Nathan Yau
@flowingdata.com
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Playing with data, visualizing it for humans at flowingdata.com
Prediction markets are a lot like regular gambling in that you're more likely to lose your money. But prediction markets have little regulation and it seems easier for insiders to interfere. Probably no biggie. Nice zoom out on the heatmapped distribution of gains and losses on this one.
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Weāve calculated your chances of winning money on Polymarket
A Washington Post analysis found that only a few users have won the majority of all the profits on the prediction market platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/polymarket-online-gambling-winners-and-losers/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzc4NDcyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc5ODU0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Nzg0NzIwMDAsImp0aSI6ImU0NTMzNTVmLWY5NDQtNGE3YS1hZmIyLTNkYTJmYzgxOTQ3ZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjYvcG9seW1hcmtldC1vbmxpbmUtZ2FtYmxpbmctd2lubmVycy1hbmQtbG9zZXJzLyJ9.0mKXbdA-9-VXc5eIQGjS2JXJPVQZq-Ea-egWtLTS-c8&itid=gfta
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Divorce, by occupations:
flowingdata.com/2026/05/07/d...
Actuaries, professional estimators of risk and very on brand, are the outlier with the lowest rate.
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Maarten Lambrechts
12 days ago
We've just launched the Atlas of Global Development, an online publication presenting interactive stories and data visualizations (95 of them!) on key global trends In this thread I give some background and highlight some parts of the Atlas that I find noteworthy
data360.worldbank.org/en/atlas/
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Researchers estimate that a third of new sites use AI-generated text: >
ai-on-the-internet.github.io
That's one year ago. Not great, but I wonder what percentage of those new sites have any traffic and if the chatbots and AI-generated sites are just eating themselves.
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It's getting a lot easier to connect digital fingerprints to a person
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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Opinion | Will AI end anonymity? I tested it.
AI can echolocate authors through their prose. Your digital fingerprint is at risk.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2026/04/26/artificial-intelligence-could-kill-anonymity-online/
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Are companies really granting access to AI bots to just go to town on their codebase and data? I barely trust myself with that power on my own computer.
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Classic Descriptor behavior with just words, no facts
flowingdata.com/projects/dis...
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Oliver Roeder
25 days ago
work on my team!:
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
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US Data Journalist
New York; Washington DC
https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes33/jobs/4847818101
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It's only April
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Tan G.
28 days ago
Rare sighting of a column chart taking a dip at Hove Beach.
#dataviz
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NBC/Peacock live player and shot tracking during games is pure distraction, terrible design, and somehow makes it harder to track basketball.
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Job turnover and tenure, by occupation, looking for who stays and who leaves the most
flowingdata.com/2026/04/16/j...
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about 1 month ago
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Looking forward to chatting with my Allbirds LLM shoes at the bus stop
about 1 month ago
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Michael Friendly
about 1 month ago
He was also one of those who ushered in the modern era of statistical graphics, the language (S / trellis graphics -> {lattice) pkg) of expressing those in code, and a keen observer of/contributor to work done in graphic perception. RIP, Bill. I enjoyed all our interactions.
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Joy and wonder straight to the veins.
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barbylon
about 2 months ago
Hi there, I'm Barbara and I work on the Artemis II Lunar Science team. I'll be here for a couple hours while watching the preparations for launch and happy to take your questions!
www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...
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NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon (Official Broadcast)
YouTube video by NASA
https://www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBMIzNo?si=pr8XbagaL1H18f_8
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Artemis II in 10 minutes
www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...
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NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon (Official Broadcast)
YouTube video by NASA
https://www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBMIzNo?si=_Qxypa9ZkdSsXlWU
about 2 months ago
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Just needs music and you have the opening to a space documentary
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about 2 months ago
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How long Americans work the same job
flowingdata.com/2026/03/26/j...
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Excellent use of Sankey
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about 2 months ago
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Scammers must be having a great time these days with all their new generative and automated toys to trick people into alternate realities.
about 2 months ago
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Why Moody
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For the old heads, it looks like information aesthetics is partially back up circa 2014
infosthetics.com
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Amelia McNamara
2 months ago
Smith College is hiring for a 3-year lecturer position in data journalism.
apply.interfolio.com/182785
I can attest to Smith being a great place to work. Folks at
#NICAR26
should check out the posting.
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https://apply.interfolio.com/182785
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Why Americans are unemployed, by age an education
flowingdata.com/2026/03/05/u...
It seems there will need to be a +1 for the laid off category as of a few minutes ago.
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Al Shaw
2 months ago
NEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/
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Daisy Chung
3 months ago
š®Happy Lantern Festival!š® This year we made a sky lantern (天ē) interactive to bring the experience at your fingertips! Customize a lantern with your own wishes and learn fun Taiwanese ā Horse Yearā sayings. May all your digital wishes come true!
taiwandatastories.com/lantern-fest...
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These visual breakdowns of everyday objects by Bryan Macomber are super satisfying
mechanical-pencil.com
"An illustrated celebration of the engineering around us"
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3 months ago
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A frame using satellite imagery showing a geographic region: Is it a map or a photo?
3 months ago
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Sharon Machlis
3 months ago
Seen online: ProPublica is hiring a data reporter, 5 yrs data journalism exp req'd. Salary $110K-$135K. Knowledge of Python or
#RStats
. US remote or option to work in NY, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix or Berkeley More info:
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
#DDJ
#JournalismJobs
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Data Reporter
Remote, United States
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/jobs/4646966006
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Happy new year š§§šš
3 months ago
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Caitlin Gilbert
3 months ago
Amid the hundreds of colleagues weāve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right nowāthreading here:
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Snatch up the WaPo folks. A lot of talent entered free agency today.
3 months ago
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From the White House, a bar chart that starts at 80.2 to exaggerate change incorrectly. Beware of Base Stealer
flowingdata.com/projects/dis...
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Alberto Cairo
4 months ago
The Open Visualization Academy (OVA) IS LIVE!
openvisualizationacademy.org
Thread follows
#dataViz
#infographics
#dataJournalism
#dataVisualization
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Out of New York and California and into Florida and Texas. Population drops and gains in every state
flowingdata.com/2026/01/29/p...
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Population drops and gains in every state
Most states gained population, but a few saw more people move out than move in, based on the newest estimates from the Census Bureau.
https://flowingdata.com/2026/01/29/population-drops-and-gains/
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Dumb times, dumb charts. Timelines for the people references in We Didn't Start the Fire
flowingdata.com/2026/01/20/t...
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Timelines for those still alive from āWe Didnāt Start the Fireā
In his song āWe Didnāt Start the Fireā, Billy Joel references 57 people. Three of them are still alive.
https://flowingdata.com/2026/01/20/timelines-for-those-still-alive-from-we-didnt-start-the-fire/
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Jake Steinberg
4 months ago
Latest on the federal forces in Minnesota from me and my colleague Jeff Hargarten: There are now more federal immigration agents in MN than the 10 largest Twin Cities police departments combined. 9% of ICE is in MN right now, even though MN has less than 1% of the nation's undocumented immigrants.
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Are 3,000 ICE agents ādisproportionateā to Twin Cities police forces?
Their presence is bigger than the 10 largest metro police departments combined.
https://www.startribune.com/how-ice-numbers-compare-to-twin-cities-largest-police-forces/601562617?utm_source=gift
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Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta
4 months ago
New Year, New Colour Tool for you data visualizers and maybe the odd designer
obumbratta.com/colour
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Drew Harwell
4 months ago
I'm already seeing people on here use AI face tools to try to identify the masked ICE agent in Minneapolis. It's a truly terrible idea and here's why
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New Year's resolutions for men and women that we will definitely follow through with this year
flowingdata.com/2026/01/05/n...
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4 months ago
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Happy new year everyone
5 months ago
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Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025, a.k.a. my favorites
flowingdata.com/2025/12/31/b...
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Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025
Many data things were made this year. These are my favorites.
https://flowingdata.com/2025/12/31/best-data-visualization-2025/
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Who we spend our time with is just as important as how we spend our time. With age, sex, and day of week, there are shifts in who we choose to be with
flowingdata.com/2025/12/17/t...
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Neal Agarwal
5 months ago
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used >
neal.fun/size-of-life/
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Who makes more than you and the jobs they have, depends on your annual salary of course
flowingdata.com/2025/12/02/w...
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Very good.
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Fifteen Years
https://xkcd.com/3172/
6 months ago
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Bye doge.
6 months ago
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Christine Zhang
6 months ago
NEW: New Jerseyās township data is (mostly) in, so
@shanegoldmacher.bsky.social
& I crunched the numbers on NJās blue shift/pendulum swing The same majority-Hispanic cities & towns that swung to Trump in 24 shifted back D, to Mikie Sherrill, in the governorās race
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
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Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/politics/latino-voters-new-jersey.html
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Welcome back, federal workers.
6 months ago
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