Category: Infographic

  • Russia Tomorrow

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    Brendan Barry
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    In news that surprises absolutely nobody, Russia “re-elected” Vladimir Putin as president for another six-year term. The Economist recently looked at what they termed the Puteens, a generation of Russians born starting in 1999 who have no memory of a Russia pre-Vladimir Putin. This piece features a set of interactive dot plots that capture survey results on…

  • Basketball Tournament Locations

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    Brendan Barry
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    My apologies to those of you who are big fans of basketball. Since it is not really my sport of choice, I had no idea that March Madness started yesterday. Otherwise, I would have posted this earlier. FiveThirtyEight analysed the locations of basketball conferences’ tournaments relative to the geographic centres of said conferences. As it…

  • My Kingdom for a Needle

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    Brendan Barry
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    I am exhausted. I tried to stay up late enough to catch the absentee ballots from Washington County. Alas, I did not quite make it. (You better bet I will be drinking all the caffeine today.) But someone else did not quite make it through the night. Or rather, something. What was it? The New…

  • Pennsylvania 18th Congressional District: The Special Election

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    Brendan Barry
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    Today is Tuesday, 12 March. And that means a special election in the 18th congressional district of Pennsylvania, located in the far southwest of the state, near Pittsburgh. Long story short, the district is uber Republican. But, the long-time Republican congressman, the avowedly pro-life type, was caught urging his mistress to abort their unborn child. Needless to say,…

  • Bitcoin Land

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    Brendan Barry
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    Sorry, I ran into some technical problems this morning so this is going up this afternoon with an added bit at the end. I’m not really sure this piece should go onto the blog. But I like it. And this is still my blog. So what the hell. I grew up a big fan of games like…

  • The Next Generation

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    Last Friday my friend tweeted about the new Pew definition of what a Millennial truly is. I began thinking of a joke about how to define the next generation. Alas, the always spot on xkcd of Randall Munroe beat me to it. (Though his is far better than what I could have imagined.) Credit for…

  • The Russian Threat

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    Brendan Barry
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    A few days ago a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent, e.g. VX, in Salisbury, England. Over a decade ago, another former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko, died in London after being poisoned with polonium, a highly radioactive substance produced inside nuclear reactors, placed inside his tea. Russia’s spies are…

  • The Wall Today

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    Brendan Barry
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    This past Sunday I had a nice treat in the New York Times. They printed a piece looking at the state of the US-Mexican border wall as it is today. And not only was it an article, but it was a full-page article. There isn’t a lot to say about it in particular. But what…

  • Baseball: The Bouncier Edition

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    Brendan Barry
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    Baseball is finally back as Spring Training continues to push through March, getting us closer to Opening Day. But one lingering question from last year remains: why the increase in power and home runs? While Major League Baseball (MLB) says there has been no change to the baseball, many think otherwise. FiveThirtyEight published a piece…

  • Italian Election Results

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    Brendan Barry
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    Europe enjoyed some significant political news yesterday. First, Angela Merkel will serve a fourth term as chancellor as the SPD members voted to allow their party to enter into a grand coalition with Merkel’s CDU/CSU party. But the more important story is that of the Italian elections, where the centre-left under Matteo Renzi was attempting…