this is actually a very good article

New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: Meta has filed a data breach notice confirming *thousands* of people had their Instagram accounts hacked as part of a months-long campaign abusing its Meta AI chatbot. Meta's breach notice shows the account hijacks were far more widespread than first thought.

The 100 Data Viz Project(100.datavizproject.com/data-type/vi...), which I discovered last week while reading @lisacmuth.bsky.social 's blog. It was particularly insightful as a beginner, as it helps you start prototyping ideas in terms of shapes and visual properties. #dataviz

Observable Plot hit >100k daily downloads yesterday for the first time! Literally “off the chart”! (Because we set the maximum of the y domain to the 99.5th percentile in order to occasionally give ourselves this satisfaction.) Congrats to Mike and Fil! observablehq.github.io/oss-analytic...

I'm going to try something next month. AI deskilling is real. I'm going a month without it. blog.stephenturner.us/p/ai-dry-july

In the UK we have just seen extreme heat at the end of May with temperatures reaching 35°C for the first time, more than 2°C higher than previous highs. Overall the spring has been warm (in England the warmest on record), it has also been dry and sunny (except west Scotland). #climatechange #dataviz

"we have never experienced El Niño on a planet already so hot from human-caused climate change." www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

danah boyd recently argued that social media (as we knew it) is mostly dead; what we have now is parasocial media: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... I agree. Networked social media is disappearing, replaced by a new logic/structure of content creator, creator-centered community, & algorithm.

The full details of the Strava API changes and when they occur as emailed to registered developers today

Hey, #rstats peeps, are any of you still using Github Copilot? Will you continue after the change to its new token-based billing?

Hmm, I wonder why the internet seems to be asking this question more than ever? 🤔

If you don’t know about the dabbawallas then read this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today was a good day 👍🏽

Did these guys write this?

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan leaders support holding a referendum in Armenia on EU membership or staying in the EAEU, according to their joint statement.

I like understanding how ideas for charts come about and it’s interesting to read @owenwntr.bsky.social’s explainer on that local election chart I saw everywhere. #rstats #dataviz

Barely slept in the last couple of days but I’ve finally made it to Kyrgyzstan!

HAPPY BOOK PUBLICATION DAY TO ME AND @chadpbown.com www.panmacmillan.com/authors/soum...

Not in Worthing anymore! A long stopover in Istanbul gives me a chance to ride the ferry from Kadıköy to Eminönü

Accessing cash is getting harder. The number of ATMs has declined substantially in almost all Local Authorities in England in the past five years. Across the UK ATM numbers have fallen continuously since 2015. 💷 📉 One last #Dataviz for #30DayChartChallenge Day 11 | Physical. Made in Svelte + D3

A lovely day to be on the beach, less great to go running along the beach 💀

Sonny Rollins, colossus of jazz saxophone, dies aged 95

Okay, so the best way to counter far-right in rural Germany is just converting everyone to Catholicism?

What a crappy evening out here

Current mood – and it’s only May.

There’s so much going on here that I’m struggling 💀

Our "London Cool Spaces" map is (unsurprisingly) quite popular today... apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

This is one of the cooler uses of a pie chart I've seen in the wild. It's like that sky/pyramid illusion, but with real data! S/O to Ceren Dolma @datawrapper.de for this clever #dataviz! www.datawrapper.de/blog/twiligh...

We made it - the sun is shining, a long weekend is here, and then three weeks of holiday 🎉😎

One of the all-time greats

Heading to the park this weekend? First, brush up on the unspoken rules of sitting down. ✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/the-unspok...

Finally, we get some nice sunsets again just in time for the long weekend!

As already mentioned, I'm re-vampiong my youtube channel. Just dropped the first few R videos. I'll be doing SPSS and R throughout the rest of the year if all goes to plan. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Regretfully, my hate watch has failed this evening 😠

Down with this sort of thing. Time ticking down with not much happening is part of football and allows games to breathe and contributes to the peaks and troughs of a match. A stop clock is also just an excuse to add more ads.

Has vibe-coding turned into "doom-coding"? In this post, we try to untangle why AI burnout occurs and share work practices to preserve both our craft and our sanity: evilmartians.com/chronicles/a...

Fun data science side projects | Damie Pak, Mark Rieke, & Sam Parmar | Data Science Lab

We’re excited to launch the Posit Open Source website! 🚀 We’ve unified 15+ years of tools, 900+ blogs, and 1,600+ videos in one place. Explore it here: opensource.posit.co Huge thanks to the team: @cwick.co.nz Greg Swinehart @hadley.nz @ivelasq3.bsky.social @jeroenjanssens.com

Pep Guardiola will leave his role as Manchester City manager this summer, ending one of the most successful managerial tenures in Premier League history, with former Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca expected to replace him. More from @david-ornstein.bsky.social @samdlee.bsky.social ⬇️ bit.ly/4tNfCYH

MORE BREAKING NEWS: Guardiola to manage Birmingham City for the 2026/27 season. #BCFC

If you're a #QuartoPub or #RStats user, you might find it hard to find information about how those work with #GitLab. So here's a blog post showing you a few different ways to deploy Quarto documents with GitLab Pages! (Featuring penguins 🐧obviously ) Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/deploy-...

Datavisualisations sur les villes jumelées en Europe et dans le monde (#TidyTuesday) cartonumerique.blogspot.com/2026/05/data... @mirbole01.bsky.social

Cuba Plunges Into Darkness as U.S. Cuts Off Oil Supply

Can’t park there, mate. #worthing

A ceasefire was declared in Lebanon on April 16. The data tells a different story. @fadahjassem.bsky.social and I analysed figures from @acleddata.bsky.social, UNHCR, and Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, and here are some of the numbers🧵 #datajournalism #datavisualization #dataviz

Since the late 1990s, the dominant language of #Eurovision is English. But things weren't always like this due to EBU's language rules. Learn more 👉 puntofisso.net/eurovision #ddj #dataviz #ESC #ESC2026 #Eurovision26 #Eurovision

In 55 countries, wind and solar generated more electricity than coal in 2025. 34 of them have near-zero coal left. Spain crossed over in 2009. The UK in 2016. The USA last year. Different grids, different politics, same pattern. Want more of this? Sign up here janrosenow.substack.com

Can’t recommend this album enough, such a solid record

This week's #TidyTuesday is about twin cities. I built a scrollytelling map about Rio de Janeiro's 93 sister city agreements Made with Quarto and Closeread Interactive: 019e2679-54db-2e9a-2e03-8bbc8b92210f.share.connect.posit.cloud Code: github.com/gkaramanis/t... #RStats #dataviz

The local elections in one chart. Labour has been squeezed between the Greens in young wards and Reform in older working-class wards www.economist.com/britain/2026...