Miriam Quick

Two Loud Numbers sonification workshops online this autumn! www.tickettailor.com/events/loudn...

Curious about data-driven sound but don't know where to start? Try Create Your First Sonification. If you have more experience, Storytelling With Sonification is an advanced deep dive into creating narratives with data-driven sound.

This looks like a pretty exciting book!

Tiziana Alocci@tiziana.bsky.social

Hey #datafam, I’m proud to tell you that my first book “Absent Data: Why Gaps, Uncertainty, and Invisible Data Matter” is available for pre-orders! 🔗 www.tizianaalocci.com/absent-data-... ...and to discover more: substack.com/@tizianaaloc... Stay tuned for updates, book launch parties & more!

🔊Sound on! We made the Financial Symphony with Axicom for Sage: string quartet + electronics, built from 11 years of anonymised business data from the UK, US, France & South Africa. Here’s how it was made 🧵

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Electronics: pulses tuned to a stack of open fifths, one per rand of South African payroll, euro cent of French payroll and $10 of US payouts. Percussion is hand-recorded taps and knocks, working like a chart axis: you hear time pass.

youtube.comThe Sound of Business | Financial Symphony by Sage x Loud NumbersYouTube video by Sage

As always: no AI in the composition. I wrote the string parts by hand, on paper. Duncan Geere recorded the percussion himself, using samples of real-world sounds. Full making-of (4 min): www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMOx... Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/6wBaCa... More: www.loudnumbers.net

Strings: 1 bar = 1 quarter, Q1 2015 to Q1 2026, at 52 BPM. Payment speed was sorted into nine bands, each with its own rhythm: the faster invoices got paid, the shorter the opening note and the busier the bar. Volume = average invoice size, pp to ff.

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Aaron Becker@aaronjbecker.bsky.social

The average colour of Europe, one day at a time for two years. Scandinavia and the Alps turn white every winter, the green rolls north through spring, and Spain, Italy and Greece bake gold all summer. Data: NASA MODIS, Eurostat GISCO #dataviz #maps #Europe

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Andy Kirk

@visualisingdata.com

6 Aug

Thank you to Melissa Kirsch for including 'The Seinfeld Chronicles' project in the New York Times 'Good List' newsletter which brings "6 Things to Add Delight to Your Day" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/b... (and thanks to @nigelblue.bsky.social for the heads up!)

29 June

Remember The Seinfeld Chronicles? @visualisingdata.com’s massive dataviz deep dive into Seinfeld now has a digital edition – enhanced with sound and video. At Loud Numbers, Duncan Geere and I built a data-to-music engine for all 176 episodes. Fun, silly, rigorous. 👉 seinfeld.visualisingdata.com

visualisingdata.comExplore Explain Final Episode: Live Webinar! - Data Viz Excellence, EverywhereOn Monday 29th June I will be hosting and recording a live episode of my 'Explore Explain' video and podcast series. This will be the final episode of season 6. It will also be the final episode ever!

15 June

The Seinfeld Chronicles, digital edition, will be launched next week. It’s a giant, sound-enhanced data experience all about Seinfeld. Join @visualisingdata.com, @annemariedufour.bsky.social, Duncan Geere and me on 29 June to find out how we made it. Register 👉 visualisingdata.com/2026/06/expl...

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Andy Kirk

@visualisingdata.com

10 June

The final ever episode of 'Explore Explain' will be a recorded live webinar on 29 June 1pm (UTC) where I and my brilliant collaborators will both explore and explain the creative process behind the new digital edition of 'The Seinfeld Chronicles'. Register now! visualisingdata.com/2026/06/expl...

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Sentient

@sentientmedia.org

4 June

Ready-to-eat meats, like hot dogs and deli meats, are responsible for at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings, a Sentient analysis found. @greymoran.bsky.social and @miriamquick.bsky.social report:

buff.lyReady to Recall: These Meats Are Behind 40% of USDA Food WarningsA Sentient analysis reveals that at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings over the past decade are linked to ready-to-eat meats, such as deli meats, hot dogs and pâté.

sentientmedia.orgReady to Recall: These Meats Are Behind 40% of USDA Food WarningsA Sentient analysis reveals that at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings over the past decade are linked to ready-to-eat meats, such as deli meats, hot dogs and pâté.

1 June

At least 40% of USDA food recalls are for ready-to-eat meat: deli meats, hot dogs, pâté. Piece by @greymoran.bsky.social and me: sentientmedia.org/recall-these...

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Clara Murray

@claradoodle.bsky.social

12 May

Just when you thought there was no possible way to do a fresh data angle on the Eurovision... Love this look at the lyrics by @puntofisso.bsky.social puntofisso.net/eurovision/

puntofisso.net70 years of love, empowerment, and freedom. Here's a look at Eurovision by its lyrics.Famous for its upbeat rhythms, flamboyant performances, and political voting patterns, Eurovision has another dimension that moves with the zeitgeist: its song lyrics.

29 Apr

I designed the graphics for this important story by @mccoolingtons.bsky.social and @ludovicparsons.bsky.social. Take care when reading, topic is upsetting.

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org

Content warning: trans suicide, self-harm and death Trans people are dying of suicide more than the general UK population our new investigation with @wearequeeraf.com shows ⬇️ https://goodlaw.social/p8ha

nihcm.orgTrade Journalism Award FinalistsRecognizing excellence in writing for a specialized audience

13 Apr

Proud to have played a part in this project

Tara Haelle@tarahaelle.bsky.social

I'm super proud that our @sciam.bsky.social T1 diabetes pkg is a finalist for @nihcm.bsky.social Trade Journalism Award Finalists. @lizszabo.bsky.social @miriamquick.bsky.social @jeanna.bsky.social @jenchristiansen.com @rachelnuwer.bsky.social @laurenjyoung.bsky.social nihcm.org/awards/trade...

bbc.co.ukNick Grimshaw - Toheeb Jimoh - BBC SoundsToheeb Jimoh. star of Ted Lasso and Industry joins Nick to discuss his favourite music.

13 Jan

I went on the Nick Grimshaw show on BBC 6 Music talking about turning data into music, and about visualising David Bowie’s Space Oddity. Listen back from 1:41:30 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Grey Moran

@greymoran.bsky.social

24 Nov 2025

Turkey industry workers make around $18 per hour, at great risk to their health. @miriamquick.bsky.social & I looked at the 351 injuries - from severed fingers to injured corneas - suffered by the workers who produce the turkey many will enjoy in the coming days sentientmedia.org/the-hidden-c...

sentientmedia.orgHeat Exhaustion, Amputated Fingers, Crushed Limbs: The Hidden Cost of American TurkeyThree charts reveal details of the 351 workplace injuries experienced by turkey industry workers in 2024, which include severed fingers, injured corneas and musculoskeletal disorders.

nytimes.comHow to Win Eurovision in 7 Easy Steps

15 May 2025

I crunched the numbers for this @nytimes.com piece by Alex Marshall on how to win Eurovision. What would you add to this list? Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/a...

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Ed Hawkins

@edhawkins.org

17 Apr 2025

87 years ago. In April 1938, Guy Callendar published the first evidence from thermometer observations that the world’s land areas were warming. He also linked the observed warming to the increase in atmospheric CO₂ from burning coal. 87 years ago. rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

datarescueproject.orgCurrent EffortsThere are many individuals, organizations, and community-based efforts to capture and preserve data in early 2025. Below are the efforts we are aware of and their collecting scopes. This list was deve...

21 Mar 2025

If you want to join the broader US govt data rescue efforts, there’s a list of ways to help at www.datarescueproject.org/current-effo...

Leah Feiger@leahfeiger.bsky.social

researchers are rushing to save US government data on trans youth before it disappears -- and vowing to keep the resources online. read @waterslicer.bsky.social:

wired.comResearchers Rush to Save US Government Data on Trans Youth—Before It DisappearsIn the face of the Trump administration's anti-trans efforts, researchers and volunteers around the world are backing up federally-funded studies, and vowing to keep the resources online.

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Saloni

@scientificdiscovery.dev

15 Mar 2025

Estimates by @charlesjkenny.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social: US foreign aid likely prevents 2.3 to 5.6 million deaths annually, largely in Africa. And that a complete disruption would result in over 4000 lives lost per day.

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Ilya Kashnitsky

@ikashnitsky.phd

14 Mar 2025

A huge shoutout to @christian.czymara.com 🙌 who created a customised #rstats chatgpt called Code Nerd that replies only with bare code. It's absolutely magnificent 😍 chatgpt.com/g/g-J5futwiV...

theconversation.comHow poor sleep could fuel belief in conspiracy theoriesBy prioritising good sleep we may be able to boost our ability to think critically and resist misinformation.

13 Mar 2025

Interesting. Sleeping badly is linked with belief in conspiracy theories theconversation.com/how-poor-sle...

whoownsengland.orgHuge win! Government announces plan to open up Land RegistryThis post is by Guy Shrubsole. Today the UK Government has announced plans to open up the Land Registry – which, if delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wale…

6 Mar 2025

Good news! The current lack of transparency about UK land ownership is ridiculous.

Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social

Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/

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Owen Winter

@owenwntr.bsky.social

28 Feb 2025

After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

simonpcouch.github.ioHigh Performance, Low Friction Large Language Model ChatIntroduces a Copilot-like completion experience, but it knows how to talk to the objects in your R environment. ellmer chats are integrated directly into your RStudio and Positron sessions, automatica...

24 Feb 2025

So I’ve just discovered you can use the R packages gander and ellmer to chat with AI assistants directly in RStudio. Sooooo much easier than copy pasting chunks of code into ChatGPT. simonpcouch.github.io/gander/

24 Feb 2025

The main advantage, apart from less faff and finger strain, is that the AI has access to your full environment, so knows what’s in your dataframe, what objects you’ve created etc. No more long queries that start ‘I have a dataframe, df’ 😂

24 Feb 2025

Ofc this is also a potential privacy risk if you’re working with sensitive data so use appropriately.

19 Feb 2025

New bedtime reading

scientificamerican.comHidden Patterns in Folk Songs Reveal How Music EvolvedSongs and speech across cultures suggest music developed similar features around the world

Old post but I just joined Bluesky so here you go ❤️

Jen Christiansen@jenchristiansen.com

The minute we decided to cover research about folk songs with Scientific American’s Graphic Science treatment, I knew I wanted to see what Duncan Geere & Miriam Quick from the podcast/collab Loud Numbers would cook up. Here’s the result www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidd... 🧪📊

on.ft.comEurope reels after Trump announces US-Russia talks over UkraineGermany criticises US for making ‘public concessions to Putin before negotiations have even begun’

What the actual Europe reels after Trump announces US-Russia talks over Ukraine on.ft.com/40VnfzW

manifest.audioSIGNAL 001 Why Sonify? — MANIFEST AUDIOManifest Audio provides creative music production tools for Ableton Live: Max for Live effects, modulators, sequencers, and more - for studio, stage, and beyond...

“In a visually-dominant culture, sound can mobilize inanimate data into affective experience that resonates beyond the intellect, bypassing typical information processing, giving voice to the unheard.” @noahpred.bsky.social’s article on sonification is a must-read 👇 manifest.audio/signal-001-w...