Aaron R. Williams

Senior data scientist, privacy, and retirement @urbaninstitute.
Adjunct @McCourtSchool.
Musician.
Lifelong Learner.
Opinions are my own.

#dcstatehood

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

I'm a take off work to watch the entire first weekend of the NCAA tournament kind of guy. I don't understand expanding the tourney to 76 teams. I have no desire to watch 9-11 Minnesota play play 8-12 Auburn days before 65% of their players hit the portal.

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

My original conspiracy theory is that auto companies manufactured @oliviarodrigo and her big song "Driver's License" because of concerns about declining Gen Z interest in driving. Olivia, welcome to the @waroncars.

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

The federal budget should play a role in supporting future generations, but spending on programs like the adult portion of Social Security and interest on the debt dwarfs spending on children.

14 more visualizations worth checking out here: https://t.co/GGFh94Ej70

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

Claire Bowen and I wrote about the last government shutdown's affects on federal government data during uncertain times.

Here we are again. Friday's jobs report will be delayed because of the current shutdown.

https://t.co/q5Log51ho2

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

@beyonddc Philly shows out on the Broad Street Line for 76ers games. The Wizards are just horrible.

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

🚨My team at the @urbaninstitute is hiring a Research Associate🚨

https://t.co/v3pXSgj3Us

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

@thomasp85 Do you still sell prints? Your website leads to a 404.

[Ravinder S. Bhalla @RaviBhalla]

Today marks 7 years since our last traffic fatality in Hoboken, 1 of the only US cities to reach this milestone. Although we’ve had success creating safer streets, we’ll continue to aggressively implement Vision Zero in all major infrastructure projects.
https://t.co/sVSaos3kyU

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

The most striking thing about my walk this morning was condo buildings with 100+ units that had not shoveled their sidewalks.

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

Everyone loves to hate on corporate landlords. Today, I'm going to show some love.

Corporate landlords shovel their dang sidewalks! In DC and Philly, it appears that approximately no one else does. Thank you, corporate landlords, for doing your part.

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

.@urbaninstitute is hiring a DS Analyst! Ideal role for a BA (or equiv experience) in CS, Math, Econ, Stats, or related field. This is a great opportunity for you if you love #rstats/#python and want to work with cutting-edge quant social sciences. https://t.co/QvNimFJhX1

[Jason Delisle @delislealleges]

Holy buried lede, batman! Norway, Finland, and Denmark, where college is FREE, have pretty similar student debt to the U.S. https://t.co/udTDnynG2z

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

Yesterday I saw a guy driving a massive pickup truck after dark while texting and smoking cannabis.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Pedestrian safety campaigns are, generally speaking, awful.

[CEPR @ceprdc]

BREAKING: The IRS is using funds from Biden's #IRA legislation to launch a free online tax filing service, Direct File, in 2024 for taxpayers.

The program will be piloted in 13 states, saving working families money, time, and stress. This is progress.
https://t.co/f2vPWXppxi

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

Warning: the visual editor in @posit_pbc's RStudio will reformat your https://t.co/qiNskr6UqN so it no longer correctly renders on GitHub.

I only touch the visual editor for the Zotero integration. Otherwise it's just pain.

[Jeff Speck @JeffSpeckFAICP]

Look no further for evidence of the consummate malfeasance of America’s road engineers.

(Thanks @YIMBYLAND.)

[Aaron R. Williams @awunderground]

My most deeply held belief is that Olivia Rodrigo is a conspiracy by the Big 3 auto companies to get youths who stopped caring about driving and licenses to care about driving and licenses.
https://t.co/kfaUMrcTtG

[NC ASA @NC_ASA]

Last day for early bird registration for Virtual Traveling Course on Data Visualization with R with @awunderground

Course details: https://t.co/IUqpbKQjyt

Students - $5
NC ASA Members TODAY - $5
NC ASA Members - $15
Others - $25

Register at: https://t.co/c9Pm7JqBBq

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

This might be the worst chart crime I've ever seen.

Look closely until you see it...

[NC ASA @NC_ASA]

Save the date! We are hosting a virtual traveling course on Data Visualization with R on September 29 (all-day) with @awunderground. Registration will be coming soon with reduced rates for students and early registrants!