Researcher for @Sightline. Reedie ('19). In general I do data things (#rstats), in general these are about governments.
Portland, OR
Joined March 2018
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Signing off in the coming days regardless of what happens, ah well. I’m [email protected] professionally and [email protected] otherwise, plus @jay.lee.tx on Instagram.
Jay Lee retweeted
Election transparency efforts in Texas have ended up undermining a key aspect of election security: the secret ballot.
State law gives the public wide access to a trove of records that, in some cases, can be used to figure out exactly how someone voted.
votebe.at/4e2UF5s
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When you make a gift to Sightline, you are investing in our mission to make Cascadia a global model of sustainability. And part of that goal is lunch-related. @andersem
Consider supporting our work at sightline.org/donate.
Jay Lee retweeted
Come work with me!!!
We're #hiring! Our #housing team is looking for a Researcher to drive data-backed solutions to pressing challenges: affordability, climate change, racial equity, and sprawl. This position will mainly focus on opportunities for WA legislation. Read more: sightline.org/about/careers/
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Oh, hi. Today we’re kicking off our Spring fundraising drive with the goal of raising $35,000. If you think the work that we do here is important, you can support us here: sightline.org/donate/?bbForm…
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You can see in videos how excited police are on assignments where they get to feel powerful while having no risk of injury, and how unexcited they are on assignments that involve stopping or solving crime
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Me: "I'd like to copy and paste from this pdf please"
Adobe Acrobat: "no worries, I took the liberty of stacking each word on top of each other in a vertical column, adding mysterious symbols, and removing every instance of the letter 't'"
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dropout is consistently making a case for itself as the american answer to those british panel comedy shows where a bunch of comedians just kind of hang out
🎦Now presenting: the trailer for Dropout's new show, Smartypants
🗣️Premiering April 25th - only on @dropout
🐖👖#Smartypants
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Voters across Cascadia are upgrading their electoral systems through the implementation of election reforms, after years of Sightline support and guidance. Give today to support Sightline's critical democracy reform work: sightline.org/donate/?utm_so…
ALT Photo collage of Sightliners with their ballot selfies!
Jay Lee retweeted
Update: Crosswalker is now open source! It's a general purpose tool for joining columns of text data that don't match perfectly.
🕸️ runs in the browser
🔒 keeps your data entirely local
😌 auto-saves your progress
crosswalker.washingtonpost.c…
In the works @WapoEngineering: a general text matching tool to help join columns of data when the names don't exactly match. We're using it for election precinct matching🗳️
ALT A screenshot of a spreadsheet-like interface showing the process of matching precincts by name. A logo in the top-left reads "Crosswalker."
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oh no
ALT A medieval drawing of a blue green bird looking over its shoulder at an arrow flying toward it
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Kids today: Find out school is cancelled via text
Me: Had to wake up at 5 a.m. and watch the bottom of the tv screen like the NFL Draft