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RJ Andrews

@infowetrust.com

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Obsessed with data graphics. Stumbling toward the light. New book INFO WE TRUST https://linktr.ee/infowetrust

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RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · Feb 27

My best client work develops singular powerful images that attract and inform minds. To do good work we need to engage and collaborate in a way that has creative energy, iteration, and momentum. I need to learn lots from you to get you where you need to go.

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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 1d

Won’t be long now until our use of gas peaker plants is only required on rare occasions.

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The clean energy transition in three charts
On the left is the way California supplied power in 2022. By 2024 (middle chart) we can start to see the impact of more solar and battery storage on the grid. Carry this trend forward to see the future of electricity. Data from www.caiso.com.
https://landartgenerator.org/blagi/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Electricity-Supply-01.jpg

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San Francisco morning Ferraris

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the Portuguese flag features an armillary sphere. It consecrates the "Portuguese epic maritime history ... the ultimate challenge, essential to our collective life." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of...

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some Newton notes

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RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · 4d

Amazing field trip with Ruderman conference to Stanford rare books to browse original (and manuscript!) Galileo, Copernicus, Huygens, Newton and more.

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RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · 4d

Amazing field trip with Ruderman conference to Stanford rare books to browse original (and manuscript!) Galileo, Copernicus, Huygens, Newton and more.

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 4d

These historic gold rings are based on ancient astronomical instruments called armillary spheres, which emerged from the theory that everything in the cosmos revolved around Earth.

What Do Astronomy and Jewelry Have in Common? In the Late Renaissance, Look to the Stars

Armillary rings emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries during the birth of the scientific revolution and rise of astronomy studies.

www.thisiscolossal.com

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RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · 5d

and Peter Bellerby closes the day!

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@thejunaverse.bsky.social and Angel Abbud-Madrid!

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@rsimmon.bsky.social !

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Hello from the 5th Barry Ruderman conference on cartography at Stanford.

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RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · 6d

glad you appreciate. I touch on OKLCH obliquely in INFO WE TRUST's color chapter visionarypress.com/products/inf...

RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · 7d

good advice

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 7d

Lovely map of French castles by Jean-Claude Golvin. Which one to visit first?

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Feels like the perfect topic for a seven-minute over-produced investigation.

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Jason Forrest @jasonforrest.bsky.social · 8d

Huge news: @datavandals.bsky.social have opened a new year-long exhibition "LA on the Move" now on view at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles! Discover how people and wildlife all move through LA and how we can support the ecosystem together. /1. datavandals.com/la-on-the-move

LA on the Move — Data Vandals

We turn data into captivating art in cities, galleries, museums, and parks. Our work sparks conversations that encourage people to see and engage with their world in new ways.

datavandals.com

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Attila Bátorfy @attilabatorfy.bsky.social · 9d

digitaltmuseum.org/021018210152...

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Terry Boon @terryboon.bsky.social · 10d

Liked "Color Engineering" at www.chartography.net/p/color-engi... by @infowetrust.com. I'd long known about the hue-saturation-lightness (HSV) model. But this post took me further in applying it for *collections* of colours: analysing the palette of a design, or choosing effective combination onself