Senior Research Scientist @Guttmacher, PhD @NYUSociology, BA poli sci @macaulayhonors Queens College @CUNY

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Joined March 2009
I've been building Raven, a static analyzer and language server for R. It catches undefined variables and other errors as you type, across files, without running your code. Open source. Feedback welcome. github.com/jbearak/raven #rstats
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Raven follows source() chains, knows whether col in filter(df, col > 0) is defined, and gives completions and go-to-def based on what's in scope.
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I use it daily on survey harmonization code. I'd love to hear where it gets your R wrong.
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Run the same checks in CI too, with raven check.
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This has been a significant event for calling out misaligned incentives (and sometimes outright corruption) in US public works projects. They can happen much faster. Media and voters should hold decision-makers to account for expensive and slow taxpayer projects.
The highway overpass collapsed just ***9 days ago*** Progress is a policy choice.
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I'm SO proud of the orcas that have started fighting back. Can't believe this. We deserve to have our boats rammed frankly
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it’s been almost a YEAR since this JWST image of the carina nebula was released and I am still not over it
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#poptwitter & #demography friends - come join us for the first event of our new @IUSSP panel on #FP Measurement. We'll be diving into our current demand-side family planning measures and their limitations. Part 2 in June will explore new measurement directions!
Join us May 31 for the 1st webinar led by the IUSSP Panel on Rethinking #FamilyPlanning Measurement with a #ReproductiveRights & #ReproductiveJustice Lens - Why do we measure what we do? Reflecting on the history & current use of demand-side #FP indicators iussp.org/en/iussp-webinar-w…
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We have been through this with the @epw_in for a paper published as a working paper by our institution. So how will this affect the discipline? a. We stop sharing preliminary work in public interest. b. stop supporting journals that adopt this policy.
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Each year more than 1 in 10 women worldwide who want to avoid pregnancy experience an unintended one. @jonathanbearak @LeontineAlkema et al introduce a new indicator to better capture women’s ability to avoid unintended pregnancy. #SFPjournal #specialissue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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I want to clarify that I did *NOT* tell my staff to tweet this out, or to put it at the top of our divisional newsletter! They went rogue on me. But it hardly seems appropriate to reprimand them for the nice gesture.
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President Biden coaxed President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea to sing Don McLean’s “American Pie” during a state dinner on Wednesday. Yoon did not look like he needed much convincing. nyti.ms/449Riog
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“Not since Germany in the '30s have I witnessed antisemitism, no longer lurking but standing proud with hands on hips like Hitler and Mussolini — kind of daring us to defy it. I’ve never experienced this in my entire life. Especially in this country.” — Steven Spielberg #Colbert
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You’re probably hearing a lot about the abortion pill lately so let me explain: It’s a safe, effective way to end a pregnancy in the privacy of your own home. You deserve that access: to privacy, to autonomy, to freedom.
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Average list price for a unit of insulin: Australia: $6.94 UK: $7.52 France: $9.08 Germany: $11 Canada: $12 Japan: $14.40 US: $98.70 Isn't it time America hold Big Pharma accountable for its extortion?
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so in a post-covid world, are we now allowed to say to strangers: please move the fuck away from me as you’re coughing?
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Hang on, the weekend is nearly here
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BREAKING: The South Carolina Supreme Court just struck down the state's 6-week abortion ban, restoring access in the state up to 22 weeks of pregnancy.
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Putin had no qualms about sending bombs and missiles to kill Ukrainians during their Christmas and New Year's celebrations, but now he wants to unilaterally declare some kind of a pretend ceasefire to honor the Orthodox holidays. Cynical, revolting, theatrical hypocrisy.
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