In this exclusive interview, Jordan LaFlure, Executive Editor of The Onion, speaks about the publication’s enduring success, its highly collaborative editorial process, the craft of writing unforgettable headlines, and how satire continues to thrive in an era of relentless news cycles and digital

It's been fun & challenging! The mashup of physical model and spatial data projection has been really cool. After all the printing and projector calibration it's exciting to see data projected! We plan to add different visualisations/simulations with park team as part of a new visitor experience 😎🇻🇳

I've been in #Vietnam this week with colleagues setting up our projection map designed for Trang An UNESCO World Heritage Karst landscape. 1000's of visitors will view current & paleo climate data digitally projected into 3d printed map as they begin famous park boat tours. Geoscience & Art 🇻🇳❤️😎🌏

@alanbeattie.bsky.social nails a bugbear of mine: we northerners all view each other with *deep* suspicion. There is no unified "north", it's just bollocks. We can't even agree where it is. All hail the King of the North! But which north? - as.ft.com/r/72b902cb-a...

I'm hiring 👀🐙⚡ This is a rare opportunity to join the Data Visualisation team at Octopus Energy, the largest (and most exciting) energy supplier in Britain. jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/b...

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

Hey everyone! So I’ve got a shop, and it’s got a whole lot of fun stuff on it that you should absolutely go and check out, have a laugh, and maybe get yourself something! Cheers! instachaaz.shop

Update after Brazil defeat Japan.

The game of soccer has proved insufficient to resolve a game of soccer. We will play a different game instead.

Alternative reading of this: "Our mistake was to lay off veteran technicians too abruptly without having fully slurped up all their knowledge first" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Remember The Seinfeld Chronicles? @visualisingdata.com’s massive dataviz deep dive into Seinfeld now has a digital edition – enhanced with sound and video. At Loud Numbers, Duncan Geere and I built a data-to-music engine for all 176 episodes. Fun, silly, rigorous. 👉 seinfeld.visualisingdata.com

And for a last mention, if you want to hear more from us about the behind-the-scenes creative thought-process, join today's free webinar for the final ever 'Explore Explain' episode recording (1pm UTC). Details of how to register to get the link: visualisingdata.com/2026/06/expl...

This post outlines the main sections of the work and offers a preview of some of the contents, the centrepiece of which are the episode visual compositions augmented by sonified jazz 'vignettes' for every scene. Huge thanks to Anne-Marie, Miriam, and Duncan - magnificent creative partners.

After Friday's soft-launch, its time to formally put this new project out into the wild. The digital reboot of my 'The Seinfeld Chronicles' project is a detailed exploration of the trends and patterns of the laughter, character-usage, and locations of Seinfeld. visualisingdata.com/2026/06/new-...

After Friday's soft-launch, its time to formally put this new project out into the wild. The digital reboot of my 'The Seinfeld Chronicles' project is a detailed exploration of the trends and patterns of the laughter, character-usage, and locations of Seinfeld. visualisingdata.com/2026/06/new-...

@benmckenna.bsky.social Ben McKenna! How you doing, Champion?

Lots of very beautiful #DataViz in this 👇

Almost as good as the book! ;)

I'm blown away! Are you blown?

I will post about it in more detail Monday, when my brain is less fried and my communication skills are more coherent, and you can also join the live recording of 'Explore Explain'* where we'll unveil all the BTS thinking that went into it visualisingdata.com/2026/06/expl... *Last ever episode!

Like Moneyball, but Seinfeld. Quite the labor of love. Bravo!

People of Bluesky, may I present to you 'The Seinfeld Chronicles: Digital Edition' seinfeld.visualisingdata.com

Well, I know what they're *not* talking about.

Who are the smart minds out there for queries about React (maybe @sebastianlammers.com @higsch.com)? I have someone with a specific technical query that needs a knowledgable person far beyond me, if anyone would be willing to help and for me to connect you via email

Analysis: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time ✍️ Written by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org 📉 Data analysis by Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/Heqn0QC

Great minds are thinking alike, thanks for sharing Penina

Outstanding post from RJ, 'good friction', love it.

Last chance to join the online workshop "Visualise Data in Touch Designer" led by me, online. Friday 26 June, 14:30 - 17:30 BST. Tickets via Luma (use the code SUMMER to get 15% off): luma.com/0l0eexcd #dataviz

At the very moment that Europe is suffering the lethal effects of climate change, the Tories and their far-right conspiracist mates are labelling net-zero policy as "woke" at a conference sponsored by fossil fuels companies! Remember this when you next vote! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

My workplace for the next two days

Fantastic reporting, and clear visual examples, of the danger posed to pedestrians by bigger and bigger trucks with huge blind spots www.nytimes.com/interactive/... from @mhkeller.bsky.social

"Tell Jabba I'll get him his money..."

A little tease for next week’s post.

"Sensational Sankeys" from @jonathanvincent.bsky.social and @sdbernard.bsky.social

Another reminder to sign up for this free live webinar on 29 June 👇

The Seinfeld Chronicles: Digital Edition. This rebooted project visually, digitally, and sonically presents an entirely unnecessary data-driven exploration of every episode of Seinfeld. Launching midnight (UTC) Thu 25 June for newsletter subscribers and then to everyone else on Fri 26 at midday.

Are you creating great explanatory #dataviz (e.g. in a news or business context) and want to teach others how to become great at data vis, too? Let’s talk!

Some super nice design work on show here (part 2) - already reposted but now properly been through it.

Some super nice design work on show here (part 1)

As a fan of Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer, Andy, Anne-Marie, Duncan and Miriam, this is exciting.

The Seinfeld Chronicles: Digital Edition. This rebooted project visually, digitally, and sonically presents an entirely unnecessary data-driven exploration of every episode of Seinfeld. Launching midnight (UTC) Thu 25 June for newsletter subscribers and then to everyone else on Fri 26 at midday.

Entirely related, because nobody does effective policy around tech. Nobody.

The Seinfeld Chronicles, digital edition, will be launched next week. It’s a giant, sound-enhanced data experience all about Seinfeld. Join @visualisingdata.com, @annemariedufour.bsky.social, Duncan Geere and me on 29 June to find out how we made it. Register 👉 visualisingdata.com/2026/06/expl...

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✨ New project! ✨ Mapping the hidden infrastructure which connects to >70% of plants, extends root networks up to 100x and reaches a length of 1 BILLION times the distance to the sun 🤯 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi! Learn all about them here: a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth w/ @spun.earth 💚