Reposted by Allan Berrymaking art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 13/08/20253 buses, 2 trains, and 1 tram — our collective creativity is right and good the illinois state fair blue ribbon winner in needlepoint is a population heat map of the state 0325
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 19/04/2025Any equivalent in Chicago? beesinthed.combeesinthed.comBees in the DBees in the D is a trusted group of educators focused on pollinators. Through our nationally recognized urban beekeeping model, we increase knowledge about pollinators and are a recognized advocate fo... 020
Reposted by Allan BerryMichael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Local news coverage of Indiana University-Bloomington's Faculty Council endorsing a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC). Faculties of three state flagships so far have called for a united front: Rutgers (whole system), IU-Bloomington, UMass-Amherst. Michigan starts voting this week Who's next? 9306109
Reposted by Allan BerryMoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Gerhard Richter, Confus, 1986 #artbots #moma botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont… 111520
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 02/04/2025Like this!! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/n...nytimes.comThe Retro NYC Subway Map Design Nerds Love Makes a ComebackThe redesigned map of the New York City system, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a version from the 1970s that was reviled by many traditionalists. 000
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 21/03/2025Come work with me! We have a new position available in my department for a User Experience & Assessment Librarian. We have great faculty and students, fascinating digital and analog collections, and support for novel solutions. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/31818 #LibraryJobs, #LibraryUXcareers.luc.eduUniversity Libraries - User Experience & Assessment LibrarianSalary Range: $75,000-$80,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/Loyola University Chicago seeks applications for the position of User Experience & Assessment Librarian. Reporting ... 041
Reposted by Allan BerryDorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Now more than ever 221077205
Reposted by Allan BerryRJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · 19/03/2025Indicator sprites from instructions for the Triumph / Adler Gabriele 10/20/30 typewriters. more: archive.org/details/triu... 43311
Reposted by Allan BerryAdrian McIntyre, PhD @adrianmcintyre.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Mirror of the 18F site, if you want to download the guides: preserved.org.uk/18f.gsa.gov/...preserved.org.uk18F: Digital service delivery | Home 26822
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 19/02/2025So I guess we’re an R1 now. Carry on… news.luc.edu/stories/pres...news.luc.eduLoyola University Chicago Attains Highest Research ClassificationThe new designation improves Loyola's previous R2 classification. 030
Reposted by Allan BerryChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15/02/2025The University of Illinois Chicago may be dissolving its School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics in the coming weeks and terminating all of the school’s nontenured faculty at the end of the academic year.trib.alUIC proposes plan to close School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics amid $22M deficitThe university has given staff members until March 7 to provide alternative options to address debt accrued by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 128990
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 11/02/2025Flow maps would be so cool applied to web traffic metrics 110
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 09/02/2025I wonder if AGI will see gorillas chiraaggohel.com/posts/llms-e...chiraaggohel.comYour AI can’t see gorillas – Chiraag GohelA comparison of LLMs’ ability to perform exploratory data analysis 010
Reposted by Allan BerryMoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Piet Mondrian, View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers, Domburg, 1909 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont… 128638
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 07/02/2025Harvard Library's "Data.gov Archive" is mirroring Govt. data "to preserve and authenticate vital public datasets for academic research, policymaking, and public use." #data #datarescue #libraries lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...lil.law.harvard.eduAnnouncing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation LabToday we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet... 032
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 07/02/2025University of Minnesota Libraries has produced a great resource for finding and protecting government #data during the current crisis #libraries #datarescue libguides.umn.edu/c.php?g=1449...libguides.umn.eduResearch Guides: Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition: Articles on Efforts to Capture Government DataThis guide will point to resources that identify and track steps taken by the Trump administration and Congress to scale back or eliminate access to federal government information. It also provides l... 042
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 07/02/2025Here's another excellent resource, from UMN Libraries libguides.umn.edu/c.php?g=1449...libguides.umn.eduResearch Guides: Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition: Articles on Efforts to Capture Government DataThis guide will point to resources that identify and track steps taken by the Trump administration and Congress to scale back or eliminate access to federal government information. It also provides l... 000
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 07/02/2025Malort went to the dogs when Brooklyn hipsters discovered it. They also have changed the recipe 000
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 05/02/2025I have one of those recent mini NESs with games preloaded, I don’t think Defender is on there 110
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 05/02/2025I lusted after this on the Amiga. I think I had it on the Apple ][. It wasn’t as awesome 210
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 04/02/2025My in laws pull me up there all the time. I’m usually happy when I get back to Illinois. Although I enjoyed the ren fair, and I love House on the Rock 000
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 02/02/2025I learned after I posted this that @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is on Bluesky! 000
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 31/01/2025arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...arstechnica.comVGHF opens free online access to 1,500 classic game mags, 30K historic filesCome for the classic GamePro, stay for the raw Myst film footage. 111
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 30/01/2025Good to know! Now I’m definitely going to do this. To intrigued not to 110
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 30/01/2025Wow! 🤩 I have so many questions. Is this an industrial machine? What are the punch cards like? How fast is the process? 110
Reposted by Allan BerryQuinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 30/01/2025#DHmakes check out this gorgeous jacquard weaving in progress! ⚓ 0181
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 29/01/2025Thanks Neil! I’ve wanted to ask that since I first saw the video. I share it with people often, it routinely blows minds (although often people have already seen it) 010
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 29/01/2025So cool. So if After Effects is a new tool, what did you use before? Did you use AE for “Fallen”? 100
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 28/01/2025Thanks! I don’t mind coding, I expect that actually. But I wouldn’t mind something with a gui timeline and compositor? (I yearn for a modern Flash equivalent; I wish Figma would get on that.) 020
Reposted by Allan BerryWBEZ @wbez.org · 28/01/2025Circus Quixote intends to both reflect the enduring story of Don Quixote and the fantastical legacy of Lookingglass. Opens Thursday and runs through the end of March. Check it out! www.wbez.org/theater-stag...wbez.orgAcrobatics, aerial artistry crown Lookingglass Theatre’s comeback show ‘Circus Quixote’Lookingglass is going for a showstopper with its first show in 19 months. That includes stunts on a moving windmill. 031
Reposted by Allan BerryLake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 28/01/2025My shelf ice is enticing but dangerous. Best to stay off it, humans 🌊🌊 719328
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 28/01/2025This is what I was going to post. You beat me to it. Does anyone have recommendations for software tools to help produce datavis like this? 100
Reposted by Allan BerryInformation is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 28/01/2025The true digital divide in Europe (by reddit user theworldmaps) Note: Oct 2022 data 0165
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 25/01/2025When I was a kid my mom T-boned a Yugo that had run a stop sign. I was in the back seat of our Plymouth Horizon, which had cosmetic damage to the front grille and bumper; we were fine. The Yugo was totaled, its front axle destroyed, and its driver covered in blood 000
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 25/01/2025I prefer Figma these days. Happy Adobe failed to subsume them. Although today I had to use Illustrator, and it destroyed several SVGs I’d worked to edit. Grrr 000
Allan Berry @allanberry.com · 25/01/2025I hear that the weekend Skylark crowd is overburdened with EDM devotees due to a recent local club opening. I have only been on weeknights of late, and that curtailed by, you know, having children. What was your impression? 110
Reposted by Allan Berryebikes-international @ebikesinternatl.bsky.social · 22/01/2025City of Detroit Receives $10.5 Million Grant for Construction and Planning of Joe Louis Greenway #cycling #ebikes #cargobikes tinyurl.com/59dydt7h 3314
Reposted by Allan BerryRodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Got to attend a presentation today about a Toronto-Chicago passenger rail connection through Detroit/Windsor! Amtrak has been able to negotiate using the CPKC Detroit River Rail Tunnel once a day without affecting freight operations. (1/2) 1734058
Reposted by Allan BerryKarie Bookish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 21/01/2025A pattern for troubled times: Row 1: put your phone down Row 2: pick up your hobby supplies Row 3: make something for at least an hour Row 4: take a photo of your make Row 5: share that photo to your timeline (with alt text) Row 6: like others' makes. Rep rows 1-6 until time for tea. 361124203