Here is a no-paywall link to today's story
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

3. But why would you look at the distributions side by side (horizontally) when you can learn so much more if they're stacked vertically. You almost lose all of the benefits these 3 chart power-horses can offer us when not stacking them orthogonally to the main dimension.

2. And yes, it's definitely better to look at your data in different ways than just relying on one chart type. And yes, histogram/density, box plots and scatter are high on the list.

Interesting, didn't know about "raincloud plots". Here are my hot takes:

1. Raincloud plot is not a new plot, but 3 plots stacked (density, box plot, jittered 1d scatter).

Nein, ich glaube das ist nicht so gern gesehen, wenn man seinen eigenen Artikel schreibt. Fakten korrigieren müsste aber gehen, so lange du sie auch mit externen Quellen belegen kannst (du selbst zählst glaube nicht als Quelle 😅).

I feel we can look at data as long as we want without ever grasping how serious this is. This is what 1.5 degrees warming feels like, and on our current course we’re heading for 2.7. There’s no „good side“ to look at in a summer like this.