#30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Points Worked on this experimental dot density map using UK population data by age and sex. The points are generated and coloured in real-time as you explore the map. onsdigital.github.io/dot-map-poc/ 1/3

#30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Points Worked on this experimental dot density map using UK population data by age and sex. The points are generated and coloured in real-time as you explore the map. onsdigital.github.io/dot-map-poc/ 1/3

Won't lie - it has been a bit of a lifelong dream to work on the release of Indice of Deprivations interactive offer... ...very proud of what the team has delivered today. Check it out - deprivation.communities.gov.uk

I've written a short blog post introducing "The Art of Visualization with ggplot2"! This book is all about the end-to-end process of creating charts with #ggplot2 📊 including data wrangling, sketching, and styling your plots! nrennie.rbind.io/blog/art-of-... #RStats #DataViz #TidyTuesday

Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?

"Can't miss the boat" "Embrace it or be left behind" "You'll be replaced by someone using AI" These are all marketing slogans that prey on FOMO rather than value propositions. Anyone making decisions based on this kind of shaky logic is just another layer in the pyramid scheme.

Coders: help mentor Gaza's CS students! Final year university students in Gaza are looking for mentorship in completing their undergraduate projects. Great opportunity to help students suffering under occupation. updates.techforpalestine.org/introducing-...

Do you want a bit more sketchiness in your #datavis? Here's my @observablehq.com Plot plugin that turns an Plot specification into a sketchy version with minimal extra work: observablehq.com/@jwolondon/m... Builds on the work of Gordon Tu and rough.js

Only good omen for #ManUtd is that in 1992/93 they went on to win their first league title in a quarter of a century! #MOTD

Join us a week today! Speakers include: - @bothness.bsky.social, ONS, on 'Surfacing Local Insights: Mapping, Scrollytelling and (Semi)Automation' - Andrea Barry, Youth Futures Foundation, on their data dashboard - Leonardo Mazzone, Dept for Business and Trade, on matching companies across datasets

Neat tool from @forensicarchi.bsky.social for live tracking the #Gaza #flotilla. 22 ships currently sailing flotilla-orpin.vercel.app

🚨 NEW DATA BITES 🚨 Join @publicdigital.bsky.social & me in person/online, 6pm, Thurs 18 Sept, for Data Bites #58! Speakers will include: - @bothness.bsky.social, ONS - Andrea Barry, Youth Futures Fdn, on their dashboard - DBT on matching companies across datasets public.digital/events/data-...

Have you never wondered what made up places you might find between #Iceland and #Ireland, or between #Northampton and #Southampton? Today, you can open up this new world of possibilities with #PlaceNameTweener, inspired by @terriblemapshq.bsky.social! bothness.github.io/placetweener/

Have you never wondered what made up places you might find between #Iceland and #Ireland, or between #Northampton and #Southampton? Today, you can open up this new world of possibilities with #PlaceNameTweener, inspired by @terriblemapshq.bsky.social! bothness.github.io/placetweener/

Just realised that every @canaries.co.uk game so far this season has ended in a 2-1 away win. Pitty we played half of them at home!

This is amazing

A must watch.

Trying to protect your IP online is increasingly impossible. Up yours WeTransfer.

Does that sound like a democracy to you?

Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.

Wow, this event looks like a proper treat!

Looks like #AnyMapPuzzle has been doing the rounds. Featured write up on maps.com this week and also last month in @flowingdata.com's #dataviz newsletter! www.maps.com/interactive-...

If you're interested in Data Visualization, get your ticket for the data viz conference Outlier. If you're a Data Visualization Society member, virtual tickets are only $150! www.outlierconf.com/outlier-2025...

I'm biased, but this report is a must-read for anyone looking to understand the state of AI in 2025. It explains how AI is entrenching power for big tech and the oligarch class, speeding deregulation, dislodging human expertise and threatening workers—and how there's still time to refuse all that.

I won! “A resounding victory for press freedom.” Police were denied access to my devices by a court. The raid and the warrants used for it were unlawful. My full statement: asawinstanley.substack.com/p/judge-rule...

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

If these are UPPERCASE, lowercase, snake_case, kebab-case, camelCase and PascalCase, should this be cLoWnCaSe?

We've been working on an overhaul of the #ONS Build a Custom Area Profile tool to add new features and datasets. My colleague @henrylau.co.uk has just published a new how-to blog for people new to the tool digitalblog.ons.gov.uk/2025/05/23/w...

This looks like an exciting development for #DataViz nerds who've been waiting for one #Svelte chart library to rule them all...

Charting human migration over deep time (via outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/media/2013-0...)

Good news. We found a bigger room! Last chance to sign up for this #VisualizingPalestine book event in #London TOMORROW with @monachalabi.bsky.social. come join us! www.outsavvy.com/event/27000/...

Officially, we're all sold out for this #DataStorytelling event in #London on 12 May, but unofficially we're looking for a bigger room at UCL, so if you join the waiting list there's still a good chance to you can join us!

We build our own Sistine Chapel chimney for @spiegel.de. ➡️ watch here: spiegel.de

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

For anyone in #London on Tuesday 20th May, I'll be part of this event at UCL with the fantastic @monachalabi.bsky.social to promote the new #VisualizingPalestine book. Registration is free! www.outsavvy.com/event/27000/...

For anyone in #London on Tuesday 20th May, I'll be part of this event at UCL with the fantastic @monachalabi.bsky.social to promote the new #VisualizingPalestine book. Registration is free! www.outsavvy.com/event/27000/...

"No Other Land" is still available on Channel 4 VoD. Watch it if you haven't. The stories it tells, of oppression and injustice, are heavy and painful. But it does so with unique lightness and tenderness. Poetic ray of light in great darkness

“Starting in the early 1600s, [LANDOWNERS] in the United States began bringing [UNPAID INTERNS] from [THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN], to work on their farms.” The interns “[WERE GIVEN FOOD, LODGING, AND VALUABLE JOB EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD LOOK GREAT ON THEIR RÉSUMÉS].”

On the topic of the Bank Holidays API, it may well be the most quintessentially British API in existence, with a boolean (true/false) value for "bunting". And, in case you were wondering, every bank holiday is a good day for bunting unless someone died for our sins! www.api.gov.uk/gds/bank-hol...

We've got a new way to explore weekly mortality data (death registrations and "expected deaths") on the #ONS website. The plan is for this tool to replace the weekly bulletin that has been running for the past few years. And feedback greatly appreciated! www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

Updated every month: Access the raw datasets behind every #dataviz we've ever released online. The IIB Data Room. 500+ sheets, 1200+ datasets. Continually updated. informationisbeautiful.net/data/

Maslow's Hierarchy of Knees

I wrote this over a decade ago. It still applies. www.standard.co.uk/comment/comm...

We in the House of Commons Library are recruiting a senior researcher in our Social and General Statistics team! Come work with us to develop new and improved ways to inform MPs and their staff about data. housesofparliament.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

Are you an API person? Are there some APIs that you ❤️ and others that drive you 😠? If yes to any of the above, please take a minute to respond to (and share!) this quick anonymous survey. You're also welcome to share your thoughts and ideas on this thread...

Are you an API person? Are there some APIs that you ❤️ and others that drive you 😠? If yes to any of the above, please take a minute to respond to (and share!) this quick anonymous survey. You're also welcome to share your thoughts and ideas on this thread...

Keep Telling of Gaza, by Khawla Badwan & Alison Phipps, is a powerful poetry collection that refuses to let words fail. This beautiful & painful call- and-response book refuses to settle with the commonly used sentence to refer to Gaza: there are no words left. Links to get it are in replies below.

🧵1/3 The team has been hard at work over the past month to transform the way #ONS presents the latest CPI (inflation) data. Please do share your feedback on this new preview website, especially on the new charts and "facts and figures" sections. nwp-prototype.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...

Olaf Scholz mocked British railways over “broken tracks and bad trains”, claiming that "nothing works any more” in the UK. Turns out: Germany rail problems have become so bad that Deutsche Bahn long-distance service is less punctual than even the worst operator in Britain. www.ft.com/content/d3b6...

Last day to apply for this #Geospatial Technologist role at the #ONS. More info on both roles at this link: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg... #gischat #geography #geographyteacher