Tag: information design

  • Pardon the Interruptions

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    Well that does it for the three presidential debates. Didn’t they seem very presidential with all those interruptions and interjections? Thankfully after the debate, FiveThirtyEight put together a quick graphic highlighting the total number of each per candidate per debate. Credit for the piece goes to the FiveThirtyEight graphics department.

  • New Neighbours

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    Among the many, many stories that broke during my month-long radio silence, I got fairly excited about the discovery of a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri. And not just any planet, but a likely rocky planet within the star’s habitable zone. Put that all together and there is the possibility that the planet could host life…

  • Beating Ted Williams

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    Last week the Red Sox’s season came to an end after being swept by the Cleveland Indians and with the sweep so too ended David Ortiz’s career. He is one of the best Red Sox hitters of all time, but Ted Williams was the best. And so last week FiveThirtyEight ran a piece on how one manager…

  • Follow the State’s Money

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    In politics, it is really easy and often popular to bash the federal government. Especially when it comes to its penchant for collecting taxes to pay for things. And sometimes those things are in other states than your own. But do you know how much federal money goes back to your own state? Well now…

  • Geese Migration Deployment

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    Happy Friday, everyone. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.

  • The Price of Petrol

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    Brendan Barry
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    How much does a gallon of milk cost? That, of course, is one of the classic election questions asked of candidates to see how in touch they are with the common man. But the same can be understood by enquiring whether or not they know how much a gallon of petrol or gasoline costs. And…

  • Trump’s Support

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    Brendan Barry
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    The debate was Sunday and here we are on Wednesday. The infamous video is, well, still infamous, but not garnering as much attention half-a-week later. On Monday, the Economist published this piece taking a look at how Trump’s support shifted in the hours and days following the video’s release. Credit for the piece goes to…

  • The Shrinking Extent of ISIS

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    Brendan Barry
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    Yes, ISIS does receive a lot of attention in the media and during the presidential debates. But you might be surprised to learn that actually the organisation has lost a significant amount of territory lately. This BBC article details the territorial changes through a nice interactive map slider. You could create a single map showing…

  • Gerrymandered Districts

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    Brendan Barry
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    Well last night was the debate and it was a doozy. But while I was looking for some graphics capturing the debate itself, I came upon an article over on the Washington Post about gerrymandering. For those that do not know, gerrymandering is when state-level politicians draw the maps for congressional districts to preserve or…

  • The Moon

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    Brendan Barry
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    Happy Friday, everyone. Especially all of you up our Gingrich Moon Base. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.