Allison McCartney
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Editor of graphics + elections @ NYTimes. Reporting live from the 415.
I went to see I Love Boosters yesterday and while there are so many fun Bay Area details, the Millennium Tower being home to the villain’s lair tickled me so right
28 days ago
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An excellent plaque
about 1 month ago
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Maggie Astor
about 2 months ago
"That's true, Isildur. I did promise that I wouldn't betray you to your death. You're right to call me on that."
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I have reached the age of dubious distinction where people are just wishing me happy Mother’s Day with no child in sight
about 2 months ago
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Mira Rojanasakul
about 2 months ago
Great visual explainer by Agnes Chang and
@pablorobles.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Long Journey From the Strait of Hormuz to the Gas Tank
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened today, oil would still take more than a month to reach consumers. The economic shock from the Iran war could take far longer to ease.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/07/world/middleeast/oil-tanker-strait-hormuz-iran-war.html
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#blessed
to have experienced both the Hot Duck era in NYC and now the Chonkers era in SF
about 2 months ago
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Atomic Redsters seem to be the true Olympic champions so far
5 months ago
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It’s fun to see the whole city decked out in 49ers gear
5 months ago
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Will Harris
5 months ago
it's true-
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Visualising Climate
5 months ago
Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data.
visualisingclimate.org
#VisualisingClimate2026
#DataVis
#ClimateCrisis
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In retrospect, le poisson steve was probably the best thing to happen in 2025
6 months ago
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The scream I scrumpt seeing Hunter/x show up as a Snoop guest on the Lions/Vikings halftime show!!!
6 months ago
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Nolan Hicks
6 months ago
“INSIDE THE DEPORTATION MACHINE: How ICE has moved thousands of people through detention and out of the country.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Complex Deportation Network Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
An analysis of data on every ICE arrest, detention stay and deportation reveals the complexity and reach of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/us/trump-immigration-deportation-network-ice-arrests.html
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Leah Litman
6 months ago
A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made. SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-donors-fundraising-benefits.html
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Don’t make me choose !
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/b...
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Who Is the Ultimate Mr. Darcy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/books/mr-darcy-pride-and-prejudice-jane-austen.html
6 months ago
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Clara Jeffery
6 months ago
Waymos are bad for human jobs, but good, generally, for traffic safety. Blackouts are (for the time being, anyway) an edge case, but the public needs to know how/if this can be addressed, bc that makes the impacts of quakes or cyberterror more fraught.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
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Waymo suspends service amid widespread blackout-related disruption
Company temporarily pauses robotaxis in San Francisco after cars stalled out and blocked intersections, causing traffic jams.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/waymo-sf-blackout-robotaxi-traffic-jams/
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6 months ago
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My Bay Area struggle is thinking to myself, "Wow it's absolutely freezing," then opening my weather app and seeing it's 56 degrees 😐
7 months ago
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😭😭😭
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7 months ago
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rat king 🐀 👑
7 months ago
lol this rocks taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
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Chad Kohalyk
7 months ago
Fran Sans — a typeface inspired by San Francisco light rail displays — is gorgeous and this excellent article really shows you how deep a typography designer will go 👏👏👏
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography
#design
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Mondo Mascots
7 months ago
Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.
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Anyone know what’s up with this giant zeppelin going over downtown San Francisco right now?
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7 months ago
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When I move away from a place, it often feels like a dream that I ever lived there at all.
8 months ago
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JFK to Williamsburg is 37 minutes by car but more that 2 hours by public transport??
8 months ago
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Power outage street party in the Mission
8 months ago
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Clara Jeffery
8 months ago
I can report a pretty substantial power outage in the Mission
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Josh Sawyer
8 months ago
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Anyone know what's up with the helicopter circling Dolores Park in San Francisco?
8 months ago
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Ryan Mac 🙃
9 months ago
this is the dumbest shit i have ever read
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My Instagram ads are out of control
9 months ago
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The best part of the TS album release is that Brat is back on my TL
9 months ago
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It's pretty amazing that I've played more than 200 hours of Civilization VI (say nothing of previous versions) and am still incredibly shit at it
9 months ago
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I can’t tell if I’m in a Bay Area bubble or if hyphy is really coming back in 2025
10 months ago
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William B. Davis
10 months ago
Made this little guy to track the substantial growth of Erin's tropical-storm-force winds
#mapshaper
#turfjs
#flubber
#svelte5
🎁
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Took long enough but glad it's here!
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10 months ago
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rat king 🐀 👑
10 months ago
NEWS: Meta will announce an AI reorganization today, dividing the Superintelligence division into four units weighing some cuts or employees moved from AI division considering licensing closed source models to build new AI products w/
@elitan.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/t...
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Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Shake Up Meta’s A.I. Efforts, Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai.html
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Nolan Hicks
10 months ago
“An analysis of real-time train data shows that it is less reliable than its New York and Connecticut counterparts — Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) — and riders face significant service disruptions at six times the rate of other commuters.”
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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NJ Transit Is NYC’s Least Reliable Commuter Rail — By a Long Shot
An analysis of real-time train data shows its passengers face major service disruptions at six times the rate of riders on other NYC commuter railways.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-njtransit-major-delays/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NTYwNTc0NCwiZXhwIjoxNzU2MjEwNTQ0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMThIMFVHUFFRSEUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEQkFCMzE4NjEyQzY0ODU3QkE1MjI4MEQyOEVDOTlGMCJ9.nJSvLlLG42zZAuBN45L4Lr1-0AAN4ELi0GOu32XQP3M
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Hard to describe how San Francisco felt kind of empty six months ago, and feels full to bursting now
11 months ago
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“It is WARM 🥵 out today,” is a thing I have said multiple times today. I grew up playing soccer in the Texas summer - how far I have fallen.
11 months ago
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An incredible public resource!
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11 months ago
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Lisa Pickoff-White
11 months ago
We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with
@kqednews.kqed.org
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@sfchronicle.com
@latimes.com
@calmatters.org
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CLEAN - KQED News
Search California public records about law enforcement violence and misconduct.
https://policerecords.kqed.org/
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Ben Mullin
11 months ago
News: legendary Washington Post sports columnist
@sallyjenx.bsky.social
is leaving The Post.
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Redwood City’s slogan of “Climate Best by Government Test” turns 100 years old this year and it still goes hard
12 months ago
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SND gold medal
12 months ago
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Way too many people at the airport these days with open-toe shoes. Truly chaotic move.
12 months ago
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The Upshot
about 1 year ago
We're updating this file as decisions come in .... A Running List of Policies Rejected From the Republican Megabill
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Precinct results for today's NYC mayor's race
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Most Detailed Map of New York City Mayoral Primary Results
See neighborhood-level election results from the first round of the mayoral race.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html
about 1 year ago
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