Nathan Yau

Seinfeld episodes and characters, a visual exploration

Statistical Visualization / Andy Kirk, Seinfeld, television

Several years ago, Andy Kirk watched every episode of the sitcom Seinfeld, all…
Less natural gas, more expensive fertilizer for crops

Infographics / cost, fertilizer, Iran, natural gas, Reuters

Reuters reports on the strain of natural gas supplies due to the war…
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Color for categories

The Process / categories, color

This week, we talk colors and categories.
Hone your gerrymandering skills with a daily game

Infographics / game, gerrymandering

Gerrymandle is a daily game that shows areas with voting preferences, and the…
Mapping what is close to you

Maps / proximity, walking

When deciding where to live, most people want to know what’s nearby so…
Map of underground fungi network

Maps / fungi, Moritz Stefaner, SPUN

Researchers are studying an underground, global network of fungi that acts as a…
Exploding cyclosporiasis outbreak

Statistical Visualization / cyclosporiasis, diarrhea, Katelyn Jetelina

Since the U.S. federal government is of little help in providing information about…
Generated book slop

Artificial Intelligence / biography, Kashmir Hill, New York Times

Upon discovery of a generated biography on Amazon about her, NYT journalist Kashmir…
George Lucas on the horse and buggy

Artificial Intelligence / George Lucas, movies, Rabbit's Foot

For A Rabbit’s Foot, Andy Hazel interviewed Star Wars creator George Lucas, mostly…
Application error probably caused tears in Reflecting Pool

Infographics / error, reflecting pool, Washington Post

The Washington Post used satellite imagery, photos, and videos from when the blue…
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Ideas, data, and graphics

The Process / workflow

This week, I provide an update on my own process from start to finish, in 2026.
cosmos.gl, a WebGL library for visualizing network graphs

Coding / network, WebGL

If you’re into visualizing networks, cosmos.gl looks like a fun library to play…
Geography guessing game, so you can see how bad you are at locations

Maps / game, geography, guess

MapTap is a daily guessing game for geography. You get a location in…
Map of AI archetypes

Artificial Intelligence / archetypes, quiz

AI Compass is a quiz of thirty questions that asks for your opinion…
Maintaining a vibe-coded internet

Artificial Intelligence / Financial Times, open-source, Sam Learner, vibe-code

The internet runs on a foundation of open-source software, but codebases, the learning…
World Cup data portraits

Data Art / Alexander Bogachev, soccer, World Cup

Alexander Bogachev is making animated data portraits for each match:
A football match…
Making two degrees looks like a lot

Ugly Charts / baseline, temperature

Care of Fox 8 in New Orleans, a baseline just below 92 degrees…
Students use chatbots to cheat on exam

Artificial Intelligence / Brown University, cheating, ethics, Inside Higher Ed, Roberto Serrano

Roberto Serrano, a Brown University economics professor, gave a take-home midterm and it…
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Wrong chart for the data

The Process / baseline, tool

This week, a bar chart was the wrong choice.
Netflix second-season slump

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, netflix, television

Netflix shows tend to draw a lot of viewers in the first season…

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