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Data visualisation engineer in Australia. Author of Practical UI Patterns for Design Systems. Creator of Typey Type for Stenographers. 🔗 didoesdigital.com

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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 05/04/2026
About 5% of the dogs in the Sunshine Coast region are Border Collies, the greatest of doggos. #30DayChartChallenge
Sunny Coast Border Collies & Other Dogs. There are 2,879 Border Collies in the Sunshine Coast vs 50,843 other dogs. 1 circle = ~30 doggos. Border Collies shown in blue. Other breeds shown in yellow. 5% of the circles are blue. A ghostly dog outline is filled with circles. Chart: @DiDoesDigital. Icon: Dog by Daniel Ducrocq from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0). Data: Registered Animals, Sunshine Coast Council Open Data Platform, CC BY 3.0 License.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 04/04/2026
Sanctuaries help protect bilbies from cats and foxes, giving the vulnerable marsupial a chance to survive. And it's working! #30DayChartChallenge
Greater Bilby Populations in Sanctuaries. The latest Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Annual Bilby Census estimates there are about 5,330 total bilbies in their sanctuaries. This estimate includes about 1,834 bilbies at the Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary on Barkandji country in far western NSW as well as bilbies across 5 other sanctuaries. A visualisation. 1 circle = ~10 bilbies. Yellow dots are Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary. Blue dots are 5 other sanctuaries. The counts grow year by year from 1230 bilbies in 2021 to 5330 in 2025. Chart: @DiDoesDigital Icon: bilby by Abby from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0) Data: Australian Wildlife Conservancy, 4 April 2026
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 03/04/2026
On the topic of "mosaic", I wanted to share a bit about the Tessellated Pavement in Tasmania, a naturally fractured marine platform that look like tiles of a mosaic floor. But I could find no numbers about it! So I made a chart of tessellated marine animals instead. #30DayChartChallenge
Tessellated Morays & Tessellated Cones. There are recorded sightings of 183 Tessellated Morays (eels) vs 331 Tessellated Cones (sea snails) in The Atlas of Living Australia. Both are weird sea beasts. One bites and one stings. A mosaic visualisation of the recorded sightings by species. Data: The Atlas of Living Australia, Conus (Tesselliconus) tessulatus and Gymnothorax favagineus, 3 Apr 2026. Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 02/04/2026
To celebrate the safe return this week of Wilson the stowaway glider, here's a chart about sugar glider babies! #30DayChartChallenge
Sugar Glider Babies. A sugar glider female gives birth to one (19%) or two (81%) babies (joeys) per litter. Data: Atlas of Living Australia, Sugar Glider, Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse, 1839. Icon: sugar glider by Amethyst Studio from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0). Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 01/04/2026
The High Seas Biodiversity Bill 2026 passed the Australian Parliament yesterday. This clears the way for Australia to ratify the UN’s High Seas Biodiversity Treaty. Closer to home, this chart shows what part of Australia's oceans were Marine Protected Areas. #30DayChartChallenge
Australian Marine Protected Areas. In 2024, almost half (48.9%) of Australia’s oceans were Marine Protected Areas, up from 10% in 2008. Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Protected areas, released 15 September 2025, accessed 1 April 2026,
and Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database 2024. Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 16/03/2026
Dogs! This is a celebration of the goodest dogs in the Sunshine Coast region: didoesdigital.com/dogs-of-the-... Which doggo has the best name? - Lenny Leonard Alfonso the 3rd? - Poochini? - Wally Womble? - Indiana Bones? - Tubgoat? - Muddy Smuckers? - Bat Dog? What is the best dog name you know?
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Dogs of the Sunshine Coast
Meet the goodest dogs of the Sunshine Coast!
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phobon @phobon.io · 31/08/2025
Pretty crazy that this thing I've been working on in my spare time for the last 9 months is launching in a few days 😊 Check out Fragments, a kickstarter for your creative coding journey → www.fragments.supply #tsl #creativecoding #threejs
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Fragments° — Creative coding with shaders
Kickstart your creative coding and shader art journey.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 14/08/2025
What's the longest place name in Australia? What's the longest personal name ever used? What's the best text to use to try out a font? I cover them all in my latest post! The most ridiculous test data I use to stress test designs and web implementations: didoesdigital.com/blog/stress-...
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Stress Test Data for Web Projects · DiDoesDigital
Break designs by stuffing them with test data and mock images so you can build more resilient websites.
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phobon @phobon.io · 27/06/2025
I wrote a blog post about the #fragments collection I've been making. Lot of stuff about what's in it, who its for - all that good stuff. Starting to get back into writing again, feels good 😊 Check it out here → www.fragments.supply/writing/2-co...
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Building Fragments — The Collection — Fragments°
Diving into the Collection - the heart of Fragments. What's in it and how is it structured?
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 19/06/2025
Australians are deeply concerned about misinformation online. More so than any other country among the 42 compared. As usual, Facebook is a horrendous source of misinformation. If you use Facebook, have a think about verifying posts before sharing. www.canberra.edu.au/research/cen...
Australians are the most concerned about misinformation online
AUS: 74%; USA: 73%; RSA: 73%; POR: 71%; SGP: 71%; UK: 71%; SPA: 69%; IRE: 68%; PHI: 67%; BRA: 67%; MEX: 65%; CHL: 64%; CAN: 64%; GRE: 64%; MAL: 62%; TUR: 61%; ARG: 60%; COL: 59%; SRB: 58%; FIN: 58%; CRO: 57%; Global: 57%
Data: Park, S., Fisher, C., McGuinness, K., Lee, J., Fujita, M., Haw, A., McCallum, K. & Nardi, G. (2025). Digital News Report: Australia 2025. Canberra: News and Media Research Centre, University of Canberra. CC BY-NC 4.0.
Graphic: @DiDoesDigital.Which of the following do Aussies think pose a major threat in terms of false and misleading information?
Waffle charts: Facebook: 59%; TikTok: 57%; X (Twitter): 49%; Instagram: 42%; YouTube: 35%; WhatsApp: 26%.
Data: Park, S., Fisher, C., McGuinness, K., Lee, J., Fujita, M., Haw, A., McCallum, K. & Nardi, G. (2025). Digital News Report: Australia 2025. Canberra: News and Media Research Centre, University of Canberra. CC BY-NC 4.0.
Graphic: @DiDoesDigital.What can you do?
Verify dodgy information using: A news source you trust (e.g. ABC), Search engines (actual search results, not AI guesses), Official sources (e.g. government website), A fact-checking website, Somebody you know and trust personally, Comments from other users, and Wikipedia.
Before sharing information: Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, and Trace claims, quotes and media to the original context
Source: Mike Caulfield, https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/.
Adapted under CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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phobon @phobon.io · 20/05/2025
Building a nice little collection of sketches here. These are all links to live webgl or webgpu sketches that eventually will have code and process breakdowns (within reason, haha) #buildinpublic #webgl #webgpu
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 17/05/2025
Today I discovered Safari's "Distraction Control" feature, which lets you hide distracting items. It'll be handy for removing elements that cover the content or have looping animations. Most importantly, it's fun to dissolve them out of existence. Poof! ‪‬https://support.apple.com/en-la/120682
The page menu with the top menu item, Hide Distracting Items, highlighted.The prisma docs with the Ask AI widget highlighted and a Hide button over it. Safari also shows select an item and cancel options as well as a disabled Done button.The Ask AI widget is half dissolved away off the edge of the screen
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 07/05/2025
The 30 day chart challenge is complete! You can now see all my recent charts and their stories in 1 place: didoesdigital.com/30-day-chart... #30DayChartChallenge
A colourful 6 by 5 grid of charts
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 30/04/2025
One mangrove tree can remove 0.3 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere over its growth life. Mangrove forests can hold nearly 400 tonnes of CO2 per hectare in their living biomass and in the top metre of soil. #30DayChartChallenge
Mangroves Prevented $57 Million Worth of Building Damage (2020–21)
Mangroves are critical for coastal resilience, food security, biodiversity protection, and climate change mitigation.
The sankey diagram shows total coastal extent of mangroves: 1,146,131 hectares. Qld: 446,924 hectares; NT: 432,262 hectares; WA: 231,802 hectares; and SA, NSW & Vic 35,143 hectares.
Big statistics show 208281 kilotonnes of
stored carbon, 7653 people protected in
the highest risk zone, 4006 dwellings protected
around coastlines.
Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2020-21), National Ecosystem Accounts, experimental estimates, ABS Website, accessed 30 April 2025. Chart: @DiDoesDigital.
Mangrove Forests Are Nurseries. Mangroves are breeding and nursery grounds for many fish species, including mangrove jack and barramundi.
A photo of a rocky beach with sparse mangrove trees in the water.
Photo: Mangroves at Clairview by Wesley Moore.
Mangroves Protect Our Coastline. By naturally buffering the land from wind and storm surge, mangroves reduce flood depths, erosion, and damage.
A photo of a wide river lined by thick mangrove forest into the distance.
Photo: Mangroves at Maroochy River by Wesley Moore.
We Need to Protect Our Mangroves.
Around 17% of Australia's mangroves have been destroyed since European settlement.
To protect this valuable, natural resource, we can:
Report damage to mangroves to the local state/territory environment department;
Avoid walking, riding, or driving through mangrove areas, especially at low tide;
Dispose of rubbish, oils, and chemicals responsibly;
Remove weeds;
Join a local monitoring program (see MangroveWatch); and
Vote for a representative that pledges strong climate and environment action
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 29/04/2025
The Parkes Observatory is national heritage listed in Australia. Apparently "Australia was an international leader in the ground-breaking field of radio astronomy research in the post-World War II period" #30DayChartChallenge
Australian Marvel: The Dish
At the Parkes Observatory in 1961, Murriyang (“The Dish”) was one of the first large movable dishes in the world. Still operating after over 60 years, it’s one of Australia’s most successful scientific instruments.
Chart shows the relative scale of Murriyang, “The Dish”, at
64 metres, Giyalung Guluman at 18m, and Giyalung Miil at 12m, with a 6m crocodile for scale.
Crocodile icon by Creative Mahira from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
Parkes Discoveries
The Parkes Observatory has been key to important global discoveries, including establishing the Big Bang Theory and testing Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.
Photo: Parkes Observatory, @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 28/04/2025
Public libraries around Australia run "digital inclusion" sessions. Find a public library to join. Even if it's not nearby, they may have online resources. And definitely tell the older folks in your life about them: www.nla.gov.au/apps/librari... #30DayChartChallenge #libraries #DigitalInclusion
Reaching for High Digital Inclusion
Digital inclusion means ensuring all Australians have access and use digital technologies effectively.
A chart of Digital Inclusion Index Score across states, territories, and the national average.
Aust.: 73.2; Vic.: 74; NSW: 73; QLD: 73; SA: 72; WA: 73; Tas.: 70; NT: 69; ACT: 78.
Data: Thomas, J., McCosker, A., Parkinson, S., Hegarty, K., Featherstone, D., Kennedy, J., Holcombe-James, I., Ormond-Parker, L., & Ganley, L. (2023). Measuring Australia’s Digital Divide: Australian Digital Inclusion Index: 2023. Melbourne: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, and Telstra.  Chart: @DiDoesDigital
Digital Ability is Lagging
Compared to Affordability, the Access and Digital Ability components of the index score are lower, bringing it down.
Index score: Australia: 73.2; Vic.: 74; NSW: 73; QLD: 73; SA: 72; WA: 73; Tas.: 70; NT: 69; ACT: 78.
Digital Ability: Australia: 64.9; Vic.: 66; NSW: 65; QLD: 65; SA: 62; WA: 65; Tas.: 61; NT: 63; ACT: 71.
Affordability: Australia: 95; Vic.: 95; NSW: 95; QLD: 95; SA: 95; WA: 95; Tas.: 95; NT: 94; ACT: 96.
Access: Australia: 72; Vic.: 73; NSW: 72; QLD: 72; SA: 70; WA: 72; Tas.: 69; NT: 64; ACT: 75.
Data: Thomas, J., McCosker, A., Parkinson, S., Hegarty, K., Featherstone, D., Kennedy, J., Holcombe-James, I., Ormond-Parker, L., & Ganley, L. (2023). Measuring Australia’s Digital Divide: Australian Digital Inclusion Index: 2023. Melbourne: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, and Telstra.  Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 27/04/2025
I'm delighted that the Queensland government measures the height and direction of waves along the coast. You can use it to plan surfing, fishing, and the like! www.qld.gov.au/waves #30DayChartChallenge
Waves Over the Last Seven Days
The significant and max wave heights at Queensland sites.
Brisbane's significant wave heights range from 0.85m to 3.17m, with 4 local peaks. Brisbane's max wave heights range from 1.35m to 5.91m with 3 local peaks.
Sunshine Coast's significant wave heights range from 0.54m to 2.2m with 3 local peaks. Sunshine Coast's max wave heights range from 0.92m to 4.23m.
Mackay's significant wave heights range from 0.35m to 1.21m, with 4 local peaks. Mackay's max wave heights range from 0.46m to 2.09m with 3 local peaks.
Cairns's significant wave heights range from 0.2m to 0.59m. Cairn's max wave heights range from 0.29m to 1.34m.
Data: © 2025 Queensland Government (Department of the Environment, Science, Tourism and Innovation), CC BY 4.0, https://qld.gov.au/waves, accessed 27 Apr 2025 at 10.50am.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 26/04/2025
Apparently grey/charcoal/black shades of cars are less likely to be seen on the road and thus involved in more crashes. #30DayChartChallenge
Colours of Cars Sold in WA in 2024
White cars are the most popular sold in Western Australia, followed by grey, silver/chrome, then black.
Greyscale cars: White: 43.55%; Silver/Chrome: 13.7%; Grey: 16.4%; Black: 8.01%;
Colourful cars: Blue: 7.64%; Red: 4.79%; Other: 2.93%; Green: 1.8%; Orange: 1.19%;
Data: WA Department of Transport via https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-10/new-car-colours-more-monochrome-than-ever-before-data-shows/104451484
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
White Cars Are Visible and Safe
Less visible cars have a higher crash risk and higher risk of severe crashes.
Source: S. Newstead & A. D'Elia (2007) “An investigation into the relationship between vehicle colour and crash risk”, Monash University Accident Research Centre, https://www.monash.edu/muarc/archive/our-publications/reports/muarc263
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 25/04/2025
There are ~3,000 snake bites in Australia each year, which lead to fewer than 3 fatalities. Eastern Brown Snakes are the deadliest to people in Australia. They also remove thousands of mice per square kilometre of farmland each year, substantially increasing farm productivity. #30DayChartChallenge
We've Seen 110 Snakes in 4 Years. On average, one every two weeks. Zero snakes have bitten us.
Snake icons grouped by species: 32 Keelbacks, 24 Yellow-faced whip snakes, 15 Red-bellied black snakes, 13 unknown, 11 Common tree snake, 10 Carpet python, 2 Eastern small-eyed snake, 1 Marsh snake, 1 Northern tree snake, and 1 Brown tree snake.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 24/04/2025
To help stamp out trachoma, you can donate to the Fred Hollows Foundation to treat it directly or donate to a charity that helps communities emerge from poverty and break the cycle of infection and re-infection. #30DayChartChallenge
Despite High Income, Australia Faces Neglected Tropical Diseases
The number of people in Australia requiring intervention against Neglected Tropical Diseases has come down.
Line chart of numbers over time from 2010 to 2022 with a spike in 2013. 2010: 89,732; 2011: 72,560; 2012: 60,279; 2013: 144,692; 2014: 54,311; 2015: 17,476; 2016: 20,994; 2017: 20,123; 2018: 20,123; 2019: 13,700; 2020: 20,401; 2021: 18,286; 2022: 3,477
Data: World Health Organization, CC BY 4.0, https://data.who.int/indicators/i/95935F3/2D6FBE4 (Accessed on 25 March 2025).
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
What Are Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)?
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of conditions caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and toxins, and can cause significant disfigurement, disability, and death.
They include preventable and treatable diseases that affect more than 1 billion people globally, especially impoverished communities in tropical regions.
These diseases are “neglected” because they’re barely present on the global health agenda. Limited resources are dedicated to tackling them.
The World Health Organization's List of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Buruli ulcer; Chagas disease; dengue and chikungunya; dracunculiasis; echinococcosis; foodborne trematodiases; human African trypanosomiasis; leishmaniasis; leprosy; lymphatic filariasis; mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses; noma; onchocerciasis; rabies; scabies and other ectoparasitoses; schistosomiasis; soil-transmitted helminthiases; snakebite envenoming; taeniasis/cysticercosis; trachoma; yaws
Source: World Health Organization, https://www.who.int/health-topics/neglected-tropical-diseases (Accessed on 25 March 2025).
Have We Eliminated Trachoma in Australia?
Trachoma is a preventable eye infection that can lead to blindness. Australia's the only high-income country that has trachoma.
A couple of years ago, we reached the World Health Organization's threshold for “elimination as a public health problem”. The prevalence is really low now. So long as our trend of squashing it continues, we'll be able to declare it eliminated.
2025 could be the year!
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 23/04/2025
These days you can look up hourly air quality measurements online for a bunch of places, but those numbers won't help you with your cooking. #30DayChartChallenge
Total Dust Emissions Across Australia
Airborne soil particles are worse in summer where ground is dry and there's less vegetation cover compared to winter.
A grouped bar chart of amount of dust in tonnes per hectare to June 2020 grouped by Emission, Dry deposition, and Wet deposition shows the highest emissions from Nov to Jan around 3k tonnes per hectare. Dry depositions are also much higher than wet depositions.
Data: Emmerson KM & Keywood MD (2021). Australia state of the environment 2021: air quality, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0, https://soe.dcceew.gov.au/ 
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
Dust Travels Everywhere
From July 2019 to June 2020, the estimated total dust emissions in Australia was 40 tonnes per hectare.
Dust that's swept into the atmosphere ranges from smaller than 2.5 micrometres to hundreds of micrometres.
The larger particles cause visibility issues and filthy solar panels. They “deposit” onto the ground swiftly, meaning they don't get to travel far.
The smaller particles, however, stay in the air longer and can waft thousands of kilometres onto cities far away.
Source: Emmerson KM & Keywood MD (2021). Australia state of the environment 2021: air quality, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0, https://soe.dcceew.gov.au/
Dust Can Be Gross
Airborne dust can muck up your respiratory system. Mineral dust contains metals like iron that cause lung inflammation.
Thanks to the extra droughts and bushfires from climate change, we’re likely to see an increase in the number of dust days too.
Vegetation programs might help keep the dust down.
Australia generally has great air quality, except during specific events like dust storms and bushfires. There’s increasing demand for real-time air monitoring to help people know when to close the windows or mask up.
Source: Emmerson KM & Keywood MD (2021). Australia state of the environment 2021: air quality, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0, https://soe.dcceew.gov.au/ 
Try a Low-Cost Sensor
More of the public are buying low-cost air sensors. They’re not super accurate but they can give you an idea about trends or when your over-cooked pancakes are hazardous.
Photo of home air quality sensor on the bench showing PM2.5 at 578µg/m³ and "HAZARDOUS" with a scary red label.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 22/04/2025
Down under, you can use the Southern Cross to tell time and direction. Aboriginal Australians are among the world's first astronomers. The southern cross forms part of the Emu in the Sky, a dark constellation, which has featured in storytelling for thousands of years. #30DayChartChallenge
Find South Using the Stars
In the southern hemisphere, you can use the Southern Cross (aka “Crux”) and The Pointers constellations to find South.
The chart of the Southern Cross and The Pointers shows a line drawn from the highest star of the cross, Gracux, through the lowest star of the cross, Acrux, and another line drawn perpendicular from Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the two lines marked as roughly south, not far from where the South Pole is marked.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
Check the Star Clock: Part 1
Imagine a 24-hour clock face. Around 1st April, Crux appears high in the sky at midnight. At the 20 hour mark, it's ~8pm.
The 24-hour clock face has 0 at the top, labelled (midnight), 6 to the right, 12 at the bottom, labelled (midday), and 18 to the left. The Southern Cross constellation is positioned at the 20 hour mark with repeating, fading copies of it clockwise indicating the direction of travel. The chart is labelled 1st April
 8pm.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
Check the Star Clock: Part 2
For each month after April, take 2 hours. At 1st May, if Crux is at the “20” mark, subtract 1 month × 2 hours to get 18: ~6pm.
The 24-hour clock face has 0 at the top, labelled, 6 to the right, 12 at the bottom, and 18 to the left. The Southern Cross constellation is positioned at the 20 hour mark. An arrow points anti-clockwise, labelled "Subtract 2 hours". The chart is labelled 1st May 6pm.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
You Can Find South and the Time!
Around 1st June, when Crux appears at the “6” hour mark, subtract 2 months × 2 hours to get 2, which means it’s ~2am.
The 24-hour clock face has 0 at the top, labelled, 6 to the right, 12 at the bottom, and 18 to the left. The Southern Cross constellation is positioned at the 6 hour mark. An arrow points anti-clockwise, labelled "Subtract 4 hours". The chart is labelled 1st June
 2am.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 21/04/2025
Are you also pleased to know that the Tassie geo database has 97 results for "fossiliferous"? #30DayChartChallenge
Tassie Tracks Their Old Rocks
This shows the number of listed geosites in the Tasmanian Geoconservation Database by era.
Bar chart of sites by era from Oldest first. Mesoproterozoic: 7; Neoproterozoic: 43; Paleozoic: 249; Mesozoic: 66; Cenozoic: 748; and Unknown: 14.
Data: Natural Values Atlas (www.naturalvaluesatlas.tas.gov.au), 21 Apr 2025, © State of Tasmania · Chart: @DiDoesDigital
Our Geological Heritage is Precious
Geoheritage helps define Australia through its iconic landscape. Our geoheritage has significant aesthetic, cultural, economic/tourism, and environmental value. It also informs our future climate.
Like biodiversity, geoheritage is a form of natural heritage but benefits from separate recognition. For example, it requires different conservation strategies to plants and animals.
Australia has an old and stable land mass, so we have heaps of preserved geological features rarely found elsewhere.
McConnell A, Janke T, Cumpston Z & Cresswell I (2021). Australia state of the environment 2021: heritage, independent report to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, DOI: 10.26194/7w85-3w50.
Tasmania Has Special Old Rocks
Tasmania is a global geodiversity hotspot with rocks of every geological period from the Mesoproterozoic.
Unlike most of Australia, Tasmania keeps a nice record of geoconservation sites. You can find info about:
- 39 globally significant sites
- 26 rarities
- 32 outstanding references
Entries in the Tasmanian Geoconservation Database also include the geoconservation values the sites encompass, their significance to conservation, their sensitivity to disturbance, and advice on site management.
Data: Natural Values Atlas (www.naturalvaluesatlas.tas.gov.au), 21 Apr 2025, © State of Tasmania · Analysis: @DiDoesDigital
Can We Protect Our Geoheritage?
The pressures having the greatest impact on geoheritage include:
- “Inadequate resourcing for heritage conservation/management.”
- “Inadequate protections (poor statutory controls and poor governance)”
The highest priority action to improve the management of geoheritage is:
- “Improved recognition, including at the statutory level, and moving beyond land-based-only heritage”
Vote for representatives who pledge conservation action.
McConnell A, Janke T, Cumpston Z & Cresswell I (2021). Australia state of the environment 2021: heritage, independent report to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, DOI: 10.26194/7w85-3w50.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 20/04/2025
One thing I enjoy about this social media chart challenge is that I can sneak in silly choices I wouldn't usually make. Behold my gradient, lack of data point circles, and use of curvy lines! I also don't have to spend time making it work at all the screen sizes and ratios. #30DayChartChallenge
Carlton is a Densely Populated Suburb
Carlton, Melbourne is among Australia's most densely populated suburbs. And yet it boasts Victoria's 12th best offering of well-loved open spaces.¹

Line chart of Population density (persons/km²) shows in 2018: 11,453.8; 2019: 11,562.7: 2020: 11,472.5; 2021: 9,382.5; 2022: 9,928.5; and 2023: 11,753.5.

¹ Neighbourlytics (2024), 'Where are Australia's most well-loved open spaces?' https://www.neighbourlytics.com/post/where-are-australias-most-well-loved-open-spaces.
Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2024), Data by region, Region summary: Carlton https://dbr.abs.gov.au/region.html?lyr=sa2&rgn=206041117, accessed 19 April 2025.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 19/04/2025
I went on a lot of side quests in pursuit of a more complex and interesting chart than this but they mostly didn't pan out. Here's a simpler but shinier visualisation instead. According to the ABS, lots of Aussie businesses cease trading in the December quarter each year. #30DayChartChallenge
The Ebbs and Flows of Actively Trading Australian Businesses
In the 2023–2024 financial year, the net change of actively trading businesses, including entries and exits, was 2.8%.
Business Entries: 436,018
Start Total: 2,589,873
End Total: 2,662,998
Business Exits: 362,893
Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2024) 'Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits', ABS Website, accessed 19 April 2025. Chart: @DiDoesDigital.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 18/04/2025
Will we do better this year? #30DayChartChallenge
Australia's Press Freedom is Bordering on Problematic
The World Press Freedom Index shows Australia's score is declining (0 is worst, 100 is best).
The line chart shows the score from 2014 to 2024. The scores are: 2024: 73.42; 2023: 78.24; 2022: 73.77; 2021: 80.21; 2020: 79.79; 2019: 83.45; 2018: 84.54; 2017: 83.98; 2016: 82.16; 2015: 82.97; and 2014: 83.09. The "problematic" range of 55–70 is shown. An arrow points to the recent "satisfactory" scores just above problematic.
Note: The methodology changed in 2022.
Data: Reporters Sans Frontieres (2025).
Chart: @DiDoesDigitalThe World Press Freedom Index Compares the Level of Freedom for Journalists and Media Globally
"Press freedom is defined as the ability of journalists as individuals and collectives to select, produce, and disseminate news in the public interest independent of political, economic, legal, and social interference and in the absence of threats to their physical and mental safety."
https://rsf.org/en/methodology-used-compiling-world-press-freedom-index-2024
Our Position Among 180 Countries & Territories Slipped to 39th in 2024
- Just 6 years earlier, our position was 19th. A dramatic fall.
- The Reporters Without Borders findings point out that: press freedom is not protected by the constitution, we have highly concentrated media with close ties to political leaders, and growing pressure from the authorities.
What will our position be in 2025? We'll find out in a couple of weeks on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day.
- https://rsf.org/en/country/australia
Our Federal Election Falls on 3 May: World Press Freedom Day
Vote for representatives without vested interests and with a platform of integrity.
Support Australian journalism to support a healthy democracy.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 17/04/2025
The Green Catbird's genus name is Ailuroedus, from the Greek for "cat-singer" or "cat-voiced". Instead of "Good morning", it says, "heeeir-Ieee-aaa-aarr!" #30DayChartChallenge
Times I've Heard a Catbird Wail
The Green Catbird is territorial and likes to attack its reflection in my bedroom window.
5:30 AM. How dare you.
The circles for times of day a catbird wail is heard ranging from 5:30 AM to 6:31 PM, with overlapping circles between 6:40 AM and 7:08 AM as well as between 4:35 PM and 4:54 PM.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
Our Neighbours Mistake This Bird's Sound for a Crying Child
It's like a meowing cat or a wailing baby. Listen:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Green_catbird_call.wav
Photo of a Green Catbird with green feathers and spotted plumage sitting on a branch high in a tree, partially hidden by green leaves.
Photo: Green Catbird by Wesley Moore
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 16/04/2025
Look, they weren't all going to be winners. #30DayChartChallenge
How Busy I Am vs Quality of Chart
There is a negative relationship between how much I have going on and the respectability of my charts. Forgive me.
The line chart shows quality of chart on Y Axis, "How busy is Di" on the X Axis, and an arrow pointing from the top left to the bottom right showing that as I get busy, quality goes down.
Data: today's activities.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 15/04/2025
Sense8 came out ten years ago, but I still enjoy rewatching it. #30DayChartChallenge
Cluster Visits in Season 1 of Sense8
A complicated chord diagram shows Will made the most visits to other sensates at about 38 visits.
Data: CC BY-SA license: https://sense8.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_connections
Code on GitHub.
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 14/04/2025
The meaning of "mateship" can be positive or a bit spicy and has changed over time. Have a read of the Wikipedia page, especially the section on "mate": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateship Mate. #30DayChartChallenge
Interest in Mateship Trending Down
The Google search interest in the topic of “Mateship” is trending downward since its last peak in May 2005.
Interest on the Y axis ranges from 0 to 100
Dates on the X axis range from 2004 to 2025, with tick labels for 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025.
The interest is very spiky year to year with few peaks and dips each year without an obvious recurring pattern. Until 2010, interest tends to score between 30 and 100. After that it's mostly below 40, except for large spikes in March 2010 at 50, April 2015 at 57, and April 2020 at 61. It's remained below 26 since 2020.
Data: Google Trends (https://www.google.com/trends)
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 13/04/2025
The ACT threatened species site tells you where to find them. Supposedly the Gang-gang Cockatoo can be seen at Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie, which are both beautiful spots in (long) walking distance of the CBD. Let me know if you spot one! www.act.gov.au/environment/... #30DayChartChallenge
ACT Threatened Species
Radial tree diagram showing clusters of Frog, Fish, Mammal, Bird, Reptile, Plant, and Invertebrate threatened species. There are 70 species but their names are clipped off. Each species has a coloured dot next to it. The Koala's name fits and has a light red dot.
Data: ACT threatened species, ACT Government, 
CC BY 4.0, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/9ikf-qahj
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
There Are 70 Native Species on the ACT Threatened Species List
The main threat to the endangered Gang-gang Cockatoo is destruction of its habitat.
Photo of two cute female gang-gang cockatoos.
Photo: Gang-gang Cockatoos © Andrew MacDonald
Many of the Threatened Species in Australia’s Capital Are Adorable
A major threat to the vulnerable Scarlet Robin is habitat loss and degradation.
Close up photo of a Scarlet Robin
Photo: Scarlet Robin © Andrew MacDonald
Save a Threatened Species Today!
Donate:
Make a tax-deductible donation to Wildlife Warriors:
https://wildlifewarriors.org.au/
Volunteer:
Join a group to count species and revegetate habitat e.g.
https://www.molonglo.org.au/
Vote:
Vote for representatives who pledge strong climate and environment action.
Quoll by Fauzi Arts from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 12/04/2025
The Australian World Heritage List has 20 places, including entries like "Australian Convict Sites" that actually encompass 11 individual places in Australia like "Port Arthur Historic Site" and "Cockatoo Island" so there are really 39 individual places. #30DayChartChallenge
I’ve Visited 10 of the 20 World Heritage Listed Places in Australia

Map of Australia shows places Visited and Yet to Visit.
Labelled and visited places include: Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, Uluru & Kata Tjuta
Unlabelled, visited places include: a convict site marked at Cockatoo Island, Naracoorte Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Gondwana Rainforests of Australia marked at Lamington National Park, Greater Blue Mountains Area, Kakadu National Park, Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, and Wet Tropics of Queensland marked at Cairns
Labelled and unvisited places include: Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, K'gari, Ningaloo Coast, Purnululu National Park, Shark Bay, Tasmanian Wilderness, and Willandra Lakes Region
Arrows indicate that Heard and McDonald Islands, Lord Howe Island Group, and Macquarie Island are out of view off the edge of the map

Map: @DiDoesDigital
Data: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australian Heritage Database
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 11/04/2025
Numbats used to be all across mainland Australia but by the '70s there were only about 300 individuals in Western Australia. We've done well to control predators and improve fire management but they still need our help! www.numbat.org.au #30DayChartChallenge
Numbats Eat 15,000+ Termites a Day
The adorable, stripey numbat only eats termites, which are not very nutritious so they have to eat a lot to stay alive.
15,000 tiny termite icons packed in.
Termite icon by Edy Subiyanto from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
There are only ~1,400 left in the wild
Numbats are preyed upon by invasive foxes and feral cats. Fires and land-clearing cause loss of habitat. Collection of firewood also depletes important shelter sites for numbats.
Numbat photo by JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons · @DiDoesDigital
Numbats are unique marsupials
Awake in the day
Termites only move to the surface when the ground warms up during the day. Because numbats only eat termites, they have to be awake then. They’re one of the only marsupials active solely during the day!
Long tongues
Numbats have a long, slender sticky tongue around 10–11cm long to slurp up their lunch.
No pouches
Unlike other marsupials, numbats also have no pouches!
Save a numbat today!
Donate
Make a tax-deductible donation to Project Numbat:
https://www.numbat.org.au
Vote
Vote for representatives who pledge strong climate and environment action.
Numbat icon by Phạm Thanh Lộc from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 10/04/2025
Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is a natural language and visual language using hand shape, orientation, location, movement and expression. Apparently Australian Indigenous sign language is not only used by people with hearing loss: many Indigenous languages are multi-modal! #30DayChartChallenge
Auslan vs Steno Fingerspelling
Australian Sign Language fingerspelling vs stenographic fingerspelling and the English alphabet
The letters a, b, c shown in Auslan gestures, stenographic keyboard layout, and English.
The Auslan fingerspelling sign for "a" is Left hand FIVE handshape with palm facing back and right hand ONE handshape with palm facing forward, touching pointer to left thumb-pad. The fingerspelling sign for "b" is both hands OK handshape with palms facing each other, touching both hands pointer and thumb tips together. The fingerspelling sign for "c" is right hand OPEN CIRCLE handshape with palm facing to the left.
The stenography keys for fingerspelling "a" are A and asterisk. The steno keys for "b" are P, W, and asterisk. The steno keys for "c" are K, R, and asterisk.
Note: The Auslan Finger Spelling font is by Domenico Ventura and the stenographic diagrams are from Typey Type for Stenographers using Plover theory · @DiDoesDigital
A chart of the Auslan fingerspelling alphabet from a–z.
Note: The Auslan Finger Spelling font is by Domenico Ventura · Chart: @DiDoesDigital
A chart of the stenographic fingerspelling alphabet from a–z.
Note: The diagrams are from Typey Type for Stenographers · Chart: @DiDoesDigital
About Auslan and Stenography
Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is the sign language used by the majority of the Australian Deaf community. It’s a natural language distinct from spoken or written English. The two-handed manual alphabet in Auslan is used to fingerspell proper nouns, technical terms, and words for which there is no widespread sign: maybe around 10% of conversation.
A machine stenographer presses multiple keys together like playing a piano chord to produce whole words at over 200 words per minute. Key combinations usually correspond to sounds like “ch” or the “oi” sound in “ploy” rather than individual letters. When a whole word cannot be written, however, a stenographer may use fingerspelling instead to type the word out 1 letter at a time.
Auslan and stenography both offer ways to communicate at conversational speeds using your hands!
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 09/04/2025
You can tamper with Git history by using `--date=<date>` to change the "author date". For example: git commit --amend --date="Wed Apr 9 22:00 2025 +1000" --no-edit My commit dates are usually skewy from interactive rebasing. #30DayChartChallenge
A Git Commit Date Is Not the Same as the Author Date
Here are my commits over a period of 150 days and the delay in days from authoring to committing. History diverges!
The chart shows commits as violet lines spread evenly over the X-axis. The length of the lines represents the delay in days from authoring to commit up to 2 days. There is one clump with many commits delayed by hours. There are 2 separate commits that have a large, 2-day delay.
Data: https://github.com/didoesdigital/typey-type/
Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 08/04/2025
Thankfully category 5 cyclones are uncommon, but did you know cyclones Monica (2006) and Marcus (2018) reached rather terrifying sustained winds of 250km/hour? Thank goodness they don't generally make landfall at category 5! #30DayChartChallenge
Most Aussie Cyclones are Category 2
The histogram shows 135 category 1 cyclones, 162 category 2 cyclones, 138 category 3 cyclones, 101 category 4 cyclones, and 61 category 5 cyclones.
Note: The number of cyclones since 1974 at each category are calculated from estimated maximum mean wind speeds over 63, 89, 118, 160, & 200km/h, respectively.
Data: Bureau of Meteorology, http://www.bom.gov.au · Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 07/04/2025
Lismore (NSW, Australia) doesn't usually get as much rain as I imagine it does. The memorable floods of recent years are striking anomalies. The highest flood on record in Lismore was on 28 February 2022, when the flood level reached 14.4m. #30DayChartChallenge
Lismore doesn't always flood
The total rainfall in Lismore each month over 22 years shows how unusually high it's been in recent years.
The line chart shows overlapping lines for 22¼ years of rainfall with higher rainfall during Summer and March. The high points for 2020, 2022, 2017, and 2025 are annotated. They range between 500mm and 900mm. All the other values are below 400mm.
Note: The data is mostly from Lismore Airport AWS. 16 missing values are filled using data from nearby Tuncester and McLeans Ridges sites.
Data: Bureau of Meteorology, http://www.bom.gov.au · Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 06/04/2025
The latest theme for the 30 day chart challenge is "Florence Nightingale". I gave the "Nightingale rose chart" a whirl and I don't like it! While it may be fun to look at, it's not particularly effective for reading. I certainly like it better as data art without labels. #30DayChartChallenge
Births and deaths in NSW
Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
A nightingale rose chart showing births and deaths in each month. The births and deaths bars are stacked and use a radial scale. There were more deaths in July, August, and September. There were fewer deaths in December and March. There were more births in July, October, January, and February. There were fewer births in August and December.
Data: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages · @DiDoesDigital
Data art of the same nightingale rose chart but with no labels.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 05/04/2025
From Cardwell in Far North Queensland to Springbrook in the south of the state, March 2025 was extraordinarily wet. #30DayChartChallenge
It was really wet in March 2025
The average March rainfall in Queensland vs the March 2025 rainfall for the 64 sites that set a new March rainfall record.
A line chart showing Average March rainfall (mm) and March 2025 rainfall (mm) for the 64 sites. Average March rainfall for the sites range from 37.5mm to 473.3mm. March 2025 rainfall for the sites range from 151.6mm to 1668.0mm. The top March 2025 value is shown as #1 Cardwell 1,668mm. Other notable March 2025 sites include #2 Springbrook at 1468.0mm, #7 Townsville at 1004.6mm, and #30 Brisbane at 604.8mm.
Data: Bureau of Meteorology, http://www.bom.gov.au · Chart: @DiDoesDigitalOur houses are becoming uninsurable due to climate risks
Nearly 1 in 8 Australian households currently suffer home insurance affordability stress.¹
1 in 10 properties in Australia are expected to be uninsurable within the next decade.²
¹ “Premium price: The impact of climate change on insurance costs” by David Richardson, Stephen Long and Rod Campbell, The Australia Institute, 4 November 2024.
² “One in 10 homes could become uninsurable by 2035, analyst warns” by Olivia Sanders and Anna McGuinness, ABC, 15 January 2025.What can you do as an individual?
The Guardian asked 363 climate experts, “What do you think is the most effective action individuals can take?”
1. Vote for representatives who pledge strong climate action
2. Reduce flying and fossil fuel-powered transport in favour
of electric and public transport
3. Reduce meat consumption
4. Reduce home heating or cooling emissions
5. Join a campaign or protest group
6. Have fewer children
Data: “What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The
expert view.” by Damian Carrington, The Guardian, 10 May 2024.Individual action drives collective awareness and systemic change
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 04/04/2025
I began creating this visualisation about data breaches affecting big and small Australian organisations before hearing about today's cyber attack on Australia's superannuation funds. What an awful coincidence. #30DayChartChallenge
Big or small, data breaches affect us all. Selected breaches with sensitive data affecting Australians in a bubble chart by size: Latitude: 14 million, MediSecure: 12.9 million, Optus: 9.8 million, Medibank: 9.7 million, ProctorU, ANU, Service NSW, and Melbourne Heart Group. Chart: @DiDoesDigitalSome of the largest breaches in Australia are not publicly known. Data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner include unidentified incidents, such as one in 2021 affecting 15.7 million people and another in 2020 affecting 24.2 million people. There are limited requirements for public disclosure. Breaches that pose "serious harm" may be self-reported by organisations, but those organisations decide what counts. Many breaches go unnoticed by companies for months or years. Some breaches are not disclosed until much later. Data: This is the most detailed portrait yet of data breaches in Australia, by Julian Fell, Georgina Piper, Matthew Liddy, ABC, 28 March 2023, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-28/detailed-portrait-data-breaches-oaic-disclosures/102131586The impact in small organisations can be devastating. Smaller organisations-such as Bloom Hearing with thousands of affected customers and employees-can result in a wild amount of personal data being exposed. A very long list: name, address, contact details (including email addresses and phone numbers), date of birth, gender, health information (including audiograms and other hearing loss information, appointment details and notes and other patient records), insurance information (including account details and claims), other funding source information (including eligibility for workers compensation and government assistance), financial information (including bank account details), government related identifiers (including Medicare numbers, Centrelink numbers, DVA numbers, ADF numbers, NDIS numbers and Driver Licence numbers) and details of other contacts and their relationships to patients (including powers of attorney and next of kin). Data: Major hearing clinic's customer data on the dark web, by Phil Pennington, RNZ, 3 October 2024: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529757/major-hearing-clinic-s-customer-data-on-the-dark-webWhat can you do?
Reduce the risk and impact of breaches: Don't share any more info than you absolutely have to, Use a password manager so you don't reuse passwords, Use a second form of authentication like an auth app.
Demand better: Contact your local government representative to make legislation changes to: Set higher privacy and data protection standards, Increase mandatory reporting, Minimise data held by companies, Increase security assessments, Increase penalties for breaches of privacy, Enhance consumer rights to access and delete personal information and seek compensation for privacy breaches.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 03/04/2025
Macadamia fun facts for the "Circular" theme of the #30DayChartChallenge
Macadamia nut season is long. Macadamia nuts usually fall to the ground when they are ready, over 5–6 months. Chart: @DiDoesDigitalMacadamia nut shells are hard.
The hard macadamia shells are wrapped in soft green husks. After the husks are removed, the nuts are dried and cracked using specialist nut crackers.
Photo by Phillip Larking on UnsplashThere are 4 major macadamia production regions in Australia:
1. Central Queensland (CQ): Mackay, Bundaberg
2. South East Queensland (SEQ): Gympie, Glass House Mountains
3. Northern Rivers NSW (NRNSW): Lismore
4. Mid North Coast NSW (MNNSW): Macksville
Adapted from Macadamia industry benchmark report 2009-2021, 
© State of Queensland, 2022, under CC BY 4.0 license.Macadamia species are threatened.
There are four threatened macadamia species native to Australia:
Vulnerable: Macadamia integrifolia (Queensland nut tree)
Endangered: Macadamia jansenii (Bulburin nut tree)
Vulnerable: Macadamia ternifolia (Gympie nut)
Vulnerable: Macadamia tetraphylla (rough-shelled bush nut)
There are only around 60 Bulberin macadamia nut plants left in the wild in an area of less than 1 hectare.
Data: Australian Government Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 02/04/2025
It's all I could manage… #30DayChartChallenge
My wellbeing during the 
30 day chart challenge 2025. Just in time for the “slope” theme. Do not eat the recalled spinach. The slope chart shows a decrease in wellbeing from Day #1 to Day #2. Chart: @DiDoesDigital
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 01/04/2025
Four in five of us (adults in Australia) reckon: "The spread of misinformation on social media needs to be addressed." And "People need to be taught how to identify misinformation." So let's share the SIFT method! Stop. Investigate. Find better coverage. Trace the original. #30DayChartChallenge
97% of adults in Australia have limited skills to verify information online. 45% no ability. 52% emerging ability. 3% developing ability. Source: Sora Park, Tanya Notley, T. J. Thomson, Aimee Hourigan, Michael Dezuanni, 3 Dec 2024, https://apo.org.au/node/328959. Chart: @DiDoesDigitalTry the SIFT method:
Stop.
Investigate.
Find better coverage.
Trace claims, quotes and
media to the original context.
Source: Mike Caulfield, https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/.
Adapted under CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 24/03/2025
My visualisation of Australian fruit and veg seasonality made the Information is Beautiful awards longlist. As the food bowl of Australia was flooded thanks to cyclone Alfred, the information in the guide may be off for a bit until we recover!
Data Visualization Society Information is Beautiful Awards 2024 Longlist badgeCan I Eat It Yet?
A visual guide to seasonal fruit and veg
by Diana MacDonald

Australia grows lots of fruits and vegetables. "Seasonality" means the times of year when harvesting a crop is at its peak. Picking food locally when it's in season usually means it'll be:
fresh
nutritious
full of flavour
cheaper
⚠︎ Seasonality varies by climate and weather conditions. A particularly dry or wet season can affect the timing and availability of certain crops. This information is a guide onlyAnnual seasonality showing green, red, orange, purple, yellow, brown, and white rings of varying opacity to show how many foods are in season each monthWhat's in season in Queensland? Red and green grapes, mandarins, peaches and blackberries are not in season in March. Chillies, radishes, strawberries, tomatoes, oranges, blueberries, eggplants, pineapples, ginger, and cauliflowers are in season in March.
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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 17/03/2025
I wrote up some thoughts about the effect of AI on programmer salaries: seldo.com/posts/ai-eff...
A hastily sketched graph of programmer salaries on the X axis, and # of programmers on the Y axis, with two lines: a "before" distribution and an "after" distribution. The "before" distribution has a higher average salary, but there are less of them. The "after" distribution includes the entire "before" but is much larger, although with a lower average.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 03/03/2025
The missing guide to Zod! didoesdigital.com/blog/zod-ove... This TypeScript validation library is convenient for checking data like web form data. Define your schema once and enjoy the confidence of legit data and legit types! I found the docs lacking, so I wrote this guide to fill in the gaps.
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Learn Zod So You Can Trust Your Data and Your Types · DiDoesDigital
Learn how to wrangle Zod so you can trust your data and your types. Explore the main concepts, the playground, and a web form example.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 31/01/2025
In Gracefully Retiring a Website, I wrote about the maintenance of side projects, archiving websites, and making ideas more resilient. didoesdigital.com/blog/gracefu... Thought it would be a quick post, got a bit philosophical.
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Gracefully Retiring a Website · DiDoesDigital
Learn how to wind down a project, considering link history, domain squatters, costs, and maintenance. We can build a more resilient web.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 20/01/2025
I wrote this guide last month on how to set up a MacBook, especially for web development. It's handy to refer back to for upgrading the operating system or setting up a new laptop: didoesdigital.com/blog/set-up-...
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Set up a MacBook in 2024 · DiDoesDigital
How I set up a new MacBook laptop in 2024
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 03/12/2024
Everything you need to know about using CSS print styles for PDFs or actual printing! didoesdigital.com/blog/print-s... I wrote this so you don't have to dig through decade-old posts to sort out what works in 2024. Jump to the bit you need. Covers book styles and front-end tools. #css #webdev
While CSS counters are usually created and named manually, CSS provides 2 automatic page-based counters: page for page numbers and pages for the total number of pages in the document.

To show page numbers at the bottom center of every page, you can add this:

@page {
  @bottom-center {
    content: "Page " counter(page);
  }
}

On page 2, you would see “Page 2”.
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DiDoesDigital @didoesdigital.com · 16/11/2024
Hi, I'm Di, a data visualisation engineer in Australia. I write books to help people make better websites. I also built Typey Type for Stenographers to help people practice typing over 200 words per minute. #introduction #DataViz #FrontEnd #Steno
43 snake icons grouped by colour.Annual seasonality visualisation graphic by @DiDoesDigitalRobot and stenoboard layout with keys #STKPWHRAO*EUFRPBLGTSDZBook cover of Practical UI Patterns for Design Systems: Fast-track Interaction Design for a Seamless User Experience by Diana MacDonald, published by Apress. Partial book cover of Build a Blog Using Next.js with a curlew photo.
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