Reposted by Andrew McNuttMark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 13hAnthropic: We have created Artificial Intelligence. Me: You fucked up a perfectly good Markov chain is what you did. Look at it. It’s got anxiety. 0251
Reposted by Andrew McNuttJoe Murphy @joemurph.com · 29/09/2026JOBS: CNBC is hiring: 1. A data viz journalist jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Versant3/744... 2. A senior editor for data viz jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Versant3/744... 067
Reposted by Andrew McNuttAlberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 28/09/2026Lovely and deep visual op-ed by Giorgia Lupi: "A.I. is a different kind of technology, because it can deliver an end result before creative thinking has happened at all" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | A.I. Shortcuts Are Ruining How We Think (Gift Article)Anything worth remembering came from a person who did not know where she or he was going until arriving. 24925
Reposted by Andrew McNuttLauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I share a version of this with my grad classes each year, but my attribution is Kant via Spivak. 1985. academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/... 0213
Andrew McNutt @mcnuttandrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Do you like VIS/HCI/programming interfaces? Do you care about critical visualization? Or perhaps building dynamic data interfaces? Perhaps some combo therein? If so! I'm hiring for Ph.D. student to work with me at UBC starting Fall 2027! You should apply! www.mcnutt.in#/hiring-26mcnutt.inAndrew McNuttAndrew McNutt is an assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of Utah, where he leads the HAVOC Lab and works on HCI, visualization, and programming interfaces. 154
Reposted by Andrew McNuttInformation Plus Conference @infoplusconf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Information+ 2027 is coming to Milan! Join us on 7-9 June 2027 at Politecnico di Milano for three days of presentations, talks, workshops and exhibition pieces around information design and data visualization. The website is now live: informationplusconference.com #InformationPlus2027 02111
Reposted by Andrew McNuttKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/09/2026Update: the dialect map quiz thing going around is a cheap knockoff of the good one, which is here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk (Published 2024)What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map. 1201257321
Reposted by Andrew McNuttboarders.bsky.social @boarders.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The concept of ‘language levels’ from racket is, to me, one of the great unsung ideas in computing. Imagine photoshop with extensible affordances gated to your current skill level, or a coding harness, or R studio, or a browser, or a terminal. To me it would be the welcome anti-philosophy to RTFM 5307
Reposted by Andrew McNuttAlexander Lex @alex-lex.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The reVISit team is currently in Portland, Maine to work on version 3! It’s fun to come back to NorthEastern’s Roux institute – where we had our very first retreat to get reVISit started. 171
Reposted by Andrew McNuttJill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Interested in narrative data visualisation? We're looking for a PhD candidate to join our team at the Center for Digital Narrative, with me and @lauragarrison.bsky.social as supervisors. Apply by 30 August! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noPhD Research Fellowship in Narrative Data Visualisation (303954) | University of BergenJob title: PhD Research Fellowship in Narrative Data Visualisation (303954), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, August 30, 2026 12021
Reposted by Andrew McNuttChicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 05/08/2026Zines appeal to artists and organizers because they sidestep digital surveillance and reach people in real life. bit.ly/4fUv6Fkchicagoreader.comCan zines help us resist the slop overtaking the Internet? - Chicago ReaderZines appeal to artists and organizers because they sidestep digital surveillance and reach people in real life. 16731
Reposted by Andrew McNuttkc green @kcg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026this fucking rules too, honestly. bless dropout for it 020428
Andrew McNutt @mcnuttandrew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Some big news: I’ve accepted a position at University of British Columbia 🇨🇦🇨🇦!! I’ll be starting at the beginning of next year (Jan 2027). I’m delighted to return to the pacific northwest (my home) and overwhelmingly excited to get to work with such a thriving and vibrant departmentmcnutt.inAndrew McNutt 1171
Reposted by Andrew McNuttAlexander Lex @alex-lex.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I wrote a blog post, “Beyond the Demo: Building Visualization Research Software That Lasts”, based on a keynote I gave at VisGap at EuroVis in Nottingham last month. It reflects on what it takes to build visualization software that survives beyond the paper. www.visdesignlab.net/blog/2026/07... 1143
Reposted by Andrew McNuttjonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 14/07/2026Interested in accessibility, visualization, or data ethics? I'm looking for Ph.D. students to join @data-and-design.org in Fall 2027. I've updated this post with additional information about this year's focus area. data-and-design.org/recruiting/phddata-and-design.orgRecruiting Ph.D. Students for Fall 2027We are an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Colorado Boulder that uses design to understand and reimagine socio-technical systems. 02621
Reposted by Andrew McNuttWSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov · 15/06/2026WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, SOCCER FANS. Get acquainted with our state via this highly accurate and mostly-to-scale map. 822675765
Reposted by Andrew McNuttBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This wonderful work shows an AI-assisted workflow that could reduce reproducibility check cost and time by orders of magnitude. Soon, large-scale projects like SCORE may only be needed for training and validation evidence. Talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijad... Paper www.leoyang.org/publication/...youtube.comKeynote: Yiqing XuYouTube video by Stanford Data Science 02110
Andrew McNutt @mcnuttandrew.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Something cool: at IEEE VIS this year the VIS X Vision workshop (visxvision.com/vis-2026/) has a track for replications of prior studies Even cooler: they suggest using revisit (revisit.dev) as the platform for those replications. If yr revisit curious, this is a special opportunity to try it outvisxvision.comVIS 2026We’re excited to announce that VISxVISION will be hosting a workshop at IEEE VIS 2026! It will include keynote, paper talks, and a panel discussion. The theme of the workshop this year is: Leveragi… 032
Reposted by Andrew McNuttScientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 10/06/2026👏 Congrats to SCI's Andrew McNutt, who recently received the 2026 Johanna Beyer EuroVis Early Career Researcher Award! The @eurovisconf.bsky.social distinction means @mcnuttandrew.bsky.social has already made notable contributions to the field and is likely to make more. Details: bit.ly/sci-mcnuttbit.lySCI’s Andrew McNutt Receives EuroVis Early Career Award - Scientific Computing and Imaging InstituteAdapted from the European Association for Computer Graphics announcement The European Association for Computer Graphics this week named University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Instit... 0112
Reposted by Andrew McNuttandrew blinn @disconcision.com · 08/06/2026We’re doing a user study to find out how adding always-on live values alongside code effects writing and debugging experiences for functional programming. See reply for sign-up details 317338
Reposted by Andrew McNuttdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026it has come to my attention that busytown is anti pig 844576874
Reposted by Andrew McNuttqntm @qntm.org · 30/05/2026There's a good joke about non-constructive proofs 315235
Reposted by Andrew McNuttJoyce Robbins @jtrnyc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026📣 Call for submissions: Grand Unified Grammar of Graphics (GUGOG) workshop at #IEEEVIS2026! Share your work on vis grammars: position papers (<4pp) or discussion abstracts (500 words). Non-archival. Deadline: Aug 1. 🔗 gugog-vis.github.io/2026/ #dataviz #GrammarOfGraphics #ggplot2 #VegaLitegugog-vis.github.ioGrand Unified Grammar of Graphics (GUGOG) – GUGOG @ IEEE VIS 2026 021
Reposted by Andrew McNuttObservable @observablehq.com · 20/05/2026In this notebook, @laotzunami.bsky.social visualizes a state space of possible chart types and transitions among them along defined edges. Transitions between unconnected types are achieved by routing through intermediate types. observablehq.com/d/3c8b082818... 212627
Reposted by Andrew McNuttMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 13/05/2026“A citation is a formal assertion of a relationship between works, and when that relationship is fabricated, the integrity of the entire document and the scholarly record is compromised.” 015064
Reposted by Andrew McNuttMichael Homer @mwh.nz · 06/05/2026Are you working to make programming more direct, tangible, and alive? Share your work at LIVE, the world's premier gathering on live programming, held online this October! LIVE welcomes submissions from academia, industry, and individuals. Call for submissions and more details on liveprog.org/liveprog.orgWorkshop on Live Programming (LIVE)The 12th Workshop on Live Programming (LIVE 2026) will take place online. LIVE invites submissions of ideas for improving the immediacy, usability, and learnability of programming. 12115
Reposted by Andrew McNuttBerna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026📣 The difference between replicable and not replicable is not itself scientifically replicable. 📣 New work with Erkan Buzbas, showing that verdicts such as "X% of results replicated" are based on an inferential machinery that doesn't work. arxiv.org/abs/2604.26268 15543204
Reposted by Andrew McNuttEvan Peck @peck.phd · 29/04/2026This video of @hankgreen.bsky.social crashing out for 30 straight minutes over graph manipulation & rhetoric makes me feel very seen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSgD...youtube.comA Masterclass in ManipulationYouTube video by Hank Green 041
Reposted by Andrew McNuttNick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 23/04/2026gotta keep iterating on the STS program shirt design, probably 1211021
Reposted by Andrew McNuttJeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891 1035020890
Andrew McNutt @mcnuttandrew.bsky.social · 27/03/2026hey that's my high school! the ol alma matter lookin great 020
Reposted by Andrew McNuttEvan Peck @peck.phd · 18/03/2026I made a tiny tool for quickly sharing small datasets (< ~1000 rows) without uploading any data to a server. 🔗 ziptbl.com It compresses the data into the link itself, so there’s no account, hosting, or storage layer involved. Here's Florence Nightingale's famous 📊 data: ziptbl.com#d=eNpdlE-LGz... 1430996
Reposted by Andrew McNuttAnne Pasek @apasek.bsky.social · 28/02/2026DIY Methods, our little conference-by-zine about unconventional approaches to research, rises again! Maybe you'd like to make a zine on your weird/cool approach to methods, and receive a bundle of similarly weird/cool zines in the mail? Pitch submissions are due April 20th. diymethods.netdiymethods.netDIY Methods 2024 02213
Reposted by Andrew McNuttHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/03/2026Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme: 39142453628
Reposted by Andrew McNuttDavid Aerne @meodai.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Am I accidentally building a Color OS? :D Different needs require different stats, so I decided to let users rearrange, show, or hide color stats however they want. 936024
Reposted by Andrew McNuttMichael Ekstrand @md.ekstrandom.net · 13/03/2026a computer cannot have nemeses therefore a computer must not be trusted with scholarly sensemaking 2406
Reposted by Andrew McNuttAndrew Head @andrewhead.bsky.social · 04/03/2026HCI summer research opportunity 📣 My group has two openings for research assistants this summer, both in scientific tools for thought. Applicants are welcome at any level. Please help me share the news! andrewhead.info/positions/20... 0114
Reposted by Andrew McNuttMaxim Leyzerovich @round.is · 11/12/2024“But don’t get distracted by all this; the software was intended to kill people.” — @calebhearth.comcalebhearth.comDon't Get DistractedI’m going to tell you about how I took a job building software to kill people. But don’t get distracted by that; I didn’t know at the time. 64915
Reposted by Andrew McNuttAlexander Bandukwala @bandukwala.me · 27/02/2026I’m looking for participants for a paid user study on a prototype system for tabular programming (programming with tables / data frames). 2 hours • $50 Visa prepaid card Hoping to finish sessions by March 13. Details + sign up in 🧵 Reposts appreciated! 🙏 1712
Andrew McNutt @mcnuttandrew.bsky.social · 26/02/2026tired: et al. wired: and friends hired: et am(icis) 000
Reposted by Andrew McNuttWon the supey, played like poopy @moosebigelow.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Post old memes to confuse young people 1631937490
Reposted by Andrew McNuttSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system. 7549661784
Reposted by Andrew McNuttAndrew Head @andrewhead.bsky.social · 06/02/2026@ianarawjo.bsky.social and team, this looks amazing. What a cool idea and beautiful paper. 141
Reposted by Andrew McNuttshri @shrikhalpada.dev · 02/02/2026another look at this generational chart crime 14118
Reposted by Andrew McNuttMaria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026CS ArXiv recently banned “review and position” papers, but what are those? Do they include more generated content? Who is most affected by this change? @yanai.bsky.social and I dug into the data to find out! Nearly 50% of Computers & Society papers might be censored, vs 3% of Computer Vision ‼️ 24319
Reposted by Andrew McNuttAlberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 30/01/2026The Open Visualization Academy (OVA) IS LIVE! openvisualizationacademy.org Thread follows #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization 8239106