This week we highlight visual metaphors and use charts to have an informal chat.
Nathan Yau
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Conversational data graphics
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Tariff revenue is nowhere close to enough
The administration continues to add expenses for the country and insist tariff revenues…
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Impact of tariffs on cost of goods
One year into these tariffs, Ana Swanson for the New York Times has…
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Jobs reports delayed, because government shutdown
Ben Casselman reporting for the New York Times:
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Firefox will provide option to turn off AI features
The next version of Firefox will have controls to turn off AI features.…
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Financial cliff of health subsidies
In January, the scale for U.S. healthcare subsidies changed, which reintroduced a cliff.…
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Trying to make US postal workers count people for decennial census
Under the supposed premise of saving money, the administration proposes that US postal…
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Isometric New York pixel art
Speaking of SimCity, Isometric NYC by Andy Coenen is part curiosity and part…
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Cumulative measles rising with South Carolina outbreak
In 2000, measles in the United States was declared eliminated by the World…
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Voter U-turns
To show shifts in net support for the president, the New York Times…
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Population drops and gains in every state
Most states gained population, but a few saw more people move out than move in, based on the newest estimates from the Census Bureau.
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Visualization tools and resources, January 2026 roundup
Here is what happened in January.
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IsoCity, an open source city building game
If you’re a fan of SimCity, then you’ll appreciate IsoCity, an open source…
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Age verification on Roblox using AI is not good
Roblox is a game mostly for kids. In an effort to make the…
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Cuts to science and research in the U.S. over the past year
The administration cut science funding, withheld grants, and eliminated jobs in research areas…
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Gridded snowfall data
The National Weather Service has current and historical snowfall data in various file…
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Trump family crypto accumulation
In 2023, most of the family’s wealth, about 79% of it, was tied…
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Big pile of money
From the New York Times editorial board, an animated big pile of money:…
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Awful and better, Venn diagram
We focus on the bad, because that’s where it can and will get…
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Pentagon Pizza dashboard to track activities
There is a dashboard for pizza places around the Pentagon.
The Pentagon Pizza…
















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