BetaSciGuy
@betasci.bsky.social
Dad. Data enthusiast. Former academic, current data scientist/engineer. #dataengineering #datescience #dataviz
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“Companies are now increasingly collecting data on us to get a better sense of how much they think they can get away with charging us.”
What does it even mean anymore to find fair pricing?
What does it even mean anymore to find fair pricing?
The price tag might be an endangered species
In her new book, “Gouged: The End of a Fair Price — and What That Means for Your Wallet,” Lindsay Owens writes that personalized prices are, in some cases, replacing set prices — and that might not be...
www.marketplace.org
September 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
“Companies are now increasingly collecting data on us to get a better sense of how much they think they can get away with charging us.”
What does it even mean anymore to find fair pricing?
What does it even mean anymore to find fair pricing?
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A game for the #dataviz nerds
Mystery Chart | The daily chart guessing game
Five real charts every day, built from live public data. The title is redacted. Can you work out what you're looking at?
mysterychart.net
September 15, 2026 at 7:11 AM
A game for the #dataviz nerds
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52.9% of U.S. economic output belongs to workers. This number has been falling for decades — meaning the benefits of higher productivity are funneling more and more to business owners and shareholders than they are to workers.
September 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
52.9% of U.S. economic output belongs to workers. This number has been falling for decades — meaning the benefits of higher productivity are funneling more and more to business owners and shareholders than they are to workers.
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Around 5% of electricity in the United States is used for data centers — far more than the global average.
Around 1.5% of the world’s electricity was used for data centers in 2025. People are often surprised by how low this number is.
Around 1.5% of the world’s electricity was used for data centers in 2025. People are often surprised by how low this number is.
September 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Around 5% of electricity in the United States is used for data centers — far more than the global average.
Around 1.5% of the world’s electricity was used for data centers in 2025. People are often surprised by how low this number is.
Around 1.5% of the world’s electricity was used for data centers in 2025. People are often surprised by how low this number is.
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It should be an event for the data visualization community that this video from 2013 that got 26 million views has just been updated. 📊
It has entered the mainstream in the way that very few dataviz have.
youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?...
It has entered the mainstream in the way that very few dataviz have.
youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?...
Wealth Inequality in America (Updated 2026)
YouTube video by politizane
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
It should be an event for the data visualization community that this video from 2013 that got 26 million views has just been updated. 📊
It has entered the mainstream in the way that very few dataviz have.
youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?...
It has entered the mainstream in the way that very few dataviz have.
youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?...
This is a real game on the White House official .gov site that lets you round up border crossers for deportation...
The executive is filled with children and unserious people.
The executive is filled with children and unserious people.
September 8, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This is a real game on the White House official .gov site that lets you round up border crossers for deportation...
The executive is filled with children and unserious people.
The executive is filled with children and unserious people.
Do it! Do it now!
Dear registered voters,
When was the last time you checked your registration status and verified your current name and address?
You can find the links you need to do that at npr.org/vote
When was the last time you checked your registration status and verified your current name and address?
You can find the links you need to do that at npr.org/vote
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
npr.org
August 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Do it! Do it now!
August 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story. n.pr/4fFJzG7
Trump's team says 'no children' died from USAID cuts. Consider these 3 cases
Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.
n.pr
July 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story. n.pr/4fFJzG7
I'm starting to think the reason the Freedom 250 is such a dud is that they spent all the budget on military flyovers
July 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I'm starting to think the reason the Freedom 250 is such a dud is that they spent all the budget on military flyovers
Example of purging data that doesn't fit the administration's narrative.
The Trump Department of Justice purged government news releases with information about prosecutions of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement on Jan. 6, 2021. n.pr/4dyiOmb
Trump DOJ mass-deletes info on Jan. 6 riot cases, including violent assaults on cops
The Trump Department of Justice purged government news releases with information about prosecutions of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement on Jan. 6, 2021.
n.pr
May 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Example of purging data that doesn't fit the administration's narrative.
My 10 yo and I just finished watching Fellowship of the Ring.
Me: *explains the connection between the One Ring and Sauron*
Kid: "Oh, I get it! The ring is a horcrux!"
Me: wait... 🤯 holy crap, the One Ring is a horcrux!
#LotR #HarryPotter
Me: *explains the connection between the One Ring and Sauron*
Kid: "Oh, I get it! The ring is a horcrux!"
Me: wait... 🤯 holy crap, the One Ring is a horcrux!
#LotR #HarryPotter
May 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
My 10 yo and I just finished watching Fellowship of the Ring.
Me: *explains the connection between the One Ring and Sauron*
Kid: "Oh, I get it! The ring is a horcrux!"
Me: wait... 🤯 holy crap, the One Ring is a horcrux!
#LotR #HarryPotter
Me: *explains the connection between the One Ring and Sauron*
Kid: "Oh, I get it! The ring is a horcrux!"
Me: wait... 🤯 holy crap, the One Ring is a horcrux!
#LotR #HarryPotter
April 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
A @marketplace.org story about protesting the administration through knitting? Hell yeah!
A hat pattern protesting ICE raids has had stores sold out of red yarn for months.
How a knitted protest hat sparked a nationwide shortage of red yarn
The yarn industry isn’t quick to meet a spike in demand.
www.marketplace.org
March 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A @marketplace.org story about protesting the administration through knitting? Hell yeah!
I honestly love the puzzle. My kid and I listen to it on our way to his Sunday activity
Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KCUR listener Justin Marciniak and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
Sunday Puzzle: BAD!
Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KCUR listener Justin Marciniak and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
n.pr
March 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I honestly love the puzzle. My kid and I listen to it on our way to his Sunday activity
Register to vote, and verify your registration even if you think you already registered.
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
n.pr
March 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Register to vote, and verify your registration even if you think you already registered.
I had a project to work with this data a while back. The way companies release it, it is clearly not intended for the average person to look through. One insurer released it as tens of TBs of JSON files. You need a dedicated team of data specialists and subject matter experts to make sense of it.
The Trump administration pushed for price transparency in health care. But instead of patients shopping for services, it's mostly health systems and insurers using the information for negotiations. n.pr/4amoc8P
Hospitals are posting prices for patients. It's mostly industry using the data
The Trump administration pushed for price transparency in health care. But instead of patients shopping for services, it's mostly health systems and insurers using the information for negotiations.
n.pr
February 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I had a project to work with this data a while back. The way companies release it, it is clearly not intended for the average person to look through. One insurer released it as tens of TBs of JSON files. You need a dedicated team of data specialists and subject matter experts to make sense of it.
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The Trump administration has been burying data, including information on food security, the labor force, and maternal and infant mortality. With so much unknown, the impacts of these losses are hard to gauge.
What's lost when the White House cuts over 3,000 government data sets
The Trump administration has disappeared statistics on the economy, public health, and more from public access.
www.marketplace.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The Trump administration has been burying data, including information on food security, the labor force, and maternal and infant mortality. With so much unknown, the impacts of these losses are hard to gauge.
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another look at this generational chart crime
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
another look at this generational chart crime
These are not in fact the federal holidays for this year. This is such an easy thing to get right, and it means I won't trust Copilot results and it will make me dubious of anyone who implicitly does. 🤦♂️
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
These are not in fact the federal holidays for this year. This is such an easy thing to get right, and it means I won't trust Copilot results and it will make me dubious of anyone who implicitly does. 🤦♂️
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This is…
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
Kai, could you educate us with a few sentences why?
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is…
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
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Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is. n.pr/4pzjWsl
How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you
Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is.
n.pr
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is. n.pr/4pzjWsl
Can anyone make sense of Tesla's stock price? I've honestly not seen any news that isn't bad for them:
* Sales are down practically everywhere
* CA is saying they'll have to pause sales
* They have multi-year delays on model releases
* Cybertrucks are basically a meme
And yet ...
#makeitmakesense
* Sales are down practically everywhere
* CA is saying they'll have to pause sales
* They have multi-year delays on model releases
* Cybertrucks are basically a meme
And yet ...
#makeitmakesense
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Can anyone make sense of Tesla's stock price? I've honestly not seen any news that isn't bad for them:
* Sales are down practically everywhere
* CA is saying they'll have to pause sales
* They have multi-year delays on model releases
* Cybertrucks are basically a meme
And yet ...
#makeitmakesense
* Sales are down practically everywhere
* CA is saying they'll have to pause sales
* They have multi-year delays on model releases
* Cybertrucks are basically a meme
And yet ...
#makeitmakesense
WHAT THE ACTUAL F IS THIS DUDE'S F-IN PROBLEM?!?!?!?
The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The president's press secretary said it comes after a unanimous vote by the center's board, which Trump took over earlier this year. n.pr/4qhD3bd
President Trump to add his own name to the Kennedy Center
The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The president's press secretary said it comes after a unanimous vote by the center's board, which Trump took over earlier this year.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
WHAT THE ACTUAL F IS THIS DUDE'S F-IN PROBLEM?!?!?!?