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Finally, I've nicked a function that takes in a colour and returns white or black to ensure contrast. This is useful for when you need to add text that contrasts nicely with the background.
Instructions and installation here: https://github.com/nicucalcea/Ra11y

58 views Finally, I've nicked a function that takes in a colour and returns white or black to ensure contrast. This is useful for when you need to add text that contrasts nicely with the background. Instructions and installation here: https://github.com/nicucalcea/Ra11y

19 views For my first newsletter, I figured I'd look at a pretty basic question: What is Eastern Europe? As it turns out, it depends on who you ask: https://blog.samizdata.co/p/what-is-eastern-europe?utm_source=mastodon&sd=pf

In an attempt to improve the accessibility of my #ggplot2, I've written a small #rstats library.
First, some colours are difficult to tell apart for people with various forms of colour blindness. Even some colours from the BBC News palette aren't safe to use together.

10 views In an attempt to improve the accessibility of my #ggplot2, I've written a small #rstats library. First, some colours are difficult to tell apart for people with various forms of colour blindness. Even some colours from the BBC News palette aren't safe to use together.

I wanted to see if I can get a sense of the brain drain in Russia. I figured GitHub would be a good proxy for how many developers there are in the country, and how many have left.
While developer activity in Russia has stalled, it has suddenly picked up in neighbouring countries like Georgia and Armenia.
More details: https://blog.samizdata.co/p/russias-tech-brain-drain-in-numbers
#dataviz #russia

9 views I wanted to see if I can get a sense of the brain drain in Russia. I figured GitHub would be a good proxy for how many developers there are in the country, and how many have left. While developer activity in Russia has stalled, it has suddenly picked up in neighbouring countries like Georgia and Armenia. More details: https://blog.samizdata.co/p/russias-tech-brain-drain-in-numbers #dataviz #russia

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Posting cadence

0.04 / week

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Mostly images

Recent: 3 text · 5 image · 0 video.

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1.9×

Follows 251 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

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🔥 Top post Finally, I've nicked a function that takes in a colour and returns white or black to ensure contrast. This is useful for when you need to add text that contrasts nicely with the background. Instructions and installation here: https://github.com/nicucalcea/Ra11y ★ 58

Moldova has the fattest street dogs I've seen anywhere. And they say we're a poor country.

I wanted to see if I can get a sense of the brain drain in Russia. I figured GitHub would be a good proxy for how many developers there are in the country, and how many have left. While developer activity in Russia has stalled, it has sudd… ★ 9 Looking for some software I saw and forgot the name of. It was a GUI tool that would help fix inconsistencies/misspellings in data. You were presented with two similar values, and you would click right or left on your keyboard to say wheth… ★ 8

In an attempt to improve the accessibility of my #ggplot2, I've written a small #rstats library. First, some colours are difficult to tell apart for people with various forms of colour blindness. Even some colours from the BBC News palette… ★ 10 I've started using #quarto to write my notes/articles. Here's my setup: 1. I create a new note in my #obsidian vault. Obsidian is where I keep all my notes, to-dos, reminders. 2. I then create a symlink of that file into my R project folde… ★ 10

For my first newsletter, I figured I'd look at a pretty basic question: What is Eastern Europe? As it turns out, it depends on who you ask: https://blog.samizdata.co/p/what-is-eastern-europe?utm_source=mastodon&sd=pf ★ 19 Seems like a short #introduction is the thing to do round these parts. I'm a Data Journalist based in London, on the BBC business desk since last month. Before that, I was doing more of the same at the New Statesman. I don't expect to be a… ★ 7

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Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 17 views per post.

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75/100

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92%

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Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~3.6% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

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Investigative Data Journalist | Bylines: @globalwitness, BBC News, New Statesman, VICE.

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