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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 1d

What does it mean to share a Nobel Prize—especially if the laureates aren’t direct collaborators? 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

How Does Sharing a Nobel Prize Work?

Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 1d

The moon is gorgeous right now. If you live in the northeast of the U.S., look for it. Large and very close to the horizon. Peeking out from behind pink and lavender clouds from where I can see it.

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 12d

BIG NEWS! We've updated the website of the Open Visualization Academy, where you can see all its contributors: openvisualizationacademy.org

This is the announcement in our newsletter: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/we-re-back...

#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVis 📊

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 12d

What @ariellemargot.bsky.social said.

We're hiring a Social Media and Digital Content Creator!
www.climatecentral.org/open-positio...

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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 18d

Here’s What Happened at RFK, Jr.’s Overhauled Vaccine Panel Meeting

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Three vaccines were on the agenda for this week’s meeting of ACIP, the CDC’s key advisory panel on immunization

How a Contentious CDC Vaccine Meeting Will Affect Public Health

Three vaccines were on the agenda for this week’s meeting of ACIP, the CDC’s key advisory panel on immunization: the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine and...

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 18d

The story below immediately brings to mind an epic pre-Instagram & TikTok project from designer Stefanie Posavec. In case there’s a wave of folks that missed it the first time around, behold her classic Writing Without Words series 📊 www.stefanieposavec.com/archive/writ...

Bri 💝 @breezybrik.bsky.social · 19d

TikTok and Instagram readers FTW! Annotating your books is cool and Science™️ agrees! Also, shout out to Copy Dept. for letting me sneak a #GirlmoreGirls reference in here 😉📚

www.scientificamerican.com/article/go-a...

The TikTok Trend of Writing in Margins Is Based on Real Neuroscience

Annotating the margins of books is an important part of deep reading and has a long legacy of merit in both science and literature

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 20d

I’m honestly surprised that I don’t hear more people reference it. And now that I’m thinking about it, I think I’ll read it again this weekend. 📊 #informationdesign #infodesign

Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 20d

I gave a science graphics talk yesterday for folks at Curtin U. So many great participant questions. One asked for refs that would also resonate w/folks in the humanities. My top pick hands-down is Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production by Johanna Drucker www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Graphesis — Harvard University Press

In our current screen-saturated culture, we take in more information through visual means than at any point in history. The computers and smart phones that constantly flood us with images do more than...

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 20d

I gave a science graphics talk yesterday for folks at Curtin U. So many great participant questions. One asked for refs that would also resonate w/folks in the humanities. My top pick hands-down is Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production by Johanna Drucker www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Graphesis — Harvard University Press

In our current screen-saturated culture, we take in more information through visual means than at any point in history. The computers and smart phones that constantly flood us with images do more than...

www.hup.harvard.edu

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Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 20d

Confused by patchwork COVID vaccine guidelines across states? @sciam.bsky.social has a map with the latest info from the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. We'll keep tracking updates. 📊 @unamandita.bsky.social ✏️ @jaimieseaton.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

What State-by-State Rules Mean for Your COVID Shot

With federal vaccine guidance under fire, states are forging their own immunization paths

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 21d

Bird lovers: Don’t miss this article w/its fab painting by Chase Stone (art directed by @mrakdesign.bsky.social), charming reconstructions by @nearbirdstudios.bsky.social & icons by Brittany Cheung of the features that made bird migration possible www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... 🧪 #SciArt

Bird Migration Is One of Nature’s Greatest Spectacles. Paleontologists Just Found Clues to Its Origin

Tiny fossils hint at when birds began making their mind-blowing journey to the Arctic to breed

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Clara Moskowitz @clarakm.bsky.social · 21d

In 2016 billionaire Yuri Milner held a star-studded press conference where he pledged to spend $100 million to send the first spaceship to Alpha Centauri. But almost a decade later, Breakthrough Starshot doesn't have much to show for itself. What happened? @sarahscoles.bsky.social reports 🧪

A $100-Million Mission to Another Star Just Disappeared

An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 25d

I just caught up with this episode, and learned so much! Not only is it a fascinating & timely look at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but it also covers lots of themes that are good to keep in mind when dealing with large scale and regularly-updated datasets. 📊

Nicole Mark (she/her) @nicoledesignsdata.com · 29d

If you’ve been confused by revisions to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, I encourage you to listen to this excellent conversation between Jonathan Schwabish and former BLS commissioner Erica Groshen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...? i=1000725506552

The PolicyViz Podcast

Business Podcast · Updated Semimonthly · Learn how to be a great data communicator and visualizer with host Jon Schwabish. Hear from experts in the fields of data science, data visualization, and pres...

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · Sep 5

Just got a Covid vaccination. Flashed back to my 1st dose in ‘21 & the wave of relief that came w/it. I teared up then, thankful for the folks that made that additional level of protection possible at record speeds. Grateful for the folks who are now fighting for everyone’s right to continued access

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Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · Aug 28

“It’s not just about the firing of the CDC director. It’s the fact that CDC has been hemorrhaging some of the world’s top experts."

I spoke to @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social and Georges Benjamin @apha.org about the CDC leadership exodus @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/cdc-...

CDC’s Leadership Is in Chaos. Experts React to Crumbling U.S. Public Health Systems

Public health experts warn that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s leadership crisis—sparked by the White House’s efforts to oust CDC director Susan Monarez—could jeopardize national bio...

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · Aug 28

I should've noted there's a great sale currently in effect for Scientific American's 180th anniversary (ends Sept 2, 2025). $18/year digital subscription. Or 50% off for the unlimited sub (print edition + ad-free digital access to full archive + tote combo) www.scientificamerican.com/getsciam/ 🧪

Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · Aug 28

Founded 180 years ago today, @sciam.bsky.social is the oldest continually published mag in the US. A fun history dive here to celebrate: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/report/celeb...
If you think it’s cool a science mag holds the record, please consider subscribing to kick off our next 180 years.

Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American

Since 1845, SciAm has chronicled the science shaping our world. Explore our legacy in this special anniversary package.

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Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here's to search and submit author information for settlement

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 27

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.

As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how

Part 1: is your work in Libgen?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · Aug 27

“If every author in the class filed a claim, industry advocates warned, it would "financially ruin" the entire AI industry.” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · Aug 28

Founded 180 years ago today, @sciam.bsky.social is the oldest continually published mag in the US. A fun history dive here to celebrate: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/report/celeb...
If you think it’s cool a science mag holds the record, please consider subscribing to kick off our next 180 years.

Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American

Since 1845, SciAm has chronicled the science shaping our world. Explore our legacy in this special anniversary package.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · Aug 27

Do you have questions about the near-future and COVID vaccination access? (I do.) Fortunately for us, my colleague @meghanbartels.bsky.social has answers. I'm so grateful for the information she pulled together in this article. www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-...

COVID Vaccines Are Still Saving Lives—But They Will Be Harder to Get This Year

Many questions still surround COVID vaccine access this fall, but here’s what we know so far

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · Aug 26

This TikTok video made me think of the work that @datavandals.bsky.social, @jerthorp.bsky.social + co & many other folks have done/are doing in the collaborative dataviz space. Love to see the conversations that happen as people build maps/charts together in real time. 📊 www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8B9C1sN/

On Saturday, Antonio Reynoso and I visited Brooklyn’s Summer Street, and were asked two questions: Where did we fall in love *with* New York City? And where did we fall in love *in* New York City? Wh...

TikTok video by Zohran Mamdani

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