A so-called shadow fleet of tankers transport oil illicitly around the world. They…Tags: Financial Times, oil, shipping | Continue reading
The world’s reliance on gas and oil means the war in Iran affects…Tags: everyday, illustration, Iran, New York Times, war | Continue reading
A large portion of rural hospitals operate at a loss, which causes problems…Tags: healthcare, Reuters, rural, Sarah Slobin | Continue reading
It seems like people don't stick with the same job for as long as they used to, but maybe that's not the case.Tags: tenure, work | Continue reading
Here is what happened in March.Tags: roundup | Continue reading
For the New York Times, Lazaro Gamio, Blacki Migliozzi, and River Akira Davis…Tags: imports, New York Times, oil, Strait of Hormuz | Continue reading
Getting pregnant and having a child is typically described as an effortless process…Tags: children, infertility, Lam Thuy Vo, Pudding | Continue reading
Lazaro Gamio and Josh Holder for the New York Times break down energy…Tags: imports, New York Times, oil | Continue reading
Unmanned and relatively cheap drones that can be manufactured in high volume have…Tags: cost, drones, Reuters, scale, war | Continue reading
Along with more arrests, the current administration has deported mothers at twice the…Tags: arrests, deportation, immigration, ProPublica | Continue reading
For the New York Times, Albert Sun, Allison McCann, and Hamed Aleaziz obtained…Tags: arrests, immigration, New York Times | Continue reading
For NYT’s the Upshot, Francesca Paris gives context to the recent spike in…Tags: gas, prices, Upshot | Continue reading
From xkcd, a map sketch of why the landscape is what it is…Tags: comic, landscape, xkcd | Continue reading
In most places, property lines stop at the street, but in North Oaks,…Tags: Chris Parr, Google Streetview, privacy | Continue reading
Emanuel Fabian, a military correspondent for the Times of Israel, received death threats…Tags: crowds, Polymarket, prediction market, threats | Continue reading
This week we have conflicting views and a search for honesty in charts.Tags: honesty, trust | Continue reading
John Rush has been scanning his receipts for 25 years. He did something…Tags: eggs, John Rush, receipt | Continue reading
Researchers at GovAI and Brookings estimated vulnerability to job displacement due to AI.…Tags: Brookings, GovAI, Washington Post, work | Continue reading
Julia Angwin is suing Grammarly. For NYT Opinion, Angwin explains the reasons and…Tags: ethics, Grammarly, Julia Angwin, lawsuit, New York Times | Continue reading
For the New York Times, Ben Casselman reports on a previously undisclosed change…Tags: Bureau of Economic Analysis, economy, inflation, New York Times | Continue reading
xkcd continues to answer the important questions.…Tags: sky, what-if, xkcd | Continue reading
Iran is starting to deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz. For the…Tags: Iran, mines, New York Times, Strait of Hormuz | Continue reading
You’re probably familiar with the song “Africa” by Toto. This version, by There…Tags: Africa, humor, song | Continue reading
There was a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026. From Michala Garrison…Tags: eclipse, NASA | Continue reading
This week is about fake charts and keeping ourselves in the feedback loop.Tags: fake, human | Continue reading
After backlash over their tool that pretends to provide expert editing advice, Grammarly…Tags: ethics, Grammarly, likeness, Wired | Continue reading
Upon finding out that Grammarly uses AI-generated editing, supposedly driven by real authors,…Tags: authors, Grammarly, likeness, Platformer | Continue reading
School children were killed in the poorly informed attack. The New York Times…Tags: Iran, New York Times, school | Continue reading
Shri Khalpada, as a technologist and musician, thinks through his mixed feelings for…Tags: generative, music, PerThirtySix, Shri Khalpada | Continue reading
We are approaching a point (or we’re here already) where generated output is…Tags: New York Times, quiz, writing | Continue reading
Pokemon is in its 30th year of existence. The Straits Times visualized the…Tags: Pokemon, Straits Times | Continue reading
To everyone’s surprise, that people definitely did not see coming, fake satellite images…Tags: fake, Financial Times, satellite imagery | Continue reading
By Nadieh Bremer with Emily Barone, this is a charming piece on the…Tags: birds, Emily Barone, Google Trends, Nadieh Bremer, search | Continue reading
Reuters Graphics has a feed of maps and charts for updates on Iran.…Tags: Iran, Reuters | Continue reading
In 2017, researchers asked study participants via MTurk to list three happy moments…Tags: Alvin Chang, happiness, Pudding | Continue reading
ProPublica has been collecting thousands of disclosure documents, and they made a searchable…Tags: conflict, finance, politics, ProPublica | Continue reading
Why Americans are unemployed varies across groups. Tags: unemployment, work | Continue reading
This week is about animating data to better show insights and to keep randos engaged on the internets.Tags: animation | Continue reading
The New York Times mapped the traffic difference at the Strait of Hormuz,…Tags: New York Times, ships, traffic, war | Continue reading
Normally there is a steady flow of ships through the strait, but when…Tags: ships, war, Zeit | Continue reading
With hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian drone flights every month, countries have had…Tags: drone, Financial Times, Ukraine, war | Continue reading
In celebration of the lunar new year, many people release a lantern into…Tags: lantern, Lunar New Year, Taiwan Data Stories | Continue reading
For Businessweek, Cecilia D’Anastasio, Olivia Solon, and Leon Yin analyzed the unusual luck…Tags: Bloomberg, cryptocurrency, gambling, luck, Stake | Continue reading
Imagine points for each piece on a chessboard. They move to x-y positions…Tags: chess, Santiago Ortiz | Continue reading
Isotype, or International System of Typographic Picture Education, is a picture language used…Tags: Isotype, RJ Andrews | Continue reading
The folks who made Dark Sky, my once go-to weather app that was…Tags: forecast, uncertainty, weather | Continue reading
Here is what happened in February.Tags: roundup | Continue reading
Mechanical Pencil is a project by Bryan Macomber that illustrates the mechanical bits…Tags: Bryan Macomber, engineering, illustration, mechanical | Continue reading