Remember The Seinfeld Chronicles? @visualisingdata.com’s massive dataviz deep dive into Seinfeld now has a digital edition – enhanced with sound and video. At Loud Numbers, Duncan Geere and I built a data-to-music engine for all 176 episodes. Fun, silly, rigorous. 👉 seinfeld.visualisingdata.com

The Seinfeld Chronicles, digital edition, will be launched next week. It’s a giant, sound-enhanced data experience all about Seinfeld. Join @visualisingdata.com, @annemariedufour.bsky.social, Duncan Geere and me on 29 June to find out how we made it. Register 👉 visualisingdata.com/2026/06/expl...

The final ever episode of 'Explore Explain' will be a recorded live webinar on 29 June 1pm (UTC) where I and my brilliant collaborators will both explore and explain the creative process behind the new digital edition of 'The Seinfeld Chronicles'. Register now! visualisingdata.com/2026/06/expl...

Explore Explain Final Episode: Live Webinar! - Data Viz Excellence, Everywhere

On Monday 29th June I will be hosting and recording a live episode of my 'Explore Explain' video and podcast series. This will be the final episode of season 6. It will also be the final episode ever!

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Ready-to-eat meats, like hot dogs and deli meats, are responsible for at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings, a Sentient analysis found. @greymoran.bsky.social and @miriamquick.bsky.social report:

Ready to Recall: These Meats Are Behind 40% of USDA Food Warnings

A Sentient analysis reveals that at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings over the past decade are linked to ready-to-eat meats, such as deli meats, hot dogs and pâté.

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At least 40% of USDA food recalls are for ready-to-eat meat: deli meats, hot dogs, pâté. Piece by @greymoran.bsky.social and me: sentientmedia.org/recall-these...

Ready to Recall: These Meats Are Behind 40% of USDA Food Warnings

A Sentient analysis reveals that at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings over the past decade are linked to ready-to-eat meats, such as deli meats, hot dogs and pâté.

sentientmedia.org

Just when you thought there was no possible way to do a fresh data angle on the Eurovision... Love this look at the lyrics by @puntofisso.bsky.social puntofisso.net/eurovision/

70 years of love, empowerment, and freedom. Here's a look at Eurovision by its lyrics.

Famous for its upbeat rhythms, flamboyant performances, and political voting patterns, Eurovision has another dimension that moves with the zeitgeist: its song lyrics.

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I designed the graphics for this important story by @mccoolingtons.bsky.social and @ludovicparsons.bsky.social. Take care when reading, topic is upsetting.

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 3mo ago

Content warning: trans suicide, self-harm and death Trans people are dying of suicide more than the general UK population our new investigation with @wearequeeraf.com shows ⬇️ https://goodlaw.social/p8ha

Proud to have played a part in this project

Tara Haelle@tarahaelle.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm super proud that our @sciam.bsky.social T1 diabetes pkg is a finalist for @nihcm.bsky.social Trade Journalism Award Finalists. @lizszabo.bsky.social @miriamquick.bsky.social @jeanna.bsky.social @jenchristiansen.com @rachelnuwer.bsky.social @laurenjyoung.bsky.social nihcm.org/awards/trade...

I went on the Nick Grimshaw show on BBC 6 Music talking about turning data into music, and about visualising David Bowie’s Space Oddity. Listen back from 1:41:30 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Nick Grimshaw - Toheeb Jimoh - BBC Sounds

Toheeb Jimoh. star of Ted Lasso and Industry joins Nick to discuss his favourite music.

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Turkey industry workers make around $18 per hour, at great risk to their health. @miriamquick.bsky.social & I looked at the 351 injuries - from severed fingers to injured corneas - suffered by the workers who produce the turkey many will enjoy in the coming days sentientmedia.org/the-hidden-c...

Heat Exhaustion, Amputated Fingers, Crushed Limbs: The Hidden Cost of American Turkey

Three charts reveal details of the 351 workplace injuries experienced by turkey industry workers in 2024, which include severed fingers, injured corneas and musculoskeletal disorders.

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I crunched the numbers for this @nytimes.com piece by Alex Marshall on how to win Eurovision. What would you add to this list? Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/a...

How to Win Eurovision in 7 Easy Steps

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87 years ago. In April 1938, Guy Callendar published the first evidence from thermometer observations that the world’s land areas were warming. He also linked the observed warming to the increase in atmospheric CO₂ from burning coal. 87 years ago. rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

If you want to join the broader US govt data rescue efforts, there’s a list of ways to help at www.datarescueproject.org/current-effo...

Leah Feiger@leahfeiger.bsky.social · last yr.

researchers are rushing to save US government data on trans youth before it disappears -- and vowing to keep the resources online. read @waterslicer.bsky.social:

Estimates by @charlesjkenny.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social: US foreign aid likely prevents 2.3 to 5.6 million deaths annually, largely in Africa. And that a complete disruption would result in over 4000 lives lost per day.

A huge shoutout to @christian.czymara.com 🙌 who created a customised #rstats chatgpt called Code Nerd that replies only with bare code. It's absolutely magnificent 😍 chatgpt.com/g/g-J5futwiV...

Interesting. Sleeping badly is linked with belief in conspiracy theories theconversation.com/how-poor-sle...

How poor sleep could fuel belief in conspiracy theories

By prioritising good sleep we may be able to boost our ability to think critically and resist misinformation.

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Good news! The current lack of transparency about UK land ownership is ridiculous.

Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social · last yr.

Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/

After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

So I’ve just discovered you can use the R packages gander and ellmer to chat with AI assistants directly in RStudio. Sooooo much easier than copy pasting chunks of code into ChatGPT. simonpcouch.github.io/gander/

High Performance, Low Friction Large Language Model Chat

Introduces a Copilot-like completion experience, but it knows how to talk to the objects in your R environment. ellmer chats are integrated directly into your RStudio and Positron sessions, automatica...

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New bedtime reading

Old post but I just joined Bluesky so here you go ❤️

Jen Christiansen@jenchristiansen.com · 2y ago

The minute we decided to cover research about folk songs with Scientific American’s Graphic Science treatment, I knew I wanted to see what Duncan Geere & Miriam Quick from the podcast/collab Loud Numbers would cook up. Here’s the result www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidd... 🧪📊

What the actual Europe reels after Trump announces US-Russia talks over Ukraine on.ft.com/40VnfzW

Europe reels after Trump announces US-Russia talks over Ukraine

Germany criticises US for making ‘public concessions to Putin before negotiations have even begun’

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“In a visually-dominant culture, sound can mobilize inanimate data into affective experience that resonates beyond the intellect, bypassing typical information processing, giving voice to the unheard.” @noahpred.bsky.social’s article on sonification is a must-read 👇 manifest.audio/signal-001-w...

SIGNAL 001 Why Sonify? — MANIFEST AUDIO

Manifest Audio provides creative music production tools for Ableton Live: Max for Live effects, modulators, sequencers, and more - for studio, stage, and beyond...

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