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The cover for this week’s Future Issue is “New Horizons,” by Christoph Niemann. See what’s inside: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Aifa_g

[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

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The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

Ascending into the Realm of Japanese Charts A prewar collection crosses the Pacific.

I went looking for one Japanese chart book and ended up with 19 prewar volumes, a new collecting method, and a stronger conviction that graphic history is far from fully known. www.chartography.net/p/ascending-...

our moon with craters and features highlighted in light green

the Death Star approaching Yavin IV

the Death Star targeting Yavin IV

uh oh

“Copy Moon joy” #Artemis

Ohh, no! :( www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/c...

Thank you. That’s wonderful.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Ascending into the Realm of Japanese Charts A prewar collection crosses the Pacific.

At a certain point, I was no longer finding books. I was discovering a world: chart-rich, prewar, often beautiful, and in some cases likely never before shelved in this hemisphere. www.chartography.net/p/ascending-...

Tell me stories!

Come check out our #dataviz gallery in the NYC subway! We officially open next weekend but the exterior mural is up 24/7 for the next YEAR!!

Sneak peek inside the @datavandals.bsky.social Newsstand!! Opens Friday 7-9pm!!

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Totally agree. Similar size and color and composition. Culture-specific design uniqueness, often wonderfully weird.

Ascending into the Realm of Japanese Charts A prewar collection crosses the Pacific.

I went looking for one Japanese chart book and ended up with 19 prewar volumes, a new collecting method, and a stronger conviction that graphic history is far from fully known. www.chartography.net/p/ascending-...

Chartography | RJ Andrews | Substack Obsessed with data graphics. Craft, history, and high-stakes chartmaking. Click to read Chartography, by RJ Andrews, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

thud post coming to Chartography.net soonish

Chart from The Economist titled "Stepline to heaven" showing the cumulative number of saints canonised each year from 1600 to 2025

Proud of this chart title
www.economist.com/culture/2026...

“a term that can split a world into hip and square, classic and romantic, technological and humanistic, is an entity that can unite a world already split along these lines into one. A real understanding of Quality”

Vibes today

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World War 2 ‘Mild Weather is Your Chance to Save Fuel' poster by Beverley Pick c. 1944 www.1stdibs.com/art/prints-w...

Portraits of Population An archive of 700 hand-drawn charts and graphics from India's census, and why they were made

If you'd like to skip the story and just play with all the graphics and #dataviz, that's okay too! Here's a link directly to the explorer diagramchasing.fun/2026/portrai...

I've been persuaded by @infowetrust.com's recent arguments about using "chartmaking", instead of more technical terms such as "information design" or "data visualization", to refer to what we do

We’re down here in the subway!!! @datavandals.bsky.social

Beautiful! Do have a snapshot of what this looks like in print?

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

Where oil and gas normally travel by tanker ship from the Persian Gulf. A story by @lazarogamio.bsky.social, Blacki Migliozzi and River Akira Davis 🎁 tinyurl.com/5dd83fk3 #sankey

"Mapping Britain’s hedgerows"

Helen Atkinson for @economist.com theeconomistoffthecharts.substack.com/p/mapping-br...

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