Nathan Yau

For the New York Times, Albert Sun, Allison McCann, and Hamed Aleaziz obtained…

For NYT’s the Upshot, Francesca Paris gives context to the recent spike in…

From xkcd, a map sketch of why the landscape is what it is…

In most places, property lines stop at the street, but in North Oaks,…

Emanuel Fabian, a military correspondent for the Times of Israel, received death threats…

This week we have conflicting views and a search for honesty in charts.

John Rush has been scanning his receipts for 25 years. He did something…

Researchers at GovAI and Brookings estimated vulnerability to job displacement due to AI.…

Julia Angwin is suing Grammarly. For NYT Opinion, Angwin explains the reasons and…

For the New York Times, Ben Casselman reports on a previously undisclosed change…

xkcd continues to answer the important questions.…

Iran is starting to deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz. For the…

You’re probably familiar with the song “Africa” by Toto. This version, by There…

There was a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026. From Michala Garrison…

This week is about fake charts and keeping ourselves in the feedback loop.

After backlash over their tool that pretends to provide expert editing advice, Grammarly…

Upon finding out that Grammarly uses AI-generated editing, supposedly driven by real authors,…

School children were killed in the poorly informed attack. The New York Times…

Shri Khalpada, as a technologist and musician, thinks through his mixed feelings for…

We are approaching a point (or we’re here already) where generated output is…