If you use NOAA data, now seems like a good time to download…
Nathan Yau
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List of NOAA datasets to be discontinued
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Snake (the game) on a globe
The goal of Snake is to direct a snake towards food, and each…
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Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories illustrated with charts
New to me, a couple decades ago, author Kurt Vonnegut delivered a lecture…
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American Crying
People cry for different reasons and some tend to cry more than others. What makes people cry the most?
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Breaking Out of Chart Software Defaults
Defaults are good for quick and disposable charts. However, when the audience extends beyond yourself, it’s time to customize around purpose.
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Asymmetric Monstrosity map projection
Part amusement and part learning exercise, the “asymmetric monstrosity” by Daniel Huffman is…
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Sharp flip in probabilities of parties winning Canada election
Since early 2024, polls showed near certainty that Conservatives in Canada were going…
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Reach of a deadly wildfire in South Korea
South Korea experienced its largest and most deadly wildfire last month in Uiseong…
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DOGE possibly extracted data from National Labor Relations Board, whistleblower discloses
DOGE engineers were at the NLRB for a week but didn’t specify what…
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Decline in European travelers to U.S.
These charts will shock you I am sure. Travel to the United States…
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Line Chart with Decorative Neon Accents
We do it because things that glow in the dark are awesome, including line charts.
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Most difficult holes at Augusta
The 12th hole at Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters is held,…
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Viral outbreak simulations
To demonstrate outbreak possibilities of, say, the measles, Aatish Bhatia and Francesca Paris,…
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When measles infects an unvaccinated child, illustrated
If you are not vaccinated against measles, you will most likely catch it…
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Alex Ovechkin’s spot on the ice and shot preference
Alex Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record with number 895. For The…
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NYC subway map updated with a diagrammatic style
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York is rolling out an updated subway…
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IRS agrees to send immigrant tax data to ICE
For Associated Press, Fatima Hussein reports:
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Zooming Out For Clarity
With data, we can zoom out. Gather context, get the big picture, and filter out the noise.
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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.