alt.vis reviewing has begun! This year we have our highest amount of submissions! By quite a bit! And lots of them are really cool!! If you're curious, come on down to alt.vis and write a review! reviewing is self-selected & opt-in (chaos/open reviewing)

the special issue is out! please read it and join the discussion — what do YOU think is critical his? have we missed a perspective? how can we grow, learn, and build together? it’s an excellent set of submissions in two parts

Andrew McNutt@mcnuttandrew.bsky.social · last yr.

Our two part CG&A issue on critical visualization has been published!! Critical vis considers the context of data and visualization; asking Qs about the way we use and understand data+vis (who is it for? who benefits?). A stellar group of article ime www.computer.org/csdl/magazin...

so so excited to be speaking at VK this year — it’s an amazing line up where folks from around the world will talk about visualizing complexity and resilience ✨

Are you researching in #OpenStreetMap and #Feminism? Do you create #dataviz using #Rstats? If so, @ccamara.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy and @twm.bsky.social are looking for you! They are seeking a Part-time Research Assistant +info: portal.unitemps.com/Search/JobDe... 📆 deadline: 17/06/2025 #job

Happy to announce the call for papers for the Input Visualization workshop co-located with @ieeevis.bsky.social Interested?! For more details, visit the workshop's website at: inputvisualization.github.io/vis2025/

Join us at #DIS25 in a workshop on feminist approaches to quantitative (bio)data 🧶🫧🕸️ Bring Your Own Biodata (BYOB): Feminist, Corporeal and Collective Approaches to Datafied Bodies 📍In-person, Funchal, Maidera 5-9 July 2025 More information: beatricevincenzi.com/byob-worksho...

I'm co-organizing a workshop for #C&C2025. Join us to explore intersections of design, decolonial feminisms, and activist knowledge. June 23 – Online Submit your story, artwork, or creative format by May 23. All welcome, no prior experience required. sites.google.com/view/intdesign-as-a-form-of-care

I wrote about how governments set their clocks not just to follow the sun, but also to assert identity, create unity, and distance themselves from rivals www.economist.com/interactive/...

How politics shapes the world’s time zones

National identities and rivalries still drive changes

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by far the best data ethics video I have seen. the graphic style is 🔥 and the content is comprehensive, nuanced, and easy to understand www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0J-...

Dataetik explainer

YouTube video by Dataetisk Råd

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agh! AGH! I am SO excited this is happening!!! info.arxiv.org/about/access...

i have finally entered the 'this is fine' stage of thesis writing.

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words `` i 'm fine '' above him .

Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words `` i 'm fine '' above him .

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quick plug for vispubs.com -- it is SO easy to use and a great resource to find publications about visualization. i'm working on my thesis now and it has been beyond helpful. big shout out to @devlange.bsky.social for making this great repo 🎉

Devin Lange@devlange.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've noticed a lot of new followers recently — thanks to the Vis Researcher starter pack! If you're interested in visualization research, you might find vispubs.com useful. It's a site I created to make it easier to access visualization publications and related resources.

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, I wrote this article for republic.com.ng, exploring how African feminist thought invites us to question what it means to be a "feminist human" in an anti-rights era. republic.com.ng/february-mar...

looking for advice! what storage system do you use to back-up your work? pros/cons?

Apply for 1 of 12 PhD studentships in Data Visualization, start Oct 2025. diverse-cdt.ac.uk warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Diversity in Data Visualization @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social & @citystgeorges.bsky.social Funded by EPSRC @ukri.org

"the study concluded that reCAPTCHA has cost society an estimated 819 million hours of human time valued at $6.1 billion in wages while generating massive profits for Google through its tracking capabilities and data collection"

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2y ago

“…Google's widely-used CAPTCHA system is primarily a mechanism for tracking user behavior and collecting data while providing little actual security against bots.”

"ChatGPT and other Large Language Models are not a decision-making technology, they are decision-removing technologies. They generate text, but most powerfully, they generate pretext." Wonderful insight by @eryk.bsky.social, as usual. mail.cyberneticforests.com/a-fork-in-th...

A Fork in the Road

AI is an excuse that allows those with power to operate at a distance from those whom their power touches.

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in the process of writing my kappa/thesis — would love any advice, recommendations, or examples that you found helpful! 💗

#info+ 2025 conference announced!! informationplusconference.com/2025/

Information+ Conference 2025

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in the last stint of my phd, i’ve taken a turn toward data crafting & physicalization and gotta say, it’s so much fun 👾🛸

anyone else find presentations with a lot of AI-generated images distracting? 🫣

wrote about 3 vis papers that were recently published and bring interesting perspectives about data open.substack.com/pub/gotdairy...

icebergs & culture in a void

are we grasping for what we can't name?

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As @juusokoponen.bsky.social alerted me today, the Visualizing Knowledge conference in Helsinki 🇫🇮 will be taking place on 6 June. If you’re a data viz conference enthusiast you could swing over there then bounce straight over to Florida 🇺🇸 for Outlier the week after. (I’m aiming to get to VK25)

I mean this whole thread is worth reading (esp the part about journalists wanting to make their work accessible but it comes down to those in power) but this is what got me... let's not cut people off from the news. let's start our designs with accessibility considerations first

Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁@frank.computer · 2y ago

The news is for everyone. The news is for you as you age and lose your sight. The news is for your loved ones living with disabilities. The news is for the kid with a disability you saw being bullied in high school. The news is for people you've never met and don't understand. Make it accessible.

what a beautiful venue at the old Anatomiegebouw for #cestlavis gives me slight poor things vibes—perfect for a talk about hauntings 👻

one of my favorite parts of living in europe is the ability to take trains everywhere (delays and all) see you all at @graphichunters.bsky.social #cest-la-vis soon :)

sooooo happy to see die work wear on bluesky

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2y ago

My aesthetic beliefs are perfectly aligned with my political beliefs bc both value pluralism. You can wear a traditional coat and tie if you want, or not! But there are parameters to learning how to speak well. You can't just smash letters together and expect to communicate.

can we normalize better email sign-offs? www.are.na/meg-miller/g... cakes and candles, -d

papers for the CG&A Special Issue on Critical Data Visualization are due Oct 31! we're super excited about all the interesting, thought-provoking papers it will include www.computer.org/digital-libr... Editor Team: @mcnuttandrew.bsky.social , Nicole Hengesbach, Georgia Panagiotidou, and Miriah Meyer

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Critical Data Visualization

To address these concerns we invite examinations and research about critical theory intersects with data visualization and more.

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