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The Danger of Minimalist Design (& the death of detail) A short thread...

This is what is taught in college. Here’s the 1 million most common readings from over 7M syllabi. Bigger dots are assigned more often & readings often assigned together are closer: galaxy.opensyllabus.org You can also see readings listed in many ways: opensyllabus.org

Twelve fundamental considerations for #dataviz practitioners, shared with such simplicity and elegance from Giorgia Lupi and Paolo Ciuccarelli. While the lessons center our collective experience with COVID visualizations, they are widely applicable. #design medium.com/@giorgialupi/d…

Here are the big takeaways from the IPCC Synthesis Report released today. First, climate change has already caused widespread and substantial losses to almost every aspect of human life on this planet, and the impacts on future generations depend on the choices we make NOW.

Second, protecting existing forests is more important than planting trees A forest of mature trees is also an irreplaceable community of beings that provides essential services, while a plantation of saplings is not 3/3

There was some discussion around colormaps recently, but like most of cognitive science, multiple factors contribute to how colormaps impact performance. Let's have a little 🧵 on some factors that can impact performance relative to the number of color categories:

Thailand 🇹🇭 just measured over 45°C for the first time on record. A new national heat record has been set. A brutal heatwave tightens its grip across more than a dozen countries in Asia. [THREAD]