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The cognitive dissonance when the third-world country you come from does justice better than the first-world country you grew up admiring.

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A border tale in two charts

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This is it, I guess.

No way in hell I'm going back to Twitter, not now not ever.

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Love seeing some GIS in the middle of a rainforest.

Pictured: a map of the Brazilian Amazon, protected indigenous zones, and deforested areas since 2008 (yellow).

Manaus botanical garden (MUSA)

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Mounted police patrol the beach on the Amazon River at sunset in Manaus, Brazil.

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And here is the shortlist. Every region of the world is represented, showing how mainstream and valuable data journalism has become.

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It was my 5th time as a juror and each year I'm more impressed with the quality of submissions.

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The finalists of the Sigma awards for data journalism are being announced now. Join us!

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I'm in Manaus, the gateway to the Brazilian Amazon. They have a version of the bodega cat. But at 35ยฐC in the shade, they're a tad less interactive.

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Thanks, I'll give it a chance!

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Ah right, I haven't explored it much. Lots of furries on a cursory look ๐Ÿ˜

How do you like it?

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You mean the Discover tab? I haven't put too much care into following folks enough for the algo to "know" me, but I'm starting that now.

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I've been waiting to see which birdsite alternative "wins" but this might not happen for a while.

Did I pick a good one here? Why should I *not* invest time and attention on Bluesky?

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