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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · Sep 1

Rosling’s insistance on looking beyond averages to see the world as it really is reminds me of the work of @elibryan.bsky.social and Cindy Xiong. 📊

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Top left: line chart of math scores from 1965 to 2015 comparing men and women where men are slightly higher throughout.

To right: similar line chart comparing the average income per day of US and Mexico from 1965 to 2015 where US is higher throughout.

Now let's look at the same data in a third way. Instead of looking at the averages each year, let's look at the range of math scores, or incomes, in one particular year.

Left: area chart of number of individuals with different math scores 2016, separating men and women, who mostly overlap.

Right: Number of individuals with different incomes 2016 where Mexico overlaps in the middle with the US.

Now we get a sense of all the individuals who were bundled into the average number. Look! There is an almost complete overlap between men and women's math scores. The majority of women have a male math twin: a man with the same math score as they do. When it comes to incomes in Mexico and the United States, the overlap is there but it is only partial. What is clear, though, looking at the data this way is that the two groups of people — men and women, Mexicans and people living in the United States — are not separate at all. They over-lap. There is no gap.
Of course, gap stories can reflect reality, In apartheid South Africa,

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · 4h

@elibryan.bsky.social Do you have examples of data story artifacts/tools that you or others have used to create a culture of data? i am thinking pdfs, slides, other graphics?

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Aug 25

Good ideas come from having lots of experience. And experience comes from having lots of bad ideas.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Aug 22

Science is fun, but
Academia.. needs work

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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · Aug 21

“The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.”

-Ernest Gaines

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Aug 18

The difference between doing a project and presenting it. An observation can lead to many avenues of explorations before focus turns to a specific discovery. Presenting it, in a talk / paper, follows inversely, with broad perspectives coming before & after the specific discovery.

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Kim Bellard @kimbbellard.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · Jul 28

We need more designers in the C-suite & in decision-making positions. Not just for product design #FCImpactCouncil http://f-st.co/Wcjxqc3

Where are all the designers?

Design is and must be elevated as an integral part of corporate strategy

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jul 28

As ambient scribes face off, Doximity lures doctors with a free option www.statnews.com/2025/07/24/d...

As ambient scribes face off, Doximity lures doctors with a free option

Doximity offers a free ambient scribe for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and med students.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Jul 26

A modest proposal: “Quadratic ticketing.” Fines increase with the square of prior offenses—eg, 1st: $25, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $225, 4th: $400—creating strong incentives to avoid repeat violations. Penalizes chronic offenders who are typically the most dangerous while avoiding harsh fines for majority.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Jul 26

Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · Jul 19

Nature’s masterpiece! Behold the beautiful Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

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Víctor M Montori MD @vmontori.bsky.social · Jul 19

This happened in Thessaloniki.

“We are honored to welcome Professor Victor M. Montori, as an Honorary Doctor of the School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine at AUSOM.

Welcome to our community, Professor!

Photo credits: Yannis Tsouflidis”

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jul 15

AI Stepped In Where the System Stepped Out substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jul 6

Three Conditions Defining 21st Century Healthcare 33charts.substack.com/p/three-cond...

Three Conditions Defining 21st Century Healthcare

Understanding the forces shaping healthcare’s next era

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · Jul 5

Having an agency mail me their monthly crime stats in response to a public records request is a first

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jun 29

Why Can't Medicine Run Like an Apple Genius Bar? 33charts.substack.com/p/why-cant-m...

Why Can't Medicine Run Like an Apple Genius Bar?

Solving people requires solution shops and value-added process encounters

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jun 29

Apple cider vinegar is all the rage in the nutrition world but for is it really necessary for your hair?

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jun 28

“Design is clear thinking made visible” Edward tufte youtu.be/X-83gvgVaWc?...

35 years of product design wisdom from Apple, Disney, Pinterest and beyond | Bob Baxley

Bob Baxley is a design leader who has shaped products used by billions at Apple, Pinterest, Yahoo, and ThoughtSpot. During his eight years at Apple, he led d...

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · Jun 25

Rural hospitals would not just be affected by restrictions on Medicaid provider taxes in the One Big Beautiful Bill. They would also be affected by a projected 10.9 million people losing health coverage from Medicaid and ACA cuts more broadly.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Jun 26

hanging out with strangers in a campus pub should be considered part of the serious process of thinking

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jun 25

Not sure how I feel about colostrum in my drinks?

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Cameron Norman @cdnorman.bsky.social · Jun 25

“There’s no such things as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” – Scott Adams via @momentumdash.bsky.social

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Corentin Cras-Méneur @cortig.bsky.social · Jun 25

We use the #SugarPixel. That thing is brilliant. It’s not just the look, but the random beep generator as an alert really does work and wake you up despite “beep fatigue”. I couldn’t recommend it enough.

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jun 25

i have families that have one on each floor of the house and I recommend to those going off to college. The newest development is a bed shaker. And there’s a new external usb connection that will allow the use of a variety of other accessories ! #makehealth #t1d customtypeone.com/pages/announ...

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Christine Is Fed Up With Republicans @coralgableswang.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Joyce Lee MD, MPH @joyclee.bsky.social · Jun 23

How it started and how it ended. Until next year #ADASciSessions !

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