Ada Homolova
@adahomolova.bsky.social
data journalist & mentor
homolova.sk/newsletter
homolova.sk/newsletter
I built a tool! It's a little robot that makes personalized newsletters. Read about it here:
datafrosch.fun/blog/rss-new...
And try it out!
RSS is not dead!
#llm #tools #newsletter #rss
datafrosch.fun/blog/rss-new...
And try it out!
RSS is not dead!
#llm #tools #newsletter #rss
One Newsletter to Rule Them All | Data Frosch
Building an AI-powered RSS digest with robots - aggregate multiple news sources into one personalized weekly newsletter.
datafrosch.fun
October 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I built a tool! It's a little robot that makes personalized newsletters. Read about it here:
datafrosch.fun/blog/rss-new...
And try it out!
RSS is not dead!
#llm #tools #newsletter #rss
datafrosch.fun/blog/rss-new...
And try it out!
RSS is not dead!
#llm #tools #newsletter #rss
🦜 #LLMs "will sand down specific, nuanced facts (which are statistically rare) and replace them with more generic, positive descriptions (which are statistically common)."
Great article from #wikipedia
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Great article from #wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🦜 #LLMs "will sand down specific, nuanced facts (which are statistically rare) and replace them with more generic, positive descriptions (which are statistically common)."
Great article from #wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Great article from #wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What I love about investigative journalists is the fun and conversations with smart, curious, and open people
In a time when the world feels like it’s moving backwards, being part of a community that strives to make it better feels like a blessing
datafrosch.beehiiv.com/p/the-pond-4...
In a time when the world feels like it’s moving backwards, being part of a community that strives to make it better feels like a blessing
datafrosch.beehiiv.com/p/the-pond-4...
🪷The Pond #4: On the road again
Ada is traveling Europe collecting interesting people, reading material and datasets.
datafrosch.beehiiv.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
What I love about investigative journalists is the fun and conversations with smart, curious, and open people
In a time when the world feels like it’s moving backwards, being part of a community that strives to make it better feels like a blessing
datafrosch.beehiiv.com/p/the-pond-4...
In a time when the world feels like it’s moving backwards, being part of a community that strives to make it better feels like a blessing
datafrosch.beehiiv.com/p/the-pond-4...
go Ireland 👏👏👏
"[Data] shows that the pilot generated over €100 million in social and economic benefits, out of which €16.9 million was in social value from audience engagement, and €80 million was contributed through improved mental wellbeing."
www.artshub.com.au/news/article...
"[Data] shows that the pilot generated over €100 million in social and economic benefits, out of which €16.9 million was in social value from audience engagement, and €80 million was contributed through improved mental wellbeing."
www.artshub.com.au/news/article...
Basic Income for the Arts will rollout permanently in Ireland from 2026, massive win
Report from the three-year basic income pilot in Ireland found that the arts pays for itself.
www.artshub.com.au
October 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
go Ireland 👏👏👏
"[Data] shows that the pilot generated over €100 million in social and economic benefits, out of which €16.9 million was in social value from audience engagement, and €80 million was contributed through improved mental wellbeing."
www.artshub.com.au/news/article...
"[Data] shows that the pilot generated over €100 million in social and economic benefits, out of which €16.9 million was in social value from audience engagement, and €80 million was contributed through improved mental wellbeing."
www.artshub.com.au/news/article...
Especially for @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social ❤️🐸❤️
October 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Especially for @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social ❤️🐸❤️
#Food is such an important part our lives. We eat every day. What we eat becomes part of us.
And yet it’s being hijacked by corporations that latch onto our emotions and manipulate our biology.
This is my plea for returning food in our own hands.
hi-im-ada.beehiiv.com/p/7-eating-c...
#realfood
And yet it’s being hijacked by corporations that latch onto our emotions and manipulate our biology.
This is my plea for returning food in our own hands.
hi-im-ada.beehiiv.com/p/7-eating-c...
#realfood
#7: Eating capitalism
How our food got hijacked by profits and is now having its way with our bodies. In this essay I explore how capitalism shaped the modern food system, engineered our cravings, and pushed ultra-processe...
hi-im-ada.beehiiv.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#Food is such an important part our lives. We eat every day. What we eat becomes part of us.
And yet it’s being hijacked by corporations that latch onto our emotions and manipulate our biology.
This is my plea for returning food in our own hands.
hi-im-ada.beehiiv.com/p/7-eating-c...
#realfood
And yet it’s being hijacked by corporations that latch onto our emotions and manipulate our biology.
This is my plea for returning food in our own hands.
hi-im-ada.beehiiv.com/p/7-eating-c...
#realfood
Reposted by Ada Homolova
#ClimateArena people: want to collaborate on an investigation or workshop a project idea? Don't forget to add it to the whiteboard at the registration desk. #CA25
October 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#ClimateArena people: want to collaborate on an investigation or workshop a project idea? Don't forget to add it to the whiteboard at the registration desk. #CA25
Vind je het moeilijk om het verhaal in de data te zien?
Wil je graag een vaardigheid of tool leren, zoals webscraping, Python of Excel?
Of heb je hulp nodig bij het vinden, analyseren of visualiseren van gegevens?
Dan heb ik iets voor jou: datafrosch.fun/mentorship
Wil je graag een vaardigheid of tool leren, zoals webscraping, Python of Excel?
Of heb je hulp nodig bij het vinden, analyseren of visualiseren van gegevens?
Dan heb ik iets voor jou: datafrosch.fun/mentorship
Data Journalism Mentorship | Data Frosch
1-on-1 mentorship for journalists & data professionals. Transform complex data into stories with personalized 8-week programs.
datafrosch.fun
September 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Vind je het moeilijk om het verhaal in de data te zien?
Wil je graag een vaardigheid of tool leren, zoals webscraping, Python of Excel?
Of heb je hulp nodig bij het vinden, analyseren of visualiseren van gegevens?
Dan heb ik iets voor jou: datafrosch.fun/mentorship
Wil je graag een vaardigheid of tool leren, zoals webscraping, Python of Excel?
Of heb je hulp nodig bij het vinden, analyseren of visualiseren van gegevens?
Dan heb ik iets voor jou: datafrosch.fun/mentorship
Reposted by Ada Homolova
Al jaren waarschuwen ICT-experts, maar pas nu lijkt het besef bij de overheid door te dringen: Nederland is te afhankelijk van Amerikaanse techgiganten. Loskoppelen is daarentegen niet makkelijk. Gemeenten en instanties zeggen moeite te hebben met het vinden van ‘een reëel alternatief’.
Nederland wil van Amerikaanse cloud af, maar weet niet hoe
Een groot deel van alle online diensten van Nederlandse overheden draait op een Amerikaanse cloud. ICT-experts waarschuwen al jaren voor de risico’s. Follow the Money vroeg 36 Nederlandse overheden of...
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June 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Al jaren waarschuwen ICT-experts, maar pas nu lijkt het besef bij de overheid door te dringen: Nederland is te afhankelijk van Amerikaanse techgiganten. Loskoppelen is daarentegen niet makkelijk. Gemeenten en instanties zeggen moeite te hebben met het vinden van ‘een reëel alternatief’.
Ever come across a chart that just doesn’t work? Maybe it’s cluttered, hard to read, or just plain ugly. In this video I’m taking a not so great chart and turning it into a great one—step by step!
youtu.be/1QxR2x9vgFg
youtu.be/1QxR2x9vgFg
Make charts that bring HAPPINESS!
YouTube video by Ada Homolova
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April 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Ever come across a chart that just doesn’t work? Maybe it’s cluttered, hard to read, or just plain ugly. In this video I’m taking a not so great chart and turning it into a great one—step by step!
youtu.be/1QxR2x9vgFg
youtu.be/1QxR2x9vgFg
🖍️ Draw data with me! ✨
Do you want to learn to make charts that tell a story, not just show data? Book this workshop with me!
🗓️ 10 April at 16:30
More info: homolova.sk/make-great-d...
Please help me reach more people and share this message with your colleagues and friends. Thank you! 👾
Do you want to learn to make charts that tell a story, not just show data? Book this workshop with me!
🗓️ 10 April at 16:30
More info: homolova.sk/make-great-d...
Please help me reach more people and share this message with your colleagues and friends. Thank you! 👾
Make great data visualization
Do you want to learn how to make charts that don't only show numbers, but tell a story instead? In this workshop you will learn how to transform tabular data into a crystal clear piece of visual infor...
homolova.sk
March 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🖍️ Draw data with me! ✨
Do you want to learn to make charts that tell a story, not just show data? Book this workshop with me!
🗓️ 10 April at 16:30
More info: homolova.sk/make-great-d...
Please help me reach more people and share this message with your colleagues and friends. Thank you! 👾
Do you want to learn to make charts that tell a story, not just show data? Book this workshop with me!
🗓️ 10 April at 16:30
More info: homolova.sk/make-great-d...
Please help me reach more people and share this message with your colleagues and friends. Thank you! 👾
🥳 Thank you for joining us yesterday for our first Session in the series!
Missed it?
Download the data : bit.ly/DH_ready_170... and do your excel analysis together with us : www.youtube.com/live/woiTsTq...
Missed it?
Download the data : bit.ly/DH_ready_170... and do your excel analysis together with us : www.youtube.com/live/woiTsTq...
Kickstart your data journalism #1 : Excel
YouTube video by Arena for Journalism in Europe
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March 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🥳 Thank you for joining us yesterday for our first Session in the series!
Missed it?
Download the data : bit.ly/DH_ready_170... and do your excel analysis together with us : www.youtube.com/live/woiTsTq...
Missed it?
Download the data : bit.ly/DH_ready_170... and do your excel analysis together with us : www.youtube.com/live/woiTsTq...
At the end of 2024, I surveyed friends and colleagues about important topics for next year.
I must confess, this post isn't exactly cheerful, but if you hang in there, you'll discover the curious connection between duck bellies and solar power production.
🦆🦆🦆
homolova.sk/blog/duck-be...
I must confess, this post isn't exactly cheerful, but if you hang in there, you'll discover the curious connection between duck bellies and solar power production.
🦆🦆🦆
homolova.sk/blog/duck-be...
Duck bellies and doom
At the end of 2024, I surveyed friends and colleagues about important topics for next year. Here are 13 more responses.
homolova.sk
February 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
At the end of 2024, I surveyed friends and colleagues about important topics for next year.
I must confess, this post isn't exactly cheerful, but if you hang in there, you'll discover the curious connection between duck bellies and solar power production.
🦆🦆🦆
homolova.sk/blog/duck-be...
I must confess, this post isn't exactly cheerful, but if you hang in there, you'll discover the curious connection between duck bellies and solar power production.
🦆🦆🦆
homolova.sk/blog/duck-be...
At the end of 2024, I surveyed friends and colleagues about important topics for next year. Here are the results.
homolova.sk/blog/topics-...
homolova.sk/blog/topics-...
Topics that matter most
At the end of 2024, I surveyed friends and colleagues about important topics for next year. Here are the results.
homolova.sk
January 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
At the end of 2024, I surveyed friends and colleagues about important topics for next year. Here are the results.
homolova.sk/blog/topics-...
homolova.sk/blog/topics-...
💸 New commissioners harvest! Síkela, Kos, Micallef, Lahbib, and Kubilius are set to oversee some of the largest spending portfolios within the European Union.
Graphics for the @ftm.eu Brussels desk, check out our newsletter on LinkedIN! www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
Graphics for the @ftm.eu Brussels desk, check out our newsletter on LinkedIN! www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
December 9, 2024 at 1:55 PM
💸 New commissioners harvest! Síkela, Kos, Micallef, Lahbib, and Kubilius are set to oversee some of the largest spending portfolios within the European Union.
Graphics for the @ftm.eu Brussels desk, check out our newsletter on LinkedIN! www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
Graphics for the @ftm.eu Brussels desk, check out our newsletter on LinkedIN! www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
❓ What do you think is the most important topic to write about in 2025?
Fill in my survey! forms.gle/ymPgHVAYvhSS...
Your answer is anonymous.
I will share the results publicly between Christmas and New Years.
Looking forward to reading it!
Fill in my survey! forms.gle/ymPgHVAYvhSS...
Your answer is anonymous.
I will share the results publicly between Christmas and New Years.
Looking forward to reading it!
December 8, 2024 at 10:19 AM
❓ What do you think is the most important topic to write about in 2025?
Fill in my survey! forms.gle/ymPgHVAYvhSS...
Your answer is anonymous.
I will share the results publicly between Christmas and New Years.
Looking forward to reading it!
Fill in my survey! forms.gle/ymPgHVAYvhSS...
Your answer is anonymous.
I will share the results publicly between Christmas and New Years.
Looking forward to reading it!
Reposted by Ada Homolova
Didier Reynders was the EU’s Justice Commissioner until last Saturday – he is now under investigation for suspected money laundering. For years, he allegedly used dubious money to buy lottery tickets from the National Lottery, Follow the Money and Le Soir revealed.
www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
Belgian police raid homes of former EU justice chief Didier Reynders – two days after end of term
Didier Reynders, until last Saturday the European Commissioner for Justice, is suspected of money laundering by the Belgian police. For about a decade, Reynders allegedly bought lottery tickets with d...
www.ftm.eu
December 3, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Didier Reynders was the EU’s Justice Commissioner until last Saturday – he is now under investigation for suspected money laundering. For years, he allegedly used dubious money to buy lottery tickets from the National Lottery, Follow the Money and Le Soir revealed.
www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...