The street mural near the White House is now in our satellite maps. Maps are powerful, symbols are powerful, and all the people who fight for lasting change are powerful. We update our maps for accuracy every day, but today we also update them in solidarity. #BlackLivesMatter

This is worth checking out. Chris very generously reviewed a couple of dashboards I created last year and his feedback was extremely useful. (He's also just a very nice guy to chat to).

Fascinating that asking people what their views are is seen as groundbreaking — but regularly we find that the public are much less polarised and better able to find consensual solutions than traditional policy-making. Time for an upgrade? Engage Britain thetimes.co.uk/article/what-h…

"If you don't educate people, they'll keep growing up in that sort of society and you'll not get meaningful change." Michael Holding and Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE say that institutionalised racism must be eradicated for the good of humanity. #BlackLivesMatter

Billions of people do not have access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation services. In this #VOTD, Tamas Varga looks at access to water and sanitation in countries around the world: tabsoft.co/38UYuIC

Congratulations Sir @CaptainTomMoore! It's a privilege to share this moment with you — and wonderful to see the recognition of your contribution to our country and NHS Charities Together 💙. 🎖️ 💙 #ThankYouNHS

Hi #datafam I thought I’d share the data on health and wealth that I'm pulling together for #IronViz The first batch is COVID data with a set of socio-demo indicators, downloadable here (CSV + Python code) drive.google.com/drive/folders/… I’ll add to it as I go. Hope it helps!

Wonderful piece from Federica Cocco on WEB Du Bois, data activism and @Data4BlackLives. We see time and again in our work on #urbanhealth that the data are not neutral. They hide all sorts of things. And they expose facts that we might not want to look at on.ft.com/32L4Jh3

Once the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., New York City has been attempting a gradual return to normal. But six weeks and four phases of reopening since the lockdown lifted, the city remains a profoundly changed place trib.al/95Hk8Oa

Pretty big moment for me when I see my O'Reilly Media book for sale on Amazon for the 1st time. Available as an e-book now, print version to come in Sept. amazon.com/Tableau-Prep-R… Thanks Jonathan Drummey Ryan Sleeper Jonathan Allenby Kimberly Bolch Dan Farmer @barnsleybeast

Check out the most excellent Kerri Langford being wise on air pollution in London.

Great to get the chance to share a few thoughts on what we're doing Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity with Tableau, maps, machine learning and all that good stuff in ComputerWeekly (UK) this week. computerweekly.com/feature/BI-not…

Can you design and build world-class data visualisations that will help us answer the most pressing questions on urban health? We're looking for a Data Analyst with a strong flair for #DataViz. Apply by 25 January bit.ly/3i1nHph #Data4Good #DataAnalytics

We are recruiting a new Data Analyst to join our team. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone to build their understanding of data analysis and to use their skills to help answer the most pressing questions on urban health. Looking for #dataviz flair!

It’s #sixnations time and I find myself testing for home-advantage in the Calcutta Cup. Data and Python scripts here - > github.com/Lord-of-Lite/6… Please have a play! The analysis is based on a great article by Shinichi Okada called 'Gentle introduction to Chi-squared'

📈 Do you want to use data to help tackle the major health challenges facing London today? We’re looking for a Data Partnership Manager with skills in building relationships & critical analysis to join our Data and Analytics team. Apply now: urbanhealth.org.uk/who-we-are/vac… #DataForGood

Come work with us! We’re hiring a Data Partnership Manager to help us improve the health of people living in cities and tackle health inequalities: lnkd.in/eVu5nPpW

In short: place matters. Overlaying data on healthy life expectancy and deprivation, we can see that health outcomes and deprivation are not uniformly spread across the boroughs – they cluster.