Nicole Mark (she/her)
@nicoledesignsdata.com
📊 data visualization engineer, 💊 healthcare analytics consultant, 🐶 dog mom, 🌱 vegan for the animals.
https://www.savethedogs.io
https://www.savethedogs.io
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How fast does government run? That’s up to you.
This November, there will be 5 questions on your ballot aimed at making government work more efficiently for New Yorkers. Make sure your voice is heard.
Register to vote by October 24th. Learn more about the ballot props by heading to nyc.gov/fast.
This November, there will be 5 questions on your ballot aimed at making government work more efficiently for New Yorkers. Make sure your voice is heard.
Register to vote by October 24th. Learn more about the ballot props by heading to nyc.gov/fast.
September 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
How fast does government run? That’s up to you.
This November, there will be 5 questions on your ballot aimed at making government work more efficiently for New Yorkers. Make sure your voice is heard.
Register to vote by October 24th. Learn more about the ballot props by heading to nyc.gov/fast.
This November, there will be 5 questions on your ballot aimed at making government work more efficiently for New Yorkers. Make sure your voice is heard.
Register to vote by October 24th. Learn more about the ballot props by heading to nyc.gov/fast.
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“Widow’s Bay” won big at the Emmys in an evening that underlined how television, “despite years of movie stars dominating prestige shows, remains best designed for versatile performers and textured roles,” @shirklesxp.bsky.social argues:
The Emmys Made Widow’s Bay Its Personality
The Apple TV show’s big night was fitting for a ceremony that celebrated versatile performers, not movie stars.
bit.ly
September 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“Widow’s Bay” won big at the Emmys in an evening that underlined how television, “despite years of movie stars dominating prestige shows, remains best designed for versatile performers and textured roles,” @shirklesxp.bsky.social argues:
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Between the Trump and Natalie kissing photo, and the video of Mitch McConnell’s face as he grins like a sentient whoopie cushion, today is a bad day to have eyes
September 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Between the Trump and Natalie kissing photo, and the video of Mitch McConnell’s face as he grins like a sentient whoopie cushion, today is a bad day to have eyes
The one thing you can do to help a whole lot of animals, explained in 4 charts www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The one thing you can do to help a whole lot of animals, explained in 4 charts
Why a bite of chicken hurts way more animals than a hunk of steak.
www.vox.com
September 14, 2026 at 8:33 AM
The one thing you can do to help a whole lot of animals, explained in 4 charts www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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🧵US Weekly COVID update: Sep 14, 2026
🔸1 in 92 Actively Infectious
🔸530,000 Daily Infections
🔸3,800,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸107,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸190,000 to 760,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸900 to 1,700 Weekly Excess Deaths
Source: pmc19.com
🔸1 in 92 Actively Infectious
🔸530,000 Daily Infections
🔸3,800,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸107,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸190,000 to 760,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸900 to 1,700 Weekly Excess Deaths
Source: pmc19.com
September 14, 2026 at 6:50 AM
🧵US Weekly COVID update: Sep 14, 2026
🔸1 in 92 Actively Infectious
🔸530,000 Daily Infections
🔸3,800,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸107,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸190,000 to 760,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸900 to 1,700 Weekly Excess Deaths
Source: pmc19.com
🔸1 in 92 Actively Infectious
🔸530,000 Daily Infections
🔸3,800,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸107,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸190,000 to 760,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸900 to 1,700 Weekly Excess Deaths
Source: pmc19.com
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The Russians are attacking trains right at the border of Poland, shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and top European security officials had passed through.
Kamala Harris told us how it was all going to go.
Kamala Harris told us how it was all going to go.
September 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The Russians are attacking trains right at the border of Poland, shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and top European security officials had passed through.
Kamala Harris told us how it was all going to go.
Kamala Harris told us how it was all going to go.
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It should be an event for the data visualization community that this video from 2013 that got 26 million views has just been updated. 📊
It has entered the mainstream in the way that very few dataviz have.
youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?...
It has entered the mainstream in the way that very few dataviz have.
youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?...
Wealth Inequality in America (Updated 2026)
YouTube video by politizane
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
It should be an event for the data visualization community that this video from 2013 that got 26 million views has just been updated. 📊
It has entered the mainstream in the way that very few dataviz have.
youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?...
It has entered the mainstream in the way that very few dataviz have.
youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?...
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Join me on October 1 for a #ggplot2 workshop as part of the @rinpharma.bsky.social conference! 📊
#RStats #DataViz
#RStats #DataViz
September 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Join me on October 1 for a #ggplot2 workshop as part of the @rinpharma.bsky.social conference! 📊
#RStats #DataViz
#RStats #DataViz
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📊 This week: "Dual-axis & waterfall charts" on Wednesday, Sept 16 at 6pm CET / 12pm EDT.
Get to know our newest chart types! Live Q&A included.
You can register here: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dat...
Get to know our newest chart types! Live Q&A included.
You can register here: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dat...
September 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
📊 This week: "Dual-axis & waterfall charts" on Wednesday, Sept 16 at 6pm CET / 12pm EDT.
Get to know our newest chart types! Live Q&A included.
You can register here: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dat...
Get to know our newest chart types! Live Q&A included.
You can register here: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dat...
Dirty Dancing
Name a film you've seen 10+ times.
September 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Dirty Dancing
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Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
September 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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One thing not getting as much attention re: Dario's essay. In it, he talks about the need for third party evaluators to review models for safety.
But a few days before the essay, Anthropic... refused to submit its latest models to the UK's evaluator:
www.ft.com/content/560e...
But a few days before the essay, Anthropic... refused to submit its latest models to the UK's evaluator:
www.ft.com/content/560e...
September 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
One thing not getting as much attention re: Dario's essay. In it, he talks about the need for third party evaluators to review models for safety.
But a few days before the essay, Anthropic... refused to submit its latest models to the UK's evaluator:
www.ft.com/content/560e...
But a few days before the essay, Anthropic... refused to submit its latest models to the UK's evaluator:
www.ft.com/content/560e...
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Shoutout to whoever managed to get both Bing and Google maps to list Marshall BioResources as a Prison in New York state 🎯🏅
September 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Shoutout to whoever managed to get both Bing and Google maps to list Marshall BioResources as a Prison in New York state 🎯🏅
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The sheer magnitude of this animal breeding factory farm will make you sick 💔
As you're watching this video, 14,000 beagles, 11,000 ferrets, & other animals are suffering at Marshall BioResources. Don't let another animal experience the same fate, text in TODAY!
As you're watching this video, 14,000 beagles, 11,000 ferrets, & other animals are suffering at Marshall BioResources. Don't let another animal experience the same fate, text in TODAY!
September 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The sheer magnitude of this animal breeding factory farm will make you sick 💔
As you're watching this video, 14,000 beagles, 11,000 ferrets, & other animals are suffering at Marshall BioResources. Don't let another animal experience the same fate, text in TODAY!
As you're watching this video, 14,000 beagles, 11,000 ferrets, & other animals are suffering at Marshall BioResources. Don't let another animal experience the same fate, text in TODAY!
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Happy Monday. And fuck Donald Trump.
"The Trump administration plans to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas, according to two people familiar with the proposal."
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Happy Monday. And fuck Donald Trump.
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Women as the First Open Scientists: Five Stories of the Neglected Contributions of Women in (Social) Science Reform History - Madeleine Pownall, 2026 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08912432261466293
July 24, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Women as the First Open Scientists: Five Stories of the Neglected Contributions of Women in (Social) Science Reform History - Madeleine Pownall, 2026 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08912432261466293
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Our new paper led by @josbarlow.bsky.social shows extreme heatwaves and heat-driven droughts are intensifying much faster than overall averages in #Amazonia and often severe far from deforestation frontiers
www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🌎 🧪☀️@ras-network.bsky.social #ClimateChange
www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🌎 🧪☀️@ras-network.bsky.social #ClimateChange
Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia - Communications Earth & Environment
Climate change impacts in the Amazon, particularly heat and drought extremes, are increasing faster than average climate trends, with especially rapid changes in the central-northern region that has s...
www.nature.com
September 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Our new paper led by @josbarlow.bsky.social shows extreme heatwaves and heat-driven droughts are intensifying much faster than overall averages in #Amazonia and often severe far from deforestation frontiers
www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🌎 🧪☀️@ras-network.bsky.social #ClimateChange
www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🌎 🧪☀️@ras-network.bsky.social #ClimateChange
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One of the definitions of the "surveillance state" that I operate under is when a government turns *all* methods of data and information collection---no matter what purpose it was supposed to serve, into surveillance intended for punishment.
BREAKING: EPA is launching a study of water contamination that will, for the first time, test for the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol. Anti-abortion groups consider it a major win that could pave the way for restrictions. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
POLITICO Pro: Abortion opponents claim ‘tremendous victory’ as EPA tests water for abortion pills
The new study will test for trace amounts of chemicals, pesticides and drugs — including ones used to induce abortions — in drinking water in multiple cities.
subscriber.politicopro.com
September 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
One of the definitions of the "surveillance state" that I operate under is when a government turns *all* methods of data and information collection---no matter what purpose it was supposed to serve, into surveillance intended for punishment.
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JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“Ariana Grande posted starving people to death is a red line… well who would know better about starving?”😕
Arrogant-as-ever @billmaher makes a sick joke about famine in Gaza, attacking Ariana for her weight + defending 🇮🇱’s genocide — even as 🇺🇸 overwhelmingly turns against it
Arrogant-as-ever @billmaher makes a sick joke about famine in Gaza, attacking Ariana for her weight + defending 🇮🇱’s genocide — even as 🇺🇸 overwhelmingly turns against it
September 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
“Ariana Grande posted starving people to death is a red line… well who would know better about starving?”😕
Arrogant-as-ever @billmaher makes a sick joke about famine in Gaza, attacking Ariana for her weight + defending 🇮🇱’s genocide — even as 🇺🇸 overwhelmingly turns against it
Arrogant-as-ever @billmaher makes a sick joke about famine in Gaza, attacking Ariana for her weight + defending 🇮🇱’s genocide — even as 🇺🇸 overwhelmingly turns against it
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The crowd erupts in chants of "Shame on you!" as Roger Marshall tries to explain why he sued 700 of his patients, leading to 81 arrests:
September 13, 2026 at 2:31 AM
The crowd erupts in chants of "Shame on you!" as Roger Marshall tries to explain why he sued 700 of his patients, leading to 81 arrests:
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Ted Cruz is aggressively booed in Austin, Texas: “Ted, you suck!”
September 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Ted Cruz is aggressively booed in Austin, Texas: “Ted, you suck!”