Tag: just for fun
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Emojis in the News
Well Happy Friday, everyone. Today’s chart is a serious subject: the (brief) recovery of the S&P 500. But because this is Friday, take a look at the annotations on the chart. Credit for the piece goes to Matt Phillips.
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The United States of America
Well today is Friday, so let’s leave the politics of this week behind and just enjoy the great United States of America. Wait a minute… Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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Chipmunks
Happy Friday, everybody. Just to lighten the mood a wee bit here is a chart about chipmunks from Last Week Tonight. Credit for the piece goes to the Last Week Tonight’s graphics department.
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Shoes That Weren’t Made for Walking
Happy Friday, everybody. Today’s piece comes from Indexed. And yep, I have never walked in those shoes. Credit for the piece goes to Jessica Hagy.
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What to do With All the Nukes
Admittedly today’s piece fails to deliver on the data visualisation and information design spectrum. But I found it hilarious and apropos to this week’s content. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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What do People Look for on Black Friday?
Well, today is Black Friday. And so there were probably lines at the door of your local department store at the wee early hours of the morning. But I was working, and partly to bring you this. Google has data on what each state searches for the most. And Vox turned that into a map.…
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Pumpkin Spice Friday
It’s Friday. It’s October. That means it’s time for pumpkin spice cocktails, courtesy of This Is Indexed. Gentrify, people. Gentrify. Credit for the piece goes to Jessica Hagy.
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Jesus and the Footprints
I’m Irish—my ancestors were from the southern part—and so I grew up Catholic and I went to Catholic schools. So I know some of my Jesus stories. There’s that one story about how at the end of some guy’s life he looks back at a beach—I have no idea what life means being on a…