Reuters, with illustrations by Catherine Tai, has visual guides to all of the… Tags: Catherine Tai, illustration, Olympics, Reuters ..read more

Speaking of the Olympics, Alberto Cairo and Simon Rogers talked about the warm-blooded… Tags: Alberto Cairo, data journalism, Olympics, Simon Rogers ..read more

A part of outdoor sports is that you must deal with the weather,… Tags: Bloomberg, heat, Kristian Blummenfelt, Olympics, sports ..read more

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We usually hear about fracking in a negative context, but for the Washington… Tags: fracking, power, Washington Post ..read more

Our physical, mental, and emotional abilities change as we get older, and this can affect the kind of work we do. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) asks people if they’ve run into such limitations. These charts show the shifts by age, based on the 2023 sample. Read More ..read more

Those who run cryptocurrency companies have much to gain from policies that favor them. Follow the Crypto by Molly White tracks the spending: Cryptocurrency companies have raised hundreds of millions of dollars to put towards buying crypto-friendly politicians and ousting those who have spoken up for stricter regulations to protect consumers in an industry that is fraught with hacks, scams, and fraud. Although parts of the industry have tried to portray this as a grassroots effort, the reality is that a very small number of crypto companies, and the billionaire executives and venture capital ..read more

Nate Silver, who left Disney and the FiveThirtyEight brand last year but took his forecast models with him, is not a fan of the new models on 538, developed by G. Elliott Morris: I thought the 538 model seemed basically reasonable when it was first published in June, showing the race as a toss-up. But its behavior since the debate — Biden has actually gained ground in their forecast over the past few weeks even though their polling average has moved toward Trump by 2 points! — raises a lot of questions. This may be by design — Morris seems to believe it’s too early to really look at the poll ..read more

Like many, you’ve probably wondered what HTTP response headers are also area codes in the real world, or vice versa. Doug Sillars has you covered with HTTP Area Codes. This is very important. Tags: area code, Doug Sillars, HTTP, humor ..read more

The slider, a common UI element with a range and a handle that you can drag, has been around for a long time. It’s proven to be useful for visualization. Welcome to The Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members that looks closer at how the charts get made. I’m Nathan Yau. Become a member for access to this — plus tutorials, courses, and guides ..read more