Lucky husband, proud father, hiker, biker, artist, lover of data visualization and digital media in all its forms, computational chaotician at heart. (he/him)

Chicago, IL
Joined March 2008
I believe this will be considered one of the most important videos in US history from this time.
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Help get @abdulelsayed elected to the senate! Jewish safety depends on a real multiracial democracy—and Abdul is the one fighting to protect it. Get involved and help at abdulforsenate.com/vote go.abdulforsenate.com We know how much it matters to live in a country where our rights are protected, where the law applies equally to everyone, and where the majority can’t just decide that some people don’t deserve the same freedoms. The safety and freedom we’ve found in America didn’t happen by accident. They exist because of democracy. And protecting democracy means protecting Jewish safety, too. We know what happens when those protections start to break down. When courts are weakened, elections are undermined, and people lose equal protection under the law, minorities are often the first to pay the price. Jews have seen this throughout our history. It’s one of the reasons so many of our families sought refuge in democratic countries. That’s why I find it so alarming to see what’s happening right now. When masked government agents are taking people off the streets and citizens are being shot in public, we should all be worried about where things are headed. As Jews, we know that when a government starts targeting certain groups of people, no one should assume they’re safe from what comes next. Mike Rogers has chosen to align himself with a movement that is willing to attack our democracy. He stood with Trump and refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. And now we’re seeing what happens when a political movement treats the rights and dignity of certain people as disposable. For Jews, these things should set off alarm bells. Jewish safety is tied to the health of our democracy. We can’t protect one without protecting the other. And in this Senate race, Abdul is the candidate who understands that and is willing to fight for it. #abdulelsayed #democracy #jewish #midterms
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There are no words for how incompetent and therefore dangerous Musk and Trump and their ilk are.
Please give a standing O to this guy for speaking truth to power.
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Jeff Sale retweeted
😂😂
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Abdul El-Sayed is just really really good at this. Republicans fear him because they fear how far he can go. The GOP has no really good young candidates. The Democrats do.
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Jeff Sale retweeted
I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.
I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day. And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.
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Jeff Sale retweeted
Brilliant. Just brilliant. 🙏👍😂
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📽️ by Sarah Abou Hadir @editorsarahadir “A picture says a thousand words.Google Earth has updated its images of Gaza. ⁠ ⁠ The before images were taken in early August 2023, and the afters were taken in late November 2024. What you see here is visual evidence of Israel’s systematic bombing of the people of Gaza. ⁠ ⁠ We are witnessing a live-streamed genocide and our governments are providing the weapons for the destruction.⁠ ⁠ EMAIL Keir Starmer now and tell him to end the complicity and STOP SELLING ARMS TO ISRAEL NOW.” —
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The theater was packed. When it was finished the audience just sat there as the credits rolled. Stillness. You know how rare that is for people to not jump up and start yammering or scrolling or move on to the next thing? There was stillness and awe, gratitude and sorrow and astonishment both with the film and this world we have allowed. This movie being slammed by reviewers is beyond comprehension. Anyone who is dragging this piece through the mud should get a brain scan or see it again as they must not have been paying attention. This is one of the most daring, original, provocative pieces of art I’ve seen and bravo to every person that laid a hand on it. I’d have given my right arm to be an extra in this movie (I’m right handed). This craft, like many other things nowadays, feels in peril. The systems at play encourage mass appeal above all else. Digger is a battle cry for art, for waking up, for demanding an actual attention span of your audience and for the miracle of having a point of view. To horrify, delight, wildly surprise repeatedly and inspire us to fight for our world before it’s too late is an incredible accomplishment. Don’t listen to rotten tomatoes. Find an actual person who saw this movie. Listen to them. Tomato tomaaato! Fuck that stupid nonsense percentage bullshit. It’s so dumb. Go see this movie. Thank you @diggerthemovie ! #diggerthemovie #diggerthemovie #film #art #wow
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THIS IS HOW THEY SHOULD ALWAYS BE TALKED TO
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THIS IS CRAZY
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Jon Ossoff and James Talarico are running joint ads on social media per @MrArenge
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Ron White: Eight of Ken Paxton’s assistants turned him into the FBI for fraud... They sued and won $6 million. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He’s a criminal. Rogan: They're surprised that Talarico is ahead of him in the polls. White: I’m not. I think that people are sick of what's going on right now in Texas. They've been in control for 30 years. What have they given us? Let somebody else drive.
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🚨 Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D reconstructions of a human cell ever produced. The visualization combines data from X-ray tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and cryo-electron microscopy to reveal the astonishing molecular complexity packed inside a single eukaryotic cell. What looks simple from the outside is actually an incredibly dense world of molecular machines, membranes, proteins and organelles all working together. One cell. An entire microscopic universe.
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BREAKING: Retired Republican County Judge Glen Whitley endorses James Talarico for US Senate: “I’m ashamed that Ken Paxton is even on the ballot. He’s the most corrupt politician Texas has ever seen.”
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For all the MAGA “Alpha Males” kissing Trump’s ass…. Feel free to respond.
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GlyphViz, one of the most amazing viz tools ever built. Check out the desktop Windows app or the CLI versions for Linux and Mac OSX: iluvdata.org/glyphviz/ . Check out the web version, too: iluvdata.org/glyphvizweb/ . #visualization #data
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First time I have seen this. Better late than never. Amazing. RIP Freddie and David.
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