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KatieAK
@data-is-blue.bsky.social
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Mostly a data viz lurker, with an offline life as a researcher and data visualisation practitioner. Mixing it up with my current project: https://www.mymatrescence.datais.blue/
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chezvoila.com
This is really one of the best charts by @ourworldindata.org 📊

Amazing how much research and work goes into creating a chart like this. And it's such a good insight into society.
What Americans die from and the causes of death the US media reports on. 4 stacked bar charts. showing in short that while heart diseases and cancer constitutes 55% of the causes of death, they receive about 7% of the media coverages. Homicide is under 1% but receives between 42% and 52%. Terrorisme barely registers in the causes of death, but gets between 11% and 18%. The first stacked bar is causes of death in the US in 2023 Heart diseases 29% Cancer 26% Accidents 9.5% Stroke 6.9% Lower respiratory diseases (6.2%) Alzheimer's disease (4.8%) Diabetes (4.0%) Kidney failure (2.4%) Liver disease (2.2%) Suicide (2.1%) COVID-19 (2.1%) Influenza/Pneumonia (1.9%) Drug overdose (1.8%) Homicide (<1%) Terrorism (<0.001%) Media coverage of these causes of death in 2023 in... New York Times Heart disease (2.8%) Cancer (4.1%) Accidents (9.7%) Suicide (3.8%) COVID-19 (5.3%) Drug overdose (7.5%) Homicide (42%) Terrorism (18%) Washington Post Heart disease (2.9%) Cancer (4.7%) Accidents (5.9%) Suicide (3.3%) COVID-19 (7.9%) Drug overdose (9.5%) Homicide (46%) Terrorism (12%) Fox News Heart disease (2.3%) Cancer (3.8%) Accidents (6.1%) Suicide (4.1%) COVID-19 (6.0%) Drug overdose (9.8%) Homicide (52%) Terrorism (11%) Note: Based on the share of causes of death in the US and the share of mentions for each of the causes in the New York Times, the Washington Post and Fox News. All values are normalized to 100%, so the shares are relative to all deaths caused by the 12 most common causes + drug overdoses, homicides and terrorism. These causes account for more than 75% of deaths in the US. A "media mention" is a published article in one of the outlets which mentions the cause (e.g. "influenza) or related keywords (e.g. "flu") least twice. Data sources: Media mentions from Media Cloud (2025); deaths data from the US CDC (2025) and Global Terrorism Index. Fox News
October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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So it turns out posting to social media is a PIA. But I'll get there. This piece is captioned: Still fun, 30 years later. #MyMatrescenceProject #Histogram #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
September 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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chezvoila.com
There’s a Calvin in every dataset.
Calvin: I'M FILLING OUT A READER SURVEY FOR CHEWING MAGAZINE. SEE, THEY ASKED HOW MUCH MONEY I SPEND ON GUM EACH WEEK, SO I WROTE, '500.' FOR MY AGE, I PUT 43; AND WHEN THEY ASKED WHAT MY AVORITE FLAVOR IS, I WROTE GARLIC/ CURRY. Hobbes: THIS MAGAZINE SHOULD HAVE SOME AMUSING ADS SOON Calvin: I LOVE MESSING WITH DATA.
August 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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infowetrust.com
"In Experiment 1 we found that Jitter Plots reduced personal attribution (i.e. blame) by 7.0 points, relative to Bar Charts (p=0.0011)." @elibryan.bsky.social 3iap.com/dispersion-d...
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I have to sing it, even in my head. #MyMatrescenceProject #Histogram #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
July 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Cosleeping saved us, but gosh it's chilly. #MyMatrescenceProject #TimeSeries #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
July 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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I did/am doing a thing and then wrote about the doing!
July 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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errantscience.com
I really appreciate an alternative presentation but that's no excuse for sloppy work 🧣🧶
July 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I love this so much. Unsurprisingly kangaroo trends she/her. I'd love to see an Australian version of this dataset...
puddingviz.bsky.social The Pudding @puddingviz.bsky.social · Jul 7
“Look at Mr. Frog! He’s so grumpy.”

Wait, why are so many frogs boys? @mellymeldubs.bsky.social explores how we gender animals in kids’ stories—and why it matters.

pudding.cool/2025/07/kids...
July 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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My most extreme act of nesting behaviour. #MyMatrescenceProject #TimeSeries #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
June 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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There's some things you just shouldn't say to people you don't know (or at all, honestly). #MyMatrescenceProject #Pictogram #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
June 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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It's #ShowYourStripes day. Despite the freezing cold the last week or so, this has felt like a very warm dry winter and that's not a trend that brings me joy. #DataViz
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
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June 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I'd never washed literally every towel in the house in one day before. #MyMatrescenceProject #BarChart #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
June 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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A simplification, but a useful one. #MyMatrescenceProject #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
June 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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datavizsociety.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to unveil the winners of the 2024 #IIBAwards! These works stand out not just for their mastery of #dataviz and storytelling, but for their impact and innovation. See the winners: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/news/680-ann...
June 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Too precious to waste. #MyMatrescenceProject #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
June 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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There's no words for how deep this fear runs. #MyMatrescenceProject #SparkLine #TimeSeries #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
June 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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We're two for two on purple projectile vomit at midnight. #MyMatrescenceProject #PieChart #SmallMultiples #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
May 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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A good night's sleep really does change everything. #MyMatrescenceProject #DivergentBarChart #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
May 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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I used to love getting in the car with a playlist and snacks. #MyMatrescenceProject #DivergentBarChart #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
May 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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I guess you could call this a set of interdependent variables. #MyMatrescenceProject #PostpartumMentalHealth #TimeSeries #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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It's a cliché for a reason. #MyMatrescenceProject #Love #DataViz #Datavis #DataHumanism
May 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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What better day than Mother's Day to launch my new project? I've been using the language of data visualisation to explore my experience of matrescence (but without any recorded data, whaaaaaat?). #MyMatrescenceProject #HappyMothersDay #TimeSeries #DataViz #Datavis
May 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM