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1 --- 2 title: "Weeknote for 2025-W07" 3 description: "Tinyplot, fed news, and a new-to-me HTTP error code" 4 date: 2025-02-10T20:14:43-08:00 5 draft: false 6 categories: 7 - Weeknotes 8 --- 9 10 ## Tinyplot 0.3.0 is on CRAN 11 12 Tinyplot is "a lightweight extension of the base R graphics system, with 13 support for automatic grouping, legends, facets, themes, and various other 14 enhancements." I consider myself to be something of a ggplot2 "power user", but 15 I see the appeal of a lightweight alternative and plan to try this; the 16 examples on the home page look nothing like what one would expect from R's base 17 graphics. 18 19 [tinyplot](https://grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/index.html) 20 21 ## What's new in the federal government 22 23 I've been working at a federal agency[^agency] since 2023 and I quite enjoy my 24 job. You might have heard that things are getting "shaken up" in the federal 25 government and you heard right. I've yet to write about this because I'd rather 26 discuss concrete things I've experienced than share rumors from Reddit or the 27 press (sourced from Reddit). Still, I think the public has a duty to pay 28 attention to what's going on inside its government (not just now, but always), 29 so I appreciate Wired's reporting[^wired] on what's happening. I probably won't 30 say more on the matter until things trickle down to me, which hopefully won't 31 need to happen; my work generally enjoys broad bipartisan support and my team 32 is top-notch. 33 34 [ACLU Warns DOGE's 'Unchecked' Access Could Violate Federal 35 Law](https://www.wired.com/story/aclu-doge-congress-musk-data/) 36 37 ## HTTP Error 451: Unavailable For Legal Reasons 38 39 Apropos nothing, I recently learned of an HTTP error code meant specifically to 40 convey that a resource (such as a web page or data file) is unavailable due to 41 legal reasons. This is more informative than a generic 404 ("Not Found") error 42 in the cases where it applies. 43 44 [An HTTP Status Code to Report Legal 45 Obstacles](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7725.html) 46 47 [^agency]: Which shall remained unnamed, lest anyone accuse me of expressing 48 opinions about partisan groups or candidates using my "official authority" 49 in violation of the Hatch Act. 50 51 [^wired]: This is mostly behind a paywall, but [Garbage 52 Day](https://www.garbageday.email/p/musk-s-superteam-of-former-ipad-babies) 53 provided a rundown last week.