i found a website that used AI to very closely copy one of my Pudding pieces -- it's an unmistakable aesthetic, color palette, and even topic. i don't want to link to it but, damn, i put months into the project. come up with your own shit!
Alvin Chang
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● Professor @journalismdesign.bsky.social ● Interactive data journalist pudding.cool ● Moar buttondown.com/charthead // alv9n.com
This chart shows that we're teaching more abstract words to ESL students compared to 1953. My untested theory: This why my parents and I use English to talk about physical things but Korean to talk about feelings and thoughts. pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...
The ethical duty to understand large numbers, from @ashendruk.com. My irrational hot take: We should say $1,400 million instead of $1.4 billion. www.not-ship.com/large-number...
Understanding large values: It's our ethical duty
We can't be numb to big numbers.
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we are hiring a data journalist to join my team - if you know someone who might be interested please pass this on to them! workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Data journalist
Guardian Australia is part of Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com. As a leading global media organisation, we are renowned for our pioneering independent journalism and our award...
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"I wasn’t allowing myself to believe it for a while,” she said. “It was like, ‘Holy shit, did I actually make a dividing cell?’" www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-firs...
For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides | Quanta Magazine
Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the l...
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Incredible—and turns out it's a "philosophical treatise on ethics." scrollprize.org/firstscroll
An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.
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Drilled is hiring an experienced print story editor for a 6-month contract. We're a small but mighty team comitted to climate justice. Job is remote, Spanish proficiency and climate beat experience a plus @drilledmedia.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
Drilled Media hiring Series Editor in United States | LinkedIn
Posted 9:45:26 PM. Drilled is seeking a series editor for a 6-month contract, beginning in July. The editor would be…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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I've lost hours going through each menu and picking out what I'd order. Now craving a martini and clams. pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...
5,000 Restaurant Menus, Years 1880-1920
Explore the Buttolph Collection from the New York Public Library's archive of historic menus
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Have you ever thought about how you mow a lawn? We have. (A lot.) We partnered with Citizen Codex on a research project — and this is where it starts. Give it a go, drop your score in the comments, and follow along for the full story in a few weeks. #dataviz pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/...
Lawn Mowing Experiment
Mow a series of lawns as efficiently as you can. We will publish the analysis in a few weeks.
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We are commissioning an artwork or visualisation representing our research and findings. It needs to be simple, visually engaging and effective at communicating with multiple audiences. We are looking for a high-profile, high-impact visualisation or artwork through this commission.
Literally making leaders of secretive dark money groups sweat. Great local journalism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOoZ...
News 4 investigates dark money groups
YouTube video by KFOR Oklahoma's News 4
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Really well done. www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/g...
Seniors caring for seniors: What caregiving looks like in a super-aged society
As Singapore’s population ages, more seniors are becoming caregivers to other seniors. Here’s a look into the challenges they face and what we can do to help them.
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We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)
The FT @financialtimes.com is hiring a new data journalist to join our US data and visuals team in New York. Great job, great team, great place to work. Apply here 👉 job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
US Data Journalist
New York; Washington DC
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A really smart and elegant visualization. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Blocking Oil and Gas From Leaving the Strait of Hormuz Ripples Around the World
Trade is trickling through the vital artery connecting the Persian Gulf and the world, creating an economic shock thousands of miles away.
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My colleague shared this happiness map, and man, at this moment in time, AM I HERE FOR THIS. pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...
Happy map
100,000 moments of human happiness, mapped
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Hey, guys, let's maybe not build this particular dystopic world. Kthx. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
1. People are sending me screenshots of their favorite "happy moments." Delightful. 2. Play with the filters. I think it's the most fun part. 3. There's a fun easter egg in the piece. I don't think anyone has found it.
Alvin Chang@alv9n.com · 5mo agoMy latest: Happy map
The world feels quite precarious right now—and sometimes we forget what it feels like to pursue happiness. @alv9n.com digs into a study that asked more than 10,000 people to share their joy. From personal growth to friends and family, here’s our happiness mapped. pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...
I’m so excited to be publishing my first-ever visual essay with @puddingviz.bsky.social: pudding.cool/2026/02/wome... It brings together so many of my recent interests — research, coding, design, and sewing — on a topic that won’t leave me alone: the chaos of women’s clothing sizes.
Sizing chaos
The inter-generational struggle to find clothes that fit more than a tiny portion of women
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Few life experiences feel as universal, across generations, as the pains and frustrations of trying to find clothes that fit. In our newest project we dive into the data about women's sizing chaos. pudding.cool/2026/02/wome...
I wish we still had Toni Morrison. I love this speech, but it hits different today. www.c-span.org/clip/public-...
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door: