Data lover, storyteller, and pro question asker. Data Viz Engineer @USAFacts. She/her. Opinions are my own. Prev: @puddingviz on 🦣 [email protected]

Seattle, WA
Joined July 2014
There are 6,816 foundation shades on Sephora & Ulta's websites. Looking at how all of those shades are named revealed something many POC already knew: the beauty industry is full of microaggressions & anti-Black bias. Thrilled to work w/ @OfunneO on this: pudding.cool/2021/03/foundat…
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🎉 My first big blog post after my parental leave is out! And yes, it's about color; and how smart data vis designers use it to create smart design hierarchies. Plus, I'll show you one of my fav charts (again): blog.datawrapper.de/emphasiz…
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In case you’ve seen that tweet about faking a psychiatric condition and immediately getting disability benefits, a little reminder: Right now, it takes 7.5 months (on avg) to get a decision on a new app. If you appeal, it can take years. Around 64% are denied.
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In March 2023, 1 in every 65 wheelchairs transported in airplane cargo holds were mishandled — either lost, damaged, or delayed. Spirit mishandled 1 in every 16. JetBlue: 1 in every 22. Find out more about the data in the latest: usafacts.org/data-projects/w…
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😅 is anyone else getting sick of chatbots? I wrote down a few thoughts on why chatbots are not the future of interfaces and how we can be more thoughtful: wattenberger.com/thoughts/bo…
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I spent the past five years writing a book. It's called YOU ARE WHAT YOU WATCH and it's published by @WorkmanPub. It's out October 24 and you can finally preorder it today!
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NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got. My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re… And some utterly damning charts. 1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
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In the first half of 2022, 551 Kias or Hyundais were stolen in Chicago. In the second half of the year 6,250 were stolen, a 10x increase. A short 🧵 about Kias, Hyundais, TikTok, and what's happening in cities across the US.
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In 7 cities (e.g., San Francisco, San Diego, Fort Worth, El Paso) Kia or Hyundai thefts either remained consistent or only increased slightly between 2019 and 2022.
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You may have heard that Kia & Hyundai thefts have risen following a TikTok trend last summer. In our latest @USAFacts we combine data from 19 cities nationwide and find that while K&H thefts aren't up everywhere, it's a BIG problem for some cities: usafacts.org/data-projects/c…
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Being approved for SS disability benefits can be a long & difficult process. Around 2/3 of applicants that meet the tech requirements are initially denied. Historically, folks that appeal their denial have ~50% chance of approval, but it may take years usafacts.org/data-projects/d…
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Social Security disability benefits exist to ease the financial burden of loss of work due to a disability that'll last 1 year or longer. As of Dec 2022, new applicants had to wait a record-breaking 7 months to find out if they were accepted. Historically, only ~ 1/3 are. 🧵
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According to the SSA, the issue lies in lack of employees and funding. They've lost around 7% of their workforce during the pandemic. And in the Disability Determination Services offices that make the initial eligibility decisions, attrition rates are around 25%.
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