FDA vaccine target LP.8.1, dominant since March, plateaued in April. June saw Nimbus NB.1.8.1 / PQ, scion of "razor-blade throat" XDV, push LP.8.1 out of majority.
#CDC's last Friday dataset, updated Tuesday this week, shows Nimbus taking plurality, with Stratus XFG family also gaining share. Despite notice of moving to "longer reporting periods", for reason of "low number of sequences being reported" (see dot-hatching in below chart reflecting"less reliable" data), current dataset was still for periods two-weeks each.
Raj's dashboard, updated Sunday, shows PQ.2 as standout child of Nimbus NB.1.8.1 / PQ; Stratus XFG in competition with kids XFG.2 and XFG.3; and LP.8.1 long ago overshadowed by LP.8.1.1/ NY.
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Hübsches Finding heute gehabt:
Der vbm – Verband der Bayerischen Metall-und Elektro-Industrie e. V. spendet lieber FDP, Grünen oder der SPD als auch nur eine einige vergleichbare Spende an die CDU zu geben.
#Parteispenden
#Datavis
As an editor in Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS), I'm looking for a reviewer for this interesting submission:
https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/8190
"k-diagram: Rethinking Forecasting Uncertainty via Polar-based Visualization"
If you know #Python #programming , are interested in #Visualization #datavis (especially of results from #forecasting ), ping me here or directly in the GitHub Issue
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The International Energy Agency has launched an interactive map showing locations of #datacenters @iea.org and their estimated power needs.
Also useful map of major electrical grid lines and internet cables :) https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-and-ai-observatory?tab=Energy+for+AI
FDA vaccine target LP.8.1, dominant since March, plateaued in April. June saw Nimbus NB.1.8.1 / PQ, scion of "razor-blade throat" XDV, push LP.8.1 out of majority.
Due to "low numbers of sequences being reported" (as evidenced by "less reliable" dot hatching on below chart), #CDC did not publish data this week, having advised only of "moving to longer reporting periods":
https://hcommons.social/@beadsland/114662142357659963
Raj's dashboard, updated this morning, shows PQ.2 as standout child of Nimbus NB.1.8.1 / PQ; Stratus XFG in competition with kids XFG.2 and XFG.3; and LP.8.1 long ago overshadowed by LP.8.1.1/ NY.
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Just corrected major bug by changing one assignment.
Purpose of including inline bubble #datavis of GISAID data was to demonstrate how major subvariants, not broken out by the CDC, were being obscured by CDC bundling those subvariants into ancestor for reporting purposes.
Which is what these #dataviz would have been doing, if only they'd been using the actual share of the given ancestor to set the size of its bubble. Instead, of, well (*clears throat with embarrassment*) the total sum of shares of the root variant and its descendants.
Would say that this was down to my focusing so much attention on dynamic legend and family grouping logic, but that ignores time spent adjusting how bubbles were aligned within tiles.
So, really, it was just that never bothered to consistency check the bubbles as drawn against data as given, assuming without validating that everything was correct.
Anyway, charts going forward now work as intended, reflecting when #CDC data hides more than it reveals.
FDA vaccine target LP.8.1, dominant since March, plateaued in April. June sees Nimbus NB.1.8.1, scion of "razor-blade throat" XDV, push LP.8.1 out of majority.
#CDC added NB.1.8.1 only in latest, late-published public dataset. Notice of "software error" that heralded data delay… has been removed. Hatching for "less reliable" data reflects "low numbers of sequences being reported".
Raj's dashboard, updated this morning, shows Nimbus diversifying in May. Also, XFJ significant, even if CDC hasn't broken out.
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The Information is Beautiful Awards were just announced at #Outlier2025 and we are thrilled and thankful to receive Gold with »I Want a Better Catastrophe: A Flowchart for Navigating our Climate Predicament« by #AndrewBoyd, @jona & @nrchtct
Try it out: https://flowchart.bettercatastrophe.com
Entry on award website:
https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/7487-i-want-a-better-catastrophe-a-flowchart-for-navigating-our-climate-predicament
Create your own interactive flowchart: http://uclab.fh-potsdam.de/interactive-flowchart/
Two weeks ago, Mike Honey noted that there are three recombinants that have arrived on Doppelgänger spike proteins, namely XFJ, XFM, and XFP:
https://aus.social/@mike_honey_/114611686572899925
Last week, Xu Zhu (HT D. Focosi) identified a superset of recombinants that have all arrived at a pairing of LF.7's NTD with RBD from elsewhere, namely: XFC, XFG, XFH, XFJ, XFM, XFN and XFP:
https://x.com/dfocosi/status/1931351676880879856
Above variants chart #AnnoPlot script is now updated to favor grouping by such emerging clusters preferentially over grouping by legacy ancestors.
As a reminder, recombinants happen when more than one virus strain is actively replicating in the same organism.
Here, that means two simultaneous infections, from different sources, finding a home in the same person.
When #PublicHealth is a priority, this should be a rare occurrence.
There are seven unique recombinants identified in this new cluster, alone.
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