Seth Kasowitz

Bar chart showing the number of edible plants which require various combinations of growth conditions. Compares sunlight, water, and nutrient needs for more than 100 edible plant species.

This week's #TidyTuesday looks at data from a European Citizen Science project examining edible plants. Comparing growth requirements we can find something to grow under a wide range of conditions... just get them out of the shade!

#DataViz #ggplot2

A scatterplot with points representing text embeddings of APOD explanations in 2D space. Topics are indicated by color.

How can you organize NASA's daily astronomy pictures ? Some quick topic modeling of the explanations included in the APOD dataset for #TidyTuesday.

A cat stares out from an otherwise empty laundry hamper.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

Map of Africa with country borders drawn. Countries with languages only spoken there are highlighted and labeled. The labeled language is the most spoken of these country-specific langauges. The color of the shading is based on the relative proportion of the country's total population which natively speak the language.

For this #TidyTuesday we look into data on languages spoken across Africa.

I focused on languages spoken in a single country, and make a map indicating which "exclusive" language is spoken by the most people relative to the country's pop.

Code: sethkasowitz.com/posts/2026-0...

#RStatis #DataViz

I'm sticking with classic cholesterol. No fancy mods required.

“Can women be leaders? No.”

Yes! I exported the Timeline.json from my phone as the file I was getting through Takeout didn't have anything interesting. My mistake was looking online at all, Google has changed structures many times. I spent so much time I had to make a map the moment I had a anything to shove into a data frame.

Code: sethkasowitz.com/posts/2025-1...

A screenshot of a city map centered on the Hudson Valley region of southern New York State. Overlapping blue lines trace driving routes.

Day 4 of the #30DayMapChallenge and I decided to work out how to plot some arbitrary paths from my Timeline. I spent too much time just working out the exported data structure to look for anything interesting. Just trust that on at least one of these I am driving at an avg of 5 mph for 15 miles.

Map for 30 Day Map Challenge Day 2. Topic is lines and the map is focused on the continental United States. Arcs are drawn from JFK airport in New York to origin and departing airports. The lines' thickness and opacity represent the number of flights along those routes. The 5 most frequently connected airports are labeled: SFO, LAX, MCO, MIA, and FLL

Map for day 3 of the 30 day map challenge. The topic is polygons and the map is a choropleth style depiction of the continental United States. States are shaded by the number of flights arriving at the state from JFK airport in December 2024.

Immediately falling behind on the #30DayMapChallenge! Playing catch-up today and hopelessly telling myself I will make time to get ahead.

So here are days 2 and 3 using a single data source:

Day 2: Lines
Day 3: Polygons

Real challenge: Calculating arcs 😬

Code: sethkasowitz.com/posts/2025-1...

Map of the five boroughs of New York City with election day polling sites marked.

Never participated in the #30DayMapChallenge and I've never created a map with Python.

Day 1 Challenge: Points

Taking a look at the NYC polling locations for Election Day.

Data from NYS Geospatial Services

Code: sethkasowitz.com/posts/2025-1...

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Oake, a fluffy adult cat with a brown/gray/white coat sits atop a bookcase. He is staring down a stuffed lion toy.

Willow, a short haired adult cat with a gray and white coat, stands on some furniture. He's looking for a good angle to jump to the photographers shoulder or face.

Oake and Willow. Litter mates, menaces, doofuses.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Please share! I'm looking for a postdoc. The position is to lead one of the following projects: 1) regulation of plant specialized metabolism by cell fate, or 2) foliar embryogenesis in the succulent plant Kalanchoe.

Learn more abt projects: cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/res...

A musical note composed of small hexagonal package stickers, arranged in a gradient from dark to vibrant colors. The overall shape resembles a quaver (eighth note), forming a colorful, pixelated mosaic.

🎨 Calling all Bioconductor package developers!

We’re building a Sticker Hexwall for #EuroBioC2025

Submit your package sticker by July 22 to be featured:
🔗 eurobioc2025.bioconductor.org/pages/hexwal...

Know a package that’s missing a sticker? Encourage them to join in!

#Bioconductor #RStats

In the foreground two cats look out a window, seen from the backs of their heads. In the background, a reddish brown squirrel sits on a wooden railing eating something it has just dug up from a potted plant.

A juvenile house cat sits on top of a bookcase. They are looking at the flame of a lit scented candle.

Two adult cats lie together on a rug.

And also with you

Chart representing the percentage of people in the US with access to fluoride in drinking water as it has changed over time, from 2000 to 2022.

Day 1 of the #30DayChartChallenge. Looking at the fraction of the U.S. population with access to fluoride in their drinking water we see this proportion hasn't increased in years.

📊 Code: github.com/skasowitz/30...

🌎 Data: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer.

"Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

Several animals forage around the base of a tree. Grey, black, and red colored squirrels devour peanuts while a mourning dove maintains a safe distance.

We were honored to host the 2025 Squirrel Summit. The yard will forever be covered in peanut shells.

Do you need a measles booster?
(Talk to your health care provider - chart is a general guideline)

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.

Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

A grey and white cat sits on the corner of a wooden table, looking at nothing. A brown and white longer haired cat sits uncomfortably close to the photographer, staring longingly.

One wants to completely supplant my human family. The other tolerates me for my ability to acquire and distribute chicken.

An adult half Maine coon house cat relaxes on a baby's changing table. The room is warm and quiet, and Oake is content in the knowledge that he is preventing me from dressing the reason he gets less attention than he would like.

An outrageous short haired house cat perches on the handle bars of a stationary bike. Willow firmly believes that instead of trying to prevent a toddler from accepting terms and conditions on my behalf, I should open the fridge door and leave the kitchen for 2-3 minutes.

Oake and Willow. Littermates, rescues, life disrupters.

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