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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Jul 21

To be clearer

Extract of the forum's discussion where the use of ORDERBY() inside RUNNINGSUM() is explained

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Jul 21

You're right, I did not see it in the optional parameters, I stand corrected

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Jul 21

I see new replies to the forum post from last week, will try the workaround with WINDOW() for now

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Jul 21

@jaypowerbi.bsky.social have been trying it out with categorical and calendar data; calendar works fine (when you use a regular time axis earliest to latest), but for categories, it is still linked to the alphabetical order and not a sort we would put on another measure.

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Jul 20

Will do so ASAP!

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Jul 19

the end of an era with the last How to read this chart newsletter today by @pbump.com 📊.

Looking forward to reading your new ventures sir 👋

Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Jun 12

Very practical tips during this session, it's one of the best 20 minutes you can take to improve standards in your organization

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Jun 12

Great news, looking forward to test it out

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Apr 4

Hope you were not about to retire this month...

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Apr 4

Donald Trump’s bid to upend the international trading order with huge tariffs has wiped $5.4tn from US stocks in two days, as China hit back with its own levies, deepening fears of recession in the global economy www.ft.com/content/b1ed...

Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Apr 4

At least a few news outfits have better #dataviz skills to help us find info and get some perspective. Examples from @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social & @cnn.com below where the added context looks relevant (again not saying any of this makes sense though)

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These are the hardest-hit US trading partners under Trump’s tariffs | CNN Business

President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping 10% tariffs on all imports to the United States Wednesday, but about 60 countries or trading blocs will see even higher rates in an escalating move that is poi...

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Apr 4

If you thought somehow that the tariffs announced this week were based on any logic, just take a look at how the table was designed. 📊

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Sorted by Country name? No

Sorted by New US tariff? No

Sorted by tariff charged to the US? No

Maybe there's a colour code? No chance

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Trump’s tariffs: the full list

US president Donald Trump yesterday produced a chart of all the new tariffs he was announcing, affecting trade with countries across the world. Here is the list as he displayed it

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Lisa Hornung @lisahornung.bsky.social · Apr 1

Today starts the #30DayChartChallenge, happy times for #dataviz lovers! 🤩

I recently joined @healthfoundation.bsky.social. So this year (as time allows) I’ll post a mix of visualisations about health topics made in Flourish (our main charting library) + fun stuff I learnt to make in python/D3.

List of prompts for the 30 day chart challenge across five categories of comparisons, distributions, relationships, time series, and uncertainties. Full list of prompts in the official repository https://github.com/30DayChartChallenge/Edition2025/blob/main/list_prompts.md

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Mar 28

Is this really happening in a democracy? What's next?

www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Trump executive order to force changes at Smithsonian Institution, targeting funding for programs with 'improper ideology'

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls "divisive narratives" and "improper ideology."

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Mar 1

It is so sad to see that Zelensky is the exception and not the rule in standing up to Trump

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Mar 1

I finally gave in and watched the whole exchange, and sadly I recommend it if you want to understand what happened.

The transcript below does not convey how much Trump and Vance constantly talked and shouted over Zelensky. And Trump’s… segue into other topics at the end should be heard.

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Mar 1

There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...

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Datacitron @datacitron.bsky.social · Dec 18

[18/24] Can you believe we're at the 3/4th of this calendar (if I math correctly)? I'm at the same time a bit sad and a bit out of breath!

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Nov 20

This thread on visual calculations comes to mind in the wth/wtf category, why would we indeed want to choose how our calculation is sorted, right? ...

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Visual calculation: running sum - sorting issue

Hello together, I ve tried to utilize the new visual calculations to calculate running sums (cumulative percentage sales per customers as running totals). Anyhow, I have the problem that the runni...

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Oct 1

Sharing since there's (almost) always someone in your audience with some sort of color blindness

T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · Oct 1

And if you want a really good simulator, Coblis is usually my favourite, because it simulates a wide range of vision options. You'll get to see how different some of these palettes look in each of them!

www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color...

Coblis — Color Blindness Simulator – Colblindor

www.color-blindness.com

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Sep 10

Learned something today: I have a habit to change...

Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · Sep 10

When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.

Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just filled it out, you have a bit less than 3 weeks to help the DVS gather important info on our evolving field

#dataviz 📊

Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · Sep 9

🎉 We’ve received 294 responses to the 2024 State of the Data Viz Industry Survey so far! Take the survey if you create #dataviz in any capacity (hobby, work, school, art), and help us spread the word: www.surveyhero.com/c/soti202-bsky

294 Responses. Help us achieve 1,500 responses by completing the 2024 State of the Data Viz Industry Survey.

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Sep 7

That'll be useful to stay ahead of my kids 😁

Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Sep 6

I don't read enough #dataviz books of late, but I took a few hours for @allitorban.bsky.social's #chartspark last week. Well worth it: inspiring, concise, with practical tips you can put to use right away.

Bonus: now I have to revisit Alli's 100 📊 wallpapers project

dataliteracy.com/chart-spark/

Chart Spark | Data Literacy

Do you want to be more creative in your data communication? Looking for specific creativity advice tailored for those in the data field? Chart Spark is a practical guide designed to change your perspe...

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Sep 6

No claim to fame here, but I had the privilege of sitting at a table full of #iibawards finalists and winners last November.

I highly recommend attending if you have never done so.

📊

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Sep 2

So many inspiring people on this list from all around the world, thank you @chezvoila.com for putting this together!

There's definitely a bump on a timeline of Blue sky activity related to the publication of this list 📈

Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · Sep 1

Here you go. 🫡

Please share widely to help develop the dataviz community of Bluesky. 📊

go.bsky.app/R3nSyyy

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Charles Saulnier @chuckydee25.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very important exploration of LAION-5B by @jerthorp.bsky.social and @christobuschek.bsky.social that will definitely require a 2nd+ read-through to grasp the depth of the dataset and of their investigation.

knowingmachines.org/models-all-t...

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