2026-01-16 20:37:36
In some counties, vaccination rates increased after the pandemic, which got them past the recommended level of protection. Many more counties decreased their rates though. The Washington Post made an interactive map to see where your county stands.
I’m into the lede map that makes the decreasing counties fall into the depths below the rest of the country.
Tags: school, vaccination, Washington Post
2026-01-16 16:32:47
Bandcamp’s mission is to help spread the healing power of music by building a community where artists thrive through the direct support of their fans. We believe that the human connection found through music is a vital part of our society and culture, and that music is much more than a product to be consumed. It’s the result of a human cultural dialog stretching back before the written word.
Similarly, musicians are more than mere producers of sound. They are vital members of our communities, our culture, and our social fabric. Bandcamp was built to directly connect artists and their fans, and to make it easy for fans to support artists equitably so that they can keep making music.
Today we are fortifying our mission by articulating our policy on generative AI, so that musicians can keep making music, and so that fans have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans.
I hope this works. Of course, the hard part is that it’s going to get more difficult for fans to know if a song was made by a human.
2026-01-16 01:39:27
For the Minnesota Star Tribune, Jeff Hargarten and Jake Steinberg report on the growing count of federal personnel:
A potential 3,000 federal agents from ICE and CBP is equivalent to five times the manpower of the Minneapolis Police Department.
It’s close to the total headcount of sworn officers among the region’s largest 10 law enforcement agencies and equals nearly one agent for every 1,000 of the Twin Cities’ 3.2 million residents.
Good use of unit-based pie charts to show the counts and breakdowns.
Tags: government, Minnesota Star Tribune, police
2026-01-15 22:20:16
What is the most middle name in the United States? Erin Davis grew curious enough to find the answers in data. For females, the most middle names are Rae, Marie, and Mae. For males, the most middle names are Lee, Kumar, and Ray.
The answers are straightforward, but finding the answers was more roundabout, because you can’t just dig into the annual baby names dataset from the Social Security Administration. Instead, Davis used voter registration data, which comes with its own challenges.
Tags: Erin Davis, middle, names
2026-01-15 22:06:26
Hi all. Nathan here. This is the Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members on data and charts beyond defaults. This is issue #371. Today, we rework a chart to focus on the useful bits.
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2026-01-14 20:50:29
A SpaceX rocket explosion elicits images of spectacle and maybe thoughts of a lot of funds up in flames. But if you’re a pilot flying in an area suddenly defined by the FAA as a debris zone, you probably have other things on your mind. ProPublica analyzed flight data where a SpaceX Starship rocket exploded on January 16, 2025.
We compared the plane’s locations and maneuvers to the FAA’s debris zone, which was based on coordinates it released to air traffic personnel. We identified planes inside the zone during or just after the explosion in January, as well as others that appeared to take significant action to avoid the area. Planes that had just crossed the zone or flew in parallel to it were not included. This analysis may not be comprehensive of all evasive maneuvers or disruptions caused by the explosions.
Tags: explosion, ProPublica, SpaceX
