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Rachel Marconi
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data viz dev @ Legal Services Corporation 📊🗺️
prev: cool tools Urban Institute, USATODAY, Howard Center UMD, words in lots of local newspapers ❤️
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Rachel Marconi @arobotwriting.bsky.social · Feb 21
between 60 and 80 percent of nonprofits in every state would be at risk of government funding were pulled.
a tilemap showing between 60 and 80 percent of nonprofits in every state would be at risk of government funding were pulled. Alaska and West Virginia and Arkansas stand out.
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
mitchellthorson.com
Just landed a pretty big refactor of the Svelte-powered @urbaninstitute.bsky.social data viz component library that fully embraces runes syntax across all of our components. Svelte continues to be a flexible and powerful tool for our work.

Check out our code on Github github.com/UrbanInstitu...
The image is a screenshot of a Github release page listing new features for the latest release of the @urbaninstitute/dataviz-component-library package. The changes list reads: Fix: Typo; Theme size for h2 on smaller screens now renders at proper font size Breaking: now accepts snippet props for custom background/foreground content and replaces getContext("scrolly") stores with the new useScrollyContext() helper; update slot markup and context access accordingly. Breaking: SVGMap and its layer components now expose pointer interaction callbacks via props (onclick/onmousemove/onmouseout/onbgclick) instead of on:event listeners, and shared state is provided through useSVGMapContext()—replace any getContext("map") usage and update handler wiring. Breaking: DatawrapperIframe emits interaction hooks through lowercase callback props such as onvisrendered/onregionclick instead of Svelte on:event listeners; pass handler functions as props to receive chart events. Breaking: The exported pymChildStore writable has been removed in favor of the rune-based usePymChildContext() helper returned by ; import usePymChildContext() to interact with the active pym.js child instance. Feat: All components use Svelte 5 runes syntax and move away from store-based state where possible.
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
between 60 and 80 percent of nonprofits in every state would be at risk of government funding were pulled.
a tilemap showing between 60 and 80 percent of nonprofits in every state would be at risk of government funding were pulled. Alaska and West Virginia and Arkansas stand out.
February 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
arobotwriting.bsky.social
check out how vulnerable your state's nonprofits might be if government funding is pulled.

my newest, short and sweet with a colorful tilemap and heat map indicators in the tables.

www.urban.org/research/pub...
What is the Financial Risk of Nonprofits Losing Government Grants?
www.urban.org
February 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
check out how vulnerable your state's nonprofits might be if government funding is pulled.

my newest, short and sweet with a colorful tilemap and heat map indicators in the tables.

www.urban.org/research/pub...
What is the Financial Risk of Nonprofits Losing Government Grants?
www.urban.org
February 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
Easter moves around!
flowingdata.com Nathan Yau @flowingdata.com · Nov 27
Happy Thanksgiving. Eat lots.
Line charts showing Turkey search peaks at Thanksgiving, followed by side dishes.
November 28, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
sstirling.bsky.social
🍎 School test scores released in PA: Statewide, scores were up in math and science and down in English.

Look up scores for Philadelphia-area schools + more from education reporter Maddie Hanna: www.inquirer.com/education/ps...
November 27, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
invisibae.bsky.social
The most detailed look yet at election results in Maryland is live on @thebaltimorebanner.com

How did your neighborhood vote?

Great team effort from @ryanlittle.bsky.social, Katrina Ventura and I.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
Maryland precinct map: How did your neighborhood vote for president?
State officials say they don’t have a statewide map of Maryland precincts. The Banner compiled as many maps from counties as we could and approximated the others.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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alv9n.com
My latest: Sitters and Standers

Interactive: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
Sitters and Standers
The American worker divide: Those who sit, and those who stand
pudding.cool
November 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
mitchellthorson.com
📊 A new data tool from @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that millions of Americans would lose their health insurance if the enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of 2025. Explore the tool to see who would be most impacted: www.urban.org/data-tools/h...
A hex map of the United States shows the percent change in individuals who would have health insurance if enhanced PTCs are allowed to expire at the end of 2025 by state.
November 14, 2024 at 4:34 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
we on it 💪
mitchellthorson.com Mitchell Thorson @mitchellthorson.com · Nov 18
The @urbaninstitute.bsky.social data viz project template is officially running on @svelte.dev version 5 now. New data tools and features powered by runes coming soon.
A screenshot of a Github diff showing updates to Svelte-related dependencies in a package.json file.
November 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
jacqueschrag.com
🧵Okay let's do some BTS for Axios' elections #dataviz.

1/5: We used for our big maps, which means we had to do some tricks with color hashes to get interactivity.

What the reader sees vs. what the computer sees.

Details on how it works:
observablehq.com/@camargo/can...
A 2024 presidential election map where the states are colored red or blue depending on the candidate that won the state. A 2024 presidential election map where the states are all colored a slightly different shade of red or green. Each state has a unique color.
November 14, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
rsimmon.bsky.social
Poking around on The Map Center website and found this stunner from @awoodruff.bsky.social

www.mapcenter.com/store/p/4k-f...

cc @ecoandrewtrc.bsky.social
Poster with a small multiples grid of abstract shaded relief maps of the 48 four-thousand foot + peaks in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
November 14, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
jwolondon.bsky.social
#30DayMapChallenge Day 11: Arctic

A bit short of time today, so had to rush this one, but quite pleased with an unexpected coincidence.

What would the continent of Arctica look like. How well could it fit in the Arctic Ocean?

Find out here observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
A map titled "The new continent of Arctica". It shows the world viewed from the North Pole extending about as far south as 55 degrees latitude. Sea is shown in pale green-blue, county outlines in brown. Canada is on the left of the map, Russia to the right and Northern Europe at the bottom. Overlaid in semi-transparent white is a mirror reflection of the Antarctic continental outline. It largely fits within the area of the Arctic Ocean overlapping northern hemisphere continents only in northern Canada and small parts of Alaska.
November 11, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Reposted by Rachel Marconi
puddingviz.bsky.social
New project! Is love dead in pop music? 💕📉 We checked all 5,141 Top 10 hits since 1958 to see how much has *actually* changed. (Spoiler: it's not what most people think)

pudding.cool/2024/11/love...
Is the Love Song Dying?
We categorized songs in the Billboard Top 10 to see if love songs are on the decline.
pudding.cool
November 11, 2024 at 8:13 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
I brought this Debt in America tool data up to 2023. Check out credit card debt, medical debt, student debt, auto debt, and more, even subsetting by young adults 👀 apps.urban.org/features/deb...
Debt in America: An Interactive Map
This map shows the geography of debt in America at the national, state, and county levels. How does your community compare?
apps.urban.org
November 11, 2024 at 8:35 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
Here's a deep dive into how schools in Charlotte are still suffering from neighborhood segregation, according to school and census data (Svelte, Mapbox, pubbed in April) housingmatters.urban.org/feature/scho...
How School Officials and Housing Developers Can Partner to Desegregate Communities
Deeply entrenched neighborhood segregation has foiled many school integration efforts, with school officials and housing stakeholders often working in silos instead of in partnership.
housingmatters.urban.org
November 11, 2024 at 8:33 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
Here's a Medical Debt svelte and layercake app for Urban Institute that pubbed in July! lots of line charts 📈 apps.urban.org/features/med...
The Changing Medical Debt Landscape in the United States
Medical debt is the most common form of debt in collections in the United States, but recent changes from the major credit bureaus have reduced the share of Americans with medical debt in collections ...
apps.urban.org
November 11, 2024 at 8:17 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
Last week, Urban Institute published another map tool I made showing how during 2022's high inflation, SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a meal in 99% of counties in the US. SNAP was adjusted in Oct, only helping some. https://www.urban.org/data-tools/does-snap-cover-cost-meal-your-county-2022
Does SNAP Cover the Cost of a Meal in Your County?
Amid inflation, SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a meal in 99 percent of counties in 2022. Adjustments to SNAP narrowed—but didn’t close—that gap.
www.urban.org
July 17, 2023 at 5:06 PM
arobotwriting.bsky.social
🌟Today,🌟 The Urban Institute published a map tool I made depicting where to prioritize emergency rental assistance. It's my first full byline as a data viz dev and I'm incredibly pleased!!

https://www.urban.org/data-tools/mapping-neighborhoods-highest-risk-housing-instability-and-homelessness
Mapping Neighborhoods with the Highest Risk of Housing Instability and Homelessness
Rental assistance is crucial for people experiencing housing instability. By equitably targeting assistance to neighborhoods with the greatest need, local decisionmakers can help those at greatest ris...
www.urban.org
July 11, 2023 at 4:47 PM