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Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Political Hatch Jobs
Earlier this week I read an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer about the political prospects of some of the candidates for the open US Senate seat for Pennsylvania, for which I and many others will be voting come November. But before I get to vote on a candidate, members of the political parties first get to choose whom they want…
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Madagascar
Read on…: MadagascarWell we made it through the week. Yesterday we looked at plate tectonics and the future shape of the world. So today it’s time to look at a map recently made by xkcd. Specifically it looks at the world through the lens of Madagascar. Greenland isn’t as big as it looks on Google Maps. So this piece fixes that by…
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The Continents Will Fall Off the Flat Earth
Read on…: The Continents Will Fall Off the Flat EarthTo be clear, we know the Earth is round. At least most people know that. Some people delude themselves. We also know that sitting atop the mantle we have plates of rock that move around. Sometimes they slip underneath others. Other times they collide and crumple. Plate tectonics explain why there are so many similarities between continents separated by an…
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The Pandemic’s Influence on Home Design
Read on…: The Pandemic’s Influence on Home DesignI took last week off for the Orthodox Easter holiday. But I am back now. For some of the time I was away, I stayed at an old stone farmhouse that the owners renovated into a short-term rental. That made me think about what I would want or need in my own space. Of course the pandemic has changed much…
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Waiting for the Family Tree
Read on…: Waiting for the Family TreeI spent the past weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on a brief holiday to go watch some minor league baseball. That explains the lack of posting the last few days. (Housekeeping note, this coming weekend is Orthodox Easter, so I’ll be on holiday for that as well.) Whilst in Harrisburg I did other things besides watch baseball because minor league games…
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Where Are We?
Read on…: Where Are We?It’s been another week. And that’s why I thought of this post from Indexed last week. It seems to adequately describe where are at in this crazy world. But we all made it, so happy weekend, everyone. Credit for the piece goes to Jessica Hagy.
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Russo-Ukrainian War Refugees: 12 April
Read on…: Russo-Ukrainian War Refugees: 12 AprilAnother week, more combat and refugees in Ukraine. I’m going to try and hold the war update until tomorrow pending some news that hasn’t been confirmed yet: the fall of Mariupol. Instead, we’re going to again look briefly at the refugee situation in Ukraine—technically outside. I haven’t seen a recent number on the internally displaced, though we have begun to…
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The B-52s
Read on…: The B-52sNot the band, but the long-range strategic bomber employed by the United States Air Force. This isn’t strictly related to Ukraine, but it’s military adjacent if you will. I thought about creating a graphic a few years ago to celebrate the longevity of the B-52 Stratofortress, more commonly called the BUFF, Big Ugly Fat Fucker. Obviously I did not, but…