Hand-drawn illustration library
Open Peeps by Pablo Stanley is a library of people illustrations. You can… Tags: illustration, Open Peeps, Pablo Stanley
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Design.
Creativity, aesthetics, and user experience.
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30 of 250Hotter days and more of them
Summer 2026 is likely the hottest summer on record since 1895. The NYT… Tags: climate change, heat, New York Times
Consuming more than the Colorado River provides
The Colorado River is at risk due to drought and states using more… Tags: Colorado River, consumption, drought, Reuters, water
Japan requests revision to UN-supported map
The United Nations voted to support the Equal Area map projection, which more… Tags: cartography, Guardian, Japan, world
Planning with Agents: Divided Worlds, Boundary Objects, and Thicker Interfaces
Why we need richer, thicker interfaces and better boundary objects for collaborative planning with agents
9/11 in Realtime
9/11 in Realtime, developed by Robbie Byrd, replays the news on the day… Tags: 9/11, news, real-time, Robbie Byrd
Wealth inequality in America, updated for 2026
In 2013, a video on U.S. wealth inequality was posted to YouTube by… Tags: politizane, wealth
Cultural trends through kid drawings
Riley Walz charted drawing trends on student art portfolio Artsonia. Kids shape culture,… Tags: Artsonia, drawing, Riley Walz, trends
✚ Application of charts and data
This week is about adapting our visualization workflow as the tools change dramatically. Tags: analysis, tools
[RODEN] Writing in 2026, Walking Europe
Roden Readers — Hello from Europe. My body hasn’t been this happy in September in years. The coolness. The chill. The clouds. The 0 UV index. What is this crazy way of summer living? Where you’re not being blasted by a death ray from above while wrapped in a w…
Terence Tao on the paradox of solving mathematical problems
Mathematician Terence Tao, a 2006 Fields Medal winner and professor at UCLA, discusses… Tags: Big Think, math, paradox, Terence Tao
UN votes to support map projection that accurately shows the size of Africa
Last year, the African Union pushed for wider adoption of the Equal Area… Tags: Africa, area, cartography, Guardian, projections
[RIDGELINE] A Few London Strolls
Ridgeline subscribers — For the last ten days I’ve been walking around London. Mostly in a little corner of it in the northeast part of the city. But can you even call a part a “corner” when the city extends in every direction without stopping? Whatever you ca…
Estimating a much stronger than usual El Niño
For Climate.us, Emily Becker explains why it looks like El Niño is going… Tags: Climate.us, El Niño, estimation, NOAA
Form a curve, make a pot
Imagine a pottery wheel that turns clay on an axis. A potter forms… Tags: curve, Karim Douïeb, pottery
✚ Making a bunch of line charts
This week, I describe the many small choices one must make while working on a set of charts. Tags: behind the scenes
Logistics of fueling aircraft and feeding sailors with a limited supply chain
There are thousands of crew members aboard U.S. warships in the Middle East.… Tags: Iran, logistics, New York Times, war
Observable notebooks get a rewrite
Observable, known for visualization-centric notebooks to share code, restarted fresh to adjust for… Tags: notebook, Observable
India enlists 3 million people to count the full population
Due to Covid, India’s census count is overdue by five years. But they’re… Tags: Bloomberg, census, India, population
Cooling down less in the evening
The summer of 2026 will most likely be the hottest summer on record… Tags: global warming, temperature, Washington Post
Uncounted heat-related deaths
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention count causes of death, and… Tags: Boston University, climate change, estimation, heat, mortality, NPR
Map of flood in Nepal
For the New York Times, Pablo Robles, Leanne Abraham, and Josh Holder mapped… Tags: flood, Nepal, New York Times
Darth Vader makes the case for Flock cameras
Flock Safety has been getting some hate lately, because as it turns out,… Tags: Darth Vader, Flock, privacy
A third of new webpages written with AI
It is trivial to generate bodies of text on infinite topics, so of… Tags: Internet, Pew Research, writing
Amazon shutting down Mechanical Turk
Annie Palmer for CNBC: “We regularly evaluate our programs, tools and services and… Tags: Amazon, CNBC, Mechanical Turk, shutdown
✚ Visualization tools, datasets, and resources — August 2026 roundup
Here is what happened in August. Tags: roundup
When politicians turned against data centers
For the Washington Post, Jeremy B. Merrill analyzed newsletters and social media posts… Tags: data center, politics, Washington Post
Mathematical rivers
There is a simple law from John Hack that says the length of… Tags: drainage, Quanta, rivers
Why Americans are not working
Older people are working later in life and younger people are not entering the labor force as early. Tags: labor force, work
Trustworthy data visualization
Kieran Healy, a professor of sociology at Duke University, gives an enjoyable lecture… Tags: Kieran Healy, trust