9 Best Articles in 2021
The Washington Post
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
The Washington Post
7 min read · 1292 saves · 2020-03-14
The New York Times
How the Virus Got Out
The New York Times
7 min read · 912 saves · 2020-03-22 · We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough.
The Pudding
How Bad Is Your Spotify?
The Pudding
743 saves · 2020-12-22 · Our sophisticated A.I. judges your awful taste in music.
TNW
Google launches animation tool so you can turn boring data into cool GIFs
TNW
2 min read · 554 saves · From 2017 · Google has launched a new animation tool to help you breathe life into data by turning boring number charts into cool GIF illustrations.
mkorostoff.github.io
Wealth, shown to scale
mkorostoff.github.io
527 saves · 2020-04-28 · Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
students.brown.edu
Seeing Theory
students.brown.edu
521 saves · From 2017 · A visual introduction to probability and statistics.
The New York Times
How the Virus Won
The New York Times
3 min read · 514 saves · 2020-06-25 · Invisible outbreaks sprang up everywhere. The United States ignored the warning signs. We reconstructed how the epidemic spun out of control.
medium.com
39 studies about human perception in 30 minutes — Medium
medium.com
20+ min read · 422 saves · From 2016 · These are my speaker notes from a talk I gave at OpenVis in April 2016. Originally this talk was supposed to be called “Everything we know…
FiveThirtyEight
2020 Election Forecast
FiveThirtyEight
~14 min read · 417 saves · 2020-08-12 · Latest forecast of the 2020 presidential election between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden by Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight
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The New York Times
The Complete List of Trump’s Twitter Insults (2015-2021)
The New York Times
235 saves · Jan 19th · Kevin Quealy · This list documents all the verbal attacks Mr. Trump posted on Twitter, from when he declared his candidacy in June 2015 to Jan. 8, when Twitter permanently barred him.
observablehq.com
Cheysson Color Palettes
observablehq.com
74 saves · Jan 20th · Resuable color palettes, provided as SVG patterns, based on the late 1800s French Albums de Statistique Graphique by engineer and data visualization pioneer Émile Cheysson. Introduction This notebook…
Our World in Data
Do we only have 60 harvests left?
Our World in Data
8 min read · 65 saves · Jan 14th · Claims that the world has only 100, 60, or even 30 years of harvests left often hit the headlines. These claims are overblown, but soil erosion is a problem and we can do something about it.
The New York Times
400,000 More U.S. Deaths Than Normal Since Covid-19 Struck
The New York Times
5 min read · 44 saves · Jan 14th · Since the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping across the country last year, deaths have been nearly 20 percent above normal. See the breakdown by state.
FiveThirtyEight
Biden’s Record-Breaking Cabinet Nominees, In One Chart
FiveThirtyEight
1 min read · 42 saves · Jan 11th · Joe Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history. If all of his nominees are confirmed, 12 of the 24 offices he has designated as Cabinet-level will be held by women.…
Post Politics
‘Virus’, ‘Riotous’, ‘Folks’: The historic words in Biden’s inauguration speech
Post Politics
39 saves · Jan 21st · Folks, Virus, Crucible, Shoes: These are some of the words in Biden's speech that no other president had spoken in an inaugural address.
FiveThirtyEight
Women of Color Were Shut Out of Congress For Decades. Now They're Transforming It.
FiveThirtyEight
9 min read · 34 saves · Jan 18th · More women of color are serving in the 117th Congress than ever before.
The Economist
The Big Mac index
The Economist
1 min read · 31 saves · Jan 12th · Our interactive currency comparison tool
The New York Times
Which Members of Congress Have Tested Positive for the Coronavirus
The New York Times
6 min read · 30 saves · Jan 13th · John Keefe · At least 60 members of the 117th Congress have reported positive coronavirus tests, many of them in recent weeks.
