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Tracking federal layoffs
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Most common use of time throughout the day, by age and sex
See how common activities were for a given time of day, age, and sex.
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Ignoring audience
Focus on the audience who matters and ignore the rest who only want to see data that validates narrow views.
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Free kick strategy by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
In soccer, a free kick can be awarded after an opponent commits a…
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IRS building a system to share private data with ICE
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Gender of animal characters in children’s books
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Misidentified by facial recognition and arrested
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Falling below herd immunity
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What happened at Camp Mystic
The Washington Post reconstructed the flooding at Camp Mystic, from the perspectives of…
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FEMA flood risk vs. more comprehensive estimates for Camp Mystic
Risk estimates change by statistical model and what that model accounts for. The…
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On immigration, more Americans say it’s a good thing
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Illustrated guide to card counting and investing
The internet continues to feed my compulsion to click on anything that mentions…
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Nominee to lead NOAA prioritizes hiring people
Eric Katz reporting for Government Executive:
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DOGE goes for farmers’ financial and personal data
For NPR, Jenna McLaughlin breaks down DOGE access to sensitive USDA data and…
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Map of flood-risk area at Camp Mystic
The New York Times mapped an overhead view of Camp Mystic with flood-risk…
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Switching axis positions
Paying attention to the visualization minutiae adds up. This week: axis positions.
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Second brain deleted
Joan Westenberg had been writing notes and storing bits for seven years in…
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Quarter of the world’s ocean floor has been mapped, so far
The Seabed 2030 Project aims to create a complete map of the world’s…
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Marital Status Shifts in the United States
People stay single longer, marry later, divorce less, and widow older.
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Studying the why behind the everyday, like coffee stains
Quanta Magazine interviewed physicist Sidney Nagel, who is known for his research in…















Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics (2nd Edition)
