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somethingburger
@somethingburger Oct 13, 2018, 12:13 AM UTC

Importing Police-Public Contact Surveys Into R

The Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS), which "provides detailed information on the characteristics of persons who had some type of contact with police during the year, including those who contacted…

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@somethingburger Oct 6, 2018, 2:43 AM UTC

Update: Animal Agriculture Exacerbates Human Inequality

A previous post mistakenly measured waste produced by slaughterhouses and meat processing facilities rather than the livestock farms themselves. What follows is an updated version of this post and co…

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@somethingburger Sep 28, 2018, 10:10 PM UTC

Importing Annual Probation and Parole Surveys Into R

Every year, the Bureau of Justice Statistics collects administrative data from probation and parole agencies in the United States, publishing national and state level data. These annual surveys can b…

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@somethingburger Sep 28, 2018, 3:21 AM UTC

Update: Animal Agriculture Waste Mirrors Income Inequality

A previous post mistakenly measured waste produced by slaughterhouses and meat processing facilities rather than the livestock farms themselves. What follows is an updated version of this post and co…

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@somethingburger Sep 21, 2018, 8:26 PM UTC

Waste Lagoons Breached by Hurricane Florence

Last week, before Hurricane Florence hit the East Coast, I mapped out animal waste on its anticipated path: Map anticipating animal waste on Florence's path from last week's post As of noon on Septem…

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@somethingburger Sep 14, 2018, 7:19 PM UTC

Update: Big Increases in Animal Agriculture Waste

A previous post of mine mistakenly measured waste produced by slaughterhouses and meat processing facilities rather than the livestock farms themselves. What follows is an updated version of this pos…

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@somethingburger Sep 13, 2018, 1:52 PM UTC

Manure Pits on the Hurricane Path

As Hurricaine Florence approaches the North Carolina, the state's Pork Council is playing down the environmental threat posed by the anticipated leaking of waste lagoons. Storing manure in an on-site…

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@somethingburger Sep 7, 2018, 4:52 PM UTC

Could Steem Replace a Traditional 9-5?

@voronoi recently asked: >"How do you think the blockchain era will impact our traditional 9-5 Monday through Friday work culture? Is the global 24/7 nature of this marketplace something that will…

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@somethingburger Sep 4, 2018, 1:51 PM UTC

Mapping Animals in US Agriculture

This interactive map lets you investigate where animals are in the United States. I regularly analyze data in animal agriculture, with interests in the rise of factory farming of hogs and cattle, the…

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@somethingburger Aug 10, 2018, 2:57 PM UTC

Animal Agriculture Waste Mirrors Income Inequality

# The current level of waste created by industrial animal agriculture is untenable. Animal agriculture in the United States is increasingly industrial, as shown by the dramatic inflation of waste cre…

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