Rahul Bhargava

@rahulbot.bsky.social

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Creative data & computational journalism. "Community Data" book eBook and pre-order available: http://communitydatabook.com

Rahul speaking with his hands with blurred classroom background
population map of the us by county showing where cabo verdians live
closeup of one string with some knots and ribbon attached
A women speaking with a clothesline to her side with colored strings hanging, each with knots and colored ribbons on them.
screenshot of CNN webpage with image and headline say gin "Hantavirus briefing led by penile implant specialist who pushed election conspiracy theories"
poster for game with headshots of Marta and Guterres
dot map showing NFL stadium locations in US with 2 in orange indicating that they don't have train access
map of US with counties colored red showing where outbreaks are, and pins showing top amusement parks, overlaps in Colorado and South CA
Choropleth map of MA counties with color showing that Boston and islands had biggest decrease in value, and cape cod having highest increase
Map of MA counties with an orange overlay indicating flood risk areas, with lines pointed at South End, East Boston, and Seaport areas
screenshot of map interface with dot-map in background (6 dots) and a overlaid feature on left detailing protests to data centers in Virginia
choropleth map of MA towns colored by number of detainer requests, with Boston being the highest rate (darkest color)
grid of maps detailed further in thread that follows
printed humorous greeting card with a pie chart on it. biggest slice of pie chart is labelled "get a card with a pie chart on it".
photo of a large vertical monitor showing a grid of charts and graphs
Screenshot of a vertical stream graph over time with 5 streams colored red/purple/green. There's a bulge at the top and a thin tail down at bottom.
pictograph make up of water-related icons
flyer with details for the upcoming lecture and talk on Mar 4 and 5
Trust trans people + what they tell you From our interviews, we found trans activists had savvy and complex understandings of how they could use data to serve their activist needs, retain their political commitments, prioritize care and support, and uplift trans communities. We call this approach trans data: Trans data is about materially approving trans lives Trans data crosses boundaries Trans data requires power analysis We hope these principles can be used to help build new data collection, analysis, and communication systems that serve trans liberation and help reorient researchers to the deep political commitments of data for and about trans people.