I've launched a newsletter called Not-Ship. By using data and visuals, I'm trying to make sense of our uncertain world. But what even is a Not-Ship? I'm curious if anyone knows the reference! (The answer is on my About page. Why not sign-up while you're there!) www.not-ship.com

Wood face.

This really is the pits. This is not a design that — whatever you think of them — Saudi Arabia, the organisers of the 2034 World Cup have anything to do with. Has popped up randomly on social, caught fire and now pushed for attention by the Mail. Pathetic business.

The October newsletter will be sent out tomorrow to subscribers, which means there's around 24 hours available for non-subscribers to resolve not being subscribers! visualisingdata.com/newsletter/

1000 days after the last S-H-O-W event and 500 days after the first CEST-LA-VIZ, another dataviz event is planned. See you next year in Utrecht (the Netherlands). More information and registration in a few months. #dataviz #datavisualisation

"This is almost like the Saturday Night Live of posters. You put three idiots together and they say 'okay, we're going to hire AI to do labor posters.'" www.not-ship.com/the-demons-a...

I have some space for commissions, consulting, custom workshops and other imaginative engagements in November. If you're looking to get some puzzle pieces placed between now and the end of the year, let me know...?

Don't think I've seen visualised wind patterns this intense before earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...

📢 We're hiring! Join our team as the Conference Director to shape and manage #Outlier2026, the global data viz conference. Apply or learn more: datavisualizationsociety.org/outlier-conference-director

Womensart blog: Extraordinary Painter Betty Acquah womensartblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/e...

The latest Explore Explain episode is out now and its such a fascinating topic and unique visualisation design solution. (Only 5 more episodes to go after this before I then retire the show...)

An extra hour due to clock changes AND a Monday bank holiday in late October? Well played Ireland, I'll happily take that thank you

New 'Explore Explain' episode! I chatted with award-winning Liuhuaying Yang from the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna about her unique data visualisation ‘Not My Name‘, which explores the process and components of translating Chinese names Pinyin. visualisingdata.com/2025/10/expl...

@attilabatorfy.bsky.social interviews me about falling down the information-graphic history hole open.substack.com/pub/attilaba...

Uncertainty is higher — waaaaaaay higher — than it's been in decades! www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...

Hi. It's me. 2 weeks later. This is done. 58 frames over 3 seconds, *50* layers in the final image. WOO. This was a long edit, felt like ACTUAL work so unless I get it again with the actual sunset I doubt I'll be editing more like this. Psyched for the final piece tho! 🪶

Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive

And here’s a flavour of why

This is going to be a solid gold recommend

I love a good paywall fade into madness, especially when it has just given a really good explanation just beforehand. www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...

Two adjacent articles on The Guardian

Guess how many colors are in the legend for this budget chart from my town. (see replies for answer)

Excellent Marimekko use-case

We're looking for a new data viz person on our graphics desk to work closely with us in the data projects team!

Rain rain barkels

Paste and Match Style vs. Paste and Retain Style is, for me, another of the 'always trying to plug in the USB-B adapter the wrong way up'

The latest issue of my newsletter, sent out to subscribers 2 weeks ago, is now opened for all to view visualisingdata.com/2025/10/the-...

The latest issue of my newsletter, sent out to subscribers 2 weeks ago, is now opened for all to view visualisingdata.com/2025/10/the-...

Feels a rather well-timed pair of posts on my timeline this morning

This is how the war in Ukraine has changed. For this story, we used Gaussian splatting for the first time, which creates a unique aesthetic. What do you think? www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra...

After a few years its great to be back in Athens for a week of work injecting data viz know-how into the brains of the lovely people attending OTE Academy training

🤳EXCLUSIVE: We analyzed real data from over 800 U.S. TikTok users to reveal how the app transforms casual users into power users. Extremely proud of this one, over a year in the making w/ @richardsima.bsky.social Leslie Shapiro @asteckelberg.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social wapo.st/4obueib

Huge news: @datavandals.bsky.social have opened a new year-long exhibition "LA on the Move" now on view at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles! Discover how people and wildlife all move through LA and how we can support the ecosystem together. /1. datavandals.com/la-on-the-move

Some nic(h)e reviews on Etsy 3dartmaps.etsy.com/listing/4300...

Are you a student in #Scotland? You could enter our infographic competition & win a lovely bundle of books related to maths, stats, biology & fiction by Scottish authors. Closing date 10th October at midnight. Enter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please share! #MathsWeekScot

⚽️ We’re looking for Football Performance Analysts to join the team - Spanish speaking ⚽️ 👉 Apply here - lnkd.in/g-nCkW24

NEW POST: I’m thrilled to see a visualisation I created has been included in a new graphics book by Nigel Holmes, titled ‘Let’s Get Infografit: A Graphic Look at Exercise and Health‘. visualisingdata.com/2025/10/visu...

NEW POST: I’m thrilled to see a visualisation I created has been included in a new graphics book by Nigel Holmes, titled ‘Let’s Get Infografit: A Graphic Look at Exercise and Health‘. visualisingdata.com/2025/10/visu...

[________] files for bankruptcy after a spreadsheet error in a report.

I would have expected more posting from the #dataviz community about the 40 years of Excel (today). It was and remains a foundational tool. (test of time IIB award perhaps?) This list of practical tips looks amazing. All from practitioners. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelbl...

The newsletter will be back up and running later today, with a new issue compiling the best dataviz related things I saw during July-August. With non-work life now a little more settled, from next month I'll be able to revert back to my monthly-issue rhythm. visualisingdata.com/newsletter/

1) Subscribed calendars for football fixtures sneaking in unwelcome advert appointments for contests and sales 2) Mail app ignoring my “ignore follow ups” setting 3) WhatsApp’s ‘swipe up to talk’ Just three of tech’s lesser important but very annoying features/practices bothering me this morning.

So I'm a chronic text-based journalism poster who used to live their life on Twitter and had somehow got a large number of followers next to my name. Helpful for work, lots of stories, I could make news go viral. Anyway as I test I slightly re-engaged with various platforms this week. Vibes results:

Off the Charts, The Economist's weekly data-journalism newsletter, is now on Substack! It's free to subscribe and you'll receive a steady supply of tips, tricks and behind-the-scenes tales from our award-winning data team 🧵 theeconomistoffthecharts.substack.com

Minutes away from the start of the first of seven courses I’m running for one of my very best clients, OTE Academy in Greece. This one’s on zoom, most of the others will be in Athens.

New: I went on a months-long treasure hunt for 1,200+ books spanning 450+ years to digitize Daniel Updike’s Printing Types from 1922, detailing the history of printing and typography. Made a nifty poster too. Explore: www.c82.net/printing-types How it was made: www.c82.net/blog/?id=100

The autumn online cohorts of Binoculars to Binomials start next week. Over 100 people have now taken this course. Designers from the NYTimes, Spiegel, Bloomberg and the Washington Post, ornithologists, physicists, composers, actors, typographers, UX researchers, librarians and retirees. 📊🪶🌿🎨