In last 24 hrs there've been prominent US voices calling for a stop to social distancing, citing rationale that they're worse than impact of COVID itself. It’s worth looking very closely at that claim, where we are in US COVID epidemic and what happens if we stop. 1/x

I’m wondering how my #dataviz colleagues feel about the continued use of log scales (left) vs linear ones (right) in the media. It’s hard not to feel that compressing the data is encouraging people to infer the wrong conclusions about the severity of the situation.

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Remember that dramatic Page 1 of the The New York Times last Friday, with the enormous spike showing 3.3 million unemployment claims? To save the Times graphics team the trouble, this is what the same page would look like with today's 6.6 million unemployment claims.

Seeing the switch from the passive voice in the first sentence to the active voice in the second back to the passive voice in the third is quite something. Whether the headline writer did it consciously or not, it is telling.

This is the most powerful sign I’ve ever seen. For those that don’t know, Floyd called for his mom as comfort while he was being murdered, even though she had been dead for years.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT "2+2=5". As a former mathematician, I have things to say. 1/🧵

LEGO interface panels are beautiful, iconic, and great for learning interface design basics. I bought 52 of them from BrickLink and had a lot of fun last week analysing the design of them all. Here's what I learned: designedbycave.co.uk/2020/LEGO-Inte…

Why the battle of Salamis--2500 years ago this month--mattered, and matters still. -- Bernard Dobski lawliberty.org/freedom-barbar…

It is deeply disturbing that -- virtually everywhere -- the concerted litigation strategy of the GOP is to make sure that fewer votes count. The strategy goes far, far beyond any legitimate concern about fraud.

Since when can you “turn down” a federal court order?

NEW from me: The good: No 2nd term for Trump. Biden likely to get to 270 w/ AZ, MI, WI, NV, NE-2. The bad: No Republican break from, let alone repudiation of, Trump or Trumpism. The ugly: Having seen Trump in office, almost half of us voted for a 2nd term. thebulwark.com/the-day-after/

This is the president less than 24 hours ago. "They won't stand" for the steal he says. He has fueled this fire, day by day, moment by moment. Impeach and remove. Now.

A book about the 4 colour printing process, executed entirely in thread. evelinkasikov.com/XXXX-Swatchbook

Why is this graph so concerning? We're double the Delta wave peak of UK and Israel in hospitalizations and show no sign of letting up. We'll hit 80,000 today and if we don't get slowing we'll exceed the 3rd wave peak of 125,000. Never thought this would be possible with 💉💉