this week for the data team's newsletter, I talked about Mohammed Haddad's quiz on guessing the size of countries for @aljazeera.com the game made me realize that Brazil's bigger than the contiguous US, which really put into perspective how huge the Amazon is link.ctinsider.com/view/68b1da2...
For the first time since the Civil War, New England will have no Republican senators next year. www.ctinsider.com/politics/art...
incredible sentences in @kylieclifton.bsky.social’s reporting on an animal election: “Chase, a horse, fled the scene when asked for comment. Houdini, an Oberhasli goat who was on the ballot and received zero votes…promptly sneezed in the face of this reporter.” www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
These Stamford otters just won another term as farm president
Sadie and Ron, a pair of river otters, won 55 crayon votes to keep their jobs as farm president at Stamford Museum & Nature Center for another one-year term.
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my friend invited me to a Very Epic Manhattan Walk and I was super down! then I found out said walk was from the top of Manhattan to Battery Park, and I was even more down (plus perhaps a tiny bit nervous). sooo halloween 2026 plans will be walking a half-marathon, starting from here :0
at first, looking at nautical charts felt overwhelming. so many tiny numbers + unfamiliar markings! but then I chatted with some Connecticut sailors who showed me the ropes. the first thing I learned is that nautical charts are always "charts," not maps gift link: www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Long Island Sound looks like a blue blob. Sailors see a whole different world.
What the numbers, lines and symbols on nautical charts say about Long Island Sound.
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My team at Hearst has ginned up a weekly newsletter of interesting data visualizations. After some tech hiccups, the first edition is out! My contribution, true to form, is a visual look at how the U.S. makes Bluesky gloomier. link.ctinsider.com/view/6661dd2...
here's an animation of lighthouses in Long Island Sound! each lighthouse has its own unique flash, called a "light characteristic." for example, Great Captain Island Lighthouse's is AI WR 12s — alternates between white and red every 12 seconds. www.ctinsider.com/projects/202...
if you ever need a lot of barn photos, volunteers documented ~8,500 buildings for connecticutbarns.org. here's a barn for every occasion (4 occasions) + my favorite photo www.ctinsider.com/news/article...