Geoff McGhee
@geoffmcghee.bsky.social
Infographics, data journalism, GIS/cartography, teaching and cornball humor. NYCer in the PNW. www.geoffmcghee.com
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SENATOR! STOP SAYING DUMB SHIT LIKE THIS. INSTEAD:
1. Object to all UC agreements
2. Blanket holds on all appointments
3. Joint Resolution of Disapproval under WPR
4. Talking filibuster all Greenland-related apporpriations, and HR 361 ("Make Greenland Great Again")
/1
1. Object to all UC agreements
2. Blanket holds on all appointments
3. Joint Resolution of Disapproval under WPR
4. Talking filibuster all Greenland-related apporpriations, and HR 361 ("Make Greenland Great Again")
/1
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
SENATOR! STOP SAYING DUMB SHIT LIKE THIS. INSTEAD:
1. Object to all UC agreements
2. Blanket holds on all appointments
3. Joint Resolution of Disapproval under WPR
4. Talking filibuster all Greenland-related apporpriations, and HR 361 ("Make Greenland Great Again")
/1
1. Object to all UC agreements
2. Blanket holds on all appointments
3. Joint Resolution of Disapproval under WPR
4. Talking filibuster all Greenland-related apporpriations, and HR 361 ("Make Greenland Great Again")
/1
Call it a perverse intuition but I just thought they might leave the alt tags empty on the images. Screw the disabled, right?
Nazis to the core. Petty and malevolent in equal measure.
Nazis to the core. Petty and malevolent in equal measure.
January 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Call it a perverse intuition but I just thought they might leave the alt tags empty on the images. Screw the disabled, right?
Nazis to the core. Petty and malevolent in equal measure.
Nazis to the core. Petty and malevolent in equal measure.
Emergency FIFA Peace Prize
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Emergency FIFA Peace Prize
Exercise note: you have to walk/run before you run/walk
December 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Exercise note: you have to walk/run before you run/walk
Thinking of Chris Rea and how we could have had a follow up: “Driving Home From Christmas” about all the complicated feelings *afterward* too — as well as overindulging. Are there tunes about post Xmas (I know, 12 days…)?
December 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thinking of Chris Rea and how we could have had a follow up: “Driving Home From Christmas” about all the complicated feelings *afterward* too — as well as overindulging. Are there tunes about post Xmas (I know, 12 days…)?
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
The latter name referring now to Robert Kennedy Jr, right?
Breaking news: The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has voted to rename the storied arts institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Kennedy Center trustees, installed earlier this year by President Trump, have voted to rename the center after him, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The latter name referring now to Robert Kennedy Jr, right?
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I've long been frustrated that small-scale indie news orgs don't get the recognition they deserve for the crucial work they do for their communities, so I did something about it. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Announcing the Inaugural Snooping Newsie Awards for Excellence in Independent Journalism | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I've long been frustrated that small-scale indie news orgs don't get the recognition they deserve for the crucial work they do for their communities, so I did something about it. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Got my Adobe Illustrator Wrapped today. They’re like “the hell is wrong with you 87% of your tool use was the pencil”
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Got my Adobe Illustrator Wrapped today. They’re like “the hell is wrong with you 87% of your tool use was the pencil”
Please yes
NEW: I’m leading a bipartisan effort with Rep. Thomas Massie to end forever wars by repealing a 2001 provision letting the White House bypass Congress.
For decades, both parties have used this to conduct military operations with little to no oversight. It’s time for that to end.
For decades, both parties have used this to conduct military operations with little to no oversight. It’s time for that to end.
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Please yes
If we could at least harness the power of racism to generate electricity - instead of AI doing the opposite (think about it, maybe sleep on it)
December 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If we could at least harness the power of racism to generate electricity - instead of AI doing the opposite (think about it, maybe sleep on it)
@datawrapper.de Looks like you've refreshed the UI! Very clean and nice, even if I have to re-capture some tutorials : D
Question - is the gradient editor in the Choropleth map template... gone?
Or does my browser cache need to get a thorough cleaning?
Thanks!
Question - is the gradient editor in the Choropleth map template... gone?
Or does my browser cache need to get a thorough cleaning?
Thanks!
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
@datawrapper.de Looks like you've refreshed the UI! Very clean and nice, even if I have to re-capture some tutorials : D
Question - is the gradient editor in the Choropleth map template... gone?
Or does my browser cache need to get a thorough cleaning?
Thanks!
Question - is the gradient editor in the Choropleth map template... gone?
Or does my browser cache need to get a thorough cleaning?
Thanks!
Cascadia is really leaning into the name this week. Oof.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cascadia is really leaning into the name this week. Oof.
As we are seeing on a national scale, partisan control of a Supreme Court can mean partisan tyrrany
It’s the second time in a month the state’s high court has rejected ballot edits made by the attorney general.
Montana Supreme Court says attorney general overstepped in rewriting ballot language on nonpartisan court races
It’s the second time in a month the state’s high court has rejected ballot edits made by the attorney general.
montanafreepress.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
As we are seeing on a national scale, partisan control of a Supreme Court can mean partisan tyrrany
How about fare evaders pay a small cent fine without admitting wrongdoing? Isn’t that how it works?
Subway and bus fare evasion cost New York City’s transit system nearly $1 billion last year. Will an arsenal of new tricks turn things around? trib.al/BzbS2FD
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
How about fare evaders pay a small cent fine without admitting wrongdoing? Isn’t that how it works?
I was trying to hear her out until she said that the culture of frauds and schemes and scams was alien and un American and then I knew she’s delusional
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I was trying to hear her out until she said that the culture of frauds and schemes and scams was alien and un American and then I knew she’s delusional
Stockton. We’ve come full circle.
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Stockton. We’ve come full circle.
Washing dishes is great because you get to eat the meal a second time… with your hands
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Washing dishes is great because you get to eat the meal a second time… with your hands
Anybody else see Colin Firth for a sec?
Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills photographed on the set of “AVANTI!” (1972) dir. Billy Wilder
🎬 United Artists
🎬 United Artists
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Anybody else see Colin Firth for a sec?
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This seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
Reupping this with Garance malfunction acknowledged thanks Poppy @garanceburke.bsky.social sorry Garance
The Border Patrol is running a probably illegal dragnet using hidden license plate readers and other sketchy methods to track drivers on “suspicious” trips, sometimes beyond their jurisdiction. Amazing report by @apnews.com @thegarance.bsky.social Byron Tau apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reupping this with Garance malfunction acknowledged thanks Poppy @garanceburke.bsky.social sorry Garance
To the @washingtonpost.com reporters, editors and data journalists who had the courage to publish this, I salute you. Alas I still subscribe on the cheap for the graphics and my data viz students. You are why I do
wapo.st/48nkqMN
wapo.st/48nkqMN
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
To the @washingtonpost.com reporters, editors and data journalists who had the courage to publish this, I salute you. Alas I still subscribe on the cheap for the graphics and my data viz students. You are why I do
wapo.st/48nkqMN
wapo.st/48nkqMN
“You want a career in this economy? Learn to WRITE VERSE!”
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“You want a career in this economy? Learn to WRITE VERSE!”