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In this week’s newsletter, spoke with Yale University’s William Rankin about his new book on rethinking how we draw maps.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In this week’s newsletter, spoke with Yale University’s William Rankin about his new book on rethinking how we draw maps.
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Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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The newsletter is out. This week:
- Reconsidering how we use maps to visualize data
- How a mapmaker makes maps
- What maps can tell us about borders and culture
- Using maps to visualize inequality
So, it's about 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 in other words.
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- Reconsidering how we use maps to visualize data
- How a mapmaker makes maps
- What maps can tell us about borders and culture
- Using maps to visualize inequality
So, it's about 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 in other words.
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Putting the real world down on paper
This week's newsletter looks at how we use maps. I review a new book on the subject, interview a mapmaker and show how maps can reshape our assumptions about borders. It's all topped off with what I t...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The newsletter is out. This week:
- Reconsidering how we use maps to visualize data
- How a mapmaker makes maps
- What maps can tell us about borders and culture
- Using maps to visualize inequality
So, it's about 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 in other words.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
- Reconsidering how we use maps to visualize data
- How a mapmaker makes maps
- What maps can tell us about borders and culture
- Using maps to visualize inequality
So, it's about 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 in other words.
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Here's how the Senate shutdown vote broke down by state vote in 2024 and senator ideology.
The two pink dots to the left of the Arizona senators are the senators from Nevada.
The two pink dots to the left of the Arizona senators are the senators from Nevada.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here's how the Senate shutdown vote broke down by state vote in 2024 and senator ideology.
The two pink dots to the left of the Arizona senators are the senators from Nevada.
The two pink dots to the left of the Arizona senators are the senators from Nevada.
This week, in the free-to-read newsletter:
1. The history of red and blue in TV campaign coverage.
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1. The history of red and blue in TV campaign coverage.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This week, in the free-to-read newsletter:
1. The history of red and blue in TV campaign coverage.
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1. The history of red and blue in TV campaign coverage.
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In this week’s newsletter: How red and blue came to represent Republicans and Democrats. And more!
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Red versus blue. Versus yellow. Versus gray.
Chapter 1
It's (almost) all about TV
There was an election this week, I assume you heard, one in which the people who were unhappy last year became happy and vice versa. If you're one of the current ...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In this week’s newsletter: How red and blue came to represent Republicans and Democrats. And more!
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Doing some math with the White House.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Doing some math with the White House.
Here's how every county in Virginia has voted in gubernatorial and presidential elections since 2012.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Here's how every county in Virginia has voted in gubernatorial and presidential elections since 2012.
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The government has been shutdown for more than 4 percent of the days Donald Trump has been president. The runner-up is Clinton, who saw the government shutdown for less than 1 percent.
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The government has been shutdown for more than 4 percent of the days Donald Trump has been president. The runner-up is Clinton, who saw the government shutdown for less than 1 percent.
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There is a correlation between how much support Trump got in 2024 in each NY county and the growth in Tesla ownership in those counties.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There is a correlation between how much support Trump got in 2024 in each NY county and the growth in Tesla ownership in those counties.
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In the newsletter this week!
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The web of connections revealed in subpoenas issued after Jan. 6.
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The web of connections revealed in subpoenas issued after Jan. 6.
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In the newsletter this week!
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The web of connections revealed in subpoenas issued after Jan. 6.
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The web of connections revealed in subpoenas issued after Jan. 6.
This is how the organizations and people included in Jack Smith's 2020 subpoenas connect. See more (and close-ups) in this week's newsletter! www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is how the organizations and people included in Jack Smith's 2020 subpoenas connect. See more (and close-ups) in this week's newsletter! www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...
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37% data. 42% visualizations. 210% jokes.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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The last time the House cast any votes was the Friday before Adelita Grijalva won her race. www.pbump.net/o/remember-t...
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The last time the House cast any votes was the Friday before Adelita Grijalva won her race. www.pbump.net/o/remember-t...
This week’s newsletter, a visual thread!
1. Religion in America!
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1. Religion in America!
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October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This week’s newsletter, a visual thread!
1. Religion in America!
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1. Religion in America!
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Going into today, Ohio State had only the second-best point differential in college football. Or the Big Ten. Or the Midwest. www.howtoreadthisch.art/devotion-at-...
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Going into today, Ohio State had only the second-best point differential in college football. Or the Big Ten. Or the Midwest. www.howtoreadthisch.art/devotion-at-...
A look at the geographic boundaries of four major American religions. www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/444882ff?m...
October 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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When presidents have (and haven't) invoked the Insurrection Act. www.pbump.net/o/trump-want...
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When presidents have (and haven't) invoked the Insurrection Act. www.pbump.net/o/trump-want...
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Through Oct. 19, 2017, Trump had spent all or part of 93 days at Trump Org properties and likely played golf on 57.
As of Oct. 19, 2025, he's spent all or part of 102 days at his private properties and likely played golf on 71 days.
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As of Oct. 19, 2025, he's spent all or part of 102 days at his private properties and likely played golf on 71 days.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Through Oct. 19, 2017, Trump had spent all or part of 93 days at Trump Org properties and likely played golf on 57.
As of Oct. 19, 2025, he's spent all or part of 102 days at his private properties and likely played golf on 71 days.
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As of Oct. 19, 2025, he's spent all or part of 102 days at his private properties and likely played golf on 71 days.
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The newsletter features more than one link from the always great @kottke.org and this post from Pew’s Conrad Hackett.
You can probably guess why.
You can probably guess why.
What do you think everyone ought to be able to do that you definitely cannot?
October 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The newsletter features more than one link from the always great @kottke.org and this post from Pew’s Conrad Hackett.
You can probably guess why.
You can probably guess why.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 (a four-part thread):
How the U.S. population has evolved.
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How the U.S. population has evolved.
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October 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 (a four-part thread):
How the U.S. population has evolved.
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How the U.S. population has evolved.
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The newsletter is out. This week: Some Kings.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The newsletter is out. This week: Some Kings.
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This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
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One of my favorite state fair creative activities objects this year: a quilted infographic documenting climate change.
September 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
One of my favorite state fair creative activities objects this year: a quilted infographic documenting climate change.
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Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com