We're tracking the fallout from the Epstein files here (GIFT LINK) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I'm not very active here, but given the news: I'm one of the hundreds of reporters laid off from the Post. I worked as a graphics reporter, mostly covering the U.S economy and politics. My portfolio: www.lmelgar.me

News: I was cut yesterday in a newsroom-wide layoff affecting 300+ staff at The Washington Post. I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them. I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome. timmeko.com

Martin Weil, one of hundreds of journalists being let go at The Washington Post, has worked on local news there since 1965.

Trump’s massive and myriad power grabs, visualized and explained www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Boats already stopped in the water. People about to die. Clues to drone and manned aircraft fighting systems. —Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Here's our updated tracker... In Spanish: www.nytimes.com/es/interacti... In English: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Good morning. We crunched 4.6GB of trade data to find out how much of U.S. imports are getting tariffed (quite a bit) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I did The Daily today to talk about SNAP, but don’t listen to it because of me. Listen to today’s episode to hear the voices of real people who use food stamps, who speak about the ways this shutdown has inflicted real pain in their lives www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/p...

Looking for something to read this weekend? Try this... (And if you get to the end there’s a related video.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

NEW: The Trump administration has blocked or slowed almost $28 billion in federal aid since the shutdown began, largely harming Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, underscoring how the president has weaponized a fiscal stalemate www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here's our newly updated guide to the president's newly updated tariffs, in charts and maps, hot off the presses www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NEW: This morning, we published a detailed look at Trump's second term tariffs -- the rates that each country either faces starting Aug. 1 or has brokered through a preliminary deal. We'll be updating as we learn more. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NEW: We broke down how some Chinese imports could get hit by multiple tariffs => www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Spoke with @anaswanson.bsky.social at the Times about how foreign retaliatory tariffs will impact U.S. communities. Great job by @lazarogamio.bsky.social building a fantastic visual of which places are most exposed to foreign tariffs, based on our @brookings.edu work www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tariff Retaliation Will Hit Red places hardest, via @lazarogamio.bsky.social + @anaswanson.bsky.social w/ help from my team @brookings.edu suhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/business/economy/tariffs-trump-maps-voters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.mVRk.VBPacYi4cl1s&smid=bs-share

NEW from me and @anaswanson.bsky.social . We crunched the numbers to find the industries that produce the goods targeted with retaliatory tariffs. A majority of the jobs are in counties that voted for Trump in 2024 => www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid. An analysis by The New York Times reveals how these words are being removed from government websites. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We're diagramming how the Justice Department resignations are unfolding @lazarogamio.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More than 60 actions taken by President Trump during his first month in office bear the fingerprints of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for overhauling the federal government. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I think about railroad gauges every single day of my life

The Times is tracking the major legal challenges to Trump's agenda here => www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here are eight examples where Trump is already defying federal law less than three weeks into his term. @charliesavage.bsky.social @LazaroGamio.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Are you overwhelmed with the never-ending torrent of Trump news? We made this handy page that which organizes all the goings on and is updated daily => www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The New York Times is tracking the actions and statements by President Trump and his administration during the first 100 days of his second term. Here's a gift link if you'd like to bookmark it. We will be updating daily. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump is entering the White House with most of the business assets he held during his first term, plus new ventures that could provide more direct avenues for those wishing to influence a sitting president. w/ @ericlipton.nytimes.com and @lazarogamio.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Many thanks to the dream team of @ajcardia.bsky.social, Arijeta Lajka, Alyce McFadden, Courtney Brooks, @lazarogamio.bsky.social and so many more for making this happen. 👾 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/v...

Made an animated map to show how the Franklin Fire surrounded Malibu. More stuff here => www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/w...

NEW: A look at what connects Trump's new staff picks => www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Have your bar charts ever not fit? Just BEND them!

The 1980 NJ Transit "Graphics Standards Manual" contains a rough sketch of a passenger rail network diagram. Me being me, I decided to see what it would have looked like if it was fully designed. Turns out that it's actually pretty darn good.

The best part of reading 'The Power Broker' is tracking down the charts that are mentioned in passing. Here are some wild ones from the famous 1919 NY state report. So detailed! =>

Are "computer maps" interesting over here? archive.org/details/NASA... archive.org/details/NASA... archive.org/details/geog... archive.org/details/indu...

Your reminder that many of the muscles, nerves and bones you use to hear and talk with correspond to gill structures in fish. 🧪 #evolution #paleontology

A delightful read about something I did not know existed before today: Competitive Tablescaping!

Some Capital Transit Company ads from 1946. Amazing that these topics front of mind even back then.

Urban math (geometry) Bogotá, TransMilenio BRT

Good morning. Check out this absolutely delicious flow diagram of freight movements on the Mississippi river => www.loc.gov/resource/g40...

The transformation of DC's Navy Yard neighborhood. (2000 -> Today)

New this morning. A deep look at how turnout changed for Harris and Trump compared with 2020. Long story short, Harris got way fewer votes than Biden did in 2020, and Trump made modest gains across the country. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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