Cole 🐛
@colebaril.ca
📈 I love data & graphs | #RStats Programmer 👨💻
🦋 MSc | Medical Entomology 🦟
💪 Gym | 🧁Baking | Gamer 🎮 | Cat Dad 🐈
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📍YWG
🦋 MSc | Medical Entomology 🦟
💪 Gym | 🧁Baking | Gamer 🎮 | Cat Dad 🐈
🌈 he/him
📍YWG
Up to date data on my backyard mosquito trap. While fogging by the city had an effect, it did not last long. It is also interesting to see the ration of Aedes vexans and Culex tarsalis completely flip after fogging. However I suspect this is driven from a shift from cool and wet to hot and dry.
July 18, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Up to date data on my backyard mosquito trap. While fogging by the city had an effect, it did not last long. It is also interesting to see the ration of Aedes vexans and Culex tarsalis completely flip after fogging. However I suspect this is driven from a shift from cool and wet to hot and dry.
This summer I’m collecting and IDing mosquitoes in my backyard. Why, you might ask? Mostly for fun, and I was curious about what species are there. Today I got my first real catch — mosquito populations are booming here following a lot of rainfall.
June 26, 2026 at 11:55 PM
This summer I’m collecting and IDing mosquitoes in my backyard. Why, you might ask? Mostly for fun, and I was curious about what species are there. Today I got my first real catch — mosquito populations are booming here following a lot of rainfall.
@hankgreen.bsky.social the prophylactic rabies vaccine is not bad to get. It's a normal vaccine, easier than COVID/Flu for me. The post exposure vaccine on the other hand, is not pleasant. I had to get the prophylactic one for work as I do zoonotic disease surveillance in small to medium mammals.
May 11, 2026 at 1:13 AM
@hankgreen.bsky.social the prophylactic rabies vaccine is not bad to get. It's a normal vaccine, easier than COVID/Flu for me. The post exposure vaccine on the other hand, is not pleasant. I had to get the prophylactic one for work as I do zoonotic disease surveillance in small to medium mammals.
For #tidytuesday week 2026-04-07 looking at the repairability of household items via a repair cafe dataset, I compared repair completeness between categories (i.e., whether a repair was completed or partially completed).
#ggplot #rstats #dataviz
#ggplot #rstats #dataviz
April 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
For #tidytuesday week 2026-04-07 looking at the repairability of household items via a repair cafe dataset, I compared repair completeness between categories (i.e., whether a repair was completed or partially completed).
#ggplot #rstats #dataviz
#ggplot #rstats #dataviz
For #tidytuesday week 2026-03-31, looking at coastal ocean temperatures in Nova Scotia, I was mesmerized by the seasonal pattern displayed in my initial geom_point exploration plot that I had to keep it. Temperature generally goes down with depth.
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot2
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot2
April 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
For #tidytuesday week 2026-03-31, looking at coastal ocean temperatures in Nova Scotia, I was mesmerized by the seasonal pattern displayed in my initial geom_point exploration plot that I had to keep it. Temperature generally goes down with depth.
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot2
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot2
For #tidytuesday 2026-03-17 looking at Norwegian salmon mortality, there seems to be a clear temporal pattern when excess deaths occur for each species.
Cheeky title inspiration from the legendary @alex4salmon.bsky.social 🙂
#rstats #ggplot #dataviz
Cheeky title inspiration from the legendary @alex4salmon.bsky.social 🙂
#rstats #ggplot #dataviz
March 31, 2026 at 4:07 AM
For #tidytuesday 2026-03-17 looking at Norwegian salmon mortality, there seems to be a clear temporal pattern when excess deaths occur for each species.
Cheeky title inspiration from the legendary @alex4salmon.bsky.social 🙂
#rstats #ggplot #dataviz
Cheeky title inspiration from the legendary @alex4salmon.bsky.social 🙂
#rstats #ggplot #dataviz
Bear with me as I go through a backlog of #tidytuesday after being on vacation.
2026-03-10 - probability phrases
#rstats #ggplot #dataviz
2026-03-10 - probability phrases
#rstats #ggplot #dataviz
March 31, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Bear with me as I go through a backlog of #tidytuesday after being on vacation.
2026-03-10 - probability phrases
#rstats #ggplot #dataviz
2026-03-10 - probability phrases
#rstats #ggplot #dataviz
Just a little hike to the world’s highest lighthouse
March 25, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Just a little hike to the world’s highest lighthouse
A bit late on #tidytuesday. Looking at week 2026-03-03, it seems female Hermann's tortoises are healthier on the mainland compared to the beach and pleateau regions.
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot
March 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
A bit late on #tidytuesday. Looking at week 2026-03-03, it seems female Hermann's tortoises are healthier on the mainland compared to the beach and pleateau regions.
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot
#tidytuesday 2025-02-10 looking at the 2026 Winter Olympics schedule. Shown below are the concurrent Olympic events binned by hour.
#RStats #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz
#RStats #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz
February 18, 2026 at 6:04 AM
#tidytuesday 2025-02-10 looking at the 2026 Winter Olympics schedule. Shown below are the concurrent Olympic events binned by hour.
#RStats #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz
#RStats #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz
For #tidytuesday week 2026-02-03 looking at an edible plants dataset, I was curious about relationship between sun and water requirements; I thought the more sun, the more water. However most edible plants like a lot of sun, but only a moderate amount of water.
#RStats #ggplot2 #ggplot #dataviz
#RStats #ggplot2 #ggplot #dataviz
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 AM
For #tidytuesday week 2026-02-03 looking at an edible plants dataset, I was curious about relationship between sun and water requirements; I thought the more sun, the more water. However most edible plants like a lot of sun, but only a moderate amount of water.
#RStats #ggplot2 #ggplot #dataviz
#RStats #ggplot2 #ggplot #dataviz
Reposted by Cole 🐛
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited!
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
dplyr 1.2.0
dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...
tidyverse.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited!
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
The Government of Canada recently undertook measures to eliminate positions to save money (Comprehensive Expenditure Review). Using data they released, I showed the number and percentages of employees to be eliminated either by attrition or by layoff.
#rstats #tidyverse #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz
#rstats #tidyverse #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The Government of Canada recently undertook measures to eliminate positions to save money (Comprehensive Expenditure Review). Using data they released, I showed the number and percentages of employees to be eliminated either by attrition or by layoff.
#rstats #tidyverse #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz
#rstats #tidyverse #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz
For this week's #tidytuesday, in reading some of the #APOD posts, I noticed the Sun was mentioned a lot. I was curious to see just how much the Sun is mentioned. Turns out, the Sun is mentioned in 1/3rd of posts. Increasing over the years, but relatively stable month-to-month.
#RStats
#RStats
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 AM
For this week's #tidytuesday, in reading some of the #APOD posts, I noticed the Sun was mentioned a lot. I was curious to see just how much the Sun is mentioned. Turns out, the Sun is mentioned in 1/3rd of posts. Increasing over the years, but relatively stable month-to-month.
#RStats
#RStats
For last week's #tidytuesday, I was curious about language diversity among prominent natively spoken languages in Africa. #Cameroon has the highest number of natively spoken languages, which is unsurprising given their vast (250-600 estimated) language diversity overall.
#RStats #Tidyverse
#RStats #Tidyverse
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 AM
For last week's #tidytuesday, I was curious about language diversity among prominent natively spoken languages in Africa. #Cameroon has the highest number of natively spoken languages, which is unsurprising given their vast (250-600 estimated) language diversity overall.
#RStats #Tidyverse
#RStats #Tidyverse
Bit late on the last #tidytuesday of 2025 looking at Christmas novels. I created a word map using the top 100 non stop words and a word sentiment tree map using the nrc lexicon. Positivity, joy and trust appear in higher proportion than other text datasets I've looked at!
#RStats
#RStats
January 6, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Bit late on the last #tidytuesday of 2025 looking at Christmas novels. I created a word map using the top 100 non stop words and a word sentiment tree map using the nrc lexicon. Positivity, joy and trust appear in higher proportion than other text datasets I've looked at!
#RStats
#RStats
Did anyone else get absolutely destroyed by this year’s COVID/Flu vaccines?
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Did anyone else get absolutely destroyed by this year’s COVID/Flu vaccines?
I feel bad that I randomly stopped my series. I got sick and then life happened :(
October 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I feel bad that I randomly stopped my series. I got sick and then life happened :(
We need this asap
How about yeet() ?
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
We need this asap
Reposted by Cole 🐛
My backpacking itinerary
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My backpacking itinerary
👽🛸 Spooktober: Data After Dark - October 8
Today is part one of a multi-part segment on a UFO sighting dataset.
For part 1, I created an interactive Shiny app to explore the data. Map points are clickable!
colewb.shinyapps.io/alien-atlas/
#DataViz #R #Shiny #ggplot2 #RStats #Alien #UFO
Today is part one of a multi-part segment on a UFO sighting dataset.
For part 1, I created an interactive Shiny app to explore the data. Map points are clickable!
colewb.shinyapps.io/alien-atlas/
#DataViz #R #Shiny #ggplot2 #RStats #Alien #UFO
👽 Alien Atlas: UFO Sightings Map
colewb.shinyapps.io
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
🎃👻 Spooktober: Data After Dark - October 7
Today's plot shows inflation adjusted U.S. Halloween spending across 4 categories from 2005 to 2025 (2025 anticipated).
#Spooktober #DataViz #R #ggplot2 #RStats #Tidyverse #Retail #Halloween
Today's plot shows inflation adjusted U.S. Halloween spending across 4 categories from 2005 to 2025 (2025 anticipated).
#Spooktober #DataViz #R #ggplot2 #RStats #Tidyverse #Retail #Halloween
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
🎃👻 Spooktober: Data After Dark - October 7
Today's plot shows inflation adjusted U.S. Halloween spending across 4 categories from 2005 to 2025 (2025 anticipated).
#Spooktober #DataViz #R #ggplot2 #RStats #Tidyverse #Retail #Halloween
Today's plot shows inflation adjusted U.S. Halloween spending across 4 categories from 2005 to 2025 (2025 anticipated).
#Spooktober #DataViz #R #ggplot2 #RStats #Tidyverse #Retail #Halloween
🎃👻 Spooktober: Data After Dark - October 6
Spirit Halloween stores seem to pop up almost everywhere out of nowhere. I wanted to see just how ubiquitous these temporary shops are across North America.
#Spooktober #DataViz #R #ggplot2 #RStats #Tidyverse #SpiritHalloween #Retail #Halloween
Spirit Halloween stores seem to pop up almost everywhere out of nowhere. I wanted to see just how ubiquitous these temporary shops are across North America.
#Spooktober #DataViz #R #ggplot2 #RStats #Tidyverse #SpiritHalloween #Retail #Halloween
October 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🎃👻 Spooktober: Data After Dark - October 6
Spirit Halloween stores seem to pop up almost everywhere out of nowhere. I wanted to see just how ubiquitous these temporary shops are across North America.
#Spooktober #DataViz #R #ggplot2 #RStats #Tidyverse #SpiritHalloween #Retail #Halloween
Spirit Halloween stores seem to pop up almost everywhere out of nowhere. I wanted to see just how ubiquitous these temporary shops are across North America.
#Spooktober #DataViz #R #ggplot2 #RStats #Tidyverse #SpiritHalloween #Retail #Halloween