Come learn Data Journalism with Ben Welsh!!!!

Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/

Our exciting new masters dataviz program at SVA has our first deadline due TOMORROW! Need more time? No worries, we'll help you out! sva.edu/academics/gr...

An amazing new color tool!!! And it’s freeeeeee!

Huge!!!!

Ben Welsh @palewi.re shares his easy to understand, step-by-step introduction to making maps! Its free and its fun!

Squarepusher + PS1 cd visualizer!!

What do you get a book lover for Christmas? Well my loved ones got me a custom “ex Libris” stamp!!

Data needs to drive conversations, not division, writes @jasonforrest.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/data...

My son got a 303 emulator for Christmas and it’s flipping awesome:

Got this awesome zine of cryptology illustrations covering 1974 -1997!

Happy holidays everyone! If you want a jolly vintage playlist of 63 HOURS of holiday music - look no further! open.spotify.com/playlist/60a...

When do I get a chance to complain about that horrible new Knives Out show? It's painfully bad.

I hate hearing the same holiday music over and over, so I made a truly epic Vintage Xmas playlist with over 1,300 songs!!! I've been curating and adding to it for YEARS and its really fun! Just put it on and let it roll! open.spotify.com/playlist/60a...

How is this considered anything other than bad design??? This Liquid Glass UI feels like many steps backwards.

It's time again for the best version of this song!!!! open.spotify.com/track/2OurbH...

I'm back from the dead and you know that can only mean one thing: the data riddle advent calendar is back!! One riddle every day around 6pm (Paris time), a movie title hidden in a chart... Will you play along this year??

Learn more about the MPS Data Visualization & Communication program at SVA! This virtual overview will outline the brand-new, one-year program and receive advice for applying to become part of the inaugural cohort. sva-admissions.my.salesforce-sites.com/EventsListin...

This TOMORROW! We'll be making these cool data badges too! Doors at 11:30am, talks as 12:30pm! www.eventbrite.com/e/dvc-presen...

I need 10 people to follow our Youtube page before we live stream - HELP! www.youtube.com/@SVA-DataViz...

So yeah, looks like I'm gonna be a faculty member for this SVA Data Viz grad program next year - and more immediately, a presenter at this upcoming event, where I'll discuss "A History of Untrustworthy Graphics." Join in person or online - I'll be there either way!

Come join us In-person or live-streamed for this fascinating discussion with @mhernandez.bsky.social on his work and the crisis in data distrust. www.eventbrite.com/e/dvc-presen... Also featuring @palewi.re, @jeffisawesome.bsky.social, Jen Ray, Kelsey Nanan, and David Rittenhouse!!!

Learn a bit more about "LA on the Move" - our year-long exhibition in LA's Union Station!

Last week I posted some thoughts about Design + Data, but today I talk about the VALUE of design: www.linkedin.com/pulse/design...

Check out this interview by us @datavandals.bsky.social

Why design and data belong together in data visualization: www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-de...

Its kind of impossible to go to the Rumsey Map cent and not find incredible stuff: www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...

Huge news: @datavandals.bsky.social have opened a new year-long exhibition "LA on the Move" now on view at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles! Discover how people and wildlife all move through LA and how we can support the ecosystem together. /1. datavandals.com/la-on-the-move

I'm very excited to share the official announcement from School of Visual Arts on the new MPS Data Visualization & Communication (DV&C) program!! It is a real thrill to build such an ambitious new project in the heart of NYC. We're just thrilled to create something truly new! sva.edu/features/sva...

Blackout in Grand Central

Since it’s the #equinox, time to re-post the best #dataviz I’ve ever done: 365 pictures of the Earth from space, taken at exactly 6:00 a.m. Details on the NASA Earth Observatory: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/52248...

That time when I made an official remix for Arcade Fire: soundcloud.com/jason-forres...

Actually funny, actually scary:

I'm thrilled to share a *new job posting* for the new MPS Graduate program I'm starting at the School of Visual Art (SVA) in NYC. The Director of Operations will be a partner with me on all aspects of the new program. Apply here: sva.breezy.hr/p/c84c7addcd... 👉👉👉👉👉👉👉👉👉 Please share!

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

@datavandals.bsky.social are sick of supporting social media apps but want to try to create a big community of friends - but how do we do it? We made a survey to get your thoughts docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

In the subway, a smidge tipsy, and this tune is hutting it: open.spotify.com/track/4knHbT...

"Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print" curated by Tiffany E. Barber opens soon in NYC: www.printcenternewyork.org/data-conscio...

As an Isotype obsessive, I have suspected that its methods had been also co-opted by the Nazis, but I had never seen the results until I visited the Vienna museum!! Amazing and chilling!

We’re back in NYC and we moved to Chinatown!! This wonderful street fair was outside our door yesterday:

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.