Shadow fleet transporting oil

A so-called shadow fleet of tankers transport oil illicitly around the world. They…Tags: Financial Times, oil, shipping | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Everyday ripples from the Iran war

The world’s reliance on gas and oil means the war in Iran affects…Tags: everyday, illustration, Iran, New York Times, war | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Why rural hospitals close

A large portion of rural hospitals operate at a loss, which causes problems…Tags: healthcare, Reuters, rural, Sarah Slobin | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

How long Americans work the same job

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


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

✚ Visualization tools, data, and resources — March 2026 roundup

Here is what happened in March.Tags: roundup | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Typical flow of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz

For the New York Times, Lazaro Gamio, Blacki Migliozzi, and River Akira Davis…Tags: imports, New York Times, oil, Strait of Hormuz | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Infertility path from the perspective of mother and child

Getting pregnant and having a child is typically described as an effortless process…Tags: children, infertility, Lam Thuy Vo, Pudding | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Oil imports from the Middle East, by country

Lazaro Gamio and Josh Holder for the New York Times break down energy…Tags: imports, New York Times, oil | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Cheap drones allowing war with volume

Unmanned and relatively cheap drones that can be manufactured in high volume have…Tags: cost, drones, Reuters, scale, war | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Immigrant mothers separated from U.S. citizen children

Along with more arrests, the current administration has deported mothers at twice the…Tags: arrests, deportation, immigration, ProPublica | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Cities with most ICE arrests

For the New York Times, Albert Sun, Allison McCann, and Hamed Aleaziz obtained…Tags: arrests, immigration, New York Times | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Gas price jump feels like a lot because it is

For NYT’s the Upshot, Francesca Paris gives context to the recent spike in…Tags: gas, prices, Upshot | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

History of landscape features

From xkcd, a map sketch of why the landscape is what it is…Tags: comic, landscape, xkcd | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Mapping the unmapped Google Maps city

In most places, property lines stop at the street, but in North Oaks,…Tags: Chris Parr, Google Streetview, privacy | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Threats from prediction market gamblers

Emanuel Fabian, a military correspondent for the Times of Israel, received death threats…Tags: crowds, Polymarket, prediction market, threats | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

✚ Building and keeping trust in data graphics

This week we have conflicting views and a search for honesty in charts.Tags: honesty, trust | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Egg receipts for 25 years

John Rush has been scanning his receipts for 25 years. He did something…Tags: eggs, John Rush, receipt | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Jobs vulnerable to AI

Researchers at GovAI and Brookings estimated vulnerability to job displacement due to AI.…Tags: Brookings, GovAI, Washington Post, work | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Why sue Grammarly

Julia Angwin is suing Grammarly. For NYT Opinion, Angwin explains the reasons and…Tags: ethics, Grammarly, Julia Angwin, lawsuit, New York Times | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Subbed data source, lower inflation estimate

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


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

What if you floated upwards one foot every second

xkcd continues to answer the important questions.…Tags: sky, what-if, xkcd | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 2 months ago

Naval mine mechanics illustrated

Iran is starting to deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz. For the…Tags: Iran, mines, New York Times, Strait of Hormuz | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Africa by Toto with the lyrics switched out for the countries

You’re probably familiar with the song “Africa” by Toto. This version, by There…Tags: Africa, humor, song | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Shades of a lunar eclipse

There was a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026. From Michala Garrison…Tags: eclipse, NASA | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

✚ Faking real charts

This week is about fake charts and keeping ourselves in the feedback loop.Tags: fake, human | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Class action lawsuit for Grammarly

After backlash over their tool that pretends to provide expert editing advice, Grammarly…Tags: ethics, Grammarly, likeness, Wired | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Grammarly pretends to provide expert reviews

Upon finding out that Grammarly uses AI-generated editing, supposedly driven by real authors,…Tags: authors, Grammarly, likeness, Platformer | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Outdated data used in U.S. strike on elementary school in Iran

School children were killed in the poorly informed attack. The New York Times…Tags: Iran, New York Times, school | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Choose the real music vs. generated

Shri Khalpada, as a technologist and musician, thinks through his mixed feelings for…Tags: generative, music, PerThirtySix, Shri Khalpada | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

AI or human: writing passages

We are approaching a point (or we’re here already) where generated output is…Tags: New York Times, quiz, writing | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Pokemon tree of life

Pokemon is in its 30th year of existence. The Straits Times visualized the…Tags: Pokemon, Straits Times | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Satellite images that are AI fakes

To everyone’s surprise, that people definitely did not see coming, fake satellite images…Tags: fake, Financial Times, satellite imagery | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Bird search patterns

By Nadieh Bremer with Emily Barone, this is a charming piece on the…Tags: birds, Emily Barone, Google Trends, Nadieh Bremer, search | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Maps and charts for what is happening in Iran

Reuters Graphics has a feed of maps and charts for updates on Iran.…Tags: Iran, Reuters | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Mapping what makes us happy

In 2017, researchers asked study participants via MTurk to list three happy moments…Tags: Alvin Chang, happiness, Pudding | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Database to explore conflicts of interest through financial disclosures

ProPublica has been collecting thousands of disclosure documents, and they made a searchable…Tags: conflict, finance, politics, ProPublica | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Unemployment reasons, by age and education

Why Americans are unemployed varies across groups. Tags: unemployment, work | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

✚ Animating data for fun and interest

This week is about animating data to better show insights and to keep randos engaged on the internets.Tags: animation | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Oil supply chain slowdown

The New York Times mapped the traffic difference at the Strait of Hormuz,…Tags: New York Times, ships, traffic, war | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Marine traffic through the Strait of Hormus

Normally there is a steady flow of ships through the strait, but when…Tags: ships, war, Zeit | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Drones and modern warfare in Ukraine

With hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian drone flights every month, countries have had…Tags: drone, Financial Times, Ukraine, war | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Release your lantern

In celebration of the lunar new year, many people release a lantern into…Tags: lantern, Lunar New Year, Taiwan Data Stories | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Unusual luck for streamers in the crypto casino Stake

For Businessweek, Cecilia D’Anastasio, Olivia Solon, and Leon Yin analyzed the unusual luck…Tags: Bloomberg, cryptocurrency, gambling, luck, Stake | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Famous chess matches visualized as 3-D wireframes

Imagine points for each piece on a chessboard. They move to x-y positions…Tags: chess, Santiago Ortiz | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Visual catalog of Isotype examples

Isotype, or International System of Typographic Picture Education, is a picture language used…Tags: Isotype, RJ Andrews | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Weather forecast app, with uncertainty as a core feature

The folks who made Dark Sky, my once go-to weather app that was…Tags: forecast, uncertainty, weather | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

✚ Visualization tools and resources, February 2026 roundup

Here is what happened in February.Tags: roundup | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago

Illustrated engineering in everyday objects

Mechanical Pencil is a project by Bryan Macomber that illustrates the mechanical bits…Tags: Bryan Macomber, engineering, illustration, mechanical | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 months ago