an all-timer data viz, if you ask me
Dorothy@catandgirl.bsky.social · 5d agoOne Panel Every 250 Years Since 30,000 BC. July 31 2018
Alex Wein
@alexwein.bsky.social
data worker, word game liker, pretty boring quite frankly. Oakland, CA
Dorothy@catandgirl.bsky.social · 5d ago
I don't think anyone has ever had *IT* like no na has *IT*. They are now 3-for-3 on perfect pop songs with genuinely radical production. Now is the time to get on the literal bus
no na - honk! (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by no na
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it's been great watching a roadrunner/coyote short every day along with connor's commentary. It has me excited for the movie, but honestly the coyote's case against acme feels really weak (disclaimer, i'm not a lawyer)
Connor Ratliff@connorratliff.bsky.social · 2w agoDay 21: "Hot Rod & Reel" May 9, 1959 The musicans' strike is over, and Milt Franklin is back, making a huge difference. Watch the entire film (6:28) HERE: archive.org/details/the-...
"implies the existence" format jokes always really bring out the pedant in me
i feel like we're about a year away from puzzmo clueing a three letter entry with "website that sucks, for short"
i should probably be embarrassed about liking this stella lefty ep, but she's got some earworms. her voice somehow reminds me of teenage bieber and this one has is a steph jones co-write, so of course i was gonna like it.
My New Favorite Song@mynewfavoritesong.bsky.social · 4w agoMy new favorite song is "Why Wouldn't We" https://open.spotify.com/track/4b5Wj0MJAVyrjnWQBCzyU9
Day One: "Fast and Furry-ous" September 17, 1949 The debut film of the Coyote & Road Runner, written by Michael Maltese, directed by Chuck Jones Watch the full short here (7 min): dn721500.ca.archive.org/0/items/the-...
while i do want to believe in The Power of Word Games, i'm not persuaded that nyt not buying wordle would have that kind of butterfly effect.
Anil Dash@anildash.com · last mo.Do you ever think about how if Josh Wardle hadn’t sold Wordle to the NYT but instead had stayed indie, maybe the entire media landscape would be different and the fascists might not have fully swept back into power, and it’s all because of a one-page web app made by one guy?
Oh man, Emmy Blotnick is one of the very best comedians, and her new special is just free to watch?????
Emmy Blotnick | What's Her Secret? (Full Comedy Special)
YouTube video by 800 Pound Gorilla Media
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i have such a hilariously complicated relationship to the puzzmo game ribbit
weird way to learn nitsuh's been writing "on language"
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2mo agoI think this framing is far too credulous to this student, and where it is they would be getting vocabulary such as this.
Changing my name to Claude so people give me context
a few bullet points on bullet points; maybe not as bold as it ought to be alex-we.in/posts/2026-0...
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the usual saturday morning activity of failing to write a blog post is again meta: i'm writing a bulleted list about writing bulleted lists.
Alex Wein@alexwein.bsky.social · 5mo agothe usual saturday morning activity of failing to write a blog post is extra meta today because the post is about failing to blog
For years, open source communities relied on visible friction: people got stuck, asked questions in public, and became part of a community. AI is changing that. What happens when newcomers are no longer visible—and neither side knows the other is there? blog.stdlib.io/ai-and-the-i...
What We're No Longer Seeing: AI and the Invisible Newcomer in Open Source
How AI is absorbing the visible friction that open-source communities have always relied on to see—and welcome—newcomers.
blog.stdlib.io
i almost responded pedantically again today to someone who doesn't follow me, but this time restrained myself
Alex Wein@alexwein.bsky.social · 3mo agothis is indeed an awesome graphic, but it isn't a pie chart and doesn't use real data
BIG NEWS in the Open Visualization Academy: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/data-femin... We're launching 'Data Feminism for Data Visualization' by @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social #dataViz #infographics #dataVisualization #dataJournalism
Data Feminism for Data Visualization
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i'm trying to write a rant about business intelligence but have reached an insurmountable obstacle: explaining what salesforce does
my job gave us a wellness day today but jokes on them i'm doomscrolling
i went to sign up for westwords and instead got banned from paypal forever?
oh no the software developer who makes my favorite tools is sayings he's going to start posting about ai on his substack more often (obviously there's an ai generated og image)
Dang this is so interesting I had no idea that there are so many kinds of mahjong with such rich histories. A really fascinating look at how tricky and complicated conversations about cultural appropriation can get. www.coyotemedia.org/traversing-t...
Traversing the Mahjong Multiverse
As mahjong grows in popularity, can the diverging fanbases come together?
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took me a listen or two to get past the corniness, but the new miranda lambert is going to be stuck in my head for a while
My New Favorite Song@mynewfavoritesong.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy new favorite song is "Crisco" https://open.spotify.com/track/5pnWECOdwXO5tIyx1DqAeP
I'm having a hard time accepting that a youtube video series can be a "podcast", but I've been digging these little conversations and will continue to listen/watch/consume the content marketing. Also: Publish the Manifesto!
Mike Bostock@ocks.org · 3mo agoIn this week’s Observable Podcast, co-CEO Julio and I discuss our mission to make computation easier for humans to use and understand. We need a better medium! youtu.be/0uBOL9NP8Iw?...
riding @radosh.bsky.social's coattails a bit longer, here are the original release years for the initial "Oldies But Goodies" compilation released in 1959--you may say our experience of history started accelerating quickly for some unknown reasons in the 1950s
