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For the New York Times, Pablo Robles, Leanne Abraham, and Josh Holder mapped Tags: flood , Nepal , New York Times

Flock Safety has been getting some hate lately, because as it turns out, Tags: Darth Vader , Flock , privacy

Here is what happened in August. Tags: roundup

For the Washington Post, Jeremy B. Merrill analyzed newsletters and social media posts Tags: data center , politics , Washington Post

There is a simple law from John Hack that says the length of Tags: drainage , Quanta , rivers

Older people are working later in life and younger people are not entering the labor force as early. Tags: labor force , work

Kieran Healy, a professor of sociology at Duke University, gives an enjoyable lecture Tags: Kieran Healy , trust

For the New York Times, Mira Rojanasakul and Brad Plumer report on the Tags: electric vehicle , New York Times

When you spend more than you make, you get debt. For the Washington Tags: debt , government , revenue , spending , Washington Post

This week is about changing perspectives so we can find and visualize new insights. Tags: perspective

Spirit Airlines went bankrupt for real this time, and Google bought the data. Tags: Gizmodo , Google , Spirit Airlines , training

For the Wall Street Journal, Peter Rudegeair and Peter Santilli report on the Tags: spending , technology , Wall Street Journal

Suspecting that an anonymous order of 1,000 books was headed to an AI Tags: 404 Media , Amazon , tracking , training

To avoid heavy solar tariffs, China allegedly moved manufacturing to other countries. When Tags: Bloomberg , China , solar , tariff

For NYTs the Upshot, Eve Washington, Larry Buchanan, and Claire Cain Miller examined Tags: emoji , New York Times

Multiple bots exploited a vulnerability in OpenAIs security system to gain internet access. Tags: attack , bot , OpenAI

This week, we talk flimsy results and how to work on things that build trust over content. Tags: Large Language Model , mistakes , trust

In the early 1900s, Henry Gannett cataloged the origins of city names in Tags: cities , Henry Gannett , history , names , Wall Street Journal

Speaking of IKEA, the IKEA complexity index by Greg Technology is a catalog Tags: complexity , furniture , Greg Technology , IKEA

For the European Correspondent, Toon Vos counted the color of all the couches Tags: color , European Correspondent , furniture , IKEA

The last total solar eclipse over Europe was in 1999. One will be Tags: eclipse , Europe , Reuters

A total eclipse path is passing through Europe this week. The New York Tags: eclipse , Europe , New York Times

To augment its network of license plate readers, surveillance company Flock drew up Tags: 404 Media , Flock , privacy , rideshare

For sheets.works, Akash Wadhwani visualized the mapping efforts of volunteers after an earthquake Tags: Akash Wadhwani , buildings , earthquake , OpenStreetMap

This is issue No. 400 of the Process. Four hundred. It only took me eight years. Tags: future , past , present

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been estimating death rates by vehicle Tags: death , fatal crashes , HLDI , IIHS , vehicles

The Pudding made a game that challenged players to figure out the best Tags: game , Pudding , traveling salesman

As anyone who has watched a time travel movie or is Natasha Bedingfield Tags: future , Manifold , prediction market

Last week, Google released a feature for Google Earth that let anyone use Tags: fake , Google , misinformation , NPR , satellite imagery

Enter text and get some charts using the Datatype font. Theres a bar Tags: font , Frank Tisellano

In a presentation by the State Department, a generated map provides all the Tags: generative , presentation , Reuters

Googles image generation model Nano Banana is now a few clicks away in Tags: ethics , generative , Google , Nano Banana , satellite imagery

For the Pudding, Jasmine Nackash compared the dictionary of essential words taught to Tags: English , Jasmine Nackash , Pudding , words

While were on the subject of mapping fiction, PlotLines by Chris Moran is Tags: Chris Moran , fiction , literature , travel

Hand-Drawn Game Guides is a project by Philip Summers that is exactly what Tags: Philip Summers , retro , video games

Here is what happened in July. Tags: roundup

I like the framing of this interactive map from a Bond fan to Tags: film , James Bond

A landscape of year-over-year price changes, without the cherrypicking. Tags: inflation

The Washington Post reports on the large investments in defense tech by the Tags: conflict , defense , government , investments , Washington Post

The U.S. president sits atop a crypto network through his family and LLCs, Tags: cryptocurrency , Molly White

The U.S. Supreme Court has had 116 justices over all American history. USAFacts Tags: Supreme Court , USAFacts

Several years ago, Andy Kirk watched every episode of the sitcom Seinfeld, all Tags: Andy Kirk , Seinfeld , television

Reuters reports on the strain of natural gas supplies due to the war Tags: cost , fertilizer , Iran , natural gas , Reuters

This week, we talk colors and categories. Tags: categories , color

Gerrymandle is a daily game that shows areas with voting preferences, and the Tags: game , gerrymandering

When deciding where to live, most people want to know whats nearby so Tags: proximity , walking

Researchers are studying an underground, global network of fungi that acts as a Tags: fungi , Moritz Stefaner , SPUN

Since the U.S. federal government is of little help in providing information about Tags: cyclosporiasis , diarrhea , Katelyn Jetelina

Upon discovery of a generated biography on Amazon about her, NYT journalist Kashmir Tags: biography , Kashmir Hill , New York Times

For A Rabbits Foot, Andy Hazel interviewed Star Wars creator George Lucas, mostly Tags: George Lucas , movies , Rabbit's Foot