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  • 2-point Conversions

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    I rarely watch American football. But I do like charts about it. So today’s post looks at a piece from Benjamin Morris who explored the scenarios in which a team should opt for the two-point conversion. For those of you who know even less about American football, you can attempt such a conversion after your…

  • How Bad is the Rohingya Crisis?

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    Pretty bad. Less than a week after posting about the satellite views showing entire villages razed to the ground, we have a piece from the Economist looking at refugee outflows. And they are worse than the outflow of refugees during the Rwandan genocide back in 1994. To be clear, they are not saying that nearly…

  • The Cassidy-Graham Healthcare Bill

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    I meant to post this yesterday, but accidentally saved it as a draft. So let’s try this again. Yesterday the New York Times published a print piece that explored how the Cassidy-Graham bill would change the healthcare system. This would, of course, be another attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare. And like previous efforts, this…

  • Irma’s Impending Arrival

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    Your author is on holiday today and is actually writing today’s post on a Thursday night train to Boston. But by the time he returns late Sunday night—a Monday morning post is not guaranteed—Hurricane Irma will have likely made landfall somewhere along the Florida coast. Thursday the Guardian published a nice article looking at the…

  • Rising Tides, Rising Disasters?

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    One more day of Harvey-related content. At least I hope. (Who knows? Maybe someone will design a fantastic retrospective graphic?) Today, however, we look at a piece from the Economist about the rising number of weather-related disasters, but thankfully falling numbers of deaths. The piece has all the full suite of graphics: choropleths, line charts,…

  • Brexit’s Impact on Irish Shipping

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    Today’s post is, I think, the first time I’ve featured the Politico on my blog. Politico is, I confess, a regular part of my daily media diet. But I never thought of it as a great publication for data visualisation. Maybe that is changing? Anyway, today’s post highlights an article on how the Irish shipping/logistics industry…

  • Education and Eatery Preferences

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    Last week the Economist posted an intriguing article about the relationship between culinary choices/preferences and education and income. It began with an article by David Brooks in the Times, which I have not read, talking about how culture can create inequality as much as economics or government policy. The Economist then conducted a survey looking…

  • Not Alone for Trivia

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    Well after the last two weeks of recording solo trivia performances, I decided that this week I would showcase a team effort. And we finally placed, ending the performance tied for first place. But if you look closely you will see the final score has us at second. Why when we were tied with the…

  • Another Solo Pub Trivia Performance

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    This past Wednesday I once again ended up playing trivia at the pub solo. Once again, I decided over the final pint that I would attempt to visualise my performance. One thing to keep in mind is that on Wednesday there were fewer teams competing—five instead of nine. And while I never placed higher than…

  • The Insurance Exchanges

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    There is a lot to unpack about last Thursday and Sunday. But before we dive into that, a little story from the New York Times that caught my eye from Friday. The map shows the counties in the United States where there is one health insurer and no health insurer. Further on in the piece…