A really nice—and surprising—chart from Amanda Shendruk's excellent newsletter, Not-Ship www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...

Folks, here's a link to my newsletter where I express my exasperation with LinkedIn. Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work. mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...

There's one day a year when nearly 6 billion people — almost three quarters of the global population — have a public holiday. Do you know what it is? www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...

It's crazy that the US has the nearly the same rate of road traffic deaths per 100,000 people as India, Brazil and China. It does worse than Indonesia and Mexico. Wow! Neat stuff from @ashendruk.com's excellent new newsletter www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...

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

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

When was the last time you lingered? You know, just hanging about. No purpose. No urgency. No real desire to leave. www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected] www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

Help me find all the data and/or dataviz focused newsletters! I've got a decent list going on LinkedIn... Add to it, or share in this thread. Let's find 'em all! #dataviz www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

As someone who believes runaway capitalism is one of the main ills of our time, Christmas gift giving requires some uncomfortable mental gymnastics. But I've found a way to feel a bit better about it. Let me make the case for a B Corp Christmas. www.not-ship.com/the-hypocrit...

You’ll Be OK

An analysis of major US retailers found most items were discounted more often than sold at the 'regular' price. In other words, the 'discount' is the real price, and the 'regular' price is just there to make you feel good about paying it. 🫣 www.not-ship.com/theres-somet...

We need your help. Because 404 Media uses Ghost (a privacy-forward stack) we don't know much about our readers. Do they find us through articles, or podcasts? Are readers on Bluesky, Mastodon, both? Please fill this out to help us grow sustainably, it takes 1 min! www.404media.co/please-pleas...

today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️ drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):

🚨 If you're doing any Black Friday or Cyber Week shopping, watch out for the little crossed-out number beside the discounted price. 🚨 That little number will often deceive you into thinking you got a great deal! #blackfriday Examples in 🧵 www.not-ship.com/theres-somet...

Y’ALL SEAMUS IS GONNA QUIT IF YOU DON’T GIVE HIM YOUR MONEY HE DOESN’T EVEN PAY HIMSELF

Read and subscribe to Amanda's newsletter—and find so many others from independent creators on the Bluesky NEWSLETTERS feed! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Loving this new newsletter from the stellar @ashendruk.com, (and I don't only say this because she featured the first long-form feature we published on anxiety.eco ... Not-Ship is a really fresh read)

🫠 The number of times I've gotten "it should work perfectly now!" ...

Over the last months, we’ve entirely rebuilt search on Our World in Data — we just launched it: ourworldindata.org/introducing-... Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?

@joshuajfriedman.com How do I get added to your newsletter feed? I've got a custom Ghost domain! www.not-ship.com

I think we could all use a little bit more data in our lives. So, I launched Not-Ship: a newsletter that uses data to understand our messy world. If you agree, help me keep this going for as long as we can. 💙 First step: Sign up to get it in your inbox each week #dataviz www.not-ship.com

Where do all the dataviz people hang out on Bluesky? There used to be a pretty lively community on Twitter. But now that we've all had some time over on this app .... has it just not grown back? Or have I not found it? #dataviz

“They’re trying to turn 4” is critical here. Paid subscribers keep a publication going. Complaining about paid subscriptions is how all media becomes owned by Bezos, Andreessen, the Murdochs and the Ellisons

Gearing up to drop a lot of dough this Black Friday? I looked into the data behind the "crossed-out" price. That's the little number that lets you know whether or not you're getting a good deal. But it all comes down to how it's defined — or not. www.not-ship.com/theres-somet...

Are you just about to press 'purchase' on a hot online sale? 🚨 WAIT!!! 🚨 You're likely not getting a great deal — especially at places like Amazon. Get my data-backed low-down on dodgy deals in your inbox Wednesday: Subscribe! (and click link in ur email to complete sign up) www.not-ship.com

Got here safe. Weather is crap.

There are only three constants in life: death, taxes, and large media organizations not citing our reporting.

I launched Not-Ship: a newsletter using data to understand this age of uncertainty. Why? I love data and I think we could all use a bit more of it. If you agree, please help me keep this thing going for as long as we can. 💙 First step: Sign up to get it in your inbox each week www.not-ship.com

Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

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Banking with carbon-intensive institutions may mean 20-30% of your deposits go toward dirty industries. Choice of bank can be more impactful than air travel habits. 🤯 My latest: Banks behaving badly, and this striking finding from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social www.not-ship.com/banks-are-fu...

Do you bank at one of these banks? You could be contributing to the climate crisis a lot more than you think. But you can do something about it! www.not-ship.com/banks-are-fu...

Where you bank might have a greater impact on your carbon footprint than your air travel 🤯 www.not-ship.com/banks-are-fu...

Climate variations over the last 2000 years provide valuable context and help answer questions about how unusual the recent changes are. Now with added global sea level rise: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/climate-ch... Graphics: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

Where you bank might have a greater impact on your carbon footprint than your air travel 🤯 www.not-ship.com/banks-are-fu...

My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...

True: Our world is messy and uncertain. Also true: Trying to understand it can be fun! Sign up to Not-Ship: A data-friendly (and human-friendly) dive into the chaos. Once a week, right to your inbox. Next one lands in less than 24 hours! www.not-ship.com

This is all the data that Elon and the DOGE criminals stole from us in January/February. Also, only citizens can have voter registrations.

This is Not-Ship: a newsletter using data and visuals to navigate our turbulent world. Everything is A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me. www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...

My October newsletter, issued to subscribers at the end of the month, is now opened for all to view. Check out the latest 50 best things I've encountered in the #dataviz field. visualisingdata.com/2025/11/the-...

I sent a couple freelance pitches out to cover beehiiv’s launch and thought maybe outlets didn’t think it was newsworthy but apparently they did!

When you need a break from doomscrolling through Epstein's emails, here's something uplifting: One of Europe's capital cities figured out how to reduce traffic deaths to .... zero. None. Not. A. Single. One. www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...

"Some generations get a nationally televised car chase featuring O. J. Simpson fleeing police in a white Bronco. Others get the communal adrenaline rush of frantically “CTRL-F”-ing a House Oversight Committee trove of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

I am shooting my shot. I love writing op-eds. @teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you. Signed, A Black woman who writes for the public

Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.

The White House is now saying that October jobs and inflation data will "likely never be released" — blaming the government shutdown.

This is a great opportunity to work with our founder, @maxroser.bsky.social, and colleagues at Oxford — and the data produced by the project will be hosted on Our World in Data.

I thought I was pretty content in life. But now I know I'll never be happy until Canada joins Eurovision.