I generally stick (heh) with the classics but then discovered I have THREE ice creams on my receipt.

Interesting idea! I'd be worried about overlap making it hard to see enough detail, but if I smoosh 'em closer, I see what you mean! Doesn't leave much room for labels (and I prefer a direct-label solution over a separate legend generally) but it's a good thought!

in which I take @gretakaul.bsky.social's good data idea and spin it into a dot plot with emoji.

It's not just you -- this summer has kind of sucked!!!
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Uptown vibes (CJ's version)

This is honestly the nicest compliment that @jayboller.bsky.social could give about anyone much less Chris Ingraham ( in @racketmn.com’s must-read flyover newsletter )

NOVEMBER We did a lot of kick-ass election work, but I think this one was my favorite, because it took something we kind of knew instinctively existed -- our increased polarization -- and made it visually striking in a way I didn't expect.

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OCTOBER

After a hiatus where our site went through a ~transition~ this was one of the first big beautiful maps in an elevated presentation.

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JULY AGAIN

Twins hometown boy Joe Mauer went to the Hall of Fame and we plotted every one of his hits, even the outs, with cutiepie little emoji in the hoverboxes.

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JULY

I'm still in love with these gifs we made of Suni Lee practicing her beam routine -- it was the one event she wanted to do well on in Paris. She wasn't successful, but I still think these gifs are great.

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MAY, YES AGAIN

Homeless encampments keep getting cleared, and keep popping up. We mapped the cycle.

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MAY AGAIN

Income data enabled some very cool scrollytelling on mobility in Minnesota, or the lackthereof.

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MAY

A very, very old tree's story intersects with Native American culture, logging, fire, climate change and sled dogs.

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FEBRUARY again

The story of a young tennis phenom and his grueling training and tournament schedule led to this very fun little calendar visual that kinda feels like it could belong in a Challengers movie poster.

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FEBRUARY

A big ski race came to town and this pretty little route map is one I just still think is so lovely and effective.

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JANUARY

On the heels of an all-female council elected in St. Paul, we dove into the archives to look at the history of women in those roles.

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