#geekoftheweek

[aliciathomasart]

Snow Golem to Fire Wolf Pup: "You look real good, nice home." Lovely Heather gets this week's #geekoftheweek for this too cute #adventuretime piece! A handsome little #firewolf and a very sweet #snowgolem for the win. More ADVENTURE TIME pieces, please and thank you! Thank you for letting me add a few more to your collection this time around, girl! Aliciathomas_art@yahoo.com Done at the @bostontattoocompany * * * * * #aliciathomas #aliciathomas_art #aliciascorner #ladytattooers #flashworkers #supportgoodtattooing #boston #bostontattoo #bostontattoocompany #somerville #617 #supportlocalartists #northeasterntattooers #boldwillhold #villainarts #bright_and_bold #tattooing #villainarts #tattooistartmag #SullenArtCollective #nerdytattoo #nerdtattoo #geektattoo #videogametattoo #gamerink @where_they_tat @masstattoonetwork @northeasterntattooers @ladytattooers @villainarts @thesolidink (at Boston Tattoo Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Gc6WOh9Rs/?igshid=1hwvo6pwutsl2

[9jatalkradio1]

#Didyouknowradiochallenge: Meet Carl Malamud ( @carlmalamud on Twitter), the man who Invented the First Internet Radio Station In the Whole World in 1993, entitled "Internet Talk Radio". Little Bio: Carl Malamud (born 2 July 1959) is an American technologist, author, and public domain advocate, known for his foundation Public.Resource.Org . He founded the Internet Multicasting Service. During his time with this group, he was responsible for developing the first Internet radio station, for putting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 's EDGAR database on-line, and for creating the Internet 1996 World Exposition. ... @archivohistoricoea4do @boys.archive @world_history_book @museum_media @9jatalkradio @radiomediang @radiocast.ng @primusmediacity @ibadanradio @radio_mag_niger_state @nigerianoap @theoapsplug #geekoftheweek #internettalkradio #nigeriaradiocommunity #Radiofacts #Radio4all #Radioarchive #radioarchive #radiomuseum #radiohistory #carlmalamud #naijaradiocommunity #9jatalkradio https://www.instagram.com/p/CJE6AQrD03Y/?igshid=de319r3vm2jz

[jeekoftheweek]

2010 jeekoftheweek, geekoftheweek

[geekoutsacramento]

Found this gem out there on the internets. Loving how Sacramento has geeked out en masse over this #eclipse. Also digging how Jerry here is rocking some old school science -- and doing it in style. (via Jerry H. Yamashita on Instagram: “Science! ☀️”)

[skybotfilm]

This week's 'Geek of the Week' is Kenny Cosplay Stuff! His cosplays are amazing. Well crafted, accurate and very detailed. Here's a photo by Twisted Vision of his Chappie cosplay from the film 'Chappie' @kennycosplaystuff #Geekoftheweek #cosplay #geek #nerd #kennycosplaystuff #twistedvision #skybot

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17 January 2020

2020 vision

(Yes, of course I was going to do that eventually. Yes, 2020 hindsight will inevitably be a headline at some point.)

Whitehall Monitor 2020, our flagship report on the size, shape and performance of government, with lots of lovely #dataviz, will be out over the weekend/early next week. More in next week's edition, but we may be able to squeeze you into Tuesday lunchtime's launch event, where - after I outline some of the key conclusions - a brilliant panel will discuss what's in store for government in 2020. Come! Or watch the livestream.

Trending

Yesterday, I took part in a (really enjoyable) launch event for NatCen's new report looking at 50 years of social trends. We touched on optimism (think Our World in Data or the Roslings showing how things have improved globally) versus pessimism (dig beyond the headlines and there are some surprising facts - and, you know, climate change, geopolitics, etc etc etc), long-term policy making and the difficulties of working across government, the need to go beyond aggregated and headline data, and the need for government to just get better at data in the widest sense.

Nice question from former national statistician, Jil Matheson, in response to a mention I made of decision-ready information - how do we get information-ready policy-makers? I'm not sure this recent Ipsos MORI report is hugely encouraging on our prospects... but I think talking about 'data' in a way that makes sense to 'non data people' and conveys its importance, and increasing the political costs of not using information well, are parts of the solution. And I don't think any of us quite knows, yet, how to navigate a transformed information ecosystem around politics and political information.

A second Cummings

Just to add briefly to last week... I don't think it's an earth-shatteringly original prediction to say there'll be a lot of stories about the use and abuse of personal data this year (the New Year Honours 'leak' was a fitting start to 2020 in that respect). But I'm not sure the last few paragraphs of this article, which discuss targeting content at the public (content that 'really engages people') and a unit modelled on the Tory election campaign, are getting quite the attention they deserve. For all the excitement about what could come out of Downing Street on data, we don't have much detail yet. And you may remember the hoohah about data from GOV.UK being used 'to allow targeted and personalised information to be gathered, analysed and fed back actively to support key decision making'.

I wonder (genuine question) if people would feel differently about such data being used to improve the delivery of digital public services versus government using it to target information at people. Many governments are working out the place of government comms in a disintermediated world (decline of gatekeepers like newspapers, governments/corporations/charities etc can communicate directly with the public), but where is the line? As per the joint civil society letter last year, government needs to have conversations about how it uses personal data in public and with the public, otherwise we might squander the opportunity to use such data ethically and intelligently for the public good. </ramble>

Some other points in brief:

Invitations to the first Data Bites of the year will hopefully be going out very soon - for 6pm on Thursday 6 February. (We'll be back to the first Wednesday of the month after that.) Catch up with previous events here.

It's the Masters snooker at Ally Pally this week. I'd almost forgotten I'd played around with some snooker dataviz from last year's world championships. (And if you're wondering why I'm not even attempting any snooker puns, it's because they're all in the post. You have been warned.)

Very sorry not to be at UKGovCamp this weekend, but I hope everyone has a fantastic (and productive) time. I'll be following along here.

And keep an eye out and ears open (and any other body parts in the appropriate position, for that matter) for the latest IfG Inside Briefing podcast later. There will be music. Previous sonifications here.

Have a great weekend

Gavin

Today's links:

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Politics and parliament

BAME, LGBT and women MPs by party (Ketaki for IfG - and Peston #GeekoftheWeek)

# of days between laying and approval of each draft affirmative instrument from the 17/19 Parliamentary session (Phil Gorman)

Mapping the Places (House of Commons Library)

Labour leadership and deputy leadership nominations (CLP Nominations, via Tim)

US politics

Who's still in the Democratic presidential race? (Vox, via Ketaki)

How the Democratic Presidential Field Has Narrowed* (New York Times)

Who Won The January Democratic Debate? (FiveThirtyEight)

How map makers will win the 2020 US election* (FT)

Openness

3 Out of 10 UK Government Departments Meeting 2020 Targets for Aid Transparency (Publish What You Fund)

Freedom of Information (Institute for Government)

Environment

2019 Was the Second-Hottest Year Ever, Closing Out the Warmest Decade* (New York Times)

2019 capped world’s hottest decade in recorded history* (Washington Post)

Everything else

The Big Mac index* (The Economist)

Progress and Popularity: Facing the Disillusioned in a New Decade (NatCen)

Global Advisor Predictions (Ipsos MORI)

In charts: Europe’s demographic time-bomb* (FT)

Finding the Worst, Highest-Paid NBA Player, Ever (The Pudding)

The Secret to a Perfect Mari...mekko? (Tableau Fringe Festival)

Meta data

AI and algorithms

Technology Can't Fix Algorithmic Injustice (Boston Review)

Joseph Stiglitz on artificial intelligence: 'We’re going towards a more divided society' (The Guardian)

Ethical algorithm design should guide technology regulation (Brookings)

Beyond Bias: Contextualizing “Ethical AI” Within the History of Exploitation and Innovation in Medical Research (Chelsea Barabas)

Researchers: Are we on the cusp of an ‘AI winter’? (BBC News)

Skillz

How we’re working to transform the way we work with data (Citizens Advice)

It’s a kind of magic… (Government Statistical Service)

Whitehall needs more scientists to compete with China: chief adviser (The Observer)

Global problems need social science (Hetan Shah for Nature)

What Researchers Think About the Culture They Work In (Wellcome)

Evidence

One Year In, the Evidence Act is Producing Results (Nextgov)

Inside the world’s ‘what works’ teams (What Works)

Social media data needed for 'harm' research, say doctors (BBC News)

Everything else

Sadiq Khan calls for evolution of London Datastore (Computer Weekly)

Charting the Next Three Years for OGP (Open Government Partnership)

What if everyone just said 'Nah' to tracking? (The Register)

Microsoft makes 'carbon negative' pledge (BBC News)

Exposing the problem with default data* (FT)

EU considers temporary ban on facial recognition in public spaces* (Politico)

The fourth industrial revolution could lead to a dark future (The Conversation)

MI5 chief sees tech as biggest challenge and opportunity* (FT)

Opportunities

EVENT: What is in store for government this year? Whitehall Monitor 2020 Launch (Institute for Government)

JOB: Policy/Programme Manager - Central Government (techUK)

JOB: Researcher (Social Policy/Public Policy) (Ada Lovelace Institute)

JOB: Senior Analyst (Engage Britain)

JOBS: Senior Quantitative Data Analysts (NatCen)

Introduction to the Data Science Accelerator programme (GDS, GO Science, ONS)

EVENT: Citizen Beta 2020 #26

And finally...

Data

"Oh no it isn't!" "Oh yes it is!" (Andy Riley)

WHAT I LEARNED TRYING TO COPYRIGHT MY OWN FEET (MEL)

Climate, inequality, hunger: which global problems would you fix first? (The Guardian, via Katie)

Reveals the music behind names (Clarallel, via Pritesh)

I got a rather unnerving Rush Hour Crush published in today's Metro. (@shockproofbeats, via Alice)

Viz

Man Leaves Behind 20-Year Career in Finance to Become Photo Manipulation Artist (My Modern Met)

Darth Data (via Duncan Weldon, via Jenny)

Distributions (via Sophie Warnes, via Tim)

[aliciathomasart]

I got the opportunity to grab a healed shot of this #BattlestarGalactica Evie (or Evolution) who portrayed #Muffit the #Daggit on the show. I made this tattoo for my good friend Dan a few months back at the @bostontattoocompany- I always appreciate his trust and amazing ideas! Thanks for looking! Aliciathomas_art@yahoo.com * * * * * @precisionbodyarts @agedinoaktattoo #geekoftheweek #aliciathomas_art #aliciathomas #Aliciascorner #somerville #bostontattoo #LadyTattooers #femaletattooartist #tattooworkers #tattooistartmag #masstattoonetwork #SullenArtCollective #rawartistsboston #agedinoaktattoo #lasvegastattoo #nerdytattoo #nerdtattoo #precisionbodyarts #pba #geektattoo #bostontattooartist #nhtattooartist #villianarts #supportlocalartists #videogametattoo #healedtattoowork #gamerink (at Boston Tattoo Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrG2ZvAnRXp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1y2hfrxgorr3v

[geekoftheweekradio-blog]

Geek of the Week - Issue 31: 18/5/19

Issue 31 of Geek of the Week!

Fraser and Mark present their weekly radio show

On the show we have

The weekly geeky news:

• Detective Pikachu review • Endgame post-credit scene? • Dark Horse/ Netflix deal • Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 preview • Marvel 1000

Pull or Pass?

Sponsored by Traveling Man - https://www.travellingman.com

Where we take a look at some comics out this week and decide whether we’d add them to our pull or pass on them. This month (May) we are attempting to make our way through most of the comics that were available on Free Comic Book Day. This time around we look at

• Pokemon: I Choose You • Doctor Who - 13th Doctor • The Tick • Ghost Hog • Bob's Burgers • My Hero Academia/ Promised Neverland • Lumberjanes • A Sheet's Story • Street Fighter: Sakura V Karin

Listen on our Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/geekoftheweekradioshow/

Available as a podcast:

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• ITunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/geek-of-the-week/id1450108977?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

• Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/geek-of-the-week-3

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• Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/geek-of-the-week-1

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Fraser and Mark present Geek of the Week: a weekly comic book radio show. It covers all things from films to TV shows to games that are related to comics as well as, of course, some serious geeking out about comics and graphic novels. You don’t need to know the full history of Batman to listen: this show accepts all - the new and the knowledgeable; the bold and the brave.

[knittedfox]

Getting this @defynw road trip started. Can't wait for tonight's wrasslin'!! Going to geek out so hard tonight! #geekoftheweek #defy #defypw #defywrestling #pnw #wrestling #roadtrip #seattle

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9 October 2017

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#geekoftheweek (Peston on Sunday)

The original - and in context (Institute for Government)

Making sense of PFI (Nuffield Trust, via Matthew)

BBC Question Time, factchecked (Full Fact)

More people live inside this circle than outside it - and other demographic data you should know (World Economic Forum)

Changing the Math on Gerrymandering: What would a proper Congressional district look like? (The Nib)

Longevity of Premier League Managers (Neil Richards)

Meta data

#datajournalism

The Poverty of “Data Journalism” and the Irony of Gun Control(Talking Points Memo, via Media Mill Gazette)

On data journalism (Nate Silver)

Maps

Evaluating Cartogram Effectiveness (Sabrina Nusrat, Md. Jawaherul Alam, Stephen Kobourov)

Cartogram flow chart (Alberto Cairo)

Outdated and Unreliable: FEMA’s Faulty Flood Maps Put Homeowners at Risk (Bloomberg)

Mistaken maps (1843 Magazine)

And finally...

London

A Phylogenetic Tree of London's Bollards (@mattfromlondon via Hadley Beeman)

Fake politicians rated as highly as real London Assembly chiefs(Evening Standard)

Everything else

Hot or not? How physically attractive Brits think they and their partners are (YouGov)

Emojis have become quite popular with some news orgs...(Tow Center)

Today's email compiled by @GavinFreeguard.

[aliciathomasart]

I am stoked to announce this weeks GEEK OF THE WEEK goes to Alexis for this Battlestar Galactica piece that we started this week at the @bostontattoocompany. Color to come in the next sitting, cannot wait to finish! So honored to make this happen! Thanks for looking! * * Aliciathomas_art@yahoo.com @bostontattoocompany @precisionbodyarts @agedinoaktattoo #geekoftheweek #aliciathomas_art #aliciathomas #Aliciascorner #somerville #bostontattoo #bostontattooco #LadyTattooers #femaletattooartist #tattooworkers #tattooistartmag #masstattoonetwork #SullenArtCollective #rawartistsboston #agedinoaktattoo #lasvegastattoo #nerdytattoo #nerdtattoo #precisionbodyarts #pba #geektattoo #bostontattooartist #nhtattooartist #villianarts #supportlocalartists #pba #videogametattoo #BattlestarGalactica (at Boston Tattoo Company)

[geekoftheweekradio-blog]

Geek of the Week - Issue 30: 11/5/19

Issue 30 of Geek of the Week!

Fraser and Mark present their weekly radio show

On the show we have

The weekly geeky news:

• Chewy passing 

• Avengers sinks Titanic (box office) 

• 13 Reasons Why Star (Katherine Langford) cut role revealed

• Far From Home Trailer 

• New Mutants pushed back to April 3rd 2020 

• Legion Season 3 trailer 

• Bat woman Trailer 

• Watchman teaser trailer

Pull or Pass?

Where we take a look at some comics out this week and decide whether we’d add them to our pull or pass on them. This month (May) we are attempting to make our way through most of the comics that were available on Free Comic Book Day. This time around we look at

•  Avengers 

• Spider-Man/Venom

• Dear Justice League 

• Catwoman Under the Moon

• Deadly Class 

• Spawn 

• Stranger Things/Black Hammer 

• Welcome to the Wheldon Verse 

• Riverdale Season 3 

• TMNT 

Listen on our Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/geekoftheweekradioshow/

Available as a podcast:

• Anchor - https://anchor.fm/geekoftheweek

• Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2CxHgoU79i54US3jfXnern

• ITunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/geek-of-the-week/id1450108977?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

• Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/geek-of-the-week-3

• Radio Public - https://radiopublic.com/geek-of-the-week-G1M72l

• Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/geek-of-the-week-1

Subscribe to our YouTube:

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Join our group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2137459249825725/

Follow us on Twitter: @GOTWRadio

Listen in live every Saturday 10am: http://www.fabradiointernational.com

Fraser and Mark present Geek of the Week: a weekly comic book radio show. It covers all things from films to TV shows to games that are related to comics as well as, of course, some serious geeking out about comics and graphic novels. You don’t need to know the full history of Batman to listen: this show accepts all - the new and the knowledgeable; the bold and the brave.