Giorgio Comai

@giocomai
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Researcher and data analyst at OBCT/CCI, previously at Dublin City University

Research (since early 2000s): Russia and conflict in post-Soviet spaces

Data: #rstats, #ddj, crunching data for EDJNet, the European Data Journalism Network.

Current research project: text as data (and data in the text) in online sources related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other conflicts in post-Soviet spaces. https://tadadit.xyz/

previous fediverse accounthttps://fediverse.giorgiocomai.eu/giocomai
websitehttps://giorgiocomai.eu
current projecthttps://tadadit.xyz
GitHubhttps://github.com/giocomai
Giorgio Comai6d ago
One may think that moral standards in Silicon Valley have degraded. But no: top notch stuff from the very beginning
Giorgio ComaiFeb 17

Putin has not appeared with fresh contents in the last 10 days; on TV, they have daily news about meetings, but there's distinct evidence that these were pre-recorded, based on the plants decoring the room and the manicure of interlocutors. For details,see: https://www.currenttime.tv/a/systema-putin-aglaonema/33680864.html

This is not uncommon - the lengthy periods of weeks off air, and the fact that these are "covered" for national audiences with pre-recorded video clips.

I find such silly stratagems of authoritarian regimes just sad.

Show threadGiorgio ComaiFeb 14

Perhaps, relevant context:

> "Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened."

It's "funny" how mainstream, corporate media cover climate breakdown quite clearly, and yet...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2026/climate-change-temperature-rate-accelerating/

Giorgio ComaiFeb 14

Mountain ranges in Europe have seen "a reduction in snow cover of 50 percentage points or more over the past 20 years".

I repeat, the last *20 years*.

Decrease across central-Eastern Europe particularly noticeable.

https://www.ft.com/content/05490087-d784-4b74-9d03-17799ee75ac8

Show threadGiorgio ComaiFeb 11

You can see data and explore maps for all previous Summer Olympics since 1960: https://edjnet.github.io/OlympicsGoNUTS/

e.g. 2024 Summer Olympics map: https://edjnet.github.io/OlympicsGoNUTS/2024/medalists_map.html

#olympics

Show threadGiorgio ComaiFeb 11
If we look by number of medals by EU NUTS region by population, my native Trentino-South Tyrol tops the list so far. See repo: https://github.com/giocomai/olympics2026nuts
Giorgio ComaiFeb 11

Winter Olympics 2026 medalists by place of birth: an interactive map I built (again) thanks to @wikipedia, @wikidata and #rstats).

Check out the interactive version of the map: https://giocomai.github.io/olympics2026nuts/medalists_map.html #olympics #winterolympics

Giorgio ComaiJan 26

Planning to work more on data and collaborative journalism in the coming years... This is the latest addition to a set of projects I'll be involved in.

#datajournalism

Giorgio ComaiJan 19

Latest trend in peer review? Oxford University Press sending out "certificates" to peer reviewers, explicitly with the purpose of sharing these on social media.

> "We've also provided social media images for each journal so that you can share your accomplishments"

I'm slightly puzzled, as, among other things, this surely reduces the "blind" dimension of peer review.

Sharing, of course, to comply with every request of the big publishers 🙃, but mostly just to show how this looks.

#peerreview

Giorgio ComaiJan 10

> "A Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred"

Official statement released. https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/a-nobel-prize-cannot-be-revoked-shared-or-transferred

It all feels so silly and puerile, I mean, although I understand the need to react seriously