If you use #LinkedIn, you may want to access your settings here and opt out of having your data used to train their AI. This opt-in by default is ILLEGAL in the EU, but, you know, potatoes This is the direct link to opt out www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

Jesus. This graph is actually shocking! WTF is wrong with people. usafacts.org/answers/how-...

We’re looking for a developer-journalist to join @propublica.org’s News Applications team. You would write code, analyze data, build interactives — all in the service of public interest journalism. Check it out: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

tdan.com/data-is-risk... Good piece on the damage current hiring practices are doing to the ‘learning ladder’.

Cat + Sun square = Science

There are a lot more people than one might think who refuse this tech but are shamed by users. Once the space for their opinions and voices opens up, the scene will change. These stats, 18k views, are not a coincidence for example on this preprint. People want to not, yup. zenodo.org/records/1706...

no shit

Happy Blood Moon, everybody; be careful out there

The blood moon looking like a fireball from my terrace this evening. Amazing.

Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up open.substack.com/pub/mikelove...

Love this piece by @puntofisso.bsky.social , especially his learnings around intersectionality and bias in the data. nightingaledvs.com/bus-station-...

Figs plucked from the tree this morning. Enjoyed with some overnight oats for breakfast ☀️

We're about halfway through the submission period so the clock's actually ticking? (yeah I know everyone puts in their talk like 36 hours before deadline) but if you have time this week, do it! #dataBS

A whip-smart take on vibe coding. “A chaos monkey disguised as a teammate. No tests. No profiling. No understanding of side effects or performance impact. Just blind clicking and tapping and typing. The programming equivalent of punching your TV to make the static stop.” deplet.ing/the-copilot-...

“It’s very common to see data as objective, but it’s important to remember that it isn’t any more objective than we are.” thisisimportant.net/threads/data... #DataBias #OpenData

AI Hype: The phenomenon where experts without expertise hype up imminent arrival of expertise without experts. #AIAphorisms

Yay!🎉

"the data commons approach should be balanced with the market-based approach to CEDS in an inclusive hybrid data governance approach that meets material, price-driven interests, while stimulating collective learning in online networks[...]" #opendata #dataspaces www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"the digital economy’s markets provide for little incentives to use renewable energy [...] This leads to the ironic situation that one of today’s key transitions may thwart the other." medium.com/data-policy/...

Looks delish! 😌 github.com/suitenumeriq...

Shock horror everyone’s surprised: Google makes things even easier to steal. techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/p...

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Today is a great day to ditch your Echo. #privacy #AIEthics #surveillance

High-quality open data and metadata are crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Join our data.europa academy webinar on 7 March with @avilarenata.bsky.social and @naticarfi.bsky.social for expert insights into the matter. Read more: europa.eu/!d7797V #EUOpenData #OpenDataDay2025

Government Advances in Statistical Programming conference, 25-26 June 2025 statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/02/22/g...

My big fat softy of a cat would agree with this. I get really miffed when people question my reluctance to leave her alone all day or overnight. I don’t do it for my own sake but also for hers, she holds a mean grudge. getpocket.com/explore/item...

Fresh Grok 3 hype-busting from @garymarcus.bsky.social 👌 garymarcus.substack.com/p/grok-3-bet...

Great piece of data-driven journalism in @theguardian.com today. Without migration, Europe's population would fall off a cliff in the next 75 years. Any argument for tightening borders needs to contend with that reality.

I don't like wrapping up articles. Look, I'm just done, ok. I said all the words I wanted. Move on with your life!

10 years already for the annual Open Data Maturity Report! Today's compass for #OpenData supporters, pioneers, movers and shakers ...🥳 The #MustRead overview of the state of #OpenData in Europe by the EU Publications Office. europa.eu/!xHkYRM

Please share this with all your parent friends, drawing special attention to number 3. Let them eat cake, damn it! @tommyblanchard.bsky.social cognitivewonderland.substack.com/p/3-neuromyt...

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Longlist for Dublin Literary Award 2025 Revealed 2025’s longlist of 71 books nominated by libraries in 34 countries includes 7 novels by Irish authors in the running for the Dublin Literary Award prize sponsored by Dublin City Council. More: www.writing.ie/news/dublin-... #DublinLitAwards2025

I'll start recording the Breaking the Rules video course tonight. How exciting… Members will get these as they're released (and the book is already available–e-book included for members, too) The launch offer ($50) will run until I finish recording the course, so now is a good time to join

I like this a lot

Happy Christmas Eve!

I had a long call today with someone I met from #dataBS and I gotta tell ya, we should all be doing that a lot more often.

Wow. This is a seismic bit of data journalism. What if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe? www.ft.com/content/1409...

Maybe #databs has some inputs here?

Ok, #AI and data folks: who do you think is doing the most interesting work regarding AI and journalism? I’m looking for the companies/startups/researchers whatever that are thinking about the future of news with AI.

🌳 The Smart City Innovation Unit and the Environmental Agency of Bochum, Germany are building a machine learning model to monitor, predict and improve tree health using BDTI. Glad to share the team's story. 👏 #OpenData #Databs #EnvironmentalDS interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/e...

Did you know? Writing.ie is an award-winning online magazine site for writers and readers of all ages. Please do take a look and of course we would love your support here with a follow as we try to reach more of you 🙏 #WritingQ #writers #reading #books 💙📚

Open-world games teach us something profound: You can explore anywhere, but the story only progresses when you take action. Read that again... Good morning :)

Every interesting starter pack is tempting me to leave everything behind and start a completely new career

I lost it at the pic, then oh the responses 😂

A personal milestone - my viz was selected for Tableau's #VizOfTheDay. It's my #8, but more meaningful to me is it's the first viz I did _not_ publish or promote on twitter. I had a lot of fun making this; I hope it leads to more folks exploring the great vizzes in this year's Iron Viz gallery.

Anyone come across some nice, recent examples of open data use in the public sector lately? What better place to crowdsource research for a newsletter than #databs 😊

This week on Counting Stuff, a bit on strategies for (mostly not) planning long term work because startup life has an attention span of weeks www.counting-stuff.com/not-building...

That little countdown on 2FA apps stresses the shit out of me. I feel like I'm diffusing a bomb. If it gets into the red, I just wait. I can't handle the stress.