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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 19/09/2026

I took some time to leave public comment on how we can speed up Vision Zero strategies without being subject to veto power by historical boards. alper.datav.is/blog/2026/09...

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The Birdbassador @birdbassador.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

mcorrell.medium.com/advanced-virtue… hello. here is a blog post about some recent work in data ethics in which i am more polite than usual and don't call for industrial sabotage although perhaps you can read between the lines.

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 28/08/2026

Took some time to write up an ode to the 372, a bus that helped me grow up. Its last trip will leave UW at 12:51am tonight. cc @typewriteralley.bsky.social @seattletransitblog.com alper.datav.is/blog/2026/08...

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Ode to the 372

Some memories of Metro Route 372 to UW

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 27/07/2026

New project! Two influential word lists made by language researchers define an "essential English vocabulary" for learners: one from 1953 and another from 2023. In this essay, Jasmine Nackash examines the differences between them and what that says about us. link: pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...

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Burke-Gilman Brewing @burkebrewing.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

See you soon!

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Gabriela Molina León @gabymlp.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

📊 Everyone is debating the use (or not) of #GenAI, and the #dataviz community is no exception. My colleagues and I are conducting a survey to understand this moment, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on how this is impacting our field (please share!): survey.au.dk/LinkCollecto...

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 09/03/2026

Job opening at @upshot.nytimes.com Come help us explain the news! We're looking for a visual journalist and graphics developer to report, write, design and code data-driven stories and visualizations. Details here: www.nytco.com/careers/job-...

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Data Graphics/Multimedia Editor, The Upshot | The New York Times Company

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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Every American needs to watch this:

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 02/02/2026

I'm a bit slower writing than I wanted to, but I banged my head over this technical question during the holiday break and I'd figure I'd write this up so I could help at least one other person. Trying to counter all the AI slop articles I ran into while searching... alper.datav.is/blog/2026/01...

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Remote rsync for a Synology NAS

Getting rsync to work on my Synology NAS from a remote machine.

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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

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I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 17/01/2026

Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019. Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 22/12/2025

Is the Talaris development in Laurelhurst destined to be completely open space? Just saw that Seattle city council voted to acquire/condemn it for the developer's tax benefit at the tune of costing SPU $9.6M: seattle.legistar.com/LegislationD... (cc @theurbanist.org @typewriteralley.bsky.social)

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SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 121138

Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities or designee to acquire by negotiation or eminent domain (condemnation) a parce...

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 19/12/2025

A new blog post about _that_ new xkcd. Hit me pretty hard, so I wanted to write a bit about it, check it out below. alper.datav.is/blog/2025/12...

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xkcd with the assist!

xkcd hits it out of the park, and using that to talk about my recent mindset.

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 09/12/2025

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

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Neil PollyTicks 🦜 @neilpollyticks.eurosky.social · 02/12/2025

Alt text version. Thanks for sharing Harry.

Saved by Stoppard
Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec I), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of Arcadia, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: "If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?" With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of "adjuvant systemic chemotherapy",
", and rapidly
we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients' survival.
Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia.
Michael Baum
Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL
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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 28/10/2025

reposting an old blog post because I think it's cool: every red light that I pulled up to while on a bike ride in September 2022. alper.datav.is/blog/2022/09...

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Red light study

Every red light on a 30mi bike ride.

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 06/10/2025

Gmail used to say I had (100+) e-mail messages. Now it says (23,437). 🥲

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 19/06/2025

We're hiring for a senior engineer on the Power BI Core Visuals team! Please apply if you're interested, or let me know if you have any clarifying questions :) jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 30/05/2025

hit and runs are stupid, doubly stupid when it happens to family. If you can support, please do: gofund.me/cf3a464f

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 27/05/2025

I'm excited to note that we released a feature recently that tries to clarify why certain fields can't be used in field wells and conditional formatting sources while editing a Power BI report. Hopefully it helps report authors :D #powerbi #pbicorevisuals powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/p...

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Power BI May 2025 Feature Summary

The May 2025 Power BI update introduces a range of exciting advancements to Power BI, including a standalone Copilot feature allowing users to &#8220;Ask Anything!&#8221; in preview, enhanced ...

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 05/05/2025

The inaugural Seattle Visualization Day is happening this Friday at UW. I'll be there talking about our intent-driven visualization design that we're working on! More info about the event here: idl.uw.edu/vis-day

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UW Interactive Data LabSeattle Visualization Day

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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

With tax day coming up on April 15, we want to make sure our community knows about IRS Direct File. It’s a free option for filing a federal tax return, and you can learn more about it at DirectFile.irs.gov.

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 27/12/2024

Goin' live soon to talk about the Core Visuals roadmap! #powerbi #pbicorevisuals www.youtube.com/live/7g66NQN...

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 10/12/2024

The only year-in-review from an organization worth posting... THANKS FOR THE JAMS!! @c895radio.bsky.social

Text on colorful background: "Your 2024 In Review". All answers to the following are c89.5: your most listened to radio station, fave place to hear new dance music, best non-commerical radio station, best cleaning music, best getting ready for the club music.

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 21/11/2024

(from our PM on Twitter) Hey Power BI community! The Core Visuals Vision Board, your new resource for Power BI. Explore, vote, comment on Epic Ideas to shape our future. Instant visibility into what's completed, in progress, and upcoming. aka.ms/PBI-Core-Vis... #PowerBI #PBICoreVisuals

A screenshot of the "vision board" for Power BI Core Visuals, subtitle "cultivating transparency and collaboration." Click through the link to access the Power BI report.

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 18/11/2024

The "trip" reports to the big data vis conference are tricklin' in. Check out Michael Correll's recap below!

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 11/11/2024

My brother's business is having a grand opening party next Saturday, Nov 16th in (greater) Seattle and we'd love to have ya! Just next to Third Place Books in LFP, it's great to have a computer store open up in Seattle :) (yes, there's a PC giveaway) seattlebuilt.com/store/

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At Seattle Built PCs, we understand that no one uses their computer the same way. That is why we work with our customers to create the most powerful PC for their budget. Thanks to high quality parts a...

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Alper Sarikaya @alper.datav.is · 30/10/2024

Hi new website! I'm Alper and I work on the Power BI Core Visuals team as an software engineer at Microsoft. I try to bridge the gap between research and practice in driving effective visualization authoring and consumption experiences for people of varying data and visual fluency.

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