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Erik
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Maps, dataviz, renewables, climate, oceans, forests ❈ Dataviz engineer @ Octopus Energy ❈ Founder http://satellitestud.io
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · 12d
Strongly resisting the urge to build that in Lego atm 😬
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Jul 28
Coming up soon!
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Jun 11
Considering they also offer LiDAR data covering almost the entire territory for free, what is exactly preventing me from building a French competitor to Google Solar? 🙃 (lol)
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Jun 11
My jaw literally dropped when I checked out @ignfrance.bsky.social's BD TOPO (high precision database of French infrastructure, here in vector format). Last time I checked (years ago admittedly), this was something that cost several thousands euros for a single département.
Screenshot of BD TOPO opened in QGis
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Apr 23
Metadata from TMDB, OMDB and IMDB. Story order based on a video from the Star Wars Lads: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_b...
How to Watch the Star Wars Movies & TV in Order | Star Wars Watch Guide
YouTube video by Star Wars Lads
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Apr 23
Interactive version: erik.nz/sw/
Built with @observablehq.com and #D3
Starwars Unfolded | Starwars Chrono
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Apr 23
Entries with an IMDb rating above 6.6 are visually highlighted—offering a guide past the less beloved moments in the saga, marked as the "Jar Jar Zone".
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Apr 23
In these turbulent times—while the galaxy reels from crisis to crisis—sometimes the only way forward… is sideways, into Star Wars canon. A timeline of every Star Wars show, charted in story-order from the dawn of the Republic to the First Order. #DarthJarJar #StarWars #MayThe4th #Andor #dataviz
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Ember @ember-energy.org · Apr 22
NEW | 74% of the global population lives in countries that are net importers of fossil fuels.

12 countries supply 80% of net fossil fuel exports - with rising trade uncertainty, this puts much of the world at risk.

1/8 🧵

ember-energy.org/lat...
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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · Mar 19
This dataviz is absolutely amazing 😍 Global bird species' conservation status displayed as a massive flock!

By Andrea Garrec, longlisted for the 2024 Information Is Beautiful Awards

www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/731...

#dataviz 📊🌏🧪🐦🦉🦆🦅
What appears to be a massive flock of birds in red, purple and blue colours in a pale blue sky. Each "bird" represents a bird species, and their colour represents their conservation status from the IUCN Red List. Around one third of species appear to be near threatened, endangered or extinct
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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · Mar 18
In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Mar 14
Extremely enjoyable progression so far... Which one should be next?
Three books I've been reading: - Material World, by Ed Conway - Volt Rush, by Henry Sanderson - InEVitable, by Mike Colias
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Mar 5
I'm afraid I'm going down this rabbit hole of building physical data viz with Lego. #midlifeCrisis
Expect stop motion builds of wind turbines, EV vs petrol car (bar chart) races, me piling up yellow bricks to explain solar autoconsumption, and more 😁
A lot of lego bricks neatly ordered as a rainbow color palette First stab at climate stripes dataviz with Lego A world map made of lego
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Karim Douieb @karimdouieb.bsky.social · Feb 2
Ever wondered what a country’s meat supply looks like? 🍗🐄🐖🐟

Here’s a breakdown of meat preferences in Japan, the US & Germany—visualized as hybrid animals! A fun (and slightly cursed) way to see food stats. 🧵👇
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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · Jan 14
Why it's okay to use ChatGPT, in 4 graphs
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Nov 19
Bon courage !
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · May 15
We're a team of two with Robin Hawkes, and I can't be thankful enough for the chance he gave me to embark on this journey ✌
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · May 15
And in terms of the craft... it's like a candy shop for a dataviz person, and a series of firsts (first time working with Lidar data, first time dabbling with Three.js, first animated dendrograms, first Lego/Arduino wind turbine, first marshmallow-spaghetti towers...)
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · May 15
Five months in, and I am just as giddy with excitement as the day I started. I've been exposed to many fascinating topics already, yet I feel that I've barely scratched the surface.
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · May 15
Octopus Energy is making a fully electrified and decarbonised energy future a tangible prospect in the UK, in Europe, and beyond. Massive ambition, relentless optimism. And it shows in everything it touches: supply, production, flexibility; wind, solar, heat pumps, EVs...
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · May 15
Stoked to announce that I joined Octopus Energy as a Data Visualisation Engineer last December! (yes, better outrageously late than never)
me in front of a wall with the Octopus Energy logo a lego wind turbine
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Cameron Beccario @cambecc.bsky.social · Dec 9
I’ve decided to dedicate myself full time to earth.nullschool.net. There is much work to do! In particular, I’m going to explore ways for the site to help fight climate change. More on this in the near future.

It’s been an amazing 10 years. Here’s hoping for 10 more. 🎉
data visualization of atmospheric CO2 levels over the western hemisphere Data visualization of sea surface temperatures of the Southern Ocean Data visualization of sulfate aerosols over Antarctica Data visualization of Canadian wildfires
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · Nov 28
Did you know? The United States depends on a little more than 5% of its counties to produce half of the crops consumers eat.
We helped build the Plotline Food Twin project alongside CU Boulder and Earth Genome researchers to visualize the U.S. food system.
Article: www.colorado.edu/today/2023/1...
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Nov 24
Thank you Andy :)
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Erik @nerik.bsky.social · Nov 21
On my way to Edinburgh for the Info+ conference!
Looking forward to talk about (fantasy) maps, books, politics, trains, data, design, accessibility, climate change, renewables, train maps, reading books on trains, accessible trains, train data. Trains!
My face in front of a shiny Eurostar train The Info+ logo
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