Allison McCartney
@mccartney.bsky.social
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Editor of graphics @ The New York Times based in San Francisco. Amateur shapeshifter.
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this is the dumbest shit i have ever read
My Instagram ads are out of control
An Amazon ad for a comically large sleeper sofa that seats 12.
The best part of the TS album release is that Brat is back on my TL
It's pretty amazing that I've played more than 200 hours of Civilization VI (say nothing of previous versions) and am still incredibly shit at it
!!!! stock up on some Churus to bribe your way into her heart
I can’t tell if I’m in a Bay Area bubble or if hyphy is really coming back in 2025
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Made this little guy to track the substantial growth of Erin's tropical-storm-force winds #mapshaper #turfjs #flubber #svelte5 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Took long enough but glad it's here!
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NEWS: Meta will announce an AI reorganization today, dividing the Superintelligence division into four units

weighing some cuts or employees moved from AI division

considering licensing closed source models to build new AI products

w/ @elitan.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/t...
Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Shake Up Meta’s A.I. Efforts, Again
www.nytimes.com
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“An analysis of real-time train data shows that it is less reliable than its New York and Connecticut counterparts — Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) — and riders face significant service disruptions at six times the rate of other commuters.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
NJ Transit Is NYC’s Least Reliable Commuter Rail — By a Long Shot
An analysis of real-time train data shows its passengers face major service disruptions at six times the rate of riders on other NYC commuter railways.
www.bloomberg.com
Welcome to the Tropical Storm Name Club™️ !
The other day I saw a Dubai chocolate bar at check-out and threw it into my order out of curiosity. The lady checking me out was like, "I just want to warn you that bar is $25," and I had to do a double take. I did not buy it obvs.
I’m seeing no evidence to the alternative!
Hard to describe how San Francisco felt kind of empty six months ago, and feels full to bursting now
“It is WARM 🥵 out today,” is a thing I have said multiple times today.

I grew up playing soccer in the Texas summer - how far I have fallen.
A screenshot of the Apple weather app displaying the current temperature in Mission Dolores as 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Today the low was 55 degrees and the high was 77 degrees.
An incredible public resource!
We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with @kqednews.kqed.org, @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com @calmatters.org 1/
CLEAN - KQED News
Search California public records about law enforcement violence and misconduct.
policerecords.kqed.org
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We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with @kqednews.kqed.org, @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com @calmatters.org 1/
CLEAN - KQED News
Search California public records about law enforcement violence and misconduct.
policerecords.kqed.org
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News: legendary Washington Post sports columnist @sallyjenx.bsky.social is leaving The Post.
Redwood City’s slogan of “Climate Best by Government Test” turns 100 years old this year and it still goes hard
Way too many people at the airport these days with open-toe shoes. Truly chaotic move.
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We're updating this file as decisions come in ....

A Running List of Policies Rejected From the Republican Megabill

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just added some new color scales, for your viewing pleasure