Literally making leaders of secretive dark money groups sweat. Great local journalism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOoZ...

Really well done. www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/g...

We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)

The FT @financialtimes.com is hiring a new data journalist to join our US data and visuals team in New York. Great job, great team, great place to work. Apply here 👉 job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

A really smart and elegant visualization. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🙃 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...

My colleague shared this happiness map, and man, at this moment in time, AM I HERE FOR THIS. pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...

Hey, guys, let's maybe not build this particular dystopic world. Kthx. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

1. People are sending me screenshots of their favorite "happy moments." Delightful. 2. Play with the filters. I think it's the most fun part. 3. There's a fun easter egg in the piece. I don't think anyone has found it.

The world feels quite precarious right now—and sometimes we forget what it feels like to pursue happiness. @alv9n.com digs into a study that asked more than 10,000 people to share their joy. From personal growth to friends and family, here’s our happiness mapped. pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...

My latest: Happy map

I’m so excited to be publishing my first-ever visual essay with @puddingviz.bsky.social: pudding.cool/2026/02/wome... It brings together so many of my recent interests — research, coding, design, and sewing — on a topic that won’t leave me alone: the chaos of women’s clothing sizes.

Few life experiences feel as universal, across generations, as the pains and frustrations of trying to find clothes that fit. In our newest project we dive into the data about women's sizing chaos. pudding.cool/2026/02/wome...

Nice data piece, with a clever use of UN resolution votes. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

I wish we still had Toni Morrison. I love this speech, but it hits different today. www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

344 unlawful detention petitions filed in Minnesota since Dec. 1st -- 288 of them just since Jan 1. The filings dwarf everything that came before. During Trump’s first term: avg 5.5 cases per month; Biden presidency: avg 1.5 cases per month www.startribune.com/wrongful-det...

Another argument for high-speed rail in the US. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm so impressed by these projects.

Fascinating post from @ashendruk.com on how we don't "linger" as much. www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...

Hello budding data journalists. The @NBCNews.com Data / Graphics team is looking for a summer 2026 intern, full-time, $30 / hour, working at 30 Rock in NYC. The application deadline is Friday Dec. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Details and link to application form below: gist.github.com/freejoe76/56...

Your morning read. How billionaires took over American politics: The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics. wapo.st/48nkqMN

Right-wing YouTubers use political identity to make big money. Lefty shows do less of it. A really great data analysis: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The ninth annual Pudding Cup is live! Submit your non-commercial data/visual stories. Winners receive $1,500. pudding.cool/pudding-cup/

A behind-the-scenes look at how I did this piece: buttondown.com/charthead/ar...

How much does Congress talk about democracy? How often do they worry that democracy is eroding? @alv9n.com's latest project analyzes every congressional speech in the last 145 years. pudding.cool/2025/11/demo...

My latest piece for @puddingviz.bsky.social: In pursuit of democracy pudding.cool/2025/11/demo...

top tier data viz defector.com/name-a-28-ye...

On Wednesday, the GOP-controlled House Appropriations Committee voted 34-28 along party lines to advance a funding bill that calls for excluding people living in the states without legal status from #2030Census results that the 14th Amendment says must include “whole number of persons in each state”

Wu's lopsided victory came despite being outmatched in fund-raising. Kraft spent roughly $260 for every vote earned in the prelim. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/m... via @daigofuji.bsky.social

This is chilling.

Remember, if you encounter what seems like an implausible survey finding, ask: 1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll? 2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents? Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪

Our desire to be serious and be taken seriously sometimes gets in the way of something even more important. Scarry understood the power of using fun to explain things that are complicated. This is how we can learn from that today. simonrogers.net/2025/09/01/h...

I'm completely obsessed with this art treatment. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Great. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Parable of the Good Samaritan, if it ended halfway through.

"We need a government-wide changelog." - yes. strong cosign and thanks @flowingdata.com for the shoutout to my lil Census tracker flowingdata.com/2025/08/20/t...

An incompetent, egotistical, uncurious administration. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

Do you want a bullhorn? Or do you want a whisper? Miriam Tinberg is a great follow for smart, empathetic, and grounded conversations on the internet and we’re lucky to have her on our team. Stay tuned for more!

The horizontal cuts are bad. Onion fonts are good. pudding.cool/2025/08/onio...

A cruel, irresponsible, undemocratic, incompetent administration. projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

We followed 260 migrants in Costa Rica—weekly—for 3 months. Findings: • Stressors like economic precarity and family separation predicted spikes in psychological distress • Distress quickly somatized: headaches, digestive issues, sleep disturbances • Effects were immediate and reversible

Just had a chill thinking about a PHP cron job that still might be running from my time at the Boston Globe... in 2012.

No respect for democracy, in maps www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...