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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jun 19

@editgyenge.bsky.social thx for the follow. and right back atcha. how'd you find me?

BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jun 1

Here it is @somevelvetblog.bsky.social 's May 25 Album-A-Day diary, plus all prior 6 years & 5 months of his listening. What new albums did he play in May? More or less than other months? All this + MORE! at this #Tableau #Music #DataViz #WXPN @wxpnfm.bsky.social
public.tableau.com/views/BESega...

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · May 31

@somevelvetblog.bsky.social updated his Album-A-Day playlist w his diary entry thru today, May 31. So ya know what that that means? Later today I drop updated version of his #DataViz on @tableaupublic.bsky.social
Keep listening and @wxpnfm.bsky.social #WXPN-On
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · May 18

Just updated @wxpnfm.bsky.social 's @somevelvetblog.bsky.social 's Album-A-Day music diary w latest data. 6+ years in. Lots of ways to understand his music tastes, by year, month, repeat artists, repeat albums, genres, and more. #WXPN #MusicData #DataViz #DataFam
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hey #DataFam here's an effort to catalog and preserve Public Data sets built for us.

Sung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · Feb 9

Harvard's Library Innovation Lab Team announces the Data.gov Archive

They released archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov.

BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Feb 7

@bskykat.bsky.social Hey Katya, glad you found me here. thx for the follow. And right back atcha. How the heck are you?

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Rob Taylor @trebor-rolyat.bsky.social · Feb 5

🚨New #tableau viz “Paper Planes”

Finally finished the data project with my son. We built and flew paper planes throughout January and collected the results. Then we built a crazy folding viz for it!

#tableaupublic link public.tableau.com/app/profile/... (Fixed)

#DataFam #FamilyFun #OrigamiViz

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Feb 2

@twelson.bsky.social Hey Tracey, great to see you here on bsky. thx for the follow. right back 'atcha. #GoBRiDS #JustLikeTheMayorSpellsIt

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Feb 1

@varun-jain.bsky.social Varun, thanks for the follow. And back at you. ;-) #DataFam !!

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Feb 1

@emdepad.bsky.social Emily, thanks for the follow. And back atcha! How'd you find me? the #DataFam ? ;-)

BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Feb 1

Hey @wxpnfm.bsky.social Fam, it's Feb 1. That means it's time to send home @somevelvetblog.bsky.social 's Jan 2025 Album-A-Day "report card." It's all here, an interactive #Tableau #DataViz How many New Releases did he preview for #WXPN? In Jan? In past months?
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 26

Ooh, lookie here Bruce Warren's playlist (with videos!) from his #WXPN show that aired yesterday 1-26-25

Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social · Jan 26

playlist from my show today on @wxpnfm.bsky.social

XPN playlist 1.25.25

playing the hits and the misses

somevelvetblog.substack.com

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 26

Hey #XPNfam, ever wonder what new music @wxpnfm.bsky.social might play in the near future? Well, you can see if @somevelvetblog.bsky.social listens to new album releases in his Album-A-Day music diary before they air on #WXPN. Explore by year or month on #Tableau
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 26

@pattonoswalt.bsky.social How did you plan this sequence in my feed so perfectly? #PattonsNewSuperPower

BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 26

E-L-G-E-S
Go BRIDS
#SpellingIsFunAndMental
@philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social

Philadelphia Eagles @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social · Jan 26

Championship Sunday.
In Philadelphia.
Go Birds.

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · Jan 19

For decades policymakers attempting to combat declining birthrates by convincing couples to have more children.

But now the issue is rapidly becoming fewer and fewer couples in the first place.

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Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social · Jan 19

LETS GO!!!!

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 19

If your hesitation is bc it feels more self-promotional than is within your comfort-zone. I respect that.
For me, it's an accomplishment. I don't see it as bragging if you tell your boss that you're a top 10 finalist; esp if your boss knows what it is. If not, then that speaks vols too. ;-)

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 19

#RandomThought Does Twittr's new "X" logo mean it's crossing itself out? #SubconsciousAdmission

BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 19

That day Mavis Staples's back up band was the U.S. Marine Corp. Band in the White House. ;-)

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Dec 24

You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 19

OH NOOOOO!!! Philly's Bob Perkins has passed away. I love "BP w the GM." He turned me on to much great jazz music on #WRTI. And I learned a thing or two about the music and the musicians who played it. #Jazz #XPNfam

Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social · Jan 19

Sad news to report, one of Philly's jazz radio legends "BP with the GM" has passed. The "BP" was the iconic Bob Perkins, and the "GM" was "the good music." What a voice, and what an impact he made on the lives of musicians and Philly. Rest in power, Mr. Perkins.

Bob Perkins, a legend of jazz radio at WRTI and beyond, dies at 91

A beloved fixture on the airwaves in Philadelphia, including a 25-year tenure at WRTI, Bob Perkins died on Jan. 19. He was 91.

www.wrti.org

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Jan 19

What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.?

In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 19

Do a google search on your laptop or via phone for either "wip94 phila," or "Eagles broadcast audacy." It should take you to the audacy live feed for WIP94. And you can listen via a browser if you don't feel like downloading yet another app to your phone.

BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 19

You know the there's a little biddy fuhball game in the snow today, riiiiight? #EaglesFlyInTheSnow Hey, you can hear a proper @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social broadcast w Merrill Reese + Mike Quick on @94wipsportsradio.bsky.social via a stream on Audacy. The only way to listen to Eagles games.

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · Jan 19

You do analytics and data viz for an analytics company. So, getting into top 10 of IronViz is an accomplishment relevant to both your role and company.
Yet, you have a hesitation. Can you say more about why you hesitate to share that at work?

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