Rahul Bhargava
@rahulbot.bsky.social
Creative data & computational journalism. "Community Data" book eBook and pre-order available: http://communitydatabook.com
We have a lot to learn from and about trans data activism! Read a summary of new work my amazing colleagues Amelia Lee Dogan, @drnikko.bsky.social & @kanarinka.bsky.social presented at @acm-cscw.bsky.social this past fall. medium.com/acm-cscw/tra...
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
We have a lot to learn from and about trans data activism! Read a summary of new work my amazing colleagues Amelia Lee Dogan, @drnikko.bsky.social & @kanarinka.bsky.social presented at @acm-cscw.bsky.social this past fall. medium.com/acm-cscw/tra...
"Snowmageddon" incoming @bostonglobe.com? ❄️☃️
@mediacloud.bsky.social is primed and ready to track the use of apocalyptic storm names in news 🤣
@mediacloud.bsky.social is primed and ready to track the use of apocalyptic storm names in news 🤣
January 23, 2026 at 8:06 PM
"Snowmageddon" incoming @bostonglobe.com? ❄️☃️
@mediacloud.bsky.social is primed and ready to track the use of apocalyptic storm names in news 🤣
@mediacloud.bsky.social is primed and ready to track the use of apocalyptic storm names in news 🤣
My venerable Box Designer tool has been down for a while. I just ported it from Python to in-browser Javascript. Trying to last-cut snap-fit boxes with finger joints? Test it out and let me know if you find any bugs: dataculture.northeastern.edu/box-designer/
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
My venerable Box Designer tool has been down for a while. I just ported it from Python to in-browser Javascript. Trying to last-cut snap-fit boxes with finger joints? Test it out and let me know if you find any bugs: dataculture.northeastern.edu/box-designer/
So proud of the diversity of research & public-facing projects @mediacloud.bsky.social supports. Worth your attention: Trans News Initiative sources articles from our online news archive to feed into their rigorous analysis pipeline. Produces a catalog of trans-related news: transnewsinitiative.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
So proud of the diversity of research & public-facing projects @mediacloud.bsky.social supports. Worth your attention: Trans News Initiative sources articles from our online news archive to feed into their rigorous analysis pipeline. Produces a catalog of trans-related news: transnewsinitiative.org
Do you also love science museums? I continue my past studies in pedagogy by teaching a class on designing interactive educational exhibits. Students built a pop-up at Boston Cyberarts called "The Feeling is Mutual". See more about the exhibit at dataculture.northeastern.edu/teaching/the...
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Do you also love science museums? I continue my past studies in pedagogy by teaching a class on designing interactive educational exhibits. Students built a pop-up at Boston Cyberarts called "The Feeling is Mutual". See more about the exhibit at dataculture.northeastern.edu/teaching/the...
C+J is one of the few places where global journalists and academics gather to share methods, stories, and snacks! This year was no exception and I was delighted to present a paper on AI bias, run a workshop on data embodiment, and facilitate a few panels. Some takeaways 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
C+J is one of the few places where global journalists and academics gather to share methods, stories, and snacks! This year was no exception and I was delighted to present a paper on AI bias, run a workshop on data embodiment, and facilitate a few panels. Some takeaways 🧵
Excited to digest learning from our latest civic data theatre experiment 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 "The Numbers" had a two-week run at Northeastern. The student-devised play explored the company's personal data stories, and Boston's climate action plan, through _participatory theatre_ and *embodied data*.
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Excited to digest learning from our latest civic data theatre experiment 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 "The Numbers" had a two-week run at Northeastern. The student-devised play explored the company's personal data stories, and Boston's climate action plan, through _participatory theatre_ and *embodied data*.
How are researchers using @mediacloud.bsky.social online news archive? "This breadth of academic citations show Media Cloud has established itself as a key piece of digital public infrastructure". Emily Boardman Ndulue summarizes academic use in latest blog post www.mediacloud.org/blog/analysi...
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How are researchers using @mediacloud.bsky.social online news archive? "This breadth of academic citations show Media Cloud has established itself as a key piece of digital public infrastructure". Emily Boardman Ndulue summarizes academic use in latest blog post www.mediacloud.org/blog/analysi...
Boston event 📆 My "Interactivity in the Educational Museum" course is doing a popup final show at the Boston Cyberarts gallery. Join us to play with these hands-on pieces that all explore how and why we come together as community! "The Feeling is Mutual". Opening reception this Fri, Dec 5th 6-7:30
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Boston event 📆 My "Interactivity in the Educational Museum" course is doing a popup final show at the Boston Cyberarts gallery. Join us to play with these hands-on pieces that all explore how and why we come together as community! "The Feeling is Mutual". Opening reception this Fri, Dec 5th 6-7:30
Excellent first day of workshops at @infoplusconf.bsky.social! Already connecting with old friends, having my curousity sparked by hands-on activities from Jose Duarte / EasyDataViz, and being inspired by novel data storytelling from @data4change.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Excellent first day of workshops at @infoplusconf.bsky.social! Already connecting with old friends, having my curousity sparked by hands-on activities from Jose Duarte / EasyDataViz, and being inspired by novel data storytelling from @data4change.bsky.social.
Our next experimental student data theatre production is in rehearsals! So exciting to join the team to see an early run last week. In Boston and curious about creative data experiences? Keep an eye out for "The Numbers" @ Northeastern Nov 13-23. eventregistration.northeastern.edu/event/9fc996...
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Our next experimental student data theatre production is in rehearsals! So exciting to join the team to see an early run last week. In Boston and curious about creative data experiences? Keep an eye out for "The Numbers" @ Northeastern Nov 13-23. eventregistration.northeastern.edu/event/9fc996...
Excited to have @sydneypurdue.bsky.social presenting the latest in our ongoing work on data theatre at the Input Visualization Workshop at @ieeevis.bsky.social this week. Embodied methods worked to create data & build cohesion in summer workshops. Preprint at osf.io/aeu5g
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Excited to have @sydneypurdue.bsky.social presenting the latest in our ongoing work on data theatre at the Input Visualization Workshop at @ieeevis.bsky.social this week. Embodied methods worked to create data & build cohesion in summer workshops. Preprint at osf.io/aeu5g
Media Cloud data bite: the US right is talking a lot more about "abolish ice" as a narrative vs the left. These are older partisanship collections, but clearly the right isn't focused on imagining a post-ICE country. ICE was only _founded_ in 2003.
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Media Cloud data bite: the US right is talking a lot more about "abolish ice" as a narrative vs the left. These are older partisanship collections, but clearly the right isn't focused on imagining a post-ICE country. ICE was only _founded_ in 2003.
Local protest mapper tool update: had to remove ACLED due to new data restrictions, but CCC data updated 2 weeks ago. Make embeddable maps of protests in your area. Considering a bubble-map option since so many protests are happening in the same place 🤔 dataculture.northeastern.edu/local-protes...
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Local protest mapper tool update: had to remove ACLED due to new data restrictions, but CCC data updated 2 weeks ago. Make embeddable maps of protests in your area. Considering a bubble-map option since so many protests are happening in the same place 🤔 dataculture.northeastern.edu/local-protes...
Excited this week to be co-hosting a field building symposium on "New(s) Knowledge". Gathering researchers, civic technologists, funders, community-based organizations, journalists, and others working to understand and strengthen information ecosystems. Should be brain-filling!
October 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Excited this week to be co-hosting a field building symposium on "New(s) Knowledge". Gathering researchers, civic technologists, funders, community-based organizations, journalists, and others working to understand and strengthen information ecosystems. Should be brain-filling!
Tomorrow @ 3pm ET our partner @pregnancyjust.bsky.social is hosting a webinar about their data on pregnancy criminalization in the two years after the Dobbs decision, and discussing local impacts with Southern state partners. See their upcoming events: linktr.ee/pregnancyjust
September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tomorrow @ 3pm ET our partner @pregnancyjust.bsky.social is hosting a webinar about their data on pregnancy criminalization in the two years after the Dobbs decision, and discussing local impacts with Southern state partners. See their upcoming events: linktr.ee/pregnancyjust
"You only target journalists when your enemy is the truth!"
(edited version of photo found on Reddit from BBC -- Aug 11, 2025)
(edited version of photo found on Reddit from BBC -- Aug 11, 2025)
September 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"You only target journalists when your enemy is the truth!"
(edited version of photo found on Reddit from BBC -- Aug 11, 2025)
(edited version of photo found on Reddit from BBC -- Aug 11, 2025)
New @mediacloud.bsky.social feature - keep track of our "Vitals" dashboard to see system status, the volume of ingestion, web search performance, and random recent stories ingested. vitals.mediacloud.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New @mediacloud.bsky.social feature - keep track of our "Vitals" dashboard to see system status, the volume of ingestion, web search performance, and random recent stories ingested. vitals.mediacloud.org
Amazing to celebrate 5 years of Data Against Feminicide with so many inspirational peers last week👏🏽 Read the amazing report from @icruxen.bsky.social and Alessandra for reflections on the participatory AI work I've been collaborating on. qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstr...
August 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Amazing to celebrate 5 years of Data Against Feminicide with so many inspirational peers last week👏🏽 Read the amazing report from @icruxen.bsky.social and Alessandra for reflections on the participatory AI work I've been collaborating on. qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstr...
What would it look like if US news wrote about the US like they do other countries? What if they considered defending democracy a key editorial goal? Imagine this fictional WashPo homepage 🤨 Sending solidarity to all my DC family and friends.
August 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What would it look like if US news wrote about the US like they do other countries? What if they considered defending democracy a key editorial goal? Imagine this fictional WashPo homepage 🤨 Sending solidarity to all my DC family and friends.
Keeping reliable up-to-date lists of US partisan media is a constant challenge for @mediacloud.bsky.social. One approach is to amplify the work of others: @therighting.bsky.social covers right wing media reporting. We filtered & added their list to Media Cloud: search.mediacloud.org/collections/...
August 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Keeping reliable up-to-date lists of US partisan media is a constant challenge for @mediacloud.bsky.social. One approach is to amplify the work of others: @therighting.bsky.social covers right wing media reporting. We filtered & added their list to Media Cloud: search.mediacloud.org/collections/...
Join us in celebrating the 5th anniversary of the amazing Data Against Feminicide project 🎉 Including official launch of the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with Femicide Count - Kenya. calendar 📅 Aug 14 🌍 11AM EDT | 12PM ARG/BRA | 3PM BST | 6PM EAT.
mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us in celebrating the 5th anniversary of the amazing Data Against Feminicide project 🎉 Including official launch of the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with Femicide Count - Kenya. calendar 📅 Aug 14 🌍 11AM EDT | 12PM ARG/BRA | 3PM BST | 6PM EAT.
mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Quick @mediacloud.bsky.social data re-ingestion update: 2019 data now available 🎉 We're about hallway through reprocessing historical data from 2018.
July 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Quick @mediacloud.bsky.social data re-ingestion update: 2019 data now available 🎉 We're about hallway through reprocessing historical data from 2018.
Excited to be speaking for this year's @umassamherst.bsky.social Data Science for the Common Good cohort tomorrow. Ready to engage on questions of who gets to define "good" and design approaches for *contested* "good"s. ds.cs.umass.edu/programs/ds4cg
July 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Excited to be speaking for this year's @umassamherst.bsky.social Data Science for the Common Good cohort tomorrow. Ready to engage on questions of who gets to define "good" and design approaches for *contested* "good"s. ds.cs.umass.edu/programs/ds4cg
Do online news mentions in the far right predict or respond to Trump regime attacks on university presidents? Poking around with some @mediacloud.bsky.social data this week. This chart shows top 25 colleges mentioned since Jan, via entity extraction and heuristic name linking.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Do online news mentions in the far right predict or respond to Trump regime attacks on university presidents? Poking around with some @mediacloud.bsky.social data this week. This chart shows top 25 colleges mentioned since Jan, via entity extraction and heuristic name linking.