Day 1 of the #30DayChartChallenge. Theme: Parts-to-whole At @hellothibi we have been prototyping a data storytelling tool and I will be using it to create charts over the next 30 days.

We knew very little about how LLMs actually work...until now. @AnthropicAI just dropped the most insane research paper, detailing some of the ways AI "thinks." And it's completely different than we thought. Here are their wild findings: 🧵

Filipino journalist @jaemark started on a project to see if he could use AI to create a tool that would allow anyone to interact with the Philippines’ budget more easily. Here’s how he did it:👇 twp.ai/1THfjS

What a beautiful personal site

Submissions now open. Meet the Sigmas 2025 jury and prize committee. @yanoak @thibi_co part of the jury again this year 💯 sigmaawards.org/meet-the-sig…

This is very sound. If I had one piece of 2018 advice for literally everyone, it would be to talk, loudly and frequently and in detail, about the future you want. You can't manifest what you don't share. x.com/rakdaddy/status/947527…

Join us for this webinar where we invite a long-time #Myanmar watcher and scholar to discuss preliminary findings about Myanmar’s 2024 census. Sign up here - iseas.edu.sg/mec-events/myan… #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

#𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴_𝗡𝗼𝘄: #SJF24 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 “𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜: 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝗲.” Join @yanoak Founder of @thibi_co as he shares insightful tips to utilize AI effectively #ScienceJournalism #SJF24

So, life got in the way of doing my #100DaysOfCode project but I'm back! Now that I have finally gathered all the data, I spent Day 15 putting it all into a JSON for the front end Day 16 building a simple version of the UI! Here's some book recommendations from @ezraklein show

This paper explores DRC and Zambia’s plans to build a regional battery industry, leveraging their copper & cobalt resources, while navigating governance, geopolitical challenges, and international partnerships. afripoli.org/a-battery-indus… By Patience Mususa, Michel Shengo Lutandula

#SJF24 Welcomes New Voices 🎙️ We’re thrilled to introduce additional speakers joining the SJF24 lineup! Join us for engaging discussions on science journalism with these remarkable professionals: @yanoak: Founder of Thibi, advocating for data journalism, civic tech, and open data to empower independent media and civil society through technology. Teresa Sofia Castro: Professor and researcher at Lusófona University, and member of the Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies (CICANT). @anilananth: Award-winning journalist and author contributing to Quanta, Scientific American, Nature, and New Scientist, focusing on complex scientific topics. Stay tuned for more updates! sciencejf.com/shop/ #ScienceJournalism #SJF24 #Journalism #Innovation

Oh, finally!

Staying up late tonight from Thailand to attend @newsproduct #NPASummit. First session is about experimenting with AI safely, collaboratively (and cheaply) in a small, non-profit newsroom presented by @restofworld and @HacksHackers

From realising the Earth is not the center of the universe, to the death of God, to the now being on the verge of dethroning intelligence as the thing that sets us apart. The more we learn, the more we are humbled.

Can someone explain to me what people mean when they say "AI will solve climate change"? Dude, we KNOW how to solve the problem already, there's just no political will to do it.

The fentanyl funnel: How narcos sneak deadly chemicals through the U.S. Amazing work here from @daisychungart and our @specialreports colleagues reuters.com/investigates/spe…

Meanwhile, we have brutally breached 6 planetary boundaries so far: There are 9 planetary boundaries which allow human beings to thrive on Earth; and we have destroyed 6 of them, so far, and are continuing the destruction at pace 1 Climate change: Atmospheric CO2 levels are at a 15-million-year high, and global mean temperatures are now higher than at any point since human civilizations emerged on Earth 2 We've destroyed the resilience, adaptability and the capacity of Earth's biosphere to protect us by crossing the biosphere integrity of our planetary boundary 3 We've destroyed our forests possibly beyond repair 4 We are putting our water resources at risk, and we can no longer take our freshwater resources for granted 5 We've exceeded beyond any reasonable safety level the biogeochemical flows on which we depend because our use of phosphorus and nitrogen in agriculture has destroyed our environment, cue unsustainable levels of water pollution, eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, and "dead zones" in freshwater and marine ecosystems 6 Big Oil has introduced such vast quantities of synthetic chemicals and plastics that we have disrupted critical Earth system processes possibly beyond repair (e.g., CFCs notably damaged the ozone layer), ecosystems (e.g., pesticides causing significant declines in insect and pollinator populations), and endangered everyone's health through the contamination of soil and water bodies, everyone breathing and drinking and eating plastic and the alteration of natural habitats pik-potsdam.de/en/institute/…

Welp! It's been a crazy week at work so I barely had any time for my #100DaysOfCode side project. Here's some updates: Day 11: scraped podcast guest pics which I forgot Day 12: set up sveltekit for web app Day 13: too busy with day job and skipped Day 14: more setting up web app

I'll be on a panel next week talking about how we can use #dataviz to monitor online illegal wildlife trade. For this project, @thibi_co collaborated with @kontinentalist_ to design and develop a microsite to visualise data collected by @GI_TOC. Ma @thinink will be moderating!