Weather. Data. Map. Animation. They go well together to show sudden changes over time.
Nathan Yau
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Make the Chart: Precipitation Map as Animated GIF
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Abortion mazes to represent the complexity of abortion access
Speaking of grid maps and abortion access, Jan Diehm and Michelle Pera-McGhee, for…
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Legality of abortion pills in each state
For the Washington Post, N. Kirkpatrick and Szu Yu Chen describe the legality…
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Visual explainer for the thrilling game of Crokinole
From Russell Samora for The Pudding, “Crokinole is like a mashup of shuffleboard…
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How Americans vote in each state
Some states have almost completely moved to voting by mail or early voting,…
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Color Buddy, a tool for building color palettes for visualization
Picking colors for visualization can be tricky, because there are infinite possibilities across…
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Scale of buildings destroyed in Gaza
Damage assessments from UNOSAT estimate that 66% of structures in Gaza are damaged…
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Stats Are for Losers
This week, I heard that stats are for losers. I had to check it out, because I’ve always thought stats were for winners.
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Scoring climate, conflict, and vulnerability around the world
In an effort to measure and highlight risks globally, the German Federal Foreign…
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Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Adoption in the States
About 4% of registered light-duty vehicles in the United States are either electric,…
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Make the Chart: Grid Map with Stacked Areas
Breaking it down to the small steps and choices with data, code, and editing that lead to a finished chart.
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Increasing time spent at home
For NYT’s the Upshot, Ronda Kaysen and Alicia Parlapiano highlight analysis by Patrick…
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Presidential campaign target states, since 1952
We mostly hear about a handful of swing states these days, as presidential…
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Presidential election still a toss-up
You’re probably going to see election forecasts more this month, and one candidate…
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Election of random chance
For The New Yorker, Jay Caspian Kang relates the election’s unwavering randomness to…
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Who gets shipped in fan fiction
The Pudding examines who gets shipped, which means a pairing of characters in…
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Restaurant preferences via campaign spending
For WP’s Department of Data, Kati Perry and Adrián Blanco examine campaign spending…
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Uber and Lyft use lockout loophole to avoid paying drivers
Based on rideshare data collected by Bloomberg, it appears that Uber and Lyft…
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Three flavors of luck
For The Guardian, statistician David Spiegelhalter describes three kinds of luck:
Circumstantial luck…
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Hurricane Watch
Given the topic and situation in Florida, I’m making this issue public. Hurricane Milton is en route.