RJ Andrews and Attila Bátorfy highlight information graphics from Signal, the Nazi propaganda… Tags: Attila Batorfy, Nazi, propaganda, RJ Andrews | Continue reading
Annelie Berner used blooming flowers as a visual metaphor to show climate change.… Tags: Annelie Berner, climate change, flower | Continue reading
Many visualization folks recognize the cholera map as a vital tool that John… Tags: cholera, John Snow, Joshua Stevens | Continue reading
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a reduction in data collection to put… Tags: budget, Bureau of Labor Statistics, government | Continue reading
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen played against 143,000 people in a single game. The… Tags: Associated Press, chess, crowds, Magnus Carlsen | Continue reading
A couple years ago, Harvard professor Francesca Gino was accused of faking data,… Tags: honesty, tenure | Continue reading
Hi folks. It’s Nathan. Welcome to the Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members… Tags: care, thought | Continue reading
There is always ample discussion about progressive tax rates in the United States.… Tags: Datawrapper, Europe, taxes | Continue reading
For MIT Technology Review, James O’Donnell and Casey Crownhart ran numbers and interviewed… Tags: data center, energy, MIT Technology Review | Continue reading
Hardware for AI uses a whole lot of energy while training on data… Tags: Alex de Vries-Gao, energy, Institute for Environmental Studies | Continue reading
Downloading survey microdata from public resources can be tricky. Sometimes the documentation is… Tags: Anthony Damico, public, R, surveys | Continue reading
Roger Peng and Hilary Parker started the statistics and data science podcast Not… Tags: Hilary Parker, podcast, Roger Peng | Continue reading
As we enter a time when people question the usefulness of vaccines, even… Tags: documentary, Neil Halloran, smallpox, vaccine, video | Continue reading
The Congressional Budget Office published a report estimating effects on household income if… Tags: bill, Congressional Budget Office, G. Elliott Morris, government, scale, taxes | Continue reading
The good stuff from May: tools you can use, data to play with, and resources to learn from. Tags: roundup | Continue reading
As the administration tries to block international students from attending Harvard University, NYT’s… Tags: education, international, Upshot | Continue reading
The administration is making it more difficult if not impossible for foreign students… Tags: deficit, education, trade, Washington Post | Continue reading
For the Intercept, Sam Biddle reports on government plans for a one-stop shop… Tags: Intercept, privacy | Continue reading
For The Washington Post, Douglas MacMillan and Aaron Schaffer report on a system… Tags: facial recognition, privacy, Washington Post | Continue reading
Ukraine has suffered ongoing damage to their power infrastructure since the invasion began.… Tags: Bloomberg, electricity, lights, Ukraine | Continue reading
With a circular voronoi diagram, NYT’s the Upshot shows a much slower rate… Tags: funding, science, Upshot | Continue reading
Last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a new rule that would… Tags: CFPB, data brokers, ethics, privacy, Wired | Continue reading
This week we look at how the same data can easily lead to different conclusions that can all be correct, even when they conflict. Tags: point of view | Continue reading
Kirk Goldsberry plotted MVP winners in the NBA, by nationality. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from… Tags: basketball, Kirk Goldsberry, MVP, NBA | Continue reading
While we’re on maps oriented in unfamiliar ways, Robert Simmon made an upside… Tags: geography, Robert Simmon | Continue reading
We usually think about mortality in terms of events that happened, because it’s… Tags: Hank Green, mortality | Continue reading
Land is sinking, or subsiding, at a slow rate of millimeters per year.… Tags: land, sinking, Washington Post | Continue reading
In February, farmers sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture for removing data related… Tags: climate, government, New York Times, USDA | Continue reading
Card counting is a method to keep track of the cards left in… Tags: blackjack, cards, counting, Quattro, Slate | Continue reading
Speaking of maps centered on specific countries, Engaging Data made an interactive map… Tags: country, Engaging Data, projections | Continue reading
Because everyone who is 30 years and older loves getting asked when they're going to settle down and get married. Tags: age, demographics, marriage | Continue reading
This week we look at the step chart and how to highlight specific patterns in the steps. Tags: enhance | Continue reading
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazil’s agency for statistics and… Tags: Brazil, projections | Continue reading
The birthday effect is a statistical anomaly that shows higher likelihood of death… Tags: birthday, mortality, Pudding, Russell Samora | Continue reading
There are plans to reduce staffing at the Social Security Administration by 7,000… Tags: layoffs, Social Security, Urban Institute | Continue reading
The NOAA database, dubbed Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters, tracked events that exceeded… Tags: climate, government, NOAA, takedown | Continue reading
RJ Andrews held an exhibition of data graphics at 41 Cooper in New… Tags: physical, RJ Andrews | Continue reading
The U.S. and China put a semi-hold on tariffs for the next 90… Tags: China, New York Times, tariff | Continue reading
It’s a temporary suspension, for now. For the Washington Post, Maxine Joselow reports:… Tags: air quality, government, monitor, Washington Post | Continue reading
For CNN, Andrew Freedman reports: Of the hundreds of vacancies, the 30 open… Tags: CNN, hurricane, NOAA | Continue reading
Researchers from the Ocean Discovery League estimated how little we know about the… Tags: deep sea, ocean, Ocean Discovery League | Continue reading
Seth Godin on the importance of judgment: AI is a tool, and judgment,… Tags: Seth Godin, tool | Continue reading
Benj Edwards reporting for Ars Techinca: In “Large Language Models, Small Labor Market… Tags: Ars Technica, work | Continue reading
For Bloomberg, Zoe Tillman and Christopher Cannon break down the lawsuits against the… Tags: Bloomberg, executive order, government, lawsuit | Continue reading
Look for outside reasons, or confounding factors, for why things show up in the data. Tags: confounding | Continue reading
This is outside my wheelhouse, but it seems like Met Gala dresses grow… Tags: dress, fashion, Met Gala, Reuters | Continue reading
For Rolling Stone, Miles Klee reports on a growing trend where ChatGPT disrupts… Tags: ChatGPT, ethics, Rolling Stone | Continue reading
Bloomberg, leaning in to a shipping container metaphor, shows the value of goods… Tags: Bloomberg, China, shipping, tariff | Continue reading