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Dave Swedler

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Public health statistician (PhD, MPH) who still sometimes plays ultimate. Dog photos will be posted. Chicago. He/him.


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This is my favorite Mastodon video because of the bait-and-switch that they pull with the imagery. We doing an early 90s metal video? Not so fast!

They may not be the best live band, but they get the camp that comes along with metal for sure.

youtu.be/jWFWazj7Ud8

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Sleep baby

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Couldn’t agree more, tiny cardboard sign on a kebab skewer in the parkway.

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Tim Onion's avatar Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social
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Weirdest shit just happened to me.

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This was half a day before I passed through MDW, but this is some solid fucking bullshit

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She watches my back while I work. During my last meeting she bolted underneath my desk to alert me to the fact that the breeze was moving the door to my office. No protection from threats, just observing them

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My first thought upon opening this app each morning.

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Apparently early July is the annual start date for my transformation

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I am employed by a state healthcare agency in Massachusetts. It is really clear to me that they care about proactively protecting the health of the people of the Commonwealth. But if you need external proof that they really do care, see the below.

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The car of the absolute worst person you know. VU (Valpo? Vandy?) catching a stray here

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The final piece for Himbo Summer is in place

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Did data management while watching GER-SPN. It was so good.

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I can sit in this chair & complete this review because they’re paying me for it. I can sit in this chair & complete this review because they’re paying me for it. I can sit in this chair & complete this review because they’re paying me for it. I can sit in this chair & complete this …

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One of these Google Sheets is not what you think.

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It’s 6:45 in the morning at my in-law’s house in Lisle & my FIL is already watching Newsmax. I just want to eat breakfast quietly.

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Not pictured: the Key Bridge. It was hard to look out into the bay & not see it.

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I have not given an in person poster since 2019. Rusty? Not I.

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The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

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Presenting a poster at this conference & the poster next to me claims to be a mixed methods study. The only qualitative data come from open-ended Qs on a survey. By the power of Creswell & Plano-Clark, I am going to strike them down for heresy.

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A woman at this conference panel is pronouncing it data not data. You know what I mean

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Breaking: plover chick hatched in Chicago (first since 2021). 🪶

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Viscous pit bull attack in Baltimore. She made quick work of the peanut butter on the knife.

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I have come here to kick ass and eat Berger Cookies.

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Nacho Mamas! I wasn’t planning on going there when I am in Baltimore this weekend, but just seeing this has me thinking about it.

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Alex's avatar Alex @alexcannon7.bsky.social
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Was just wondering about the status of CTA’s automated ticketing pilot while my bus sat stuck behind two illegally parked cars last night. Delayed until the fall. Absolutely no sense of urgency, thanks guys!

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Me whenever I have to cite RA Fisher or mention the Exact Test.

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0.5x magnification on the iPhone camera distorts it a bit, but it’s still pretty deep

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Two sweaty from my ride to sit on any real furniture in my house

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Yeah, but why go for the normal explanation when the speculative one is so much better?

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After walking back from daycare, we are inside for the rest of the day.

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A great article about how malicious science can get laundered through peer review and citations. And most of the authors are on Bsky

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Earlier this week I was talking w/a friend about a sexual medicine study I was once involved in. I wistfully mused “why can’t my current public health work be more exciting like that?” Then this article drops yesterday. 😯

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Blues Brothers: - fuck up nazis - fuck up CPD - fuck up anti-union white-supremacist-coded Good Old Boys - pay their taxes, contributing to society Ferris Bueller: - exploits his friends - abuses public servants - takes full advantage of his white male privilege …I know who I want repping my city

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Falling asleep on the couch with the TV on. Like her progenitors on the Welsh moors

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A friend from Chicago sent this to me: her local branch of Chicago Public Library created an exhibition of left-behind water bottles titled "Thirst: An Exploration of Modern Dehydration," and it made her think of me. We've been friends for 40 years. She knows me well 🥰

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As soon as I hear “breakout groups,” I’m leaving the Zoom call.

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If it was an insult, that might hurt. But if it was a compliment, it would surely hurt more.

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I am told that my grandfather (an engineer) was an artist w/profanity when he was working on cars. I was reminded of this family lore as I was yelling unprintable things at the laundry that was falling off the drying rack. I of course being the culprit who places the laundry there in the 1st place.

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So proud to be technologically employed by UMass (Med School).

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Chicago, you're beautiful, MAKE IT EASIER TO NEVER EVER EVER FUCKING DRIVE AROUND HERE.

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First time making a geom_tile() graph & I have somehow generated a Mooninite??

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At this point we all know what it means, but it’s still funny to get an email with the subject: “I’m ooo today” Oh no! A spooky ghost!

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I’m proud to share this new article I wrote with a student! “The NFL has partnered with Nickelodeon to produce programs such as NFL Rush Zone and NFL Slimetime that targets youth by using cartoon mascots, bright colors, 3D iconography, and other child-friendly symbols.” @profgoldberg.bsky.social

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N. K. Jemisin's avatar N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social
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It's increasingly clear that the people who make generative AI don't like films, don't like books, don't like art of any kind, and don't understand why anyone else does.

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It’s how you can tell you’re from PA, not MD. If it were the latter, you’d say “downey ocean.”

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The Museum of Work at MSE. It’s all art dedicated to work- dedicated by a rich alum who assembled it. Rooftop sculpture garden. It’s unique. Also, Eagle Park Brewing is my current favorite beers from there. Stop in at the Public Market as you’re heading downtown from the train station

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Went to CDOT’s community mobility meeting in Douglass Park yesterday evening. Ald. LaSpata gets so hyped about transportation safety that he spontaneously gets up while talking to gesticulate more. Also, biking is undergoing a *huge* boom in Chicago.

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