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bothness.bsky.social
Architect // #DataViz storyteller // UX coder. Making useful stuff with #OpenData at the ONS. Occasionally #PalOpenMaps. Views my own. Portfolio @ ahmadbarclay.com
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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...

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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.

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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...

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

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

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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...

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

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

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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/...

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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!

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

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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...

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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/...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

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/...

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"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

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“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].”

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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...

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

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/

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Knees

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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/...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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🧵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...

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