
- Vicki Huang (Taiwanese folk player and DJ)
- Reverend Robert Jones (country blues player, teacher, and educator)
- Samantha Fish (Grammy nominated rockstar)
Anyone else you'd add?
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Some underrated musicians who play blues I recommend:
- Cassie Taylor (a melodic bassist and LGBTQ+ activist)
- Vicki Huang (Taiwanese folk player and DJ)
- Reverend Robert Jones (country blues player, teacher, and educator)
- Samantha Fish (Grammy nominated rockstar)
Anyone else you'd add?
- Cassie Taylor (a melodic bassist and LGBTQ+ activist)
- Vicki Huang (Taiwanese folk player and DJ)
- Reverend Robert Jones (country blues player, teacher, and educator)
- Samantha Fish (Grammy nominated rockstar)
Anyone else you'd add?
The amount of AI slop I constantly run into on YT can get demoralizing fast. Not to mention it's often vapid and manipulative generated content. Then again, it's only amplifying what it sees in our already hyper corporatized "pop culture" where everything's a product to sell w/o a soul
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The amount of AI slop I constantly run into on YT can get demoralizing fast. Not to mention it's often vapid and manipulative generated content. Then again, it's only amplifying what it sees in our already hyper corporatized "pop culture" where everything's a product to sell w/o a soul
Got CD of all of #RobertJohnson 's songs. A trailblazing Delta Blues player that inspired future #blues musicians. Wild fingerstyle & slide player doing bass + melody at same time! 😲🎸
A rebel for his time who died young, yet still lives on in blues
Will check Memphis Minnie next so stay tuned 🤫
A rebel for his time who died young, yet still lives on in blues
Will check Memphis Minnie next so stay tuned 🤫
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Got CD of all of #RobertJohnson 's songs. A trailblazing Delta Blues player that inspired future #blues musicians. Wild fingerstyle & slide player doing bass + melody at same time! 😲🎸
A rebel for his time who died young, yet still lives on in blues
Will check Memphis Minnie next so stay tuned 🤫
A rebel for his time who died young, yet still lives on in blues
Will check Memphis Minnie next so stay tuned 🤫
"Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - Son House" gives a good overview of the work of Son House - one of my favorite Delta Blues players. While he sometimes lack in variety, he makes up with his aggressive singing and guitar playing, especially in the iconic "Death Letter Blues".
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November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - Son House" gives a good overview of the work of Son House - one of my favorite Delta Blues players. While he sometimes lack in variety, he makes up with his aggressive singing and guitar playing, especially in the iconic "Death Letter Blues".
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The number of times I get mistaken for Spider Man - my kid-friendly boy scout buddy 🤨🔍...
#deadpool #happyhalloween 🎃👻 #halloweencostume #detective #neonoir #superhero #marvel
#deadpool #happyhalloween 🎃👻 #halloweencostume #detective #neonoir #superhero #marvel
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The number of times I get mistaken for Spider Man - my kid-friendly boy scout buddy 🤨🔍...
#deadpool #happyhalloween 🎃👻 #halloweencostume #detective #neonoir #superhero #marvel
#deadpool #happyhalloween 🎃👻 #halloweencostume #detective #neonoir #superhero #marvel
With the rise of AI artists online, I feel it'll make live performances more valuable.
To me, AI artistry's an effort to not pay human artists and have more control over the artist (and the art itself).
I wonder if there are alternatives to Spotify out there. Heard of Quboz, but I'm all ears.
To me, AI artistry's an effort to not pay human artists and have more control over the artist (and the art itself).
I wonder if there are alternatives to Spotify out there. Heard of Quboz, but I'm all ears.
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
With the rise of AI artists online, I feel it'll make live performances more valuable.
To me, AI artistry's an effort to not pay human artists and have more control over the artist (and the art itself).
I wonder if there are alternatives to Spotify out there. Heard of Quboz, but I'm all ears.
To me, AI artistry's an effort to not pay human artists and have more control over the artist (and the art itself).
I wonder if there are alternatives to Spotify out there. Heard of Quboz, but I'm all ears.
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"All those who can walk away from a book, movie, or play do not realize it's a privilege to dispose of stories. The privilege of being part of a majority, where almost all stories center on them. They live in the luxury of narrative plentitude."
- Việt Thanh Nguyễn, A MAN OF TWO FACES
- Việt Thanh Nguyễn, A MAN OF TWO FACES
October 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"All those who can walk away from a book, movie, or play do not realize it's a privilege to dispose of stories. The privilege of being part of a majority, where almost all stories center on them. They live in the luxury of narrative plentitude."
- Việt Thanh Nguyễn, A MAN OF TWO FACES
- Việt Thanh Nguyễn, A MAN OF TWO FACES
Seeing the original schematics for the tricone resonator guitar (first type to exist) helps me appreciate the existence of the single cone ones (i.e., biscuit and Dobro style spider bridge).
Interesting how creativity, corporate rivalry, and hard times lead to such amazing instruments existing 💡📚
Interesting how creativity, corporate rivalry, and hard times lead to such amazing instruments existing 💡📚
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Seeing the original schematics for the tricone resonator guitar (first type to exist) helps me appreciate the existence of the single cone ones (i.e., biscuit and Dobro style spider bridge).
Interesting how creativity, corporate rivalry, and hard times lead to such amazing instruments existing 💡📚
Interesting how creativity, corporate rivalry, and hard times lead to such amazing instruments existing 💡📚
"We have a strong psychological tendency to attribute change to intervention, and this makes before-and-after comparisons treacherous." - Sir David Spiegelhalter, THE ART OF STATISTICS: HOW TO LEARN FROM DATA (2021) 📊🔍🤔
#stats #bookquote #correlationdoesntimplycausation #assumptionchecking #data
#stats #bookquote #correlationdoesntimplycausation #assumptionchecking #data
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"We have a strong psychological tendency to attribute change to intervention, and this makes before-and-after comparisons treacherous." - Sir David Spiegelhalter, THE ART OF STATISTICS: HOW TO LEARN FROM DATA (2021) 📊🔍🤔
#stats #bookquote #correlationdoesntimplycausation #assumptionchecking #data
#stats #bookquote #correlationdoesntimplycausation #assumptionchecking #data
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ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...
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“As predicted by many activists and civil rights advocates, ICE is increasingly becoming a force tasked with enforcing the political will of the administration and straying further and further from its original mission,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @Truthout.org.
truthout.org/articles/tr...
truthout.org/articles/tr...
Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants
ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.
truthout.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“As predicted by many activists and civil rights advocates, ICE is increasingly becoming a force tasked with enforcing the political will of the administration and straying further and further from its original mission,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @Truthout.org.
truthout.org/articles/tr...
truthout.org/articles/tr...
"There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard."
- Arundhati Roy ✊️🖤💛
#quoteoftheweek #solidarity #oppression
- Arundhati Roy ✊️🖤💛
#quoteoftheweek #solidarity #oppression
October 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard."
- Arundhati Roy ✊️🖤💛
#quoteoftheweek #solidarity #oppression
- Arundhati Roy ✊️🖤💛
#quoteoftheweek #solidarity #oppression
I'd never though I see a vintage National guitar in person ever. Let alone play one 😲😍
Here's me trying the opening riff of "Death Letter Blues" by Son House on a National biscuit resonator, a Gold Tone spider bridge one, and a National tricone at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA
Here's me trying the opening riff of "Death Letter Blues" by Son House on a National biscuit resonator, a Gold Tone spider bridge one, and a National tricone at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA
September 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'd never though I see a vintage National guitar in person ever. Let alone play one 😲😍
Here's me trying the opening riff of "Death Letter Blues" by Son House on a National biscuit resonator, a Gold Tone spider bridge one, and a National tricone at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA
Here's me trying the opening riff of "Death Letter Blues" by Son House on a National biscuit resonator, a Gold Tone spider bridge one, and a National tricone at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA