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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 28/09/2026

What a beautiful write up.

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 24/09/2026

People who are fighting against Data Centres in their region: I am looking for useful resources on how you guys organise, studies, articles, sources that can help clarify how data centres operate in communities, their impact, etc. I am collating a resource pack for my local protest group.

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 24/09/2026

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 24/09/2026

In the newsletter: "Visualization as epistemic representation" openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/visualizat... Or: Building bridges between information design and the philosophy of science & scientific representation #dataViz #dataVisualization #infographics

A diagram depicting the cycle of epistemic representation. An object called the "vehicle" (a chart, for example) represents another object, called the "target" (for instance, a data set). The reader of the "vehicle" can make inferences about the vehicle itself, and later they can use those inferences to make inferences about the "target"

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 24/09/2026

"There has to be a better way of connecting and sharing and existing together, a way that isn't locked into the exploitative doom loops and psychic death of what we currently have. A way that's built around humans again, not around algorithms. A way that values connection instead of confrontation."

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 23/09/2026

The book of @tizianadearing.bsky.social, Absent Data, is now available for pre-order. Pre-orders are really important to assess the interest in a book, so I've pre-ordered my copy today. 📊 The support of the dataviz community for these books benefits everyone.

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Book: Absent Data — Tiziana Alocci

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 23/09/2026

A bit of personal news! Most of you might not know, but in my off time, I make art. Subjects vary but usually I go for urban scenes or birds. So, to keep things neat for my dataviz friends, I've made a separate account where I will soon start sharing my art stuff. Here it is: @t.cyankorax.com

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 23/09/2026

Sadly true. And this has driven many talented people out of the field too.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Newsroom's election dashboard, launched in April, has now been updated to include a longer view on the polls and monthly enrolment updates. No Polymarket 😉 newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/30/t...

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Latest Election 2026 charts: One in 10 still unenrolled

As focus turns to voter enrolment, Newsroom data reveals one in 10 eligible people and nearly half of eligible youth are still not enrolled.

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 23/09/2026

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 22/09/2026

#privacy folks, question: anyone out there has experience using Tuta Mail/Calendar? I would be using my own domain. I am not going to use Proton. But I am open to other suggestions.

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A question for the #RStats and #ggplot2 hivemind: What things do you find most tricky or frustrating in ggplot2? It might be things like specific chart types, aspects of styling, your workflow, saving charts etc.

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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 21/09/2026

The spots for women who post dataviz content regularly are still open. 📊 👀

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 15/09/2026

Non-standard bar chart! Also: good news!

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 10/09/2026

If you are like me, you are someone who has equal parts of love for the analytical and the artistic. I'm slowly starting to get back to the artistic side again, and just found out this delightful youtube channel. Colour theory AND chart critique? Oh yes, please! youtu.be/EACRRXynk1w

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The Only Color Wheel I Use

YouTube video by Color Nerd

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 10/09/2026

My Detective Beans series has officially sold over 100,000 copies in NZ/Australia!!! It feels like just yesterday I was doodling Beans for the first time in my sketchbook?! I can’t believe how far this little kitten has come! 💖

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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 09/09/2026

I'll update the starter pack. I'm looking for accounts that are posting dataviz regularly. It is not a who's who, it is not meant to bring followers, it doesn't surface rare posters. Its purpose is to bring dataviz content to its subscribers. Suggestions?

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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

✨ All 32 Outlier 2026 talks are now on YouTube! Explore talks covering data viz fundamentals, design systems, data physicalization and so much more. Discover new ideas, perspectives, and practices shaping the field of data viz. Start watching: buff.ly/eP1an4A

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New Zealand in 60 sketches 🎨 Many of us (myself included) take hundreds of photos and never look at them again. So I wanted to create something slightly different as a reminder of my recent travels! #AoNZ #Art #Travel #Watercolor

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wisevis @wisevis.eu · 22/08/2026

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Datavis: it depends. Are we seeing the full height of the glass?

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Stephanie Tuerk @stephanietuerk.net · 21/08/2026

Finally read this and after reading Claude spewage all day (professional hazard)....what a delight.

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 21/08/2026

As a person who spreadsheets for a living, I am out of the loop of whatever the fuck spreadsheet people might have to do with anything, but it I'm gonna say my timeline is pretty funny today.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This sign is a great example for helping to explain why chatbots present such a potent illusion. A probably not short thread 🧵>>

Photo of a sign with a doorbell attached. The printed sign reads:

CURRENT GUGGENHEIM ACCES BY HUSKY CARD ONLY
[Logos for Amazon, FedEx, UPS]
DELIVERIES/VISITORS
PLEASE RING THIS DOORBELL

Delivery hours M-F 9:00am-(obscured)
University of Washington

Taped next to the doorbell is a hand written note that reads:
yes! it rang! Pelase wait 30 seconds before pressing again.
thanks!

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 16/08/2026

In early September we'll resume releasing courses through the Open Visualization Academy openvisualizationacademy.org Two of the new releases are already announced: @alyssafowers.bsky.social's amazing 'Visualizing Loss and Tragedy', and my own new elementary tutorial, 'Tidy Data, Tidy Infographics'.

Screenshots of the two upcoming courses announced in my post. They show the titles, author names, and two abstract illustrations based on their content

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎨New blog post 🎨 I've written down some of the things I talked about in my Ihaka Lecture last month ❓ what is creativity in #DataViz ❓ why does it matter ❓ how to create more creative charts Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/creativ... #RStats #ggplot2

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Why creativity matters in data visualisation – Nicola Rennie

Creativity is an important aspect of data visualisation, and it can affect engagement, recall, and trustworthiness. This blog post outlines what creativity means when it comes to data visualisation, w...

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 14/08/2026

Amazing thread. I have used various open source ad blockers since I use the internet. Privacy Badger has always been a must. And as much as I have thought about some of these angles before, a lot of it is hard to articulate this well. Well worth the long read.

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Give 'em the old razzle dazzle

Photo of a little blue penguin standing on top of a rock with one leg swinging out to the side.

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 10/08/2026

I am not looking forward to the southern hemisphere summer's HELL Niño...

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Jim Henson didn’t muppeteer a tiny green frog that was singing and playing the banjo, with rubber gloves while totally submerged underwater in a airtight aluminum tank just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”.

Comic page depicting how the did the scene in the Muppets Movie with Kermit playing the banjo in a swamp

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Jeff “Now I am become AI Slop” Weir @insightsmachine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Gotcha. I watched the video again, and my thoughts were that the “You might be missing the boat” approach doesn’t do anything to address the cognitive dissonance driving the AI reluctance that the video is trying to address. There are many factors driving that reluctance besides AI “utility”

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 06/08/2026

I'm about to record a video lesson about AI in information/visualization design. I'll share the following heuristic. Does it make sense?

A personal heuristic about using AI in information design/ visualization: Consider using it…

A) If you can clearly envision your desired design and the decisions and process that would lead to it if you were using non-AI tools instead.

B) Even better: If you —alone or as part of a team with sufficient time and resources— could recreate that same design with non-AI tools.

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 04/08/2026

"Writing is an intellectual activity, not a bundle of skills. Writing proceeds from thinking. To achieve good prose styles, writers must work through intellectual issues, not merely acquire mechanical techniques" —F.N. Thomas & M. Turner, 'Clear and Simple as the Truth' 1/2

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 04/08/2026

The Electoral Commission has told staff to turn away voters who aren’t on the printed roll and who say they’re unenrolled, but has no plans to count how many people will be affected.

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Tens of thousands could be turned away from voting – but no one is counting them

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Data Rocks @t.datarocks.co.nz · 28/07/2026

ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mani... I came across this article some time last week and have been going back to re-read excerpts from it ever since. It managed to articulate a lot of what I am also seeing with my clients, but way more eloquently than I could possibly put it.

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AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making — Ludicity

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Juuso Koponen @juusokoponen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📊 My and @jhilden.bsky.social’s book has been out of print for some time, as our publisher closed down its general publishing arm. We are working on a 2nd edition, but it is not going to be ready anytime soon, so we’re making the current edition available as an e-book for €9.90. payhip.com/b/zbl43

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Data visualization handbook

The Data visualization handbook by Juuso Koponen and Jonatan Hildén is a practical guide for creating compelling graphics to explain and explore data. It is primarily aimed at designers, journalists, ...

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Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁ @frank.computer · 21/07/2026

Oh, I keep forgetting that hashtags are great here! I'm subbed to the dataviz channel, so here's hoping this gets on it: #dataviz 📊

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