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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · 1d

OMG, epic typo in a half-page WSJ ad #copyediting #thisadshophassomeexplaingtodo

Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · 15d

Out Today: Results from the 2025 ASN Nephrology Fellow Survey. Some highlights:
- Base starting salaries were up 3%-4% over 2024.
- Lifestyle factors—call frequency, desired locale, and vacation—are top of mind when fellows evaluate employment offers.
data.asn-online.org/posts/2025_f...

A combined beeswarm and violin plot showing the distribution of educational debt carried by current nephrology fellows stratified by medical school location: US medical graduates and international medical graduates. US medical graduates had a median $220,000 in educational debt compared to a median $40,500 for international medical graduates.

Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · 24d

While the FT mentions it in passing, other coverage on the EO is really burying the lede on the impact to J-1 visa waivers for physicians who are providing care for Americans in underserved areas.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 24d

Trump’s new H1B visa fee prompts emergency guidance from companies on.ft.com/4267wzo

Trump’s new H1B visa fee prompts emergency guidance from companies

White House moves to clarify $100,000 application fee for visas relied on by tech industry

on.ft.com

Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Sep 11

September 11 started as a beautiful Tuesday morning. It was the first crisp fall day in NYC after it had poured the night before. I won’t forget the “Missing” posters, the dust, the smell, the chaos, or the papers that floated across the East River landing in Park Slope.

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Aug 31

Abandon all hope ye who enter here.

A picture of the new Buccees in Rockingham Virginia.

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Aug 26

Best part of the “new” @dataconf.ai is no more R (or S) song coming back from breaks. Sorry (not sorry) @jaredlander.com

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jul 25

You can set the default indentation by clicking on the setting on the lower-right of the window, then edit your preference in the command palette window. Hope that helps

Zoom in view of the lower right of a Positron window with a mouse hovering on the Spaces setting for indentation set as 2 spaces

Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jun 18

So, so grateful for the {nplyr} package. Makes working with nested dataframes an absolute breeze….OK, really easy. jibarozzo.github.io/nplyr/ Thanks @markjrieke.bsky.social

A Grammar of Nested Data Manipulation

Provides functions for manipulating nested data frames in a list-column using dplyr <https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/> syntax. Rather than unnesting, then manipulating a data frame, nplyr allows users to ...

jibarozzo.github.io

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jun 17

Voted! Democracy: use it or lose it.

Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · May 21

Article. II. Clause 7. The President …. shall not receive within that Period any other
Emolument from the United States, or any of them. #USConstitution #FFS

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Apr 9

The only thing missing from this is the endless cascade and of reviewers initials at the end

Jeva Lange 🫎 @jeva.bsky.social · Apr 9

Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks to @rfortherestofus.com for sharing @djnavarro.net excellent post on regex. Just wrote a lookbehind that worked the first time….without Google/ChatGPT/SO.

R for the Rest of Us @rfortherestofus.com · Mar 24

This week on What's New in R, we're featuring:
✅ Tutorial on backreferences in regular expressions by Danielle Navarro
✅ A guide to working with column names in R by Simon Couch
✅ Blog post by Ilya Kashnitsky illustrating a clever solution for rotating plots

Read the issue: buff.ly/3D2BpY3

#rstats

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Apr 3

Well, I’ve been liberated from ever trying to retire….or help my daughter go to college.

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Mar 7

It’s just jarring to see a Staten Island business with 212.

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Mar 4

Laissez les mal temps rouler

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Feb 19

I subscribe to @wsj.com because of their excellence in reporting...and the strong firewall between news and the editorial board. Yet their masthead has been unflinching, no more so than in tomorrow's edition (gift link) www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

Opinion | Trump Tilts Toward a Ukraine Sellout

He puts more pressure on Kyiv for a deal than he does on the Kremlin.

www.wsj.com

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jan 20

I want you to say on that day that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison.

I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity."
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #MLKDay

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jan 20

I want you to say that day that I tried to be right on the war question.

I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry.

And I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to clothe those who were naked. 4/

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jan 20

I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others.

I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody. 3/

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jan 20

Tell them not to mention that I have a Nobel Peace Prize—that isn’t important. Tell them not to mention that I have three or four hundred other awards—that’s not important. Tell them not to mention where I went to school. 2/

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jan 20

"If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. (Yes) And every now and then I wonder what I want them to say. 1/

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Tanya Shapiro @tanyashapiro.bsky.social · Jan 15

Looking for design opinions 🗳️

I'm crowdsourcing logo ideas for my data consulting business, IndieVisual. I've received a lot of unique submissions. Now I need help narrowing it down.

And who better to ask than my creative data viz friends? 🧑‍🎨

99designs.com/contests/pol...

Help me choose my new design!

I’m running a logo contest on 99designs. Designers have submitted 214 designs so far. Please vote on your favorite as I’d love to receive your feedback.

99designs.com

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jan 15

Done! That was a nice palate cleanser. Look forward to seeing the final selection.

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Jan 15

Check out the “Building story maps with mapgl” vignette that @kylewalker.bsky.social dropped yesterday. His great documentation makes it super easy to get started. Between {Closeread} and {mapgl} it has been a big couple of months for scrollytelling in R.

Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · Jan 15

It's been a big week for the #rstats {mapgl} package: the v0.2.0 release and 100 stars on GitHub!

If you haven't used {mapgl}, try it out! You can create 3D maps, build Shiny apps, and develop map stories with @Mapbox and @maplibre using R.

Learn more: walker-data.com/mapgl/

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Kurtis Pivert, MS, CAP @kpivert.bsky.social · Dec 29

Malaise Forever! Thank you Mr. President. #39

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