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William Careri @wcareri.com · 21/06/2026

It's been one year since I published VizDex. The library has grown from featuring 19 data viz blogs & newsletters to 59; still continuing to expand. Thanks to all contributors! www.vizdexproject.com

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VizDex

A library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization.

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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The paper is now officially out in the #chi2026 proceedings! You can download the dataset, as well as the autoethnographic memos, as Supplementary Material dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 05/04/2026

A lot of us have seen the new photo of Earth, and I want it to serve as a reminder for how powerful such visuals can be. This was a short piece I wrote for Nightingale's fifth issue on nature, highlighting the Earthrise photo and what became after it was released.

The Power of Visual Insight

In 1968, humanity embarked on a journey to the moon, seeking to unveil its secrets. Yet, it was the view back home that forever changed our perspective. Captured in the iconic “Earthrise” photograph, Earth appeared as a fragile blue marble adrift in the boundless cosmos. This striking image ignited an unprecedented wave of environmental awareness, culminating in the landmark year of 1970. It saw the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the banning of leaded gasoline, the enactment of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and the celebration of the inaugural Earth Day. This moment marked the dawn of a new era of environmental stewardship.

This historic moment highlights the transformative power of visuals to inspire change. Just as the “Earthrise” photo galvanized a global push for environmental protection, modern data visualizations can play a crucial role in driving sustainability efforts. By turning complex data into compelling and understandable visuals, we can bring pressing issues like climate change, resource depletion, and pollution into sharper focus.

Data visualization has the unique ability to make abstract data tangible and relatable. When people can see the impact of their actions on the environment, they are more likely to take meaningful steps toward sustainability. Effective visualizations can highlight patterns, trends, and connections that might otherwise go unnoticed, empowering individuals, communities, and policymakers to make informed decisions.

By harnessing the power of data visualization, we can continue the legacy of that first breathtaking view of Earth from space, using visual stories to drive a more sustainable future.

*Photo courtesy of NASA.*

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Syracuse is named after a classical Greek city known for its practical and artistic ceramics, a city which is now in Italy. When we kill the humanities we kill self-knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/n...

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Syracuse Drops 84 Programs Including Classics, Ceramics and Italian

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 02/03/2026

While I have stepped down from my day-to-day role of Managing Editor, I look forward to continue being an active editor and contributor in new and similar capacities. Nightingale has been and will continue to be an important part of my career journey and I am thrilled for Teo and this new era!

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 17/02/2026

Granted, it took me ten attempts to do this well. dialed.gg

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Suspiciously accurate. We're going to need to see your browser history. You ranked 4,723 out of 109,698.

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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

📊 Behind every data visualization lies a hidden architecture of structural decisions that the viewer may never see. Isobel Parkes explores parallels between the restoration of a Renaissance piece and the digital carpentry required to build documents with D3.js. nightingaledvs.com/the-back-of-...

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The Back of the Painting: On Structure, Integrity, and Data Visualisation, Nightingale

In the early 1420s, Fra Angelico, a Dominican friar and painter, completed his first large-scale work for the newly built monastery at San Domenico.

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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We’re clearing out our warehouse inventory and everything must go! Get 20% OFF all print issues of Nightingale through February 14. ⚠️ Important: We do not plan on reprinting these issues. Once they’re gone, they are gone for good. 🎟️ Code: SAVE20 🛒 Shop here: shop.datavisualizationsociety.org

Promotional graphic for Nightingale, the Journal of the Data Visualization Society, announcing a magazine sale. The text "MAGAZINE SALE" is in bold blue letters, followed by a dark blue button that says "SAVE 20%." Below, it notes the offer is valid through February 14 and lists the code: SAVE20. The background features a "torn paper" effect in the center, revealing colorful print issues of Nightingale magazine scattered at the top and bottom. The shop URL is not pictured.

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 19/01/2026

Have you met the Wikipede? In another universe, maybe it has been Wikipedia's logo for over two decades. Community members submitted many designs, proposed changes, and debated them openly 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

2-minute comic

Drawing of the artist in a sweater at a desk, scowling at an empty sketchbook page. TEXT: “Maybe the REAL problem is I don’t have the right system of little notebooks…”

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 20/12/2025

My first semester as an adjunct was filled with unexpected realizations, some things I want to bring back in the spring semester, and other things I need to work on. www.wcareri.com/blog/a-retur...

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Data, Design, & Dialogue

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 17/12/2025

Final grades are in and here marks the end of my first semester as an adjunct professor at Northampton Community College. Ten years after beginning my educational journey here, I have come full circle. www.northampton.edu/news/2025/12...

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 29/11/2025

As we enter the season of Giving Tuesday and end-of-year fundraising campaigns, I have revisited my list of nonprofits I personally donate to and believe others should, too. www.wcareri.com/blog/end-of-... This list is ongoing, so if you have any recommendations, send them my way!

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Data, Design, & Dialogue

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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

📊 This exhibition shows LA not just as a city of humans, but as a shared habitat where five animal species navigate the urban landscape alongside us. "LA on the Move" by @datavandals.bsky.social transforms ecological data into a fascinating view of city life. nightingaledvs.com/la-on-the-mo...

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LA on the Move: Data Vandals Bring Wildlife and Humans Together at Union Station, Nightingale

The relationship between nature and the city is often framed as a tension—wilderness versus concrete, animals versus humans.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/10/2025

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 01/10/2025

Harvesting 1,000+ black walnuts from our property is one of my favorite and purposely least efficient things I do each autumn. www.wcareri.com/blog/efficie...

A black rubber tub of unprocessed black walnuts outside in a yard.

Two blue buckets filled with unprocessed black walnuts with a nut wizard next to them.

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

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Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁ @frank.computer · 29/09/2025

New Jackson+Williams piece is out and holy shit there are some outstanding points in this. Liz and Rua have repeatedly helped my thoughts evolve over the years. This does it again. This one isn't just about how "design for one, extend to all" is limited, but actively censors disabled people.

Particularly tantalizing to the designerly imagination are the ways disabled people hack existing objects and systems for our own purposes. The Microsoft Inclusive Design Toolkit uses empathy to prowl for these moments of disability ingenuity, because “the insight is in the adaptation.”

The token is a first line of defense, as their presence is used to legitimize the way things are done. Whatever can’t be shielded by the token then gets divided into two categories; structural issues and surface issues. Structural issues are often so extensive that they call into question the entire premise of the thing being critiqued.

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Chris Hanel @chrishanel.com · 16/09/2025

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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Jason Forrest @jasonforrest.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Honored to launch the world’s first MPS in Data Visualization & Communication at SVA NYC—10 months focused on design, data, & communication. Seeking innovators and revolutionaries! for Sept 2026. Learn more/apply: sva.edu/mpsdataviz

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"PEN intends to introduce several new initiatives[,] incldg rsrch + analysis of educational censorship in public libraries; public education campaigns to highlight the free speech implications of book bans...; + safety resources + trainings for librarians who face harassment..."

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PEN to Put $1.4m Grant Toward Public Libraries

The Mellon Foundation has awarded PEN America $1.4 million to support its efforts defending the freedom to read in public libraries through new research, public education, and safety initiatives.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The statement, "in 100 years no one will know the difference between a booty call and a butt dial and that's why we need historians" (or something like that) has been running through my head all week and damned if this didn't pop up today on @askhistorians.bsky.social.

Is there a difference between keeping house and housekeeping when it's listed as an occupation in the US census records?

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

University admins need to be more afraid of losing the confidence of their faculty than they are of missing out on the next tech fad

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/08/2025

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

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The Invention of “Sesame Street”

Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 14/08/2025

VizDex mentioned 📊 👀 www.vizdexproject.com

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Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 11/08/2025

"Front Page of the Internet" throws up a paywall.

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 11/08/2025

"'They’re after the Ivy League institutions, but we’re affected by the same legislation, the same executive orders,' [...]. 'Except it can be worse for us, because our students are more diverse, and they need different kinds of support.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/m...

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How Trump’s War on Higher Education Is Hitting Community Colleges

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PBS @pbs.org · 07/08/2025

An update from us here at PBS 💙

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 21/07/2025

🚀 Check out VizDex, a curated library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization — created by @datavizsociety.bsky.social Nightingale's managing editor, Will Careri. Explore here: twp.ai/9PUozo

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

"OpenAI has hired former Coursera Inc. executive Leah Belsky to be its first general manager of education, leading the artificial intelligence startup’s efforts to bring its products to more schools and classrooms." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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OpenAI Hires Former Coursera Executive to Expand AI Use in Schools

The startup plans to work with educators on responsibly adopting artificial intelligence.

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dash @knowpicnic.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This paragraph by @edzitron.com is everything. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 12/07/2025

This evening, the Data Visualization Society announced both the departure of its current executive director as well as its financial deficit of $35,000. As the Managing Editor of Nightingale, the Journal of the Data Visualization Society, I have some thoughts. www.wcareri.com/blog/the-wat...

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The Water Being Exactly At Your Head — William Careri

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 10/07/2025

Once again, our application for observer status at WIPO, the UN agency for intellectual property, was blocked by China. This veto excludes a global community of 260,000 contributors and billions of readers from decisions that directly affect them. Read more ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07...

A mirrored building, with a flag on top and scattered clouds in the background. Text says: For the fifth time, China blocked the Wikimedia Foundation as observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📊 Uncover the unexpected connection between the world of illustrative comics and the precise realm of statistical graphics. Andrew Gelman and Susan Kruglinski reveal the surprising parallel histories of these two powerful forms of visual storytelling. nightingaledvs.com/statistical-...

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Statistical Graphics and Comics: Parallel Histories of Visual Storytelling, Nightingale

What do data visualization and comics have in common? One of these is used to communicate in science and journalism, and the other appears in fine art and...

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 05/07/2025

Has there been a greater fumbling of the bag than streaming services and archives of old films

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 29/06/2025

A Win for Fair Use Is a Win for Libraries: blog.archive.org/2025/06/29/a... What the Anthropic decision means for preservation, access and the future of libraries.

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 20/06/2025

Introducing VizDex! An ever-growing library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization. vizdexproject.com

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VizDex

A library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization.

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 19/06/2025

I'm looking for people to send me their favorite #dataviz blogs and newsletters, ideally independent ones not run by companies or organizations. Thanks in advance! 📊

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The Phillips TV Test Screen, and what each section means. Images from Wiki

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 13/06/2025

💀 Why are so many new #horror films based on #publicdomain works? 🔪 This #FridayThe13th (fittingly), let’s look at what this slasher surge says about remix culture & the role of the public domain. More ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/13/s... #PublicDomainDay #InternetArchive

Screenshot of Mickey Mouse holding a match and looking at his own ghostly shadow from 1929's Disney short "The Haunted House". Text reads: Screams in the Vault: Public Domain Horror in the Age of IP.

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 12/06/2025

Congrats to @nadiehbremer.com on her successful launch at Outlier yesterday! I can't wait to see more people fall in love with this book. From seeing the mock ups to holding it in my hand, I don't think this book could have come out any more beautiful.

The book cover for "Chart: Designing Creative Data Visualizations from Charts to Art" by Nadieh Bremer. The title is in large, ornate white letters against a black background, with a colorful, abstract pattern on the left and right edges.

An open book displaying a detailed data visualization with a network of connected circles and hexagons, some labeled with words like "VOCAL MUSIC," "DANCE," "WEDDING," and "POETRY." The background is a faint hand-drawn sketch.

A hand holding the book "Chart: Designing Creative Data Visualizations from Charts to Art" by Nadieh Bremer, in front of a bookshelf filled with various titles.

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