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GioCirco
@giocirco.bsky.social
Data scientist, criminologist, lapsed academic. I study health outcomes and gun violence.
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Be careful if one of the column names is "SELECT * FROM SECRET_PASSWORDS"

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I can't believe I get to do this - but I have a blog post on it! gmcirco.github.io/blog/posts/d...

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Currently working on a small analysis, using some open-source data from the ATF on the origin of seized crime guns.

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And in my home state of Illinois, a close to 40% of seized crime guns come across the border from Indiana:

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In fact, most of these guns come from South-Atlantic states with much looser gun laws than New York:

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It's a lot harder to get good engagement on here, compared to what Twitter was, but the situation over there is just unacceptable.

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Yeah, I agree. It is such a a crucial skill that it surprises me that fewer "scientists" aren't aware of it. That being said, many of us don't really get training on this in the typical stats+methods courses

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I worked for $10 an hour at a bakery with a masters degree for a year out of school. Folks today are forgetting how grim the hiring prospects were from like 2008 - 2012.

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Amen. Walking away from a TT position was very hard for me because of the implicit "security". However at the same time we were getting apocalyptic warnings about drops in enrollment, cuts to departments, etc. By and large the TT security is an illusion.

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Do you have 20-ish hours? www.dancarlin.com/product/hard...

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GioCirco
@giocirco.bsky.social
Data scientist, criminologist, lapsed academic. I study health outcomes and gun violence.
54 followers120 following57 posts