Yan

Burmese guy. Geek. Interested in #dataviz, #opendata, #civictech. Founder @thibi_co

[manvir singh @mnvrsngh]

With #BurningMan days away, I’ve been thinking about the incredible similarities between Burning Man (left) & the ancient hunter-gatherer earthwork site, Poverty Point (right).

I don’t know of anyone who has explained the convergent design, so here's some speculation:

[Yan @yanoak]

Day 1 of the #30DayChartChallenge. Theme: Parts-to-whole

At @hellothibi we have been prototyping a data storytelling tool and I will be using it to create charts over the next 30 days.

[Yan @yanoak]

@wayfaring_tim Thanks for the shoutout!

[Matthew Berman @MatthewBerman]

We knew very little about how LLMs actually work...until now.

@AnthropicAI just dropped the most insane research paper, detailing some of the ways AI "thinks."

And it's completely different than we thought.

Here are their wild findings: 🧵

[Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn]

Filipino journalist @jaemark started on a project to see if he could use AI to create a tool that would allow anyone to interact with the Philippines’ budget more easily.

Here’s how he did it:👇 https://t.co/wscRx2wjQz

[Yan @yanoak]

What a beautiful personal site

[Ruth ✷ @ruzhaoart]

new website drop!! find me at: https://t.co/zlK7Zf9Gac ❤️

[Aika Rey @reyaika]

Submissions now open. Meet the Sigmas 2025 jury and prize committee. @yanoak @thibi_co part of the jury again this year 💯

https://t.co/vhXcfo39Vh

[Madeline Ashby @MadelineAshby]

This is very sound. If I had one piece of 2018 advice for literally everyone, it would be to talk, loudly and frequently and in detail, about the future you want. You can't manifest what you don't share. https://t.co/SeDwRqErnv

[ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute @ISEAS]

Join us for this webinar where we invite a long-time #Myanmar watcher and scholar to discuss preliminary findings about Myanmar’s 2024 census.

Sign up here - https://t.co/aJeKBzCnZ4

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[Science Journalism Forum @ScienceJF]

#𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴_𝗡𝗼𝘄: #SJF24 𝗠𝗶�#SJF24 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 “𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜: 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝗲.”
Join @yanoak Founder of @thibi_co as he shares insightful tips to utilize AI effectively

#ScienceJournalism #SJF24

[Yan @yanoak]

So, life got in the way of doing my #100DaysOfCode project but I'm back! Now that I have finally gathered all the data, I spent

Day 15 putting it all into a JSON for the front end

Day 16 building a simple version of the UI!

Here's some book recommendations from @ezraklein show

[The Prepaid Economy @prepaid_africa]

This paper explores DRC and Zambia’s plans to build a regional battery industry, leveraging their copper & cobalt resources, while navigating governance, geopolitical challenges, and international partnerships.
https://t.co/k4H1DXv3DA
By Patience Mususa, Michel Shengo Lutandula

[Science Journalism Forum @ScienceJF]

#SJF24 Welcomes New Voices 🎙️
We’re thrilled to introduce additional speakers joining the SJF24 lineup! Join us for engaging discussions on science journalism with these remarkable professionals:

@yanoak: Founder of Thibi, advocating for data journalism, civic tech, and open data to empower independent media and civil society through technology.

Teresa Sofia Castro: Professor and researcher at Lusófona University, and member of the Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies (CICANT).

@anilananth: Award-winning journalist and author contributing to Quanta, Scientific American, Nature, and New Scientist, focusing on complex scientific topics.

Stay tuned for more updates!
https://t.co/hBp3NafCEL

#ScienceJournalism #SJF24 #Journalism #Innovation

[Yan @yanoak]

Oh, finally!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

#NobelPrize

[Yan @yanoak]

Staying up late tonight from Thailand to attend @newsproduct #NPASummit.

First session is about experimenting with AI safely, collaboratively (and cheaply) in a small, non-profit newsroom presented by @restofworld and @HacksHackers

[Yan @yanoak]

@icedwater I agree, but I think it's more about forcing us to rethink our definitions of things from being centered around just our experience to something that is more expansive.

[Yan @yanoak]

From realising the Earth is not the center of the universe, to the death of God, to the now being on the verge of dethroning intelligence as the thing that sets us apart. The more we learn, the more we are humbled.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Thought-provoking (literally?) work using AI to probe the origins of intelligence

By comparing LLMs trained on simple or complex systems they argue: “intelligence arises from the ability to predict complexity & that creating intelligence may require only exposure to complexity”

[Yan @yanoak]

Can someone explain to me what people mean when they say "AI will solve climate change"? Dude, we KNOW how to solve the problem already, there's just no political will to do it.

[Tsarathustra @tsarnick]

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says energy demand for AI is infinite and we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway, so we may as well bet on building AI to solve the problem

[feilding cage @fcage]

The fentanyl funnel: How narcos sneak deadly chemicals through the U.S.

Amazing work here from @daisychungart and our @specialreports colleagues

https://t.co/JMR7ic64S7