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The New York Times produced a series of charts for the shift in Tags: elections , New York Times , partisanship , Texas

Youve seen maps of the results and maps of the shifts. For the Tags: elections , midterm , Wall Street Journal

Randy Au on the manual process of exploratory data analysis that is still Tags: automation , Large Language Model , Randy Au

In this week's The Process , we look at the ones that highlight the big shifts and see how changing focus can change the story. Tags: options , switch

Bloomberg used mountain peaks to show the shifts towards Democrats and Republicans. Taller Tags: Bloomberg , elections , midterm

The New York Times brings back the angled arrows to map the shift Tags: elections , midterm , New York Times

James Birdle described his experiment using AI to assist in chair design: What Tags: chair , creativity , Emergence Magazine , James Birdle , process

During the World Series, Google ran an ad for Gemini that noted several Tags: baseball , cherrypicking , Google , Marcos Huerta , moon

Elon Musk has donated $446 million for the midterm elections, because sure why Tags: election , Elon Musk , Guardian , midterm , spending

For the Washington Sun, Andrew Van Dam and Manuela Silva note the uptick Tags: body , Washington Sun , words

Last month, the Wealth Inequality in America video by Politizane got an update Tags: billionaires , scale , scroll , wealth

Every month, I gather tools and resources to make better charts that communicate and reveal. Here is what happened in October. Tags: roundup

For the Pudding, Owen Lacey analyzed the network of Hollywood actors connected by Tags: Kevin Bacon , Owen Lacey , Pudding , separation

For the New York Times, Raj Saha and Blacki Migliozzi used mazes to Tags: New York Times , rogue , training

On a per token basis, the cost of using LLMs from Anthropic and Tags: Anthropic , cost , Max Woolf , OpenAI

Terence Tao has become the unofficial spokesperson for the future of mathematics. Elisabeth Tags: math , New York Times , OpenAI , Terence Tao

Mathematician and Cornell professor Steven Strogatz was a guest on NYTs Daily podcast Tags: math , New York Times , purpose , Steven Strogatz

This week, we switch the chart defaults to non-defaults. Tags: creativity , default

If your electricity provider is an investor-owned company, its likely youre paying more Tags: Bloomberg , cost , electricity

Results from the Survey of Consumer Finances for 2025 were recently released, which means it is time for another rendition of seeing who has a higher net worth. Tags: net worth , wealth

More big numbers coming in. For NYTs the Upshot, Aatish Bhatia demonstrates the Tags: Aatish Bhatia , calculations , scale , training , Upshot

This week, I walk through my own thinking as I poke at fresh data. Tags: analysis

Daniel Willingham, a professor at the University of Virginia, argues that students should Tags: Daniel Willingham , education , students

Data for Progress compared social activities among American adults in 1995 against 2026. Tags: Data for Progress , social

This week is about helping data stand out in the land of many points. Tags: attention , contrast

Duncan Bradley made a zine of one-liners from data visualization folks. It is Tags: Duncan Bradley , guide

Jane Wickline impersonated Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update. Tags: Dario Amodei , doom , humor , Jane Wickline , Saturday Night Live

New to me, Tom Gauld, for New Scientist, made a fine pie chart Tags: comic , humor , Mars , New Scientist , Tom Gauld

Thin Air, Real Money is a game to help you understand the cryptocurrency Tags: cryptocurrency , game

Using data from the Federal Election Commission, the Washington Post called out the Tags: donors , election , politics , Washington Post

For 404 Media, Jason Koebler collated the dumb emails they receive from dumb Tags: 404 Media , annoying , bot , email

This week, there were a lot of trade-offs between utility and aesthetics. How do you find the balance? Tags: trade-off

9/11 in Realtime, developed by Robbie Byrd, replays the news on the day Tags: 9/11 , news , real-time , Robbie Byrd

In 2013, a video on U.S. wealth inequality was posted to YouTube by Tags: politizane , wealth

Riley Walz charted drawing trends on student art portfolio Artsonia. Kids shape culture, Tags: Artsonia , drawing , Riley Walz , trends

This week is about adapting our visualization workflow as the tools change dramatically. Tags: analysis , tools

Imagine a pottery wheel that turns clay on an axis. A potter forms Tags: curve , Karim Doueb , pottery

Due to Covid, Indias census count is overdue by five years. But theyre Tags: Bloomberg , census , India , population

The summer of 2026 will most likely be the hottest summer on record Tags: global warming , temperature , Washington Post

For the New York Times, Pablo Robles, Leanne Abraham, and Josh Holder mapped Tags: flood , Nepal , New York Times

Flock Safety has been getting some hate lately, because as it turns out, Tags: Darth Vader , Flock , privacy

There is a simple law from John Hack that says the length of Tags: drainage , Quanta , rivers

Older people are working later in life and younger people are not entering the labor force as early. Tags: labor force , work

Kieran Healy, a professor of sociology at Duke University, gives an enjoyable lecture Tags: Kieran Healy , trust

For the New York Times, Mira Rojanasakul and Brad Plumer report on the Tags: electric vehicle , New York Times

Spirit Airlines went bankrupt for real this time, and Google bought the data. Tags: Gizmodo , Google , Spirit Airlines , training

For the Wall Street Journal, Peter Rudegeair and Peter Santilli report on the Tags: spending , technology , Wall Street Journal

Suspecting that an anonymous order of 1,000 books was headed to an AI Tags: 404 Media , Amazon , tracking , training

To avoid heavy solar tariffs, China allegedly moved manufacturing to other countries. When Tags: Bloomberg , China , solar , tariff

For NYTs the Upshot, Eve Washington, Larry Buchanan, and Claire Cain Miller examined Tags: emoji , New York Times