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Haluka Maier-Borst
@halukamb.bsky.social
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Team Lead / Data Journalist / News Dev at Handelsblatt

😍 for stories, 🧶 code and 😵‍💫 sketches

Previously @ rbb, NZZ, FT, Zeit Online
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libbyheeren.bsky.social
People keep telling me they can't afford to attend #PositConf2025 next week, so I need to make a public service announcement: attending virtually is very affordable (or free!) & is amazing! Get registered & hangout with me on the Discord server!! #databs #rstats #python
Screenshot from https://posit.co/conf-pricing-2025/ showing the posit conf virtual ticket pricing. $99 for standard virtual ticket, $49 for Government and Non-profit employees, and Free for students, academics, and needs-based attendees. There are hand-drawn doodles by Libby that highlight each option and one note says "Plus, Virtual Day!"
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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joeuchill.bsky.social
Based on Economist/YouGov, Trump is underwater with every demographic group except White people - and just barely above water with White people.
Scatter plot showing Trump net approval underwater for every demographic decomposition except white people. While the mean approval is negative for 45-64 year olds, the 50% confidence interval for that group crosses into positive territory. The 50% confidence intervals for all with nonwhite race groups start at -25 (Hispanic) or more, with the 50% interval for Black respondents ranging from underwater more than 50 points to underwater more than 75 points. While trump is just underwater with seniors, demographic groups below 44 years old (30-44 and under 30) are both at least around -25, with under 30 closer to -40.
September 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
halukamb.bsky.social
How do you deal with the fact that official #USeconomy data is getting patchier and of lesser quality? I tried to look at indicators that are not under control by the government. Here is what I found for Handelsblatt.

Bankrupcies of larger firms are as high as in 2010.

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September 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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hmtillack.bsky.social
Während Frankreich oder Deutschland nach eigenen Angaben keine offensiven Waffen für Israels Krieg im Gaza mehr genehmigen, liefert eine US-Filiale der Airbus-Tochter MBDA weiter Schlüsselkomponenten für US-Gleitbomben, die Israel in Gaza einsetzt www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
European missile maker linked to deadly Gaza bombings
Israel is coming under increasing scrutiny for its attacks on Gaza. Europe’s biggest missile manufacturer, MBDA, is supplying key components of bombs that Israel launches.
www.ftm.eu
July 17, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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newscientist.com
Orcas have been documented appearing to gift rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers. This could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species.
Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean?
Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species
www.newscientist.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
halukamb.bsky.social
This is such a powerful piece of modern journalism. A combination of work on the ground, data journalism and visualisation. All telling the tragic, brutal story of 'death traps' in #Gaza. www.ft.com/content/6c74...
Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’
A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back
www.ft.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
halukamb.bsky.social
Man (ich) kann dezent genervt sein, weil mal wieder solche News auf einen Sonntag verarzten muss. Aber man muss von Glück reden, dass Trump noch nicht ans FIRMS der NASA seine Axt angelegt hat. #dataviz #satelliteimagery #iran

Mehr(€)
www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...
June 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
halukamb.bsky.social
Stammtischbrüder und -Schwestern aufgepasst. Wer wissen will, wie nutzlos eine Wärmepumpe ist, kann sich seine Vorurteile bestätigen lassen. Oder auch nicht. Dank unseres Dämmrechners (€).

Danke an Phil, Philip, Michel und Johanna und den Kollegen Hinterberger vom Finanzenteam.
June 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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aellalabrys.bsky.social
Norbert Röttgen ist einfach ein Gentleman der alten Schule.

Er siezt sogar seinen Hund.
Norbert Röttgen @n_roettgen postet auf X Ich wünsche Ihnen frohe und erholsame Pfingsttage! Darunter ist ein Foto, das Norbert Röttgen mit seinem Hund zeigt. Er blickt den Hund direkt an. Es wirkt, als ob er gerade mit dem Hund spricht.
June 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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johnmoralestv.bsky.social
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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nadiazaboura.bsky.social
Deutsche Medien, wir müssen reden.

Jetzt online:
Mein Vortrag „Verlorenes Medienvertrauen, gefährdete Demokratie?“ auf der republica 2025.

Thema: die deutsche Berichterstattung über Palästina und Israel.
Und ihre Auswirkungen auf Vertrauen in Medien, Zusammenhalt und Demokratie.

Ein Thread:

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re:publica 25: Nadia Zaboura - Verlorenes Medienvertrauen, gefährdete Demokratie?
YouTube video by re:publica
m.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
halukamb.bsky.social
Brilliant, yet painful job by the @data.ft.com team to put this (in)humanitarian crisis into perspective. What Gazans had as land per person before the war. And what Gazans might end up with having. #gaza #dataviz
June 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Ever since I dug into this story while researching Proof, and realised I was doing tea sub-optimally, I’ve been overthinking all other hot drink making…

www.wired.com/story/how-a-...
How a Cup of Tea Laid the Foundations for Modern Statistical Analysis
Scientific experiments run today are based on research practices that evolved out of a British tea-tasting experiment in the 1920s.
www.wired.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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anneroth.bsky.social
Sehr viel KI auf der #republica.

Ein Thema, die mich interessiert, das ich aber im Programm nicht gefunden habe:

Wenn wir verweigern, dass KI mit unserem 'guten' Content 'gefüttert' wird, wird der Bias dann nicht noch stärker?

Gibt's dazu Forschung?
May 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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marcelpauly.de
Wir haben das AfD-Gutachten des Verfassungsschutzes digitalisiert und machen die Zitate durchsuchbar, die das BfV als Belege für die Bestrebungen der Partei gegen die freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung heranzieht: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
May 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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higsch.com
Dream job alert for students! 👇
karriere.handelsblattgroup.com/Werkstudiere...
in @halukamb.bsky.social's team
Stellenangebot Werkstudierende für das Datenjournalismus-Team (gn) bei HANDELSBLATT MEDIA GROUP Jobportal
Redaktion in Berlin, Düsseldorf
karriere.handelsblattgroup.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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gijn.org
“We won’t have data journalism in Ukraine if we don’t have Ukraine.”

— @lemishka.bsky.social, @texty.org head of data journalism.

In this piece for GIJN, Peter Georgiev writes about the team's mission, combatting disinformation and battling for truth in wartime: https://twp.ai/1VGzAT
Fighting a War with Data Journalism: Ukraine’s Texty and the Battle for Truth
The team at the award-winning data journalism outlet suspected that Russia would invade — they could see clues in the data. We profile the team and their work combating false conflict narratives.
twp.ai
March 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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steffi-lemke.de
Heute ist der 22. März (Weltwassertag) und in fast ganz Deutschland sind die oberen Bodenschichten ausgetrocknet.
Die Karten des UFZ Dürremonitors weisen sogar extreme Dürre in vielen Landesteilen aus.
Das sollte man ernst nehmen. Anstatt über die Abschaffung des Umweltministeriums zu fabulieren.
Dürrekarte Deutschland
March 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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brodnig.bsky.social
Weil das wichtig ist: Hier eine kurze Einordnung, was Masern so gefährlich macht (unter anderem)

Die Gefahr ist, dass wir als Gesellschaft vergessen, wie lebensrettend Impfungen sind

Zum Schluss des Videos hab ich dazu eine hilfreiche Info-Grafik eingebettet
March 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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chiquiesteban.me
Only three chapters in on this, but can vouch for it!
adamjkucharski.bsky.social Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · Mar 16
If you want to get better at interpreting and explaining data (or know someone who does), I’d recommend Think Clearly by @kikollan.llaneras.es - it’s full of great data journalism insights and examples.
Book cover
March 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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patrickstotz.bsky.social
Two gems seen at a museum visit today:
1) monsoon and trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean from 1860
#dataviz #maps
March 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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aendra.com
Please let your favourite news org know: image embed posts without alt text will be filtered out of the 📰 News feed two weeks from today. Link posts will be unaffected.

If you are a news org and providing basic accessibility support will be a challenge, please contact me, we'll work through it. 💚
March 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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vapunkt.bsky.social
Best thing I’ve ever attended - definitely recommend applying 👇
dustinvoss.bsky.social Dustin Voss @dustinvoss.bsky.social · Mar 14
*Call for Applications*

We’re excited to announce the Second Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy!

Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...

Please share widely!

@mpifg.bsky.social @palmapolyak.bsky.social
Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy
www.mpifg.de
March 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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samlearner.bsky.social
there's a certain kind of grifter whose whole bit is stringing together 500-word versions of "hacking the mainframe... I'm in". people who pay for twitter like to then fawn over how brilliant these people are. mostly harmless, except when they have the ear of someone dismantling our government
jdcmedlock.bsky.social James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Mar 14
It's a perfect encapsulation of where the right is at intellectually these days that Elon's favorite data person is like 'I'm sorry, I tried to process 60k rows of data and my computer exploded'
March 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Do you know what’s great about vaccines? We can stop outbreaks in the first place, so we don’t have to discuss half-witted hypotheticals about the precise circumstances we’d rather have kids exposed to a deadly, disabling virus…
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 12
RFK Jr: "It used to be that everybody got measles. And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection. The vaccine doesn't do that ... it used to be that very young kids were protected by breast milk. Women who get vaccinated do not provide that level of immunity."
March 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM