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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Friends! Can I ask you a favour? My 🐦 + 📊 course starts next week. I'm super excited but registration is worryingly low. Can you share this with your weirdo nature + art + code friends? jerthorp.me/learning

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LEARNING | jerthorp

Online courses and wokshops about birds, data and creative coding. Binoculars to Binomials is for coders who are interested in cultivating an observational practice, and for birders who want to dive ...

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Ansgar Wolsing @ansgarw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Heute startet die Fußball #Bundesliga Saison der Männer 2026/’27. Wenn alle Fußballfans den Bundesligisten in ihrer Nähe unterstützen würden, welches Gebiet würde dann welchem Verein "gehören"? #dataviz 📊

Eine Karte Deutschlands, aufgeteilt in vieleckige Flächen. Die Flächen kennzeichnen jeweils das Gebiet, das zum Stadion eines Bundesliga-Vereins näher als zu jedem anderen Stadion gelegen ist. Die Flächen sind in der Hauptfarbe der Vereine eingefärbt, z.B. Gelb für Borussia Dortmund.

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𝙳𝚞𝚌-𝚀𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙽𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚎𝚗 @d-qn.github.io · 27/08/2026

Proud to have built the #dataviz for the e-book "Insights from #Switzerland: The Migration-Mobility Survey" by NCCR - on the move 📊🇨🇭 💻 All the R #ggplot2 code used: github.com/d-qn/NCCR_MMS 📖 E-book: nccr-onthemove.ch/publications... #rstats #datavisualisation

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 27/08/2026

Good luck searching for your country if you're Dutch... #dataviz #datacommunication

A grouped bar chart that places "The Netherlands" between Switzerland and Turkey.

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Steven Ponce @sponce1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📊 #MakeoverMonday – 2026 W34 | Global GDP Ranks . 🔗: stevenponce.netlify.app/data_visuali... . #rstats | #DataFam | #dataviz | #ggplot2

Horizontal 100% composition bar showing global GDP by economy for 2026. The United States accounts for 25.9% and China for 16.6% — together 42.5% of world GDP — while the other 190 economies combined account for the remaining 57.5%. Four of 192 economies reflect 2024–2025 estimates, the most recent available.

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 25/08/2026

An exciting extension to the #ggplot2 universe 🍾 I love how Alex has tied the new features to best #dataviz practices, and he even added a coaching option. I’m especially excited about the easy way to place the y-axis title at the top, plus even more shapes that are usable right out of the box 🤘

A scatterplot of iris data with a horizontal ytitle placed at the top of the y axis. In addition, the package allows to add simple annotations.

An overview of the available symbols in ggplotplus.

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 04/07/2026

Happy #IndependenceDay to all U.S. followers 🇺🇸 Here’s a playful grid map for the 4th of July: a stylized, U.S.-themed version of one of our examples from #ggplot2 #uncharted 🎊 Wanna learn more about #DataViz with #rstats and how to create maps like this? Check out the course: ggplot2-uncharted.com

A stylized, US-themed visualization where each state is represented by a star, arranged roughly by its geographic position and color-coded with a red-white-blue gradient by its first letter.

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 19/06/2026

Luckily, I don't have to wear glasses! 🫠

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Xan Gregg @xangregg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm puzzled by this paper's lead chart. Connecting socioeconomic status levels emphasizes that difference, which is not the point of the paper. I reordered the data to connect across time points which helps see the gap widening over time and a different trend shape for the P and HP schools. #dataviz

Paneled line chart of z-scores across three time periods, 4 school categories, 2 genders, and 2 socioeconomic levels (above or below median).
Original https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09126-4/figures/1

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 05/06/2026

This week we released the #maps module in #ggplot2 uncharted — and we cover a loooooot of maps in the 4 lessons and 19 exercises! ... and this collection doesn't even feature each 👀 As usual, the first lesson is available for everyone 🤙 www.ggplot2-uncharted.com/module5/spat... #rstats #tidyverse

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 29/04/2026

We had 165+ people joining our #dataviz session on "Guide the View" 📈 from all around the world on Monday 🎉 Thanks for all the enthusiasm and engaging participation 👐 If you missed it or want to revisit an example, I’ve uploaded the slides here: 🔗 cedricscherer.com/slides/Scher...

The title slide of my talk "Guide the View: Design that makes data easier to read and communicate".

A slide of my talk "Guide the View": a world map with only two categorical colors, bright orange for the category of interest, and desaturated, shaded blue for the other.

A slide of my talk "Guide the View": A reworked line chart to demonstrate decluttering, direct encodings, and providing context with meaningful titles, subtitles, and labels.

A slide of my talk "Guide the View": a heatmap of IMDb ratings of The Simpsons (per episode, as cilumns, and season, as rows) with several types of call-outs and direct annotations to showcase different options.

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Ansgar Wolsing @ansgarw.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

One more for the cheese lovers. 🧀 German cheese exports and imports from and to Austria between 2001 and 2025 in the style of William Playfair. #30DayChartChallenge | Day 21 - Historical #dataviz

This line chart shows the trade balance of cheese between Germany and Austria. The chart attempts to mimic the style of 18th-century charts. Until 2018, Germany exported more cheese (measured in tonnes) to Austria than it imported. Since then the balance has switched. In 2025, Germany imported more than it exported.

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 10/04/2026

New lesson live 🚀 Before starting to talk about #maps with #ggplot2, we cover "Spatial Data". 🧱 What are the building blocks? 🌉 What is the SF revolution? 🍊 How to peel an orange? (Wait, what?!) Curious to learn more? This lesson is freely available 👐 www.ggplot2-uncharted.com/module5/spat...

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 09/04/2026

Late for #Day8 of the #30DayChartChallenge, but the "Circular" prompt is the perfect excuse to share yet another #ggplot2 trick! 👀 Tried the "new" #coord_radial yet? Compared to coord_polar, it: 🌀 bends grid lines 🌀 places labels naturally 🌀 allows inner radii 🌀 handles partial circles easily

screenshot of exercise 5 in our coordinate system lesson in "ggplot2 unchartred" shwoing the solution which is a ciruclar heatmap of (fictious) traffic data per hour and weekday.

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 09/04/2026

To create great visuals, you need to combine #code syntax with #dataviz best practices 💻🤝🧠 In "ggplot2 uncharted," you'll master both! One powerful insight: Knowing when to stop adding more to your chart—and start using #facets or #compositions. Give it room to breathe! www.ggplot2-uncharted.com

a multi-plot composition of three charts using the orange tree growth data: a timeline, a bar chart and a boxplot. taken from the exercises in our course "ggplot2 uncharted".

a set od small multiples shwoing trends of baby names with shadow data to allow direct comparison. taken from the exercises in our course "ggplot2 uncharted".

a nested facet shwoing the most populated countries by continent and region. taken from the exercises in our course "ggplot2 uncharted".

a nested facet of fictional scores for a series of test outcomes for students in different topics (nested inside broader categories) and different schools. taken from the exercises in our course "ggplot2 uncharted".

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Surbhi Bhatia @surbhaai.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

#Day8: Circular A decade of bad air. Air quality in India’s major cities has stayed consistently poor, often reaching hazardous levels, with no signs of improvement year after year. #30DayChartChallenge #dataviz #airpollution #cleanair

A circular heatmap showing daily air quality patterns across major Indian cities over a decade. Each ring represents a year, and each segment represents a day. Colors range from blue (cleaner air) to red (more polluted air). Made for #30DayChartChallenge Day 8 prompt: Circular

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Allison Horst @allisonhorst.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Day 2 of the #30DayChartChallenge: Pictogram! A quick count of animals in the yard over a short span yesterday morning. I love marmots and this does not do them justice. Watercolor & ink.

A watercolor and ink drawing of a pictogram (chart), showing different counts of animals observed, using a cartoon representation of each species to represent each individual. Includes dark-eyed juncos (many), Steller's jays (4), mule deer (2), Teddy dog (1), Nazgul the cat (1), and a yellow-bellied marmot (1). Below each is a sketch of their tracks. Text within the chart area reads "Day 2: pictogram! This morning's yard critters (aka crittergram)."

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 01/04/2026

For today's #30DayChartChallenge #Day1 "Part-to-Whole", I'm not sharing a polished #dataviz but a lesser-known #ggplot2 trick 🧙‍♀️ Turn your area chart into a timeline of relative shares by changing the position argument to "fill" 🤙 Example from our "gpgplot2 uncharted" course: ggplot2-uncharted.com

Screenshot from our lesson on geometric layers, showing two examples of a timeline (with made-up data just for showcasing): first as overlapping areas – via geom_area(position = "identity") – and one with relative share by simply using position = "fill" instead.

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#30DayChartChallenge @30daychartchall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Just one day - or, depending on your timezone maybe just a few hours - until the next #30DayChartChallenge kicks off. 🚀 1 prompt for each day of April across 5 categories to spark inspiration, experimentation, and learning. 📊 Who's in? 👀 #dataviz #datavisualization

A banner with the prompts for the 6th edition of the 30DayChartChallenge

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Tanya Shapiro @tanyashapiro.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I've been working on overhauling my site (again). This was also a perfect opp to show an old project some love for #30DayChartChallenge. Day 1 Part-to-Whole. Breakdown of The Global Human Day. It's an exploratory piece for curious folks who like to play with data! indievisual.tech/projects/viz...

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Allison Horst @allisonhorst.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Day 1: Part-to-Whole Visualizing Teddy's magical expansion from a very average 45 pound dog into an immovable dire wolf once he hits the bed. Watercolor & ink. #30DayChartChallenge

A watercolor and ink illustration showing the breakdown of king size bed space when shared by a couple (combined for 50%), their cat (6%), a dog (40%), and a mandatory heat buffer between them (4%). Text label pointing to the dog reads "40% Teddy, the magically expanding dog."

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 26/03/2026

It's hard to pick my favorite widget of our course — but our new "Patchwork Playground" is a top candidate! 🏆 Learn the {patchwork} syntax 📦 as you interactively stitch up to 8 plots in any layout you can think of 🤯 Available now in "ggplot2 uncharted" 🤘 www.ggplot2-uncharted.com/module4/plot...

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 24/03/2026

Sneak Peek Part 2 💜 💙 Only 1 day left until my talk for #RLadies Abuja! I’ll use examples from our "#ggplot2 uncharted" course to showcase some tricks to create and refine small multiples 🧱 Sign up for the talk tomorrow (5 pm CET) 👇 www.meetup.com/rladies-abuj... #rstats #dataviz #tidyverse

A nested facet of fictious sales trends for departments (main groups, here Office, Services, and Tech) and product categories (sub group, here Paper, Pens, Cloud, Laptops, and Phones).

A set of 9 line charts with "shadow data" to enable comparison across small multiples. The line chart shows timelines of popularity for selected female names.

An nested facet with advanced styling: separator lines, table-like column headers, and color-encoding that matches the bars (showing population by country) that are colore by continent.

The announcement flyer for our MeetUp event, happening tomorrow 5 pm CET.

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 20/03/2026

Sneak peek at my talk for #RLadies Abuja! 💜 💙 In the first section, I’ll use examples from our "#ggplot2 uncharted" course to showcase some tricks to enrich your charts with meaningful titles, annotations, and call-outs 📣 Sign up here: www.meetup.com/rladies-abuj... #rstats #dataviz #tidyverse

A heatmap showing average ratings for the first 27 seasons of the Simpsons with several call-outs and annotations.

A linechart of Orange tree grwoth with titles styled as textboxes and a call-out box inside the panel. Direct labels next to the line replace a legend and make the chart easier to read.

The announcement flyer for our MeetUp event.

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Tyler Morgan-Wall @tylermw.com · 17/03/2026

1/5‼️Gigantic new #rayverse update + blog post! Introducing {skymodelr}: render 3D scenes in #RStats with realistically-lit skies 🌇 at a given location, using just a latitude, longitude, and a time. Blog: www.tylermw.com/posts/rayver... Github: github.com/tylermorganw... Site: www.skymodelr.com

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 19/03/2026

I’m giving a talk at R-Ladies Abuja next week 💜 💙 We’ll dive into #ggplot2 tricks from our "ggplot2 uncharted" class — focusing on both #dataviz best practices and advanced #coding 💪 Sign up for the free session here: www.meetup.com/rladies-abuj...

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Level Up Your Data Visualizations with ggplot2, Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:00 PM | Meetup

Join us for a practical, beginner-friendly meetup on **“Level Up Your Data Visualizations with ggplot2”** where we’ll explore how to create clear, compelling, and professio

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 18/03/2026

We're back with the 6th edition! 💪 Join the #30DayChartChallenge during April ➡️ 5 categories, 30 prompts — 30 charts. Read the prompt of the day. Pick whatever tool and data you like. Share your work! And if you manage less than 30, that's fine, too! ❤️ #dataviz #datavisualization

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Ecological Dynamics Dept. | IZW Berlin @ecodynizw.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Our package estar for quantifying ecological stability is out: MEE @britishecologicalsociety.org! Provides 11 stability metrics for measuring stability at different levels of organization, from individuals to populations, communities + ecosystems. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 25/02/2026

Realised I can display live posts on the map bluesky-map.theo.io?live=1 (there's also an option under the settings cog to display post text, in case you really want to be overstimulated)

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Visualising Climate @visualisingclimate.com · 28/01/2026

Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data. visualisingclimate.org #VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 11/02/2026

I just opted out of a workshop with a heavy heart when I learned it's a collab with DataCamp. No matter what, I'll maintain my boycott — why? Here is a detailed overview: dnlmc.medium.com/dont-use-dat... There are soooo many other options that value you, the community, and the instructors!

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Don’t use DataCamp

A timeline of transgressions & community response

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 09/02/2026

"Vibe Coding" the old-school way 🌈 I was prepping a ggplot2 lesson when a stat_summary() error went sideways. Instead of fixing it, I leaned in. Sometimes the best dataviz is found in the detours. (Or at least, the most joy on a Monday ☕️) #rstats #ggplot2 #dataviz #TheSimpsons

A colorful data visualization of IMDb ratings for the first 11 seasons of The Simpsons. The chart uses a "small multiples" layout where each season (S1—S11) is represented by a vertical column. Individual episode ratings are shown as small white circles plotted against a vertical axis ranging from 5 to 9. Each column features a unique, vibrant color—starting with purple for S1 and moving through blue, teal, green, yellow, orange, red, and ending in grey for S11. A horizontal line in each column indicates the season average, while a unique "stepped" gradient effect creates horizontal bands of color that grow lighter toward the top, highlighting the density of the episode ratings.

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Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 07/01/2026

New Year, New Colour Tool for you data visualizers and maybe the odd designer obumbratta.com/colour

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 24/12/2025

🎄 Hope you’ve got all your presents ready 💝 Google search interest shows a stable pattern: 🎅 “Christmas gift wife” peaks just before Christmas Eve 🎅 “Christmas gift husband” peaks much earlier #MerryChristmas to all of you! 🎁 📈 Google Trends (Nov 18–Dec 24, 2020–2024) #dataviz #ggplot2

Line chart of Google search interest for “Christmas gift wife” and “Christmas gift husband” from November 18 to December 24. Bold lines show the average pattern across 2020–2024, while lighter shaded lines represent individual years. Shaded areas highlight which term has higher search interest at each point in time. The chart shows that searches for gifts for wives peak later in December than searches for gifts for husbands.

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I wrote a lil post on the amazing work that @ginareynolds.bsky.social does championing ggplot2 extension developers and teaching others to build their own! The post features the Scrollytelling Quarto extension and the group's cute #RStats hex 🐱: rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...

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An Introduction to Writing Your Own ggplot2 Geoms – R Works

The ggextenders club provides inspiration and resources for those venturing into the exciting world of creating custom ggplot2 extensions.

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 11/12/2025

🔦 new `focus` argument added to {hexsession}. Specify packages to highlight by dimming all the others. also suggested by @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social and inspired by @kellybodwin.com's hex shirt with dimmed logos. example below uses dark mode hexsession.liomys.mx

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 12/12/2025

I ignored the strip.clip argument in #ggplot2 for way too long 😲 Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner. 🔵 no manual coordinates 🔵 inherits theme styling 🔵 scales nicely when resizing

Side-by-side comparison of two multi-panel bubble charts faceted by world region. The left column shows the default facet labels placed above each panel (“Africa”, “Americas”, “Asia”, “Europe”, “Oceania”). The right column shows the same charts, but the facet labels are moved inside each panel at the top-left using a negative margin. In the center, there is a title reading “Want to place your facet labels inside each panel?” with an arrow pointing right, followed by a short ggplot2 theme code snippet demonstrating how to move strip text inside the panel.

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Elmera Azadpour @eazadpour.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Hi #rstats friends! 👋🏽 Checkout our newest blog that displays how to create beautiful and reproducible river maps! 🗺 🔗: waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/nhd-viz... #nhdplusTools #dataRetrieval #ggplot #dataviz

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 05/12/2025

Designing for a good cause 💝 My daughter’s birthday is this weekend, and she’s setting up “thematic rooms.” Instead of painting and tinkering, she tried her first digital design experience — creating it all in Figma with me 😋😼 #design #birthday #kids

The room sign for "Dunkelparty", a party room with disco light

The room sign for "Katzenzoo", a room to groom kittens and play with cats

The room sign for "Schminkraum", a room with makeup and face painting

The room sign for "Turnzimmer", atraining room for gymnastics (however that looks like, already scared what's gonna happen to our funrnishings...)

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Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊 🎂Nov 30, 1756 Ernest Florens Friedrich Chladni born in Wittenberg, Germany 🇩🇪 1787: Visualization of vibration patterns (by spreading a layer of sand on a disk, and observing displacement when vibration is applied) Created the idea of being able to "see" sound

Chladni patterns in a vibrating plate, From Chladni (1787)

Self-referential portrait of Chladni superposed on his patterns

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 27/11/2025

👾 We've put together a supercut to show exactly what “interactive” means inside #ggplot2 [un]charted 👇 The project became far more ambitious than we first planned, but seeing how rich, detailed, and interactive it has become makes Yan and me genuinely proud of what we’ve built 🚀 #rstats #dataviz

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 26/11/2025

Yan and I poured our dataviz, coding, teaching, design experience and passion into this hands-on, interactive journey through everything you need to know about #ggplot2 and #dataviz 📈🧑‍💻🚀 👉 ggplot2-uncharted.com Until Friday, you can enroll in our course for just $99 🔥

Black Friday promotional graphic with discounted pricing.

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 20/11/2025

If motivation levels drop, Waddles comes to the rescue! 🐽

A sticker of Waddles (the 15-pound pig from Gravity Falls) next to my touchpad.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/11/2025

We need a total and complete shutdown of WSJ data graphics until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on. h/t @merz.bsky.social @drmikewiser.bsky.social

Multiple Meds: Share of children on two or more psychiatric medications in 2023, based on wether or not they were prescribed ADHD drugs in 2019.

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Urban Data @urban-data.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Day 7 of #30DayMapChallenge asked us to think about accessibility. @gsagostini.bsky.social considers two metrics of access simultaneously: distance to a Subway and distance to the subway.

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