Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

This really is the question. And the answer is damning to all the people who support his businesses, serve on his boards, buy his stocks, invite him to conferences & social events, treat him as a legitimate civic voice, and yes, post on the right-wing brain-cooking social media site he owns.

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6d ago

i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice

I'm interested in finding and potentially supporting people who are interested in doing long-form writing on the big efforts in global health: Gavi, Global Fund, PEPFAR, etc. If this is you or someone you know, please make yourself known!

I don't understand the use of "seems" in the headline. Serious question. Just watch it, it's clear as day!

N.B. politician seems to leave AI prompt in speech

New Brunswick MLA Bill Oliver is under scrutiny after delivering a speech at the Legislative Assembly that seemingly included an AI prompt. Critics online are raising questions around acceptable use o...

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🤯 “Rosenbaum had been clear about the use of AI tools in his nonfiction book — ironically, a study of the future of truth and technology - but had used them only to research and organise material, including summarising source documents and interviews.”

Brendan Keogh@brkeogh.bsky.social · last wk.

Surely the solution here is just *don't use AI tools* for your writing and research and continue to do your writing and research in ALL the ways you were doing it before you started using AI instead of doing the work??

#TodayinHistory #dataviz #Onthisday #OTD 📊 🎂Jul 27, 1948 Hans Rosling born in Uppsala, Sweden 🇸🇪 2005: Gapminder and the moving bubble chart made for powerful data stories. An axis dedicated to Time was replaced by animation, to wonderful effect.

Even this comprehensive overview of income inequality in the world by @ourworldindata.org does not contain the metric I yearn for: the GDP of the "bottom" 99% of the earners in each country. It would give a more accurate idea of how people live in each country and yet I have never seen it anywhere.

Economic Inequality

How is inequality measured, who produces key databases, and what does the data tell us?

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Huge thanks to @flowingdata.com for profiling The Seinfeld Chronicles on his website and weekly wrap-up newsletter! flowingdata.com/2026/07/24/s...

Seinfeld episodes and characters, a visual exploration

Several years ago, Andy Kirk watched every episode of the sitcom Seinfeld, all the while collecting data in five-second increments. He visualized the data in book-form, but now there’s a fun …

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"Remigration" is the polite term for forced deportations of unwanted minorities and ethnic cleansing. The punishment for being a "traitor" is execution. But yeah, you've got to stay on Twitter for baseball highlights or some shit. I get it.

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · last wk.

the restore 'remigration' plan musk has endorsed would see 10 million brits forcibly expelled

Just an absolute shout out to everyone out there who helped manufacture doubt around the question of this guy being a Nazi, particularly after the Nazi salute.

Snigdha@snig.bsky.social · last wk.

Tweet from Elon Musk: “Anyone who opposites remigration is a traitor” posted yesterday.

This week, we at @datawrapper.de launched two new chart types: waterfall charts and dual-axis charts. “Dual-axis charts?” I see you thinking. “What? Didn’t you write an article on why they are bad?” I did. Then, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com changed my mind. Here's how: www.datawrapper.de/blog/why-i-c...

Why I changed my mind on dual-axis charts | Datawrapper Blog

Dual-axis charts can be… okay?

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Just some of the iconic corporate logos designed by the legendary SAUL BASS

Relevant discussion for the dataviz crowd. 📊 - Data is not anecdote - let's not pretend otherwise - Averages can hide major differences - show them

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2w ago

At first I thought responses to @whstancil.bsky.social sharing mainstream economic data were a kind of schtick, or performance. But the more I follow the deranged reactions he gets on here the more I'm coming to suspect that people genuinely do not understand the difference between data & anecdote.

Random observation but the colours on the time zone map work so much better than the lines. 📊

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” ― Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

Bluesky knew the strait of Hormuz, Graham Platner, and AIPAC democrats were all cooked months before the experts did. Meanwhile Twitter was convinced Spencer Pratt would win and the Odyssey would bomb. Which site is the not-real-life echo chamber again?

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 2w ago

extremely funny to me that analysts whose entire job is to think about these possibilities are only now catching up to Bluesky Consensus

Maybe it’s not good for global geopolitical stability that so much rides on inverted incentives to do the right thing (decrease gas consumption).

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 2w ago

First article about our monthly Strength In Numbers/ @verasight.io poll is up today - 59% say gas price hikes have forced them to cut back spending - 51% blame Trump - 68% say prices will influence their vote in Nov. Cake may already be baked on Iran fallout open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

Burnham’s cabinet is the first to achieve gender parity. And the Office for Equality and Opportunity will move to the MHCLG with Bridget Phillipson remaining in post as Minister for Women and Equalities. Here’s our IfG breakdown of what yesterday’s announcements mean for women in government … 🧵

Good morning Murmuration and Blue Sky

I'm glad that @ourworldindata.org does a deep dive into AI electricity consumption. 📊

How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use?

Data centers consume around 1.5% of global electricity, but demand is very geographically concentrated.

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On the other hand, this is a great way to illustrate the spacial inefficiency of cars. It's good reminder that cars aren't a technology problem; they're a geometry problem. Or, as @doctorow.pluralistic.net succinctly put it, "Geometry hates cars."

Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w ago

this shot is so bleak lmao

Nice to see the vertical timeline in action on mobile.

Every year I design a menu for a midsummer a dinner with friends and this year it was heavily inspired by this project.

The Pudding@pudding.cool · last mo.

New project! What do America's earliest restaurant menus teach us about America? Explore menus from the New York Public Library's Buttolph Collection, and read the story of restaurants, told through archival menus, by @luriethereal.bsky.social pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...

The chart on MPs’ attitudes towards immigration is amazing. 📊

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

From leftwing voters to unions: can Burnham win back Labour bases lost by Starmer? – visualised

This match is currently A DRAW! #WorldCupOfBirds

Jer Thorp@jerthorp.bsky.social · 2w ago

It took 38 days and 103 matches to get here but here we are at the #WorldCupOfBirds FINAL. One of these two birds will be crowned the champion of the world's ordinary birds. Black-capped Chickadee (🇨🇦) 🆚 New Zealand Fantail (🇳🇿) ⬇️ VOTE ⬇️

Absolutely thrilled to see climate legend Katharine Hayhoe share a @climateinstitute.bsky.social report that we designed.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 3w ago

And: the CEC's goal is to promote the Canadian oil and gas industry and counter anti-pipeline or anti-oil narratives. The Canadian Climate Institute is a policy think tank whose goal is to "help Canada adapt to the effects of climate change, and compete and prosper in the global energy transition."

Car dependency was not a choice. It was and is the deprivation of choice.