Author: Kate
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movie log, 2 of n
It’s been five months since the first movie log. Looking back, I was convinced that I hadn’t watched as many movies as before. Life had been relentless; certainly there hadn’t been time to join the usual watch parties? And that, kids, is why you should always rely on data instead of gut feel. 😊 Thank…
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Collected quotes, 3 of n
Geometry has nothing to do with it. It’s all about finding perfection, and perfection can’t be found in something as rigid as geometry. You have to find it elsewhere, in between the lines. Agnes Martin. as quoted in this newsletter I have had to learn how to manage — to be a functioning person while…
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Mapping happiness with ggplot2 in R
I’ve been trying to get back into the habit of coding with R every day, with the goal of compiling a better project portfolio (and reviving my GitHub). This means looking for projects to work on and figuring out where to get the data. One hurdle: Tidying and transforming data has always been a bit…
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movie log, 1 of n
I’ve never been a “movie person.” Stories of all kinds compel me, but I’ve never had any particular interest in, nor attachment to, film. The most commitment I’ve consistently shown is shushing people for talking in a theatre, but that’s more about preserving the experience rather than any distinct reverence for the medium itself. In…
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Pandemic playlist
What kind of music will fill up the dead air of an interminable year? If I knew, maybe 2020’s playlist wouldn’t have turned out as desultory as it is. This post is coming a month too late, but the past few months have left me with far too little sleep to lose over abandoned personal…
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Speech
“In a perfect autocracy, the population of nobodies never speaks, all their thoughts and feeling formulated and uttered by the leader and/or his representatives.”
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