Simon Burfoot (he/him)

@ConorJTB @RespectfulMemes Who took ma boy's collar???? Own up

@RespectfulMemes @simonburfoot

I know there are bigger conversions to be had but what does one wear to work when in national mourning?

The British still think heatwaves are fun. We won’t for much longer on.ft.com/3o3eH6N

This morning a fellow pedestrian tried to outwalk me and, long story short, I'm at the office 20 minutes early

@sir_yanka254 @rstatstweet There might be a more elegant solution but I'd opt for something like this: text <- stringr::str_extract(string, ">(.*?)<") %>% stringr::str_remove_all(., "[<>]")

How do i scrape the text [Hi, my name is stanley] in the following tag: <p data-cy-id="company-summary-desc" class="sc-lxrc2h-9 inUlxr">Hi, my name is stanley</p> #RStats #rvest

@beeonaposy @LittleMissData Niche but the 🥇 for 'Having a minor meltdown when the code chunk fails repeatedly, before realising I haven't removed the "%>% dbplyr::sql_render()" line' is all mine.

What is an award category that your data mistakes would qualify you for a medal in? Asking for a friend (cc: @LittleMissData) #DataMishapsNight 👀

@pinkapple84 Ooh you're right. Thanks!

@pinkapple84 Yaaas, obsessed with Wordle right now! How do you share it so that people can only see the colours, but not the letters as well?

*Winds down with candles, yoga, and Alice in Wonderland audiobook* *Dreams of harrowing exams from 10 years ago, total ostracism from all friends and acquaintances, imminent death by unstoppable asteroid* #backtowork

Another good thing about Covid testing every day is the endless opportunity for reporting results in faintly amusing ways

No I definitely know people already living there. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

When Excel asks me if I still want to paste text knowing it will cause some cells to unmerge

New study* finds that runners who identify as "off to a slow start" can shave off 10-15% of their time by listening to 'Run Boy Run' by @Woodkid * P < 0.001, sample size = 1** ** That person was me

I am transported to so many episodes of The Thick of It. Cue verbal savagery from Malcolm Tucker. #danielrashford

@MrHodgeTeaches @WillDHislop The Duolingo sounds are so annoying! This video speaks to my soul

meditating during lockdown (@Headspace)

@AE_Cunningham He hasn't just become a little bit of a pain. He's become a TOTAL PAIN.

Finally got around to getting a collar for Cat. Decided to have some fun with it, so now he's called Cat Slater

One day I'll walk past a dog in a window without instinctively asking "How much?"

"That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them." - Malorie Blackman

Spotted on the work Sustainability channel: this flagrant Islamophobia