Mark Shilton
@markshilton.bsky.social
Data @ ev.energy, cycling, music.
Woah. This is an incredible treasure trove of amazing alternative Christmas tunes!
I hate hearing the same holiday music over and over, so I made a truly epic Vintage Xmas playlist with over 1,300 songs!!! I've been curating and adding to it for YEARS and its really fun! Just put it on and let it roll! open.spotify.com/playlist/60a...
63 hours of Vintage Christmas
open.spotify.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Woah. This is an incredible treasure trove of amazing alternative Christmas tunes!
Reposted by Mark Shilton
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Reposted by Mark Shilton
Time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline since. And this is not just the unwinding of a bump in screen time during pandemic lockdowns – what’s going on?
Read the full story here: on.ft.com/3IzaxBL
Read the full story here: on.ft.com/3IzaxBL
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline since. And this is not just the unwinding of a bump in screen time during pandemic lockdowns – what’s going on?
Read the full story here: on.ft.com/3IzaxBL
Read the full story here: on.ft.com/3IzaxBL
Reposted by Mark Shilton
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
benansell.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
Reposted by Mark Shilton
![Comic. [block quote] “Far better an approximate answer to the *right* question, which is often vague, than an *exact* answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.” -John W. Tukey, The Future of Data Analysis (1962) [caption] Happy Approximate Birthday to John Tukey, author of my favorite statistics quote, who was born 110.000 years ago sometime this week.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreid4vie3df7ltmh7capumhhqcpbejyr7ya7y762fasdeq46ud3gyva@jpeg)
This case study will surely be winging it's way into data analysis and data cleaning 101 courses very shortly. 🤦
Let's see how the intrepid Elon inspired team at DOGE - the folks who are currently examining your tax records - are doing! Today they put up their their idea of "open data" which they call a "Wall of Receipts". And look here - two cancelled DEIA contracts for $9,999,999. Wow, they saved $20M! 1/
February 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This case study will surely be winging it's way into data analysis and data cleaning 101 courses very shortly. 🤦