Some key themes illustrated in motion on the fascinating @theatlantic.com story and pod, “Sucker: My year as a Degenerate Gambler” by @mckaycoppins.bsky.social. It makes total sense to me that America makes us primed for this: the country as a Giant Casino.
#theatlantic #msjonesnyc
Blind giving is how I think about Mackenzie Scott, she doesn’t want the press and credit most philanthropists do: no fanfare, virtue signaling or her name on buildings. Just unconditional support without requiring anything in return. 👏
#IWD26 #InternationalWomensDay #dataportrait #msjonesnyc
Caregiving is such an essential and growing need in this country...but the recent nurse strikes are troubling. ❤️🚑❤️ Here’s a look at the major nurse‑led strikes in the U.S., including the ongoing NYC 2026 walkout.
#RespectOurNurses #NYCNurseStrike #RNStrike #datastorytelling #msjonesnyc
How the freelance magic happens in motion, sound up! 😂
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#nigelholmes #infografit #deskercise #msjonesnyc
I'm excited to share that my work is now represented by Snyder Reps in the US 🇺🇸 and UK! 🇬🇧
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#informationdesign #motiongraphics #illustration #wearesnyder #snyder #msjonesnyc
Fave motion graphic gig! With #thenatureconservancy, #noaa and Emerging Creatives of Science. 🌍🐟 Here's some fun graphics to illustrate the chapters on the dynamic life cycles of the river and how we can preserve them.
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#worldfishmigrationday #nature_org #msjonesnyc
Here's a #WBW for the #30DayChartChallenge #Day22-Stars. Social media savvy, better writing, off season releases and girl power drive the summer cash cows...I still like the one this oldie but goodie turned out! ⭐🎥 ⭐
#dataviz #msjonesnyc
Extremely loosely connected to the theme of #30DayChartChallenge #Day17-Birds, but the bird flu and its resulting egg prices made a more creative Easter hunt necessary, and if tariffs go up might deem the whole tradition basically kaboshed. 💥🥚💥
#dataviz #msjonesnyc
For the #30DayChartChallenge #Day11 Stripes : here's some hypnotic motion on how trains go in and out of Times Square 📉 📊 📈
#dataviz #TheDataDesk #msjonesnyc
#30DayChartChallenge #Day11 Topic: Stripes
Stand clear of the closing doors, please—and enjoy this #animated #dataviz of #NYC #subway trains passing thru Times Sq. on a typical weekday. 13 lines. 2 directions. 4,000 stops.
🙏 @msjonesnyc.bsky.social for design help & drums!
#TheDataDesk #msjonesnyc
A list of historical events from 1925 to 2025 in gray text on a black background. As the list goes back in time, the gray text gets darker and harder to read against the black. This represents the diminishing number of people who remember events from their lived experience. At the top, 100% of the population remembers Trump's second presidency, but at the bottom, less than 1% of the population was alive during the Scopes Trial in 1925 (about teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
A list of historical events from 1925 to 2025 in gray text on a black background. Events around the late 1980s and early 90s are a darker shade of gray, making them more difficult to read on the black. This is a metaphor for the events for which I was too young to remember yet too old for them to appear in my history lessons. As a result, these are not committed to my memory by either my lived experience, nor by my classroom education. For instance, I was too young to really internalize the significance of events like the Berlin Wall falling; at the same time, outdated classroom textbooks presented maps with the former USSR for a number a years after the Soviet Union.
#30DayChartChallenge #Day9
Topic: Diverging
I explored memory in 2 parts. First, I shaded events by the US population that lived through them. Then I considered my own memory, focusing on events that are not anchored by my lived experience—or by my history classes.
#TheDataDesk #msjonesnyc #history
An infographic entitled "What concerns me." On the left side is a series of circles representing "objects of worry." The circles are sized big to small, representing their physical size. The biggest one is "Rogue asteroids" and the smallest is "CO2 molecules." On the right side are corresponding circles showing relative levels of anxiety. The "Rogue asteroids" connect to the smallest circle (representing least anxiety) and the "CO2 molecules" connect to the largest circle (most anxiety). The idea is that some very big-sized things induce less anxiety than tiny things. From top to bottom, the list of worrying items is: Rogue asteroids, the power grid, my old car, dishes in the sink, a lone termite, microplastics, and CO2 molecules.
Here's #Day4 of the #30DayChartChallenge. Topic: Big or Small
As you can see, it's the small things that get to me.
Thanks to @msjonesnyc.bsky.social for being a good sport when I said, "This is gonna be a weird one, and also, there's no actual data."
#TheDataDesk #msjonesnyc #dataless #dataviz
A scatter plot showing ground snow levels in Vail, Colorado, between 2007 and 2025. Each point on the plot represents snow level readings at 10,300 feet on the first day of each month from January to May. The trend line indicates a decline over that period. There's a little silhouette of a downhill skier on that trend line.
It's #Day2 of the #30DayChartChallenge. Topic: Slope!
Ski season is winding down in the northern hemisphere. Climate change threatens to wind it down for good.
@msjonesnyc.bsky.social and I added a little whimsy to an otherwise sobering trend line.
#TheDataDesk #msjonesnyc #dataviz #climatechange
Captain America Brave New World comes out this week: the Multi-bonded Interconnected Franchise has a deep history... here’s some context! 💥 🇺🇸 💥
Just one of 100 graphics in You Are What You Watch: How Movies and TV Affect Everything by @Walter Hickey from @workmanpub > whatyou.watch #msjonesnyc
81 years ago Casablanca was released. Here’s the storyline plotted as GSR: galvanic skin response ✨ 🏆✨
One of 100 graphics in You Are What You Watch: How Movies and TV Affect Everything from @walthickey.bsky.social > whatyou.watch
#casablanca #youarewhatyouwatch #msjonesnyc
If you're in NY through Feb 23, check out the Poster House's fab exhibition of Lester Beall's work. I created one of their winning animations from one of his amazing posters, combined with 80s classic: the Clapper. 😂
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#theclapper #posterhouse #lesterbeall #msjonesnyc
