Xaquín G.V.

@xocasgv.bsky.social

Co-founder of the Visualization for Transparency Foundation @fndvit.bsky.social Ex- @theguardian.com @nytimes.com and NatGeo. Dad, husband, Galician. He / him.

⚠️⚠️⚠️Gone from #GoogleCalendar are: Holocaust Remembrance Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Pride Month, Native American History Month. Please give a shout out to this change many of us helping users in the Calendar Help Community are displeased with.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Genuinely horrifying. 20 million people receive HIV antiviral treatment from the program annually. Mothers with HIV would transmit it to their infants at birth if not for perinatal antiviral treatment. This should be resumed as soon as possible. Every day of delay means more lives lost.

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is a public health nightmare in the works. Nobody voted for this. "The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing H.I.V. medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics."

Study finds extensive AI use may impair critical thinking among 666 participants, with younger users showing higher dependency. While higher education could counteract negative effects, researchers emphasize the need to balance AI usage with cognitive development. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...

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Tools are tools. They’re devices to help you perform a task that’s an expression of your ability and expertise. And expertise on a particular field comes from understanding the systems and techniques that govern it —and know then rules and how to break them. A very short rant 🧵

Every class, I ask a team of students to take notes of our conversations —as in the debates and critique sessions we have. They are the “annotation team.” I just read this in last session’s. “Xaquín attempted to draw a world map” The audacity!!!

Xaquín draws a gorgeous world map in a whiteboard.

My first truly public lecture in Catalan —as in not just impressionable Uni students, open to a wider audience, and by myself. We talked about why visualization is so relevant in today’s data age: I showed the Datasaurus dozen, historical examples, and how to make honest visuals at @casadeculturagi