Who needs fireworks when you can have this sick drip like Anne Boleyn? youtu.be/_9gUAL2__js

I think it’s really important to think of the broader picture that AI paints. I live in the backyard of one of the largest clusters of data centers on the East Coast. The environmental impact of AI is only beginning to be talked about and tech is turning a blind eye to this consequence.

Voronoi chart spotting!

100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises. But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up. It's up to us to demand something better.

Two party outfits for #TC25 after dark, days 1 and 2! #TC25OOTD Party #1 was a last-minute event for me so I had to improvise and do some wardrobe remixing with components from the outfit for Party #2 (tonight's!) CC @christinagorga.bsky.social

It’s Day 2, outfit #1 of the day for opening Keynote and community meetups. #TC25OOTD Giving my Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66s a test drive this week.

Day 1 of #TC25OOTD, Outfit #2 for Data+Women party.

Desiree is my skirts and dresses partner in crime at #TC25!

My #TC25OOTD series returns on BlueSky and Threads this year. Trying to go more coastal grandma and Nancy Meyers’ inspired with temps in the mid-60s. Please tag your #TC25 outfit photos and add/tag me too so I can repost widely!

18F has been working behind the scenes across the past couple of presidential administrations to improve US citizen access to services and vital information at a fraction of the cost to the US taxpayer. This is exactly what the Musk people hate and want to disassemble.

The DOGE Purge Isn’t About Efficiency—It’s an authoritarian tactic. I wrote a more in depth piece on the empirical evidence showing how liberal-leaning agencies are being disproportionately targeted and how this mirrors authoritarian strategies seen in Hungary and Turkey.

Sending an email to employees asking them to list five things they did that week is a classic move from a manager who has no idea how to manage

If you’re a parent of young kids, or just a softie, you will likely need a box of tissues if you watch Wild Robot. One of the best animated films I’ve seen in years.

For #WorldHippoDay, here’s the long side of the Nilotic atrium mosaic from the House of the Faun in #Pompeii. Hippo vs. croc, with lots of ducks, lotus flowers, a mongoose and cobra, plus a couple of swamp hens and ibises. Open it up to see more. Fabulous. 1st century BCE. #MANN (inv. 9990). 📸 me

It's *our* data. From @alexjamesfitz.com www.axios.com/2025/02/07/t...

When I feel like I’m losing control of the moment, it’s important to: 1) Breathe deeply 2) Minimize focus on the sphere of concern 3) Get informed in small doses 4) Maximize focus and action on my sphere of influence in my community

Uhhhhh this post did not age well 🙃

I am nonbinary. The gender that no longer officially exists in the United States. I was offered the chance to change my gender designation to "X" on my passport and driver's license in 2023. I decided not to and here's why.

If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Data25 Step Tracker is coming 👀

I found out the next circle of Dante’s Inferno and it’s an indoor playground on Saturdays blasting an EDM version of “Happy Birthday” on loop.

Zendaya and Tom Holland are now engaged, TMZ reports.

Tableau Visionary Nominations close this Thursday, Jan 9th. If you’d like to see the diversity of this group change, please consider nominating folks from underrepresented groups. More info linked in the interactive viz. Views presented are my own. 📊: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Apple TV is going to be free to watch today through Sunday. Here are my top series recs that don’t get enough love outside of Ted Lasso: 🚀 For All Mankind 🪐 Foundation 🧠 Severance 💾 Silo 🔍 Slow Horses www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

HELL YEAH.

In case you’re in that niche crossover of British history nerds and Muppet fans, I really enjoyed this historian’s take on Muppet Christmas Carol: m.youtube.com/watch?v=opXF...

I don’t have Spotify, but I use Strava. So I created my personal Year in Sports Wrapped 🚴 📊 Got Strava and want your own? No problem, I turned it into an app year-in-sports.streamlit.app Made in #python using #streamlit + #matplotlib, full code: github.com/Lisa-Ho/year...

Me until Christmas

Sign up for my data literacy and adoption call with Sam Priddy from the Tableau learning team this afternoon at 1:30 EST! www.tableau.com/learn/webina...

#DuneProphecy looks surprisingly good only one episode in. Maybe it’s the casting or production design but it still looks like it belongs to the Villeneuve Dune Universe.

Data folks are involved in TONS of value-generating activities, and as a group we need to get more comfortable taking credit for being drivers of those activities.

Tableau 2024.3 is out and with that comes an exciting update around *new* web safe fonts. Check out the @flerlagekev.bsky.social post on the latest and greatest. www.flerlagetwins.com/2024/11/tabl...

New fall manicure + new data book for the weekend = LUV

Woo! Who else has migrated from the #Datafam in the last few days? Excited to see conversations fire up here.

This is no joke. We need to wake up.

Love golf data? Check out Kate’s Solheim viz roundup.

Hey #dataviz Bluesky - you may have seen that Axios announced layoffs this morning. I've got some truly incredible colleagues who lost their jobs today. If you're hiring or know someone who is, can you drop some links? I'd love to connect you with these brilliant folks.

This new curated feed for the data visualisation community by @jacqueschrag.com is fantastic, highly recommended if you're interested in the field! 📊 bsky.app/profile/did:...

Brittany’s metro viz is one of my favorites this year. Check out all the #Tableau entries this year!

me when i finally get my little snack

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