Also! A great sadness of mine was that I didn’t stray across a newsagent the whole time I was in NYC. Nor was there one at JFK. I was hoping to find a physical copy of @theonion.com in the wild :( I don’t even know if it would be in a store. A girl can dream.

Sam@sammybungus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This very much feels like the same author who wrote “Give Me Kiss” 10 years ago. What a plot twist, I think it was a horse who slithered out of the pipes for a kiss. clickhole.com/give-me-kiss...

This very much feels like the same author who wrote “Give Me Kiss” 10 years ago. What a plot twist, I think it was a horse who slithered out of the pipes for a kiss. clickhole.com/give-me-kiss...

Give Me Kiss

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The Onion@theonion.com · 2mo ago

Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

Day 17 of #30DayChartChallenge, Remake. I'll thread this, cos there's a bit going on! I was inspired by a chart that The Economist shared in their Off The Charts newsletter theeconomistoffthecharts.substack.com and chose to remake that.

Day 15 of #30dayChartChallenge, correlation. Getting real stupid with it. It actually took me ages to find a source of data that would even mildly correlate. Spurious correlations are hard! Colleague: "I don't know what to say". Me: "Get me The Economist on the phone"?

I'm learning so much doing this #30daychartchallenge. For instance, I just learnt, on my personal git, what 'git reset --hard' really does. It does go hard, doesn't it?!

Today's #30DayChartChallenge post from me will be a thread. Hold on to your hats! I'll do a short version here: This is a chart of a *theoretical* world with cat buffer zones around Sites of Specific Scientific Interest in Greater Manchester, UK. #ecosystems

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 12,1947

#30daychartchallenge Day 11: Physical Based on Royal Kennel Club registration data from 2016 to 2025, I give you 10 years of the most popular dog breeds in the UK, a crocheted slope chart. We have Year on the X- and popularity ranking on the Y-axis, as well as a handmade legend.

Omg the hashtag is #30dayChartChallenge. I did mention I’m tired, right?! Have I been doing this wrong all along? I am the sleepiest little fool.

Sam@sammybungus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today’s #30daysOfCharts from me is extremely silly. Prompt: physical. Took this as my excuse to play with some physical geography data I’ve been noodling with. I AM planning to make 3d models of this stuff. But I’m pooped this evening! Bonus points for the cool kids who notice my Pokémon.

Today’s #30daysOfCharts from me is extremely silly. Prompt: physical. Took this as my excuse to play with some physical geography data I’ve been noodling with. I AM planning to make 3d models of this stuff. But I’m pooped this evening! Bonus points for the cool kids who notice my Pokémon.

I've wondered how my old wages, adjusted for inflation, would compare to my current one. I've looked at my hourly wage through my working life, and used the Bank of England inflation calculator (CPI-based). That's what #30daysOfCharts #multiscale prompted in my head! Tools: D3.js, ONS templates.

Day 3 #30DayChartChallenge mosaic. source data: github.com/thomascammin...

My #30daysofcharts effort today is pretty awful, to be honest. But I've always wanted to make a hex map. Please don't read anything into this chart other than the noted locations do have a higher rate than other places. I'll do more (better!) charts with this data soon.

ONS #DataViz 📊 starter pack 👇

Ahmad Barclay@bothness.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Here's a starter pack in case you'd like to follow all of the beautiful nerds responsible for the nifty #charts 📊, #maps 🗺️ and fun interactive #DataVis tools (+ occasional games/quizzes) published by the ONS... And also some #30DayChartChallenge entries this month! go.bsky.app/Cq2r7z6

I might have had some silly ideas while working on the vis for this release www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula.... I am happy to have an excuse to do something with it now! Not sure I've made it easier to understand the affordability ratio, but FUN. #30DayChartChallenge #dataviz #datavis #graphs #charts

The charts here have inspired me! I need to make a checklist of 'cool birds and other critters to see in NYC' for an upcoming visit. Please tell me your favourite NYC birds and critters, and how I can improve my odds of witnessing them. #nyc #wildlife #birding #datavis

Nadieh Bremer@nadiehbremer.com · 6mo ago

📣 NEW! I’ve just released the BIGGEST and perhaps most creative project I’ve ever worked on! “Searching for Birds” searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com 🐤 A project, an article, an exploration that dives into the data that connects humans with birds, by looking at how we search for birds.

Thanks to @datawrapper.de, who's Weekly Chart I really enjoyed, I rabbit-holed and found "Chroma.js Color Palette Helper". This helped solve a problem that's been in the back of my head all week! Got myself a lovely cat gradient now. gka.github.io/palettes/#/9..., www.datawrapper.de/blog/solar-s...

Do we really know how many planets are in our solar system? | Datawrapper Blog

In this Weekly Chart, we rethink what we know about our planetary neighbors.

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller January 16,1954

The old fella watching The A Team is absolutely killing the chill, snoozy vibes in this ICU. Come on pal, my mum needs a rest.

Really proud of my colleagues for this explainer on how we measure long-term international migration. It's such a complex thing to discuss, I think they nailed it :) Some nice #datavis too, of course. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

#30dayMapChallenge because I failed to tag it properly first time :D

Sam@sammybungus.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I don't think ONS Geography are on this platform, so I'll quote their Twit and share something I made :) "#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: our take on the 'My Data' theme. This map shows the density of public green space in each Greater Manchester (the map maker's home!) local authority in 2020..." ..

My initial map for #30DayMapChallenge Day 4 'My data' was one where I was sussing out which hotel to book in New York City. It was my first attempt at making 'my own thing' in QGIS. I scored a lot of attractions by how strongly I want to visit them, and then overlayed a shortlist of hotel locations.

I don't think ONS Geography are on this platform, so I'll quote their Twit and share something I made :) "#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: our take on the 'My Data' theme. This map shows the density of public green space in each Greater Manchester (the map maker's home!) local authority in 2020..." ..

I enjoyed making charts for 'Marine and coastal margins natural capital'. But! I wanted to noodle with colours in my own time, away from brand guidelines... www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi... #datavis

2/3 I wanted to highlight in particular this new waterfall chart (left) which illustrates the breakdown of how inflation changed from the previous month, replacing the bar chart (right) from previous publications.

#datavis people! Please can you share any waterfall charts you have enjoyed, or otherwise? Here's one of mine, where I was looking at how different components contributed to the month's change in CPI (Consumer Price Index). It seems to be a 'love it or hate it' chart! #dataviz

Plot twist: The M&S hackers give up on extorting the nation's favourite store, and instead threaten to reveal which flavour & size of Big Knicker we all wear.

Some days these are the tools of my trade and it makes me so happy. Hand drawing charts before coding helps me foresee issues (ie. Awful ideas). #datavis #dataviz

Sorting out my office and just found my first ever undergrad custom data visualisations! Who knew it would become my career all these years later?! These were the dark times of Matlab, prior to learning R 😅 I think this is also my first ever chart sketch. I knew NOTHING. #datavis #catbehaviour

Last week, I was pleased to produce charts for an ONS release. I didn't get visualise this one piece of data, though: 20% of single-adult households with at least one child ran out of food in the previous two weeks. Contrasting with 2% for two+ adult households with at least one child. #datavis