Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: The Structure of Europe
Well today’s the day. Earlier this morning (East Coast time) the British government notified the European Council that it invoked Article 50 and is withdrawing from the European Union. So what precisely does that mean? Well, it means the structure of the ties binding Europe will be altered. How could it not when one of […]
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One Insurer Counties
Read on…: One Insurer CountiesLet’s go back in time briefly to last week and the whole Obamacare thing. It’s not perfect and could be improved. I stridently believe that what the administration proposed was worse. But this article from Vox does highlight one of the things that could be improved—making more choices available to consumers. And they make the point […]
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What Does Europe Want from Brexit?
Read on…: What Does Europe Want from Brexit?Sorry about last week, everyone. I had some trouble with the database powering the blog here. Great week for things to go down, right? Well, either way, we’re back and it’s not like the news is stopping. This week? Brexit’s back, baby. I’m never using the word “baby” again on this blog. I have been […]
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How Good Does Blue Taste?
Read on…: How Good Does Blue Taste?My apologies, everyone, I have been having technical difficulties this week. (Of all weeks, right?) Anyway, it’s Friday. We can save the 24 million fewer Americans insured under Trumpcare until next week, right? Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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It’s Warm Out Here Isn’t It?
Read on…: It’s Warm Out Here Isn’t It?I could have covered the pieces on Gorsuch or the budget—and we will get to those—but I wanted to cover some data released by the World Meteorological Organisation that puts 2016 as the warmest year on record. But that’s cool, climate change is a hoax. The graphic comes from a BBC article covering the news, and […]
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I’m Wondering Where France Really Is
Read on…: I’m Wondering Where France Really IsToday’s post is not so much about a graphic per se, instead I read an article in the Guardian about how Boston’s public school system has decided to switch from the Mercator map projection system to the Gall-Peters projection system. The article is worth a read if only for the embedded clip of the episode […]
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Undocumented Irish Immigrants
Read on…: Undocumented Irish ImmigrantsYou know, I was trying to find a nice and funny graphic that related to the Irish for today since today is St. Patrick’s Day. But, I keep circling back to that piece I posted last year. Because, unfortunately, these are not terribly uplifting times. We make a great big deal about how we need […]
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Those Who Will Lose Subsidies for Trumpcare
Read on…: Those Who Will Lose Subsidies for TrumpcareAs much as I like trains…we need to get back to Trumpcare. As you probably know, it will cover fewer people than Obamacare. Just how many fewer people? Somewhere in the ten to twenty million range. The poor, the elderly, and the sick are those who will be worse off. Because the poor, the elderly, […]
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Building New Railways in America
Read on…: Building New Railways in AmericaI wasn’t expecting this piece to fall into the queue for today, but you all know me as a sucker for trains. So today we have this nice set of small multiples from the Guardian. It looks at…I guess we could call it train deserts. They’re like food deserts, except we’re talking about trains. What […]