This week, we looked at refugees – how many there are, where they come from, and where they go. This was inspired by a conversation I had with a taxi driver on my way to the Prague airport, who expressed mostly positive feelings about what the Czech Republic had done for
[Sorry for the delayed publication; I had another packed, late day of corporate training and office hours. Solutions should come on time Thursday!] I was in Prague last week for the Euro Python conference, which was delightful in every possible way. I was chatting with my driver on the way
[I'm at Euro Python in Prague this week. If you're attending, then please find me and say "hi"!] This week, we looked at data from the recent Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom, one in which Sir Keir Starmer's Labour party swept
[I'm at Euro Python in Prague this week. If you're attending, then please find me and say "hi"!] There are a lot of elections going on this year. Some of them, like those in India and the United States, were long expected. Others, such
Avocados seem so innocent. (And, might I add, delicious.) But the massive growth in avocados' popularity and consumption over the last two decades has come at a price – a large number of people who have injured themselves when cutting them open. This injury, known as "avocado hand,"
The world has discovered avocados. Between guacamole, avocado toast (which, I discovered via my children, is nothing more than toast with mashed avocado on it), and just plain ol' enjoying its taste, avocados have become quite the popular food. Which means that they're big business, as well:
This week, we looked at the rich data set collected by Rafael Prieto-Curiel and Juan P. Ospina in their recent paper, "The ABC of mobility" (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024001272). Their research looked at a large number of cities around the world, and how people
I love to walk. I try to take a long walk at dawn each day, enjoying several of my city's parks as the sun rises. During the summer months, the city has flocks of sheep come to eat the wild brush, reducing the chances of forest fires. Here
I don't normally think of June as a month full of holidays, but then I realized just how many were taking place this month — many of them foreign (quite literally) to me, but obviously important to the people celebrating them. Yesterday, I mentioned Dragon Boat, Shavuot, Eid al-Adha,
[Administrative note: From what I can tell, the migration to Bamboo Weekly's new platform (on Ghost) was a success. There are a few things that I'm going to fix up, but I'm overall pretty happy with how smooth it was, and appreciate your patience
Hi! This is a quick note to tell you that after 18 months on Substack, Bamboo Weekly has moved to its new home, hosted by http://ghost.io/. In theory, you won't feel a thing: Paid subscribers, including members of my Python+Data subscription program, should see the
Four (!) administrative notes: 1. This Sunday, I’ll be holding Pandas office hours, open to all paid subscribers and members of my membership program at https://LernerPython.com . I’ll send e-mail in the coming day with the full info and Zoom link. 2. Next week, I’ll be moving