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interesting practice in web vs. terminal mapmaking last week

i read the T+C's so you don't have to.
see if spending $700+ on the Amex Platinum or Chase Sapphire Reserve is worth it for you based on your spending habits in this ~ interactive quiz ~

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icons and promo video by @stephd.bsky.social !

Creep Zone w/ Denise Lu 1st August 2025 Playing Library, Prog Rock, Ambient, Indie Rock. Stones Throw's James Pants joins forces with Marc Schaller for an hour-long dive into dreamy electronics, wired sounds and experimentation.

strung together another hour on NTS, this one is a ~ journey ~

www.nts.live/shows/creepz...

read our report which uses satellite imagery to map environmental catastrophe in gaza

with @denisedslu.bsky.social

🎁: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

can't help much here! i'm sorry

The OOCL Violet is one of the first ships subject to Trump's high tariffs.

The $564M worth of goods on board have an est. $417M in new tariffs.

See the kinds of items on the ship — from sweaters to fish — and how much they total in Trump's new tariffs:

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One Ship, $417 Million in New Tariffs: The Cost of Trump’s Trade War Data suggests companies importing cargo on the OOCL Violet face at least $417 million in new Trump administration tariffs.

One of the first ships carrying cargo subject to Trump’s steep tariffs must contend with at least $417 million in new duties. See what’s inside ⤵️

One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation. More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.

NPR Exclusive: One family. One attack. 132 names. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.

Trump’s Tariffs Are Aimed at a Trade Deficit Driven by Popular Goods Trump wants to reduce the $1.2 trillion trade deficit, so he’s putting tariffs on popular imported goods from smartphones to household appliances.

Smartphones, computer parts, and TV equipment are all adding to the trade deficit. Now Trump’s targeting those goods with tariffs 📱🖥️📺

Trump wants to eliminate the US trade deficit by imposing tariffs on major trade partners. So what drives the deficit and who's actually getting hit? Raeedah Wahid and I took a look at everything from toys from China to oil from Canada. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."

Salary: $120K-$140K
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Come join us!

bonus points for the elevator music

wow til: "years evenly divisible by 4 are leap years, with the exception of centurial years that are not evenly divisible by 400. Therefore, the years 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2100 are not leap years, but 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years." aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/leap_years

Dreaming of a White Christmas? These Communities Have Waited a Long Time A snowy Christmas is idyllic for many. Here are cities that have waited a long time for holiday snow.

Snow on Christmas Day is idyllic for many. And in recent years, most of the US have seen a “white Christmas.”

But many parts of the country haven’t had snow on the ground on Dec. 25 in more than a decade

please appreciate my cute little shoveler i drew at 2am

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had fun reading about past rare snowy christmases. here's a guy skiing on the beach in corpus christi in 2004.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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when's the last time communities across the US has seen a white Christmas? for some folks, it's been decades.
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why is this so cute

spam texts getting more real

Incredible project from my talented colleagues at @graphics.reuters.com !! can you guess that these illustrations are done in blender?

very cool!

NYC is having the driest fall on record... only 0.01 inches of rain fell in October. There were 29 whole days with no rainfall, the second longest stretch in the city's history.

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How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of their apps to game a NYC wage law, denying drivers millions in pay

NEW INVESTIGATION:
Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ Natalie Lung @awgordon.bsky.social Denise Lu
https://bloom.bg/3BIPTLB

Creep Zone w/ Denise Lu 31st August 2024 Playing Shoegaze, Indie Rock. Stones Throw's James Pants joins forces with Marc Schaller for an hour-long dive into dreamy electronics, wired sounds and experimentation.

did an hours worth of nature valley crunchy guitar bits

www.nts.live/shows/creepz...

tired: seeing pavement 4 nights in a row
wired: seeing lvl up 3 nights in a row

i can only dream to be as big of a hater as albini was 😔

stacks of tinned fish by expiration year

organized my tinned fish collection by expiration year very important work