How Blocking Oil and Gas From Leaving the Strait of Hormuz Ripples Around the World Trade is trickling through the vital artery connecting the Persian Gulf and the world, creating an economic shock thousands of miles away.

A really smart and elegant visualization.

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Happy map 100,000 moments of human happiness, mapped

My colleague shared this happiness map, and man, at this moment in time, AM I HERE FOR THIS.

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Hey, guys, let's maybe not build this particular dystopic world. Kthx.

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1. People are sending me screenshots of their favorite "happy moments." Delightful.

2. Play with the filters. I think it's the most fun part.

3. There's a fun easter egg in the piece. I don't think anyone has found it.

The world feels quite precarious right now—and sometimes we forget what it feels like to pursue happiness. @alv9n.com digs into a study that asked more than 10,000 people to share their joy. From personal growth to friends and family, here’s our happiness mapped.

pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...

Behind the scenes: Happy map How I mapped more than 100,000 happy moments

As always, a behind-the-scenes post here: buttondown.com/charthead/ar...

Happy map 100,000 moments of human happiness, mapped

My latest: Happy map

Sizing chaos The inter-generational struggle to find clothes that fit more than a tiny portion of women

I’m so excited to be publishing my first-ever visual essay with @puddingviz.bsky.social:

pudding.cool/2026/02/wome...

It brings together so many of my recent interests — research, coding, design, and sewing — on a topic that won’t leave me alone: the chaos of women’s clothing sizes.

Few life experiences feel as universal, across generations, as the pains and frustrations of trying to find clothes that fit. In our newest project we dive into the data about women's sizing chaos.

pudding.cool/2026/02/wome...

Seeing this a few days late. Happy to chat, @samwho.dev!

Nice data piece, with a clever use of UN resolution votes. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

I wish we still had Toni Morrison. I love this speech, but it hits different today. www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..”

@nytimes.com
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Wrongful detainment complaints spike during ICE surge The number of immigrants suing for wrongful detention jumped as federal agents deployed to Minnesota.

344 unlawful detention petitions filed in Minnesota since Dec. 1st -- 288 of them just since Jan 1. The filings dwarf everything that came before. During Trump’s first term: avg 5.5 cases per month; Biden presidency: avg 1.5 cases per month

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Threshold: the choir who sing to the dying - documentary YouTube video by The Guardian

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Another argument for high-speed rail in the US.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm so impressed by these projects.

Fascinating post from @ashendruk.com on how we don't "linger" as much. www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...

Hello budding data journalists.

The @NBCNews.com Data / Graphics team is looking for a summer 2026 intern, full-time, $30 / hour, working at 30 Rock in NYC.

The application deadline is Friday Dec. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Details and link to application form below:

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Your morning read.

How billionaires took over American politics: The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.

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Right-wing YouTubers use political identity to make big money. Lefty shows do less of it.

A really great data analysis: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Yes!

The Pudding Cup The Pudding's annual picks for the best visual and data-driven stories

The ninth annual Pudding Cup is live! Submit your non-commercial data/visual stories. Winners receive $1,500.

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A behind-the-scenes look at how I did this piece: buttondown.com/charthead/ar...

How much does Congress talk about democracy? How often do they worry that democracy is eroding? @alv9n.com's latest project analyzes every congressional speech in the last 145 years.

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