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Restored rose and lily illustrations from the Pierre-Joseph Redouté collection
In the early 1800s, botanist and painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté painted hundreds of lily and rose species. Nicholas Rougeux restored the illustrations by hand for an accurate and browsable catalog of...
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What might have sank the Bayesian superyacht
A $40 million superyacht called the Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily, but the exact cause is unknown. The New York Times illustrated the possibilities: Reports immediately after the disaster...
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Swooping vote margins
The New York Times used swooping arrows to show vote swings left and right for the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections. A shift left makes the section of an arrow blue, and a shift right makes a section of...
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Tunnel through the live Bluesky firehose
Bluesky has a relatively easy-to-use firehose that lets you dip into the stream of events through the platform. Theo Sanderson made this tunnel view to immerse yourself in the stream of consciousness...
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Emoji rain and Bluesky Matrix
Bluesky firehose fun continues. Jared Short shows emoji usage as rain drops that fall down the screen. Larger drops represent longer posts. Or, if the Matrix aesthetic is your thing, Short did that...
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Rainbow Sky, the colors mentioned on Bluesky
Martin Wattenberg drew up a live visualization that shows colors mentioned in Bluesky posts, via the firehose. Just let the wave of calm wash over you. I’m sure there are many more mashups to come, but...
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Movie runtimes framed by life expectancy
Memento Movi, a mini-app by Michael Condouris, is what you get when you use movies as a progress bar for life expectancy. Enter your birthdate and expected lifespan. Then select a movie from the list....
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China jumps to car exports leader in just a few years
China exported next to zero vehicles in 2010, but from 2020 to 2024, China leapfrogged all other other countries to become the leading exporter, by a lot. For The New York Times, Agnes Chang and Keith...
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When internet cables break under the sea
The network that connects the world still relies on surprisingly thin wires that run miles down on the ocean floor. Sometimes those wires break. For The New York Times, James Glanz, Elian Peltier, and...
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Sitting vs. standing jobs
Some jobs require a lot of standing, crouching, and climbing, whereas other jobs require little movement and you sit all day, turning into a sloth-like creature that gets up sometimes to eat and go to...
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