Connor Rothschild charted all the colors Bob Ross used in The Joy of Painting: Most commonly, paintings have 12 colors. Of the 403 pieces in The Joy of Painting, 100 used 12 colors. The peak is concentrated around 12, meaning most of Ross’ paintings used somewhere in the range of 7-13 colors; very rarely did […]
Month: June 2021
Recreation of the neighborhood in the Tulsa race massacre
In 1921, hundreds were killed. The New York Times recreated the neighborhood, adding weight to what happened and showing the loss a hundred years ago: For decades, what happened in Greenwood was willfully buried in history. Piecing together archival maps and photographs, with guidance from historians, The New York Times constructed a 3D model of […]
Where wind and solar needs to grow by 2050
Based on estimates from Princeton University’s Net-Zero America Project, Veronica Penney for The New York Times mapped where wind and solar energy need to expand to to reach the United States’ 2050 goals. Compared to what we need, there is a long way to go from where we are now. See also Bloomberg’s angle, which […]
Official LEGO world map set
We’ve seen maps made out of LEGO bricks before, but LEGO is about to release an official world map set. And cartographers everywhere rejoiced. Tags: LEGO, world
✚ Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, May 2021 Roundup
Welcome to issue #141 of The Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members where we look closer at charts. I’m Nathan Yau, and every month I collect useful tools and resources to help you make better charts. Here’s the good stuff for May 2021. Become a member for access to this — plus tutorials, courses, and […]
A short film on giving up privacy, for better or worse
We know what you did during lockdown is a short fiction film by Financial Times that demonstrates the challenges of using data for good at the sacrifice of privacy and the complexity of individual lives. Worth the watch. I immediately wanted to unplug every single internet-connected device in the house. But of course I did […]
Jobs that Marry Together the Most
Find out which jobs most often pair together among married couples. Read More
Map shows you where a raindrop ends up
River Runner is a fun interactive map by Sam Learner. Click anywhere in the contiguous United States to drop some rain and, based on data from the U.S. Geological Survey, the map shows you where the rain ends up and the path it takes to get there. This uses USGS NHDPlus data and their NLDI […]
Hospitalization rates for the unvaccinated
Overall, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are down in the United States, but much of that is from vaccinations. When you look at only those who are not vaccinated, the rates are still high in many areas of the country. Dan Keating and Leslie Shapiro for The Washington Post show the differences. Tags: coronavirus, vaccination, Washington […]
Four types of people who prevent full vaccination
The United States vaccination rate was rolling for a while there, but it has slowed down. Sema Sgaier for NYT Opinion talks about why that is, breaking it down to four general types of people who are hesitant or don’t plan on getting vaccinated: After conducting a national survey of U.S. adults, we grouped people […]
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