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Jan Diehm
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Fan of finer things: LEGO, women’s sports, & pop divas. Not a fan of: post acute infection syndrome. Data journalist at The Pudding. (she/her)
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Jan Diehm @jadiehm.bsky.social · Mar 6
One of our cats Ichabod (aka Icky, aka Blickus, you know how cat names devolve) LOVES to watch CatTV videos on our Google hub, but sometimes he gets so excited he frantically swipes away & accidentally plays songs. This is his playlist:

Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
A black and white cat getting chin scratched on a concrete countertop. The cat has swiped the screen on a Google Hub to play Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
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puddingviz.bsky.social
The Pudding Cup is back for 2025! We want to see your best non-commercial visual and data-driven projects!

🗓️ Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2025 (free entry)
📢 Winners announced: the week of December 9, 2025
💸 Up to 3 winners each get $1,500

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November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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How much does Congress talk about democracy? How often do they worry that democracy is eroding? @alv9n.com's latest project analyzes every congressional speech in the last 145 years.

pudding.cool/2025/11/demo...
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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“Look at Mr. Frog! He’s so grumpy.”

Wait, why are so many frogs boys? @mellymeldubs.bsky.social explores how we gender animals in kids’ stories—and why it matters.

pudding.cool/2025/07/kids...
July 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
jadiehm.bsky.social
As a lifelong fan of the @wnba.com I’m stoked to see teams get added in Detroit, Philly, & Cleveland. But as a queer southerner, I wish expansion was happening here too! More LGBTQ+ people live in the South than any other U. S. region. HUGE fan base, but regressive politics keep teams/players away.
June 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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New video on YouTube (an animated version of one of @alv9n.com's greatest hits): The Loneliness Epidemic, in Data: Who Americans Spend Time With

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7w3...
The Loneliness Epidemic, in Data: Who Americans Spend Time With
YouTube video by The Pudding
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June 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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New project: From stereotypes to breakthroughs, Hollywood's history with Asian and Asian American characters is complicated.

This AAPI Heritage Month, dive into the data that reveals whether that's changed: pudding.cool/2025/05/aapi...
May 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
jadiehm.bsky.social
New project out today! We used ChatGPT vision to help us identify animals on wine labels so we could find the best animal for your price point.

Follow along here for more details: 🧵
puddingviz.bsky.social The Pudding @puddingviz.bsky.social · Apr 16
Have you ever bought a bottle of wine based on the label alone? Yeah, us too.

Turns out, if a wine has an animal on the label that can help you predict price and quality. We looked at thousands of labels to help you find the best deals.

pudding.cool/2025/04/wine...
April 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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New project (with 🔊🎵!) : @luriethereal.bsky.social explores legacies of music dna, such as a 2pac bassline being a sample of sample: two generations of music created by a James Brown riff.
April 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
jadiehm.bsky.social
One of our cats Ichabod (aka Icky, aka Blickus, you know how cat names devolve) LOVES to watch CatTV videos on our Google hub, but sometimes he gets so excited he frantically swipes away & accidentally plays songs. This is his playlist:

Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
A black and white cat getting chin scratched on a concrete countertop. The cat has swiped the screen on a Google Hub to play Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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puddingviz.bsky.social
Do you think middle school sucks? You’re not alone. @alv9n.com uses a survey of millions of students to show how our brains and our sense of belonging change in middle school.

💻 pudding.cool/2025/02/midd...
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zL...
The Middle Ages
Follow hundreds of kids as they navigate their treacherous middle school years.
pudding.cool
March 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
jadiehm.bsky.social
Just updated my morphing #wnba kicks project with A'Ja's new shoe. pudding.cool/2022/09/wnba...

Because I'm so stoked about the A'Ones, I'm giving out 5 posters (the-pudding.printify.me/product/8358...). Comment if you want one! Random winners picked by end of week. Must have US mailing address.
February 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
jadiehm.bsky.social
At @puddingviz.bsky.social we get a lot of questions about what tools we use. There’s initial excitement, but when we answer w/ something like “ it’s coded from scratch,” you can feel the creative spark dim. So, I made tutorials recreating our charts without code. Now you can make them too!
puddingviz.bsky.social The Pudding @puddingviz.bsky.social · Jan 29
New video tutorials! You don't need to be a developer to make cool charts — here's how to recreate some of our latest graphics without using any code.

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How to recreate our charts without code
Video tutorials: You don't need to know how to code to make cool charts! Here's how to do it.
pudding.cool
January 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Listen to authors David Mora and Michelle Jia talk more about their recent project, "Is the love song dying?", on @npr.org's All Things Considered.

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Is the love song dying? Here's what the data says
Is the love song dying? NPR's Juana Summers speaks David Mora and Michelle Jia about their recent essay in The Pudding, which set out to answer that question.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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We’re excited to announce the winners of the 2024 Pudding Cup! Show them some love 🫶 on this thread 🧵, and check out all of the winners and honorable mentions here: pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
The Pudding Cup
The Pudding's annual picks for the best visual and data-driven stories
pudding.cool
December 10, 2024 at 8:14 PM
jadiehm.bsky.social
I’m holding out hope that there’s more to this identity, but my first impression was mass transit.
December 5, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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Just 2 days (today & tomorrow) left to enter The Pudding Cup! Get your data/visual submissions in!!!

pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
November 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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Just one week left to enter The Pudding Cup, where we crown our favorite data visual passion projects of 2024. Get your submissions in by Nov. 30!

pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
November 22, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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The US workforce can be divided into “sitters” (like programmers and lawyers) and “standers” (like servers and construction workers). In our newest piece, @alv9n.com looks at what we can learn from this labor split.

💻: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
Sitters and Standers
The American worker divide: Those who sit, and those who stand
pudding.cool
November 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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New project! Is love dead in pop music? 💕📉 We checked all 5,141 Top 10 hits since 1958 to see how much has *actually* changed. (Spoiler: it's not what most people think)

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Is the Love Song Dying?
We categorized songs in the Billboard Top 10 to see if love songs are on the decline.
pudding.cool
November 11, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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It's baccckkkk! We're excited to announce the 8th annual Pudding Cup where we pick the best visual and data-driven stories of 2024.

📅 Deadline: Saturday, Nov. 30
📢 Winners announced: the week of Dec. 9
💸 Up to 3 winners each get $1,500

pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
The Pudding Cup
The Pudding's annual picks for the best visual and data-driven stories
pudding.cool
November 8, 2024 at 5:37 PM
jadiehm.bsky.social
So… where are all my Bozeman gays? 💁🏻🏳️‍🌈
November 30, 2023 at 12:46 AM
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5 years after this project published & I’m still soaking up being called a “pockets expert.” Hear me talk about getting kicked out of a store + my love of cargo pants on the Data is Plural podcast.

👖 Project: pudding.cool/2018/08/pock...

🎧 Podcast: podcast.data-is-plural.com/2159594/1401...
November 23, 2023 at 2:47 AM
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puddingviz.bsky.social
It's baccckkkk! We're excited to announce the 7th annual Pudding Cup where we pick the best visual and data-driven stories of 2023.

🗓️ Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 30
📣 Winners announced: the week of Dec. 11
🏆💸 Three winners will each get $1,500 Enter here!

pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
November 15, 2023 at 7:14 PM
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This is the first year in 12 years that a woman (Lainey Wilson) was named the #CMAawards entertainer of the year. Since 1967, only 16% of the winners have been women. Kinda hard for women to win when country radio avoids playing them back-to-back. pudding.cool/2023/05/coun...
They Won't Play a Lady-O on Country Radio: Examining Back-to-Back Plays by Gender, Race, & Sexual Or...
We looked at 29 radio stations across the US to see how often they played back-to-back songs by women.
pudding.cool
November 9, 2023 at 4:01 AM
jadiehm.bsky.social
Since 1967, only 20% of #CMAawards single of the year winners have been women or women-only ensembles — though props to Luke Combs for immediately shouting out Tracy Chapman. Kinda hard for women to win when country radio avoids playing them back-to-back. pudding.cool/2023/05/coun...
They Won't Play a Lady-O on Country Radio: Examining Back-to-Back Plays by Gender, Race, & Sexual Or...
We looked at 29 radio stations across the US to see how often they played back-to-back songs by women.
pudding.cool
November 9, 2023 at 1:28 AM