Thread by @spdustin

Mueller Report #NLP analysis, live update: I've started cleaning up the code, and writing my article.

For my non-tech tweeps: the article will include code, but I promise to explain it all! Plus, you'll see the promised timeline of events from the report, tweets, and more!

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For my geek followers: here's what to expect: the article is being written as a Jupyter notebook running with a Python 3.7 kernel. I'll include instructions to set up a venv with a separate kernel, if that's how you roll. I'll also include the requirements.txt.

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If you're using the Anaconda Python distribution (which is awesome), you can run Jupyter in a new conda environment too; instructions will be provided. The notebook and associated artifacts will be posted to GitLab.

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Due to Twitter's terms, I can't bundle raw tweets used in the timeline. However, the SQLite database includes Tweet IDs (and dates) that you can rehydrate; it's not necessary to, since tweets themselves weren't analyzed (just dated for the timeline).

Okay, off to write!

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Thanks to these folks for their Venmo support: Sherri (×2!), Nate, Andrianna, Valerie, Allan, Richard, Parker, Sam, Kevin, Osvaldo, and Scott 🙏✊✌️

You can show your support by replying/liking/retweeting, or if you'd like, fuel my caffeine habit! Here's my Venmo QR code!

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Epilogue: I'll add to this thread when it's posted. Anyone who sent me a payment on Venmo: I'll also comment on your payment when the article is posted.

Thanks for your questions, comments, retweets and support, everyone!

One more thank you: the amazing folks behind @spacy_io's NLP library for Python, @explosion_ai. spaCy is super fast, has an amazing API, and is a dream to extend. It's so easy to do productive NLP work with it.

(I'm not affiliated at all—I'm just a huge fan!) 💥

I’ve let project supporters know, and now I’m posting this update here:

A natural pitfall of all who work on pet projects: life itself can get in the way sometimes! All is well, though. Work wraps tomorrow!

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On a personal note: it bothers me that I didn’t make this self-imposed deadline. Especially with so many eyes on i!

There is no technical reason behind it, no bugs to blame…it’s just life. This isn’t my day job (though tomorrow, it is) and life sometimes throws you a curveball.