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Emojis as Data: Visualizing a Generation Gap

July 17, 2026

Emojis are themselves a form of data visualization: a visual shorthand for expressing our feelings, reactions, and words through text messages and social media…

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The Beautiful Collapse of My Digital Perfection

July 8, 2026

One evening, while scrolling endlessly on my phone, an advert caught my attention: “Pride of Portsmouth” trail. Immediately, my mind shifted from passive to…

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Simulating the Invisible: How Data Humanism Visualizes the AI Energy-to-Wildfire Feedback Loop

June 24, 2026

I design data experiences in the energy industry. Most days, that means translating alarming trends: soaring demand forecasts and grid expansion curves: into something…

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We Taught Students to Read Graphs, but We Forgot to Teach Them to Question Themselves

June 12, 2026

“Who made this? Yes, I’m asking the source. I have to know, I have to know.” This was the first thing Luke said after…

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AI, Orientalism, and “Calm” Art

June 7, 2026

How GPT-4 labeled over half of the world’s art with a single feeling This painting is unmistakably a funeral. Death, in different cultures and…

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How a Simple Glass of Water Makes Global Inequality Impossible to Ignore

May 15, 2026

A minimal, metaphor-driven approach to visualizing global access to safe drinking water — and why simplicity may be the most powerful storytelling tool in…

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Behind-the-Scenes: Semiotic 3 with real-time streaming data

April 29, 2026

I’m releasing a new version of Semiotic, Semiotic 3, with first-class support for real-time streaming data and AI collaboration. You might think the timing…

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The Tiles That Made Me: Mapping Friendship through the Lens of AI

March 19, 2026

According to the Oxford Dictionary, friendship is a “voluntary, personal relationship characterized by mutual affection, trust, and support.” Whereas to me, friendship involves authenticity…

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Trends, Aesthetics, and Individuality: How the Internet Irrevocably Changed Fashion

March 10, 2026

Close your eyes, and picture an outfit from the 1980s. Now, the 1990s. The 2000s. Chances are you thought of perms and shoulder pads…

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The Collaborative Blueprint: The Open Visualization Academy as a Community of Learning and Friendship

March 3, 2026

Let’s get the basics out of the way quickly: if you’re a regular reader of Nightingale, you’ve likely heard about the recent launch of…

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