I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1769

Nice map! Interesting how it shows locations of individual weather stations, rather than trying to interpolate sparse data. And how the wild warm/cold swings in the East have averaged out to near normal.

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.

Insights

Putting Paddington into TRAIN DREAMS makes as much sense as anything else right now, only in a good way.

I'm working with some stellar collaborators to bring this data set to life through a data visualization contest. Please consider participating. Just *looking* at the data will expand its reach. bigpic.me/broadway

me hearing blank check represented at the golden globes

I’ve spent countless hours at the como zoo and conservatory this winter, and today a much needed wander through the Minneapolis Institute of Art. This city has so much to offer. www.startribune.com/best-ways-pl...

You: why am i getting no social media engagement Your profile:

Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era, @kcg.bsky.social ‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1760

This is sweet and fills a lot of gaps that other tools had. Thank you for making this @obumbratta.com!

Discovered some great data. You know that law of the sea: Women and children first? Yeah ... nope. The numbers show it's "every man for himself." www.not-ship.com/data-detours...

A new app makes navigating the skyways in downtown Minneapolis a lot easier. mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...

to my data friends: you should definitely play movie fantasy league next year i'm having way more fun than i ever did playing fantasy football

From this week's newsletter: A timeline of the people and events mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire" — the boomeriest song of all time. www.howtoreadthisch.art/post-holiday...

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keep wishing, execs

One of my least favorite replies is "never heard of it" and its many variations. What purpose does it serve, besides announcing a gap in your knowledge while weirdly wrapping it in arrogance?

Want to discover great posts beyond who you already follow? The For You feed, built by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social, is a personalized algorithmic feed based on your likes. It's one of our favorites for finding cool conversations across the network. Try it here: bsky.app/profile/spac...

I love #dataviz where the visual reflects the object/topic it is visualizing. Truly one of my favorite things. ☀️

What feeds our curiosity? Entertainment and recent deaths. Last year, more than 50% of days had a most-read Wikipedia page in one of those two categories. Here's the ENTIRE list of most-read English language Wikipedia pages for 2025. www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/ What do you find most surprising?

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1753

Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025, a.k.a. my favorites flowingdata.com/2025/12/31/b...

So fun to look back on my team's coolest stories from the past year! www.startribune.com/minnesotas-2...

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

Happy New Year! 🎉 While the Data Vis Dispatch is still on holiday break, we’ve rounded up the best-of-2025 lists celebrating data journalism, visualizations, and the people behind them. See something we missed? Send it our way, and we’ll happily include it! www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vi...

This behind the scenes shot of the making of "LEGO Island" (1997) is making me feel all sorts of things...

🎉 We’ve received 245 responses to the 2025 State of the Data Viz Industry Survey so far! Take the survey if you create #dataviz in any capacity (hobby, work, school, art), and help us spread the word: www.surveyhero.com/c/soti2025-b...

Merry giftmas to all, and to all a good gift: the Check Book gift guide has arrived at the PERFECT TIME.

There’s always that moment, as you get the scissors to do that cool gliding thing, where you mistakenly assume you’re quite good at this…

Letterboxd Wrapped is dropping January 2 👀 Here’s how to ensure your Diary, ratings and stats are in tip-top shape before the year wraps up. Read more of our Year in Review FAQ on Journal: boxd.it/2Tg

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

Everyone i know needs to know that an ambulatory wheelchair user has the best line in the entire new Knives Out movie 😂

My response to anything over the next two weeks

Some great advice here on how to start connecting with the #dataviz community here. I would add though that the premise promoting this thread is incorrect - there ARE a bunch of data viz folks here having great discussions already. You just gotta jump in and start participating!

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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1737

Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart www.economist.com/christmas-sp...

This is Pancho. He’s mad because he asked for five more minutes and then you woke him up five minutes later. Unforgivable. 12/10 (IG: panchothediva)

Javier, our new CEO, wanted to thank everyone for a fun and motivating first week. You all have made his transition process enjoyable. He has much to do but insisted on relaying that his initial numbers indicate that the dogs are all very good and will likely continue to be ❤️

A reminder that we don't have AI-powered features. We have bookseller and user-powered features. Because y'all are the real readers...and we actually care about your feedback and your privacy ❤️