**Topics::** [[Philippines]] [[Social Commentary]] [[Data Science]]

Last week, I had the chance to speak at [Databeers Manila](https://www.facebook.com/databeersmnl/), which is a data science event infused with the power of good ol' beer. The event was held in the Google Philippines office, and beer was care of [Katipunan Craft Ales](https://www.facebook.com/KatipunanCraftAles/). Most of the stuff I covered is already in my [[On Facebook News in the Philippines|previous article]], apart from the new word vectors stuff which I hopefully will be able to write something on soon. I did use the new `ggjoy` and `gganimate` packages to produce this cool new way of making my main point:

The point being that media isn't biased in that your timeline is.
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Databeers is set to keep going, so if you're interested in sharing your data thoughts or are interested in attending, just get in contact or go through [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/databeersmnl/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/databeersmnl) or [Tumblr](https://databeersmnl.tumblr.com).