Nick Evershed!?
@nickevershed.bsky.social
Data and interactives ed. at the Guardian Aus
dataviz, music, investigative journalism, programming etc
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dataviz, music, investigative journalism, programming etc
work: [email protected]
tip-offs: [email protected]
latest: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nick-evershed
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
having all four of these open at once for a project and I feel like I just won some sort of shitty Adobe bingo card
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
having all four of these open at once for a project and I feel like I just won some sort of shitty Adobe bingo card
Politicians in Australia keep saying that the net zero target will cost too much, but multiple analyses, including from Treasury, show that it is actually *much cheaper* for the economy than not doing more
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Politicians in Australia keep saying that the net zero target will cost too much, but multiple analyses, including from Treasury, show that it is actually *much cheaper* for the economy than not doing more
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
the shift from 2019 to 2022 is pretty wild though:
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
the shift from 2019 to 2022 is pretty wild though:
Here's a static version of the chart, and you can read more here www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Here's a static version of the chart, and you can read more here www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
New Australian content quotas are about to be introduced for streaming companies, like Netflix. These will hopefully boost the production of kids' TV - after changes the Coalition gov made in 2020, the amount of children's tv content produced nosedived
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New Australian content quotas are about to be introduced for streaming companies, like Netflix. These will hopefully boost the production of kids' TV - after changes the Coalition gov made in 2020, the amount of children's tv content produced nosedived
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Behind the scenes - I am deep in the Content Mines
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Behind the scenes - I am deep in the Content Mines
there will 100% be Some Guy* who abuses the shit out of this scheme so much by like setting up a backyard aluminium smelter out of stuff they bought at Aldi and ruins it for everyone else
*me
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
*me
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
there will 100% be Some Guy* who abuses the shit out of this scheme so much by like setting up a backyard aluminium smelter out of stuff they bought at Aldi and ruins it for everyone else
*me
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
*me
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
the other, far more obvious argument on why chasing ON votes isn't that helpful is that most ON votes already come back to the Coalition
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
the other, far more obvious argument on why chasing ON votes isn't that helpful is that most ON votes already come back to the Coalition
the Coalition dumping net zero and going harder on immigration to chase One Nation votes is not likely to help them if they ever want to win enough seats to form government again - and this (complicated) chart shows one reason why!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
the Coalition dumping net zero and going harder on immigration to chase One Nation votes is not likely to help them if they ever want to win enough seats to form government again - and this (complicated) chart shows one reason why!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
holy shit laser tag is basically all australian tech?!
November 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
holy shit laser tag is basically all australian tech?!
tip: do not store your harmonium in a very humid and hot attic
October 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
tip: do not store your harmonium in a very humid and hot attic
relevant chart - from USAToday
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
relevant chart - from USAToday
compare the rankings here with this graphic from Grattan's 2018 report into housing affordability, for example
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
compare the rankings here with this graphic from Grattan's 2018 report into housing affordability, for example
Interesting chart in this report surveying people on what they think are the major contributions to the 'housing problem'.
Feels like a failure of the (non-right wing) media, politicians and experts that the measures that would have the most impact are so far below immigration
Feels like a failure of the (non-right wing) media, politicians and experts that the measures that would have the most impact are so far below immigration
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Interesting chart in this report surveying people on what they think are the major contributions to the 'housing problem'.
Feels like a failure of the (non-right wing) media, politicians and experts that the measures that would have the most impact are so far below immigration
Feels like a failure of the (non-right wing) media, politicians and experts that the measures that would have the most impact are so far below immigration
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
this is the weirdest thing I've bought at aldi and I've bought some epic middle-aisle shit, so that is saying something.
the mushrooms are whole! and very crispy. not bad at all tbh
the mushrooms are whole! and very crispy. not bad at all tbh
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
this is the weirdest thing I've bought at aldi and I've bought some epic middle-aisle shit, so that is saying something.
the mushrooms are whole! and very crispy. not bad at all tbh
the mushrooms are whole! and very crispy. not bad at all tbh
I made a custom dashboard for bird of the year votes for our ANNOUNCEMENT LIVESTREAM today because today I am the Antony Green of bird voting (i did not have time to do a label collision algorithm do not @ me about it pls)
You can see it in action here shortly www.theguardian.com/environment/...
You can see it in action here shortly www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I made a custom dashboard for bird of the year votes for our ANNOUNCEMENT LIVESTREAM today because today I am the Antony Green of bird voting (i did not have time to do a label collision algorithm do not @ me about it pls)
You can see it in action here shortly www.theguardian.com/environment/...
You can see it in action here shortly www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
between this sort of thing and the misinfo firehose that Sora has turned into it is honestly amazing reading OpenAI's original mission statement lol
October 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
between this sort of thing and the misinfo firehose that Sora has turned into it is honestly amazing reading OpenAI's original mission statement lol
Similar to the last poll, the Tawny frogmouth is well ahead on cumulative votes, though the Baudin's black cockatoo was the closest so far on per round votes in the last round
October 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Similar to the last poll, the Tawny frogmouth is well ahead on cumulative votes, though the Baudin's black cockatoo was the closest so far on per round votes in the last round
Bird of the year voting update! The top 3 have been rock solid over the whole poll. The little penguin, rainbow bee-eater, pelican and splendid fairy-wren have all crashed out of the top 10, while the galah and emu-wren are surging ahead
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Bird of the year voting update! The top 3 have been rock solid over the whole poll. The little penguin, rainbow bee-eater, pelican and splendid fairy-wren have all crashed out of the top 10, while the galah and emu-wren are surging ahead
signed copy of hot dog daiquiri by seminal Newcastle ska punk band the Porkers, no lowball offers I know what I got
October 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
signed copy of hot dog daiquiri by seminal Newcastle ska punk band the Porkers, no lowball offers I know what I got