Anthony Starks

@ajstarks.bsky.social

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Art+Code, Developer/Designer, tool maker. Visualization, Go Programming Language.

Colors (Red, White, and Blue): The use of the same colors as the American flag was deliberate. It serves as a reminder that enslaved people and their descendants are Americans, and honors the day they were finally recognized as citizens under the law.The Center Star: The five-point star represents Texas (the "Lone Star State") where the holiday originated, as well as the freedom of enslaved people in all 50 states.The Starburst: The white outline/burst extending from the center star represents a "new star" being born—symbolizing a new beginning and a bright future for Black Americans.The Arc: The sweeping arc across the background represents a new horizon, opportunity, and hope for the future
World map showing military spending along with decksh code that renders it. The map also includes a horizontal bar chart showing spending from 916 billion (USA) to Japan (50.2). The colors for the countries denote the spending level (using HSV color codes)
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A portrait oriented visual (originally 22x28 inches) with a manila background with black text labeled in English and French: "PROPORTION OF NEGROES IN THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES." and "RAPPORT DES NÈGRE À LA POPULATION TOTALE DES ETATS UNIS." The visual shows four maps of the US labeled 1800 (one-fifth), 1830 (one-sixth), 1860 (one-seventh), and 1890 (one-eighth). Each map has a smaller black map (population of Black people) enclosed in a map outlined in red (overall population)
Michigan 69, U Conn 63 the scorediff chart shows the scoring differential between the two teams
A portrait oriented visual (originally 22x28 inches) with a manila background with black text labeled in English and French: "NEGRO POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES COMPARED WITH THE TOTAL POPULATION OF OTHER COUNTRIES." and "POPULATION NÈGRE DES ETATS UNIS COMPAREÉ À LA POPULATION TOTALE DES AUTRES PAYS." The visual has a map of the US in the middle, labeled NEGRO POPULATION 7,500,000 surrounded clockwise by maps of AUSTRALIA (3,036,570), ESPAÑA (17,500,000), NEDERLANDEN (4,500,000), LA BELGIQUE (6,000,000), HONGRIE (17,500,000), BAYERN (5,800,000), ENGLAND (27,500,000) SUISSE (900,000), NORVÈGE (2,000,917), SUÈDE (4,774,409).
Illinois (62) vs. Connecticut (71). Scorediff chart: top chart show scoring differential bottom chart shows culmulative score
recreation of the apollo 11 translunar/transearth chart. It shows the position of the moon during July and August 1969, with a distance scale at50, 100, 150 and 200,000 nautical miles and the trajectory to and from the moon. Major events such as launch, splashdown, lunar landing are noted along with the timing of the events. Created with decksh
A portrait oriented visual (originally 22x28 inches) with a manila background with black, gray text, titled: "DISTRIBUTION OF NEGROES IN THE UNITED STATES." The subtitle in French "DISTRIBUTION DES NÈGRES DAN LES ETATS UNIS." The visual has a legend with five categories: less than 1 (yellow), 8-15 (brown), and 15-25 (black). These measures are labeled "Negroes to the Square Mile". Below the legend is a map of the US States colored according to the categories.
Map of the US showing prevelance of Sun down towns. Ranging from 200-300, 100-200, 500-100, 30-50, 20-30 and under 20. Also includes quotes and call outs from Eugene, OR, Oildale, Ca, Virginia Beach, Rock Springs, and Elwood IN.
Map of NJ transit lines and stations. 1) a list of lines, a map showing the lines and stations, a color-coded list of stations.
A portrait oriented visual (originally 22x28 inches) with a manila background with black, gray and red text, titled: "A Series of Statistical charts, illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now resident in the United States of America". The visual contains English (gray) and French text (red). In the middle of the visual is a pie chart showing the occupation of students of Atlanta University, color legends of the occupations in English and French. Above the pie chart is a map of the continental US.
A portrait oriented visual (originally 22x28 inches) with a manila background with black and white text, titled "Migration of Negroes. 1890." The visual shows two maps of the continental US. first map is on the top half of the sheet, labeled: "Present Dwelling place of Negroes born in Georgia", and depicts the population of the state of Georgia, colored back, with population of 798,747, with arrows pointing from Georgia to the other states. The second map is the lower half of the sheet and is labeled: "Birthplace of Negroes now resident in Georgia", and depicts the population of the state of Georgia, colored back, with population of 798,747, with arrows pointing from the other states to Georgia. In both maps the each state contains a number denoting Black population.
result and decksh source of a map of NYC with subways, streets, hotspots, from the Bronx, manhattan, and part of Brooklyn
deck slide "black" "white" ts = 1.5 nyc1 = "geo:40.497607,-74.265763;crs=wgs84;u=0" nyc2 = "geo:40.923012,-73.666246;crs=wgs84;u=0" Manhattan = "geo:40.7831,-73.9712 Manhattan" Brooklyn = "geo:40.6782,-73.9442 Brooklyn" Queens = "geo:40.7282,-73.7949 Queens" Bronx = "geo:40.8448,-73.8648 The\nBronx" StatenIsland = "geo:40.5795,-74.1502 Staten\nIsland" geobbox nyc1 nyc2 geocanvas 0 100 0 100 geolabel Manhattan ts "sans" geolabel Brooklyn ts "sans" geolabel Queens ts "sans" geolabel Bronx ts "sans" geolabel StatenIsland ts "sans" geoline "new-york.kml" 0.05 "rgb(200,200,200)" 15 geoline "nj-counties.json" 0.05 "rgb(200,200,200)" georegion "borough.geojson" "lightsteelblue" geoline "borough.geojson" 0.1 "steelblue" geoline "nyc-streets.geojson" 0.05 "black" eslide edeck
A portrait oriented visual (originally 22x28 inches) with a manila background with black and white text, titled "Migration of Negroes. 1890." The visual shows two maps of the continental US. first map is on the top half of the sheet, labeled: "Present Dwelling place of Negroes born in Georgia", and depicts the population of the state of Georgia, colored back, with population of 798,747, with arrows pointing from Georgia to the other states. The second map is the lower half of the sheet and is labeled: "Birthplace of Negroes now resident in Georgia", and depicts the population of the state of Georgia, colored back, with population of 798,747, with arrows pointing from the other states to Georgia. In both maps the each state contains a number denoting Black
A portrait oriented visual (originally 22x28 inches) with a manila background with black text titled: "Negro Population of Georgia by Counties" showing two county maps of the state of Georgia. The maps show the Black population in 1870 and 1880, The first 1870 map, is in the upper left with categories in the upper right: 20-30,000 (purple), 15 to 20,000 (brown) and 10-15,000 (tan) The second 1880 map is the lower right quadrant, with categories in the lower left: 5-10,000 (red), 2,500-5,000 (pink), 1,000-2,500 (yellow), under 1000 (green)
This chart shows the Black population in the Georgia counties ranges from over 30,000 in the south east to under 1000 in the north and southern portions of the state. The most prevalent category is in the 5-10,000 Black people distributed throughout the state.
This map of the US shows the distribution of Black people at the turn of the twentieth century. Ranging from 75,000 and over in Georgia to less than 10,000 in the western states.
World map showing the countries (light blue) and cities (red dots) visited by W.E.B Du Bois, 1882-1961
Last four watched: Highest to Lowest, Warfare, One Battle after Another, Punch Drunk Love
Map of the US, Canada, and Mexico with Atlantic and Pacific Oceans labeled along with a path from New York to Los Angeles
Last four watched: The wind Rises, Bete Noir, Companion, Hotel Reverie
screenshot showing scores visualized with ebdeck (decksh viewer) with decksh script and entr command line
output of Fedora 42 neofetch
Eulogy: entering photos
UI screen from Black Mirror Season 7: "Hotel Reverie: video clip
The horizontal stacked bar charts shows how various social-economic groups spend their income among these categories: Rent, Food, Clothes, Taxes, and other expenses and giving. This visual is distinct in that it includes photographs along with the chart.
Natasha Rothwell (Belinda) in White Lotus season 3, Ep. 7 (approx. 30 minutes in).
movie posters for "One of Them Days", "A Midnight Clear", "Holland", and "Heretic"