I propose that, in anticipation of legislation forbidding impersonation of humans, AI chat bots shall use the following singular, first person pronouns: *AI*: nominative *meh*: accusative *mai*: dependent *aine*: independent genitive *aiself*: reflexive

I just completed my first course (thanks @frank.computer) from the Open Visualization Academy (OVA). I am in awe of the quality of the labor and care that went into building this free repository. What a beautiful gift. 📊

The Open Visualization Academy (OVA) IS LIVE! openvisualizationacademy.org Thread follows #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊 Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Went to the library to pick up a hold. A man behind me asked what the book was about and why I was reading it. I joked I should leave a note in each library book that says: “if you read this, you might want to join my book club”. He had interesting suggestions for further reading. #5minutebookclub

This is superb #dataviz.📊 transnewsinitiative.org

Never tell a data visualization designer how old you are, lest you fall into one of their "age cohorts" and they start personalizing their charts "for your age": ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110... #dataviz 📊

Civic Spark is built by us — the civic tech community. Join us Aug 16–17 for a volunteer-led gathering shaping the future of public life. Full story → civictech.ca/announcements/civic-spark Tickets → civic-spark.com

If you think you're 20% faster but you're actually 19% slower, you're 32.5% slower than you think.

how the side the on the left keeps convincing the side on the right that they need more space is beyond me

Today is #showyourstripes. The design of the stripes is deceptively simple. We tried to understand it and even spoke to Ed Hawkins about it, and they are actually harder to explain than it seems!

Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! Perhaps look at some stunningly beautiful art to celebrate: iningatilagiit.ca

Introducing VizDex! An ever-growing library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization. vizdexproject.com

Good stuff from @abmakulec.bsky.social‬ vizresponsibly.substack.com/p/why-humans... Here's my version of the Edelman Trust Barometer visualization"

A short #thread on my Recalibrate talk at Data+Women. Be welcome to listen to the complete talk if you aren't familiar with my work and/or if you want a recap on my projects. #dataviz #mentalhealth #labels #identity 1/4 Do let me know what think/feel 🙏 youtu.be/RD7foA0naK8?...

This gave me hope that a liberatory data feminism can move the field forward and make the world a little better: 📊 ✊

recent experiment mapping daily travel mode share in Toronto via weaving space more info about this little project here: schoolofcities.github.io/transportati... #toronto #maps #gis #dataviz

This makes a lot of sense: truth-and-beauty.net/texts/the-pr... 📊📈

Good: www.datachangemakers.org 📊

Here's an idea I like: "build up from simpler graphs, explaining each new degree of freedom as it comes up" statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/05/31/t...

Know your enemy: When Fascists Chart www.chartography.net/p/when-fasci...

Are you aware of any data visualization designs that use optical illusions to enhance the intended message?

We’re putting on a conference! Join us at Civic Spark 💥 August 16-17, 2025 civic-spark.com Maybe you’ve felt the gap — between the problems we face and the systems meant to solve them. Maybe you’ve seen how those closest to the issues are pushed aside. Help change that. 🧵

BREAKING: A federal judge finds Trump’s order banning transgender people from getting accurate passports is likely unconstitutional. The court ordered the State Department to allow correct gender markers for our clients as we continue to argue until this order is blocked for everyone.

Should we tell them? #datavis 📊

Getting cognitive dissonance from reading an article on why radar charts are the worst observablehq.com/blog/avoid-r... (agreeing vehemently), and then reading another article www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vi... with a very nice example of a radar chart (but... that's pretty good) #datavis 📊

not sure what's worse about the DOGE site: unsecured databases, leaking of classified information, or these chart crimes

New blog post out (first one in over a year 🥵): I tested how well different election dashboards implemented common dataviz accessibility principles, and explained where things went wrong, including lots of demos. fossheim.io/writing/post...

We're finally on Bluesky!

HOW TO GET STARTED ON DATAVIZ BLUESKY 📊 IN 9 STEPS If you're arriving here, you may wonder where is the dataviz community and how to partake in it. Here's a thread on how I suggest going about it. 🧵👇

I'm annoyed by the number of social networks these days, so I've decided to only read the feed of one of them for a month and then switch. (I'll still post & check notifications on each of them.) I start here, with Bluesky. I'm looking forward to all your data visualizations, links, and opinions!