The Bureau of Labor Statistics released monthly jobs data, but after the firing… Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, New York Times, uncertainty
Jon Keegan of Beautiful Public Data highlights researchers who used lidar to estimate… Tags: Beautiful Public Data, Lidar, Los Angeles, wildfire
For NYT’s the Upshot, Ethan Singer found the birth of pickleball courts in… Tags: courts, Ethan Singer, photography, pickleball, Upshot
This week is about helping people see data for what it is and avoiding poor choices. Tags: audience, context
NYPD arrested the wrong man, because facial recognition marked a match. Maria Cramer… Tags: ethics, facial recognition, New York Times, police, privacy
The New York Times estimated political bias in Grok’s models. They entered questions… Tags: bias, chatbot, Elon Musk, Grok, New York Times
A Tesla Model S, while on “Autopilot”, crashed into a parked truck, killing… Tags: crash, hacking, Tesla, Washington Post
Pew Research asked U.S. adults if certain behaviors in public, such as cursing… Tags: age, behavior, Pew Research, rude
Gordon Hart put together a fun interactive atlas of space. Click on objects,… Tags: atlas, Gordon Hart, space
TSA PreCheck allows U.S. travelers to skip the part of airport security where… Tags: flying, security, TSA, Upshot
The U.S. federal government does not release official numbers for the cuts to… Tags: firing, government, health, ProPublica
For WaPo’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam goes looking for American and… Tags: Department of Data, geography, words
Here are tools to use, datasets to poke at, and resources to learn from. Tags: roundup
For Wired, Lauren Goode spent a day vibe-coding at Notion: The next assignment… Tags: vibe-code, Wired
New to me, someone anonymously scraped and published the Spotify playlists of a… Tags: music, privacy, Spotify
Will Smith posted a video showing highlights from his tour, but parts of… Tags: Andy Baio, video, Will Smith
For the Washington Post, Kasha Patel and Naema Ahmed mapped the change in… Tags: climate change, summer, temperature, Washington Post
Speaking of the Correct the Map campaign, Miguel García Álvarez reminds that there… Tags: Mercator, Miguel García Álvarez, projections
For Reuters, Catarina Demony and Ayendeng Bior report on the African Union’s push… Tags: Africa, Mercator, Reuters
Soloham is a yo-yo style where there are two yo-yos off the string.… Tags: Hajime Miura, yo-yo
Adam Bonica analyzed the age of donors across different groups and politicians. For… Tags: Adam Bonica, fundraising, politics, spam
This week we make a solid, straightforward chart more readable and focused. It’s about the small things. Tags: editing
PlanScore uses four measures to define partisan gerrymandering, and they’ve made the data… Tags: gerrymandering, PlanScore
For the Washington Post, Drew Harwell reports on the budding industry of AI-generated… Tags: business, slop, Washington Post
Hannah Recht is tracking data through the U.S. Census Bureau APIs: The Census… Tags: census, Hannah Recht, tracker
You probably have a rough idea of education levels for each audience, but… Tags: education, news, Pew Research
For the Pudding, Andrew Aquino, with Russell Samora and Jan Diehm, supplies interactive… Tags: cutting, math, onions, Pudding
We know that alcohol is not the healthiest beverage to consume. When abused,… Tags: alcohol, Kurzgesagt
Jeff Horwitz, for Reuters, tells the story of 76-year-old Thongbue Wongbandue, who grew… Tags: chatbot, Meta, Reuters
AI companies like to say that they are close to or reached a… Tags: Claus Wilke, PhD
Because no one is perfect, even those striving for PhD-level intelligence. Tags: error, OpenAI
Wplace uses a world map as a canvas. Zoom in to where you… Tags: cooperative, paint, pixels
In what now seems like a tale as old as time, a man… Tags: chatbot, ChatGPT, error, New York Times
The seven-year itch suggests that people grow dissatisfied with marriage and long-term relationships… Tags: divorce, marriage
Molly Smith reports for Bloomberg on the appointing of EJ Antoni to head… Tags: Bloomberg, Bureau of Labor Statistics, EJ Antoni, government
Many are discovering that the Bureau of Labor Statistics updates past estimates, but… Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, economy, estimation
The stores use Flock cameras to collect license plate data from cars entering… Tags: 404 Media, camera, Flock, Home Depot, Lowe's, privacy
During the DOGE-fueled federal firings, which seems like a lifetime ago already, the… Tags: CNN, DOGE, National Weather Service, takedown
OpenAI introduced GPT-5 in a livestream, and they used a set of seemingly… Tags: labels, OpenAI
Hansi Lo Wang reporting for NPR: The 14th Amendment requires the “whole number… Tags: census, counting, government, NPR
Matt Seaton, for the Atlantic, reports on how the statistical approach impacted cycling… Tags: Atlantic, cycling, sports, Tour de France
Staying within chart defaults might provide an advantage. Tags: familiar
Reuters highlights unsafe temperatures in prison cells, using building models, public records, and… Tags: prison, Reuters, temperature
It’s exciting when an animal escapes from the zoo. A monkey breaks free… Tags: animals, Washington Post, zoo
Drew Harwell, reporting for the Washington Post: Artificial intelligence tools are not just… Tags: generative, obituary, writing
N. Gregory Mankiw and Cecilia Rouse, both former chairs of the Council of… Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, firing, Washington Post
For the New York Times, Steven Strogatz explains taxicab geometry through the lens… Tags: geometry, New York Times, taxi
The problem with two-dimensional map projections is distortion creeps in no matter what… Tags: globe, humor, projections, xkcd
For the New York Times, Ben Casselman highlights the potential repercussions for shunning… Tags: government, New York Times, uncertainty
The prior commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics had some things to… Tags: Bloomberg, Bureau of Labor Statistics, firing, government