Haluka Maier-Borst

Screenshot from https://posit.co/conf-pricing-2025/ showing the posit conf virtual ticket pricing. $99 for standard virtual ticket, $49 for Government and Non-profit employees, and Free for students, academics, and needs-based attendees. There are hand-drawn doodles by Libby that highlight each option and one note says "Plus, Virtual Day!"

People keep telling me they can't afford to attend #PositConf2025 next week, so I need to make a public service announcement: attending virtually is very affordable (or free!) & is amazing! Get registered & hangout with me on the Discord server!! #databs #rstats #python

Based on Economist/YouGov, Trump is underwater with every demographic group except White people - and just barely above water with White people.

If you want to read the full article, here is the link. www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...

If you have other examples of alternative data to track the status of the US economy, please shoot.

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Last but not least, shipping prices for containers to the US have been on a decline as well. This has been a trend that is not specific to #Trump. However, it further shows that the war over tariffs might become less problematic for the US economy in months to come. (3/X)

The high number of bankruptcies is further worsened by the fact that private credit default rates are also at a high level – if you also count "restricted defaults". So defaults that might not come from bankruptcies but from companies delaying their payment etc. #bankrupt (2/X)

How do you deal with the fact that official #USeconomy data is getting patchier and of lesser quality? I tried to look at indicators that are not under control by the government. Here is what I found for Handelsblatt.

Bankrupcies of larger firms are as high as in 2010.

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European missile maker linked to deadly Gaza bombings Israel is coming under increasing scrutiny for its attacks on Gaza. Europe’s biggest missile manufacturer, MBDA, is supplying key components of bombs that Israel launches.

Während Frankreich oder Deutschland nach eigenen Angaben keine offensiven Waffen für Israels Krieg im Gaza mehr genehmigen, liefert eine US-Filiale der Airbus-Tochter MBDA weiter Schlüsselkomponenten für US-Gleitbomben, die Israel in Gaza einsetzt www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...

Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean? Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species

Orcas have been documented appearing to gift rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers. This could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species.

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back

This is such a powerful piece of modern journalism. A combination of work on the ground, data journalism and visualisation. All telling the tragic, brutal story of 'death traps' in #Gaza. www.ft.com/content/6c74...

Man (ich) kann dezent genervt sein, weil mal wieder solche News auf einen Sonntag verarzten muss. Aber man muss von Glück reden, dass Trump noch nicht ans FIRMS der NASA seine Axt angelegt hat. #dataviz #satelliteimagery #iran

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Stammtischbrüder und -Schwestern aufgepasst. Wer wissen will, wie nutzlos eine Wärmepumpe ist, kann sich seine Vorurteile bestätigen lassen. Oder auch nicht. Dank unseres Dämmrechners (€).

Danke an Phil, Philip, Michel und Johanna und den Kollegen Hinterberger vom Finanzenteam.

Norbert Röttgen @n_roettgen postet auf X Ich wünsche Ihnen frohe und erholsame Pfingsttage! Darunter ist ein Foto, das Norbert Röttgen mit seinem Hund zeigt. Er blickt den Hund direkt an. Es wirkt, als ob er gerade mit dem Hund spricht.

Norbert Röttgen ist einfach ein Gentleman der alten Schule.

Er siezt sogar seinen Hund.

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

re:publica 25: Nadia Zaboura - Verlorenes Medienvertrauen, gefährdete Demokratie? YouTube video by re:publica

Deutsche Medien, wir müssen reden.

Jetzt online:
Mein Vortrag „Verlorenes Medienvertrauen, gefährdete Demokratie?“ auf der republica 2025.

Thema: die deutsche Berichterstattung über Palästina und Israel.
Und ihre Auswirkungen auf Vertrauen in Medien, Zusammenhalt und Demokratie.

Ein Thread:

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Who is "they" and what was "Israel's plan" all along? You can condemn the Israeli government and its forces' action without claiming that every Israeli is endorsing this. You can rightfully criticise Hamas without making every Palestinian a terrorist. If you want black and white, get back to X pls.

How Israel is forcing Gazans off their land FT analysis of evacuation orders and satellite imagery shows Palestinians being squeezed into an ever denser sliver of territory

www.ft.com/content/ba6e...

Brilliant, yet painful job by the @data.ft.com team to put this (in)humanitarian crisis into perspective. What Gazans had as land per person before the war. And what Gazans might end up with having. #gaza #dataviz

How a Cup of Tea Laid the Foundations for Modern Statistical Analysis Scientific experiments run today are based on research practices that evolved out of a British tea-tasting experiment in the 1920s.

Ever since I dug into this story while researching Proof, and realised I was doing tea sub-optimally, I’ve been overthinking all other hot drink making…

www.wired.com/story/how-a-...

Sehr viel KI auf der #republica.

Ein Thema, die mich interessiert, das ich aber im Programm nicht gefunden habe:

Wenn wir verweigern, dass KI mit unserem 'guten' Content 'gefüttert' wird, wird der Bias dann nicht noch stärker?

Gibt's dazu Forschung?

Wir haben das AfD-Gutachten des Verfassungsschutzes digitalisiert und machen die Zitate durchsuchbar, die das BfV als Belege für die Bestrebungen der Partei gegen die freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung heranzieht: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

Stellenangebot Werkstudierende für das Datenjournalismus-Team (gn) bei HANDELSBLATT MEDIA GROUP Jobportal Redaktion in Berlin, Düsseldorf

Dream job alert for students! 👇
karriere.handelsblattgroup.com/Werkstudiere...
in @halukamb.bsky.social's team

Fighting a War with Data Journalism: Ukraine’s Texty and the Battle for Truth The team at the award-winning data journalism outlet suspected that Russia would invade — they could see clues in the data. We profile the team and their work combating false conflict narratives.

“We won’t have data journalism in Ukraine if we don’t have Ukraine.”

— @lemishka.bsky.social, @texty.org head of data journalism.

In this piece for GIJN, Peter Georgiev writes about the team's mission, combatting disinformation and battling for truth in wartime: https://twp.ai/1VGzAT

Dürrekarte Deutschland

Heute ist der 22. März (Weltwassertag) und in fast ganz Deutschland sind die oberen Bodenschichten ausgetrocknet.
Die Karten des UFZ Dürremonitors weisen sogar extreme Dürre in vielen Landesteilen aus.
Das sollte man ernst nehmen. Anstatt über die Abschaffung des Umweltministeriums zu fabulieren.

Weil das wichtig ist: Hier eine kurze Einordnung, was Masern so gefährlich macht (unter anderem)

Die Gefahr ist, dass wir als Gesellschaft vergessen, wie lebensrettend Impfungen sind

Zum Schluss des Videos hab ich dazu eine hilfreiche Info-Grafik eingebettet

Only three chapters in on this, but can vouch for it!

Two gems seen at a museum visit today:
1) monsoon and trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean from 1860
#dataviz #maps

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there's a certain kind of grifter whose whole bit is stringing together 500-word versions of "hacking the mainframe... I'm in". people who pay for twitter like to then fawn over how brilliant these people are. mostly harmless, except when they have the ear of someone dismantling our government