Mastodawn

Here's the handout for a three hour workshop I presented at the NICAR data journalism conference on using coding agents (Codex CLI, Claude Code etc) for data exploration, visualization and analysis https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/16/coding-agents-for-data-analysis/

Coding agents for data analysis

Here's the handout I prepared for my NICAR 2026 workshop "Coding agents for data analysis" - a three hour session aimed at data journalists demonstrating ways that tools like Claude …

Simon Willison’s Weblog

Gijs Nijholt 4d ago

404 Media 4d ago

“Genuinely, I felt like I was talking to a cult member.”

https://www.404media.co/ai-psychosis-help-gemini-chatgpt-claude-chatbot-delusions/

How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis'

Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.

404 Media

Gijs Nijholt Mar 4

Mitex Leo Mar 2

When it comes to Israel and the West:

#journalism #news #israel #iran #nytimes #trump #us #palestine #islam

Gijs Nijholt Feb 16

BenRiceM Feb 15

Just rolled credits on Cairn, one of the most frustrating games I’ve ever played.

No notes. 10/10.

Gijs Nijholt Jan 31

John Skiles Skinner Jan 31

A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.

Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵

https://www.404media.co/here-is-the-user-guide-for-elite-the-tool-palantir-made-for-ice/

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE

404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

404 Media

Gijs Nijholt Jan 22

e.w. niedermeyer Jan 22

absolutely insane to see Musk feted at Davos as the icon of a boldly "optimistic" future in 2026, as if he hadn't just spent the last year buying elections for fascists, making Nazi salutes, condemning millions in Africa to death, and building "Mechahitler," and a nonconsensual porn/CSAM generator

Gijs Nijholt Jan 22

Robert Kist 🇦🇹🇸🇬Jan 21

Maybe you don't care about the EU's digital sovereignty. But let's be serious for a moment - the chance of getting rid of MS Teams does sound exciting, right?

Gijs Nijholt Jan 20

James Fee Jan 20

Orchestration is “just plumbing” right up until it becomes the primary way users experience your system. Some lessons from building and operating workflows at scale:

https://spatiallyadjusted.com/lessons-from-scale-4-workflow-orchestration-is-a-product-surface

Gijs Nijholt Jan 20

The Tennessee Holler Jan 20

Lavrov: “If Greenland is ‘U.S. security,’ then Crimea is ‘Russian security.’” Russia predictably using this as cover. Putin is pleased.

Gijs Nijholt Jan 20

Nina Bernstein Jan 20

Paul Krugman:
“How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia? …The answer…lies in the straight line from Bush vs Gore & the Roberts Supreme Court, to January 6th, to the execution of Renee Good. However, what’s more important is that we realize where we are right now, that we don’t try to sugarcoat & sanewash what’s happening: A petulant, violent and deranged individual is running America.”