📊 This exhibition shows LA not just as a city of humans, but as a shared habitat where five animal species navigate the urban landscape alongside us. "LA on the Move" by @datavandals.bsky.social transforms ecological data into a fascinating view of city life. nightingaledvs.com/la-on-the-mo...

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

Harvesting 1,000+ black walnuts from our property is one of my favorite and purposely least efficient things I do each autumn. www.wcareri.com/blog/efficie...

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

New Jackson+Williams piece is out and holy shit there are some outstanding points in this. Liz and Rua have repeatedly helped my thoughts evolve over the years. This does it again. This one isn't just about how "design for one, extend to all" is limited, but actively censors disabled people.

Herb Lubalin on the evolution of the PBS logo

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

Honored to launch the world’s first MPS in Data Visualization & Communication at SVA NYC—10 months focused on design, data, & communication. Seeking innovators and revolutionaries! for Sept 2026. Learn more/apply: sva.edu/mpsdataviz

My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

"PEN intends to introduce several new initiatives[,] incldg rsrch + analysis of educational censorship in public libraries; public education campaigns to highlight the free speech implications of book bans...; + safety resources + trainings for librarians who face harassment..."

The statement, "in 100 years no one will know the difference between a booty call and a butt dial and that's why we need historians" (or something like that) has been running through my head all week and damned if this didn't pop up today on @askhistorians.bsky.social.

University admins need to be more afraid of losing the confidence of their faculty than they are of missing out on the next tech fad

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

VizDex mentioned 📊 👀 www.vizdexproject.com

"Front Page of the Internet" throws up a paywall.

"'They’re after the Ivy League institutions, but we’re affected by the same legislation, the same executive orders,' [...]. 'Except it can be worse for us, because our students are more diverse, and they need different kinds of support.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/m...

An update from us here at PBS 💙

🚀 Check out VizDex, a curated library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization — created by @datavizsociety.bsky.social Nightingale's managing editor, Will Careri. Explore here: https://twp.ai/9PUozo

"OpenAI has hired former Coursera Inc. executive Leah Belsky to be its first general manager of education, leading the artificial intelligence startup’s efforts to bring its products to more schools and classrooms." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This paragraph by @edzitron.com is everything. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

Are you aware that private equity, in addition to destroying numerous other venerable US institutions, is now going after public libraries?

This evening, the Data Visualization Society announced both the departure of its current executive director as well as its financial deficit of $35,000. As the Managing Editor of Nightingale, the Journal of the Data Visualization Society, I have some thoughts. www.wcareri.com/blog/the-wat...

Once again, our application for observer status at WIPO, the UN agency for intellectual property, was blocked by China. This veto excludes a global community of 260,000 contributors and billions of readers from decisions that directly affect them. Read more ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07...

📊 Uncover the unexpected connection between the world of illustrative comics and the precise realm of statistical graphics. Andrew Gelman and Susan Kruglinski reveal the surprising parallel histories of these two powerful forms of visual storytelling. nightingaledvs.com/statistical-...

Has there been a greater fumbling of the bag than streaming services and archives of old films

It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:

A Win for Fair Use Is a Win for Libraries: blog.archive.org/2025/06/29/a... What the Anthropic decision means for preservation, access and the future of libraries.

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

I'm looking for people to send me their favorite #dataviz blogs and newsletters, ideally independent ones not run by companies or organizations. Thanks in advance! 📊

The Phillips TV Test Screen, and what each section means. Images from Wiki

💀 Why are so many new #horror films based on #publicdomain works? 🔪 This #FridayThe13th (fittingly), let’s look at what this slasher surge says about remix culture & the role of the public domain. More ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/13/s... #PublicDomainDay #InternetArchive

Congrats to @nadiehbremer.com on her successful launch at Outlier yesterday! I can't wait to see more people fall in love with this book. From seeing the mock ups to holding it in my hand, I don't think this book could have come out any more beautiful.

This was my first time listening to Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson give a talk and now I need to read everything she's written. Such a highlight of Outlier thus far.

“In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.” @bilgeebiri.bsky.social

📹 Setting up a livestream isn’t easy. That’s why we turned to an expert: Sophia Tung. See how this creative software engineer brought her signature mix of tech + chill to our new microfiche scanning livestream—now preserving government records in real time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93Q...

Stop saying "AI is just a tool and it only matters how it is used." I'm tired. I'm so tired of reading, hearing, and seeing this phrase/argument. It doesn't only matter how a tool is used, but how it is made, governed, and the impact it has on our world. We must shape tools before they shape us.

say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

My friend sent me a podcast where they mentioned my Tommy Westphall Universe #dataviz. I think I'll have to accept the fact that this is what I'm most known for at this point. (If being a top ten most-read article on Nightingale wasn't already an indicator) 📊

I always tell this to my research assistants: if you use AI to summarize and write for you, you don't need to be my assistant. You don't need to do research at all. Research should be selfish: *you* (not a machine) learn how to read, write, innovate, and dream. Otherwise, what is the point?

"Our data, now comprising 87% of public libraries in the US, shows that the vast majority (80%) of public library board seats are filled by appointment. Only 18% of public library boards (1,447 in all) are selected by public election, and 2% are a mix of appointments and public elections."

We're hiring! CDCS is looking for Training Fellows to help deliver workshops and build capacity for data-driven research across CAHS. 📅Deadline: 17:00 Wednesday 11th June 🔗Find out more and apply: edin.ac/4jARmoi

Enjoying the day with our friend on her farm, getting ideas for our own. 🐑

🇺🇸🎂 The Library of Congress turns 224 today, but its web presence only dates to the 1990s. The #WaybackMachine preserves its evolving online design. Explore the past of your favorite websites ➡️ web.archive.org #LibraryOfCongress #InternetArchive #libraries

"There is no 'Democrat' way to teach calculus, nor is there a 'Republican' approach to teaching medieval English literature; anyone who has spent time teaching or studying in a university knows that the majority of instruction and scholarship within cannot fit into narrow partisan categories."

All 1,616 of Virginia Woolf's personal journal entries have a new home. I started this project in 2023 as part of my grad school capstone, and it's finally ready for public consumption. github.com/wcareri/the-...

Absolutely adore this, a solo ttrpg about being an archaeologist recording the stratigraphy of a cave over time!

I have been falling in love with the personal website renaissance as more people abandon social media. Manu recently took over blogroll.org and it's a great place to explore if you're new, old, or returning to blogs and RSS reeds.