2f:T209e,## Helping you and your team make data-driven decisions, faster. Every month, we highlight the inspiring work being done in Observable by creators in our supportive user community. We also provide development updates, showcase new features, and share opportunities to connect with — and learn from — each other. --- ## Save & Analyze Your Twitter Account Data Take a few minutes to download your Twitter data and analyze it for trends using [this incredible notebook.](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/save-and-analyze-your-twitter-archive?utm_medium=newsletter) Nearly 3,800 people have used this notebook over the past couple weeks; it is an extremely valuable resource for anyone who spends time on the social media platform or is looking to make a change. [

](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/save-and-analyze-your-twitter-archive?utm_medium=newsletter) Start here --- ## DuckDB: Query Tabular Data of Any Form Observable now enables [CMU's DuckDB client in our Standard Library](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/duckdb?utm_medium=newsletter). This lets you query tabular data of any form using SQL. DuckDB supports a variety of popular file formats, including CSV, TSV, JSON, Apache Arrow, and Apache Parquet. [

](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/duckdb?utm_medium=newsletter) You can also query in-memory data such as arrays of objects and Apache Arrow tables. Read more here --- ## Submissions Are In: $10K Climate Resilience Challenge Check out these **amazing** submissions for the [$10K Digital Challenge: _Visualizing Climate Change & Resilience_](https://observablehq.com/collection/@observablehq/adb-visualizing-climate-change-resilience-challenge-subm?utm_medium=newsletter) co-hosted by Asian Development Bank and Observable. Judges are currently evaluating submissions and the finalist showcase will take place on Dec. 2. [

](https://observablehq.com/collection/@observablehq/adb-visualizing-climate-change-resilience-challenge-subm?utm_medium=newsletter) Check out submissions --- ## Bringing the TypeScript Language Server to Observable Observable is now using the TypeScript Language Server to provide contextual editor hints. Software Engineer Duane Millar Barlow explains how it was implemented. [

](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/bringing-the-typescript-language-server-to-observable?collection=%40observablehq%2Fobservable-blog?utm_medium=newsletter) Read more --- ## Community Spotlight [

](https://observablehq.com/featured-creators) Take a look at the amazing notebooks the Observable community has created this month! - [Python Developers Survey 2021 - Map with Bubbles](https://observablehq.com/@terezaif/python-developers-survey-2021-map-with-bubbles) by Tereza Iofciu - [Bitbucket API in Observable](https://observablehq.com/@periscopic/bitbucket-api-in-observable) by Periscopic - [Investigating NYC Rental Prices by Neighborhood](https://observablehq.com/@miasza/investigating-nyc-rental-prices-by-neighborhood ) by Mia Szarvas - [Choropleths, Four Ways](https://observablehq.com/@parkerziegler/choropleths-four-ways) by Parker Ziegler - [Flowers and Tracks](https://observablehq.com/@chamthesleeptalker/flowers-and-tracks) by Cham Mamador - [What Goes on in Mastodon?](https://observablehq.com/@mauforonda/what-goes-on-in-mastodon) by Mau Foronda View more [featured creators](https://observablehq.com/featured-creators) and [trending notebooks](https://observablehq.com/trending). --- ## Join us on Slack and Mastodon - **Join The Observable Slack** We launched the Observable [Community Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/observable-community/shared_invite/zt-1icwex7uf-ovIAS0PcuJ~ZgBToSyUs8w) as another way to connect with one another and the Observable team to ask questions, get product information, and learn what other data practitioners are creating. Join us [here](https://join.slack.com/t/observable-community/shared_invite/zt-1icwex7uf-ovIAS0PcuJ~ZgBToSyUs8w). - **Follow Observable on Mastodon** We've joined the vis.social DataViz community on Mastodon. You can [follow us here](https://vis.social/@observablehq). --- ## Updates from our Community Feedback Repo 🙏 We are thankful for a community that cares and takes time to submit issues on our [community feedback repository](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback). Here are some key feature requests and bug fixes that we recently closed: - **Connect to SQL server databases**
You can now connect to your SQL Server databases using Observable's data connector or the self-hosted database proxy! Thanks @jtheisen, @jess-s, and @jonjack-data for submitting this feature request. [[#323](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/323), [#502](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/502), [#489](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/489)] - **Improved table view for SQL cells**
Several improvements have been made to the table view attached to SQL cells, including scrolling for pagination, a data loading indicator, the ability to hide the table, the ability to embed, and more! Thank you @domoritz for filing this request and @asg017, @mootari, @kimmolinna, and @chriszs for all the great suggestions in the thread. [[#308](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/308)] - **Drag-drop in the minimap to re-order cells** and more!
You can now drag and drop nodes in the mini map to move notebook cells around! Thank you @tarekrached and @noblemillie for requesting this feature. [[#263](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/263), [#40](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/40)] This was part of a recent hackathon were the team got together to resolve multiple user submitted issues, including editable comments, click-to-follow a collaborator in a notebook, and more. See [this announcement](https://twitter.com/observablehq/status/1591180062992502784) to learn more! Visit our feedback repository --- ## Upcoming Events & Learning Opportunities 📅
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