David Blood @david@4estate.media

I feel seen, @github

The new @mybandowen record is phenomenal

Converted the #webgl flight paths animation I made for @benmarinojourno@twitter.com's fascinating video into an @observablehq@twitter.com notebook 👉 https://observablehq.com/@davidbjourno/chinas-coronavirus-aviation-shutdown-animated I know we only care about line charts now but anyway there it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJqp-BJCoY

Historic graphic
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RT @nytimes@twitter.activitypub.actor
The timing could not have been worse. Hundreds of millions of people in China were about to travel back to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year.

Here’s how the virus got out. https://nyti.ms/3ba2Knw
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1241748998031052804

On mental health lockdown from Twitter for the foreseeable. Stay safe, everyone, and keep a level head ✊

The first rule of coronavirus club is you do not talk about coronavirus club because everyone gets pissed off at absolutely everything anyone says about it

Inexplicably well-regarded users predictably presenting themselves as knowledgeable about epidemiology in order to bash others on here for raising qs re: coronavirus reporting. Reminder that, as much-missed Mark Fisher warned, this is the Vampires' Castle https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/

Watching the #NICAR20 channel in the News Nerdery Slack transform into a support group for self-isolators is a little sad but also strangely delightful

*Self*-isolation might actually be a refreshing change 🙃
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RT @IRE_NICAR
IRE learned today that a #NICAR20 attendee tested positive with COVID-19 today. To ensure the safety of our attendees and community, IRE is notifying conference attendees now so that individuals can make their own decisions on how best to proceed. https://www.ire.org/archives/41054 (1/5)
https://twitter.com/IRE_NICAR/status/1237541815076532224

Good thing we Brits are far too sensible for all that panic-buying malarkey 🤨

December’s gonna be wild

👆 #NICAR20 (🤦‍♂️)

Workshop over and I. Can. Finally. Breathe. Anxiety is no joke!

Thanks to the brave souls who found their way there; slides and workbooks are 👉 https://github.com/davidbjourno/nicar20-exploratory-dataviz In-depth, witty and erudite tipsheet to follow in short order

“Does anyone here know how to use… Windows?” This is how I know I’m with my people #NICAR20

So far, everything about “The Big Easy” has been weirdly difficult

(Attendees: I‘ll be petrified, so if you could see your way to going easy on me, that‘d be 👌)

It's tagged as "advanced" skill level on the schedule but it's really not. Mostly hello-world stuff with a sprinkling of obscure tips 'n' tricks that ought to be genuinely useful quote-unquote in real life