With data, we can zoom out. Gather context, get the big picture, and filter out the noise.
Nathan Yau
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Zooming Out For Clarity
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Anime.js, a JavaScript animation engine
New to me, Anime.js by Julian Garnier seems like a fun library to…
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Stock Market Recovery Time, a Long-Term Perspective
Households are seeing the value of their savings decrease significantly over a short period of time. Now seems like a good time to take the long-term point of view.
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Inflation tracker for your backyard barbecue
Washington Post Opinion has a tracker updated weekly that groups items by everyday…
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Tariff exposure for groups of goods
You get a tariff. And you get a tariff. And you. And you.…
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Increase in tariffs for each country
Trade Partnership Worldwide, based on data from the Census Bureau, estimates $714 billion…
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Families with money in the stock market
Based on data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, 58% of families have…
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Visualized plans to reduce homelessness
With Streets to Stability, Crankstart illustrates a plan to reduce homelessness in San…
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Simplified tariff calculations, ambiguously reciprocal
One might assume decisions that swing economies worldwide were based on careful research…
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Stack the Bars
When bars are stacked, we can see shifts in composition, but the layout can also make it harder to see patterns individually. Let’s look at our options.
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Trade imbalance explained with charts
The Wall Street Journal has a handful of charts that briefly explain trade…
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Changing income benefits between college and no college
As you might expect, there is a big income difference between those with…
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Greatest two-hit wonders
Two-hit wonders are in between the obscure one-hit wonders and famous musicians. Chris…
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Science of the loud sneeze, illustrated
Some people sneeze very loudly. For the Washington Post, Teddy Amenabar, Álvaro Valiño,…
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When the baby will be born
Maggie Appleton is at the point in her pregnancy when there’s a lot…
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Economic impact of federal health research cuts
The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMap) estimates the impact of proposed…
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History of slipping on banana peels
Secret Base offers a much too complete history of slipping on banana peels,…
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Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources – March 2025 Roundup
Here are tools you can use, data to play with, and resources to learn from that flew across my desk in March.
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Minard Day
Charles-Joseph Minard was born on March 27, 1781. Most who know the name…
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Tariff tracker and economic effects
I guess we’re going to learn a good bit about tariffs over the…