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Torahmap by Danyel Fisher is an interactive visualization of the Hebrew Bible. Each Tags: Danyel Fisher , Tanakh , text

A population pyramid shows the age distribution of a population, usually with counts Tags: Karim Doueb , population , world

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

Harvard researchers published an analysis arguing that risk of cancer increases when people Tags: Breakthrough Institute , cancer , causation , Costco

Is there something that comes after we die? For the Pudding, Alvin Chang Tags: Alvin Chang , life , mortality , Pudding , religion

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

Over summer break, MIT installed over 500 AI-enabled surveillance cameras around campus. In Tags: camera , MIT , privacy

This week is about finding your way by getting lost in the data. Tags: creativity , process

Large language models are heavily dependent on training data to determine what comes Tags: Aatish Bhatia , puzzle , training

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

Bert Spaan, with help from Jules Schoonman, made an elevation map for the Tags: Bert Spaan , elevation , world

Celebrating 30 seasons of the WNBA, ESPN has a fun piece on the Tags: basketball , ESPN , WNBA

Here's what happened in September. Tags: roundup

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

A live Caltrans feed of the southbound 101 highway in California is translated Tags: highway , music , traffic

Continuing the four-part series on wealth inequality in America, the most recent video Tags: income , inequality , politizane

When you think about how the economy is doing these days, it can Tags: economy , perspective , Reuters

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

Summer 2026 is likely the hottest summer on record since 1895. The NYT Tags: climate change , heat , New York Times

The Colorado River is at risk due to drought and states using more Tags: Colorado River , consumption , drought , Reuters , water

The United Nations voted to support the Equal Area map projection, which more Tags: cartography , Guardian , Japan , world

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

Mathematician Terence Tao, a 2006 Fields Medal winner and professor at UCLA, discusses Tags: Big Think , math , paradox , Terence Tao

Last year, the African Union pushed for wider adoption of the Equal Area Tags: Africa , area , cartography , Guardian , projections

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

This week, I describe the many small choices one must make while working on a set of charts. Tags: behind the scenes

There are thousands of crew members aboard U.S. warships in the Middle East. Tags: Iran , logistics , New York Times , war

Observable, known for visualization-centric notebooks to share code, restarted fresh to adjust for Tags: notebook , Observable

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

It is trivial to generate bodies of text on infinite topics, so of Tags: Internet , Pew Research , writing

Here is what happened in August. Tags: roundup

For the Washington Post, Jeremy B. Merrill analyzed newsletters and social media posts Tags: data center , politics , Washington Post

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

When you spend more than you make, you get debt. For the Washington Tags: debt , government , revenue , spending , Washington Post

This week is about changing perspectives so we can find and visualize new insights. Tags: perspective

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