Amanda Shendruk
@ashendruk.com
https://www.not-ship.com/
Explaining the world through data and design β’ Formerly Washington Post, Quartz, the Guardian. π¨π¦ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Explaining the world through data and design β’ Formerly Washington Post, Quartz, the Guardian. π¨π¦ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
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Amanda Shendruk
@ashendruk.com
Β· Nov 14
It's not just you. Uncertainty is through the roof.
The world is a lot right now.
www.not-ship.com
This is Not-Ship: a newsletter using data and visuals to navigate our turbulent world.
Everything is A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
Everything is A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
Gorgeous! ππππ
I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.πͺΆ
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Gorgeous! ππππ
Discovered some great data. You know that law of the sea: Women and children first? Yeah ... nope. The numbers show it's "every man for himself."
www.not-ship.com/data-detours...
www.not-ship.com/data-detours...
January 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Discovered some great data. You know that law of the sea: Women and children first? Yeah ... nope. The numbers show it's "every man for himself."
www.not-ship.com/data-detours...
www.not-ship.com/data-detours...
January 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
New year, new uncertainties.
Me? I combat the overwhelming feelings with data. That's why I launched Not-Ship: a newsletter where we navigate ~It All~ together. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com
Me? I combat the overwhelming feelings with data. That's why I launched Not-Ship: a newsletter where we navigate ~It All~ together. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 AM
New year, new uncertainties.
Me? I combat the overwhelming feelings with data. That's why I launched Not-Ship: a newsletter where we navigate ~It All~ together. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com
Me? I combat the overwhelming feelings with data. That's why I launched Not-Ship: a newsletter where we navigate ~It All~ together. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com
Yeah. I imagine it's an almost impossible thing to compare. Could perhaps compare like-cites. So, similar age cities in the US or something. π€·ββοΈ
January 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Yeah. I imagine it's an almost impossible thing to compare. Could perhaps compare like-cites. So, similar age cities in the US or something. π€·ββοΈ
This would make a beautiful quilt!
January 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
This would make a beautiful quilt!
A positive start to the year!
Happy new year. Here's a treat to start 2026: Kim Stanley Robinson on imagining better climate futures. omny.fm/shows/zero/a...
Abundance or adequacy? The search for better climate futures - Zero
Kim Stanley Robinsonβs life project has been imagining utopias. Heβs a science-fiction writer best known in climate circles for writing Ministry For The Future, which depicts a future in which the wor...
omny.fm
January 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
A positive start to the year!
I wonder if there is data somewhere that would allow for a comparison of the length of public construction work in different cities... π€ I've lived in about 8 different cities and every single one thinks it's the worst. lol.
January 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I wonder if there is data somewhere that would allow for a comparison of the length of public construction work in different cities... π€ I've lived in about 8 different cities and every single one thinks it's the worst. lol.
Reposted by Amanda Shendruk
How noisy is life in Singapore? Take a look at our latest project: str.sg/viz-noise
#stgraphics #dataviz #d3 #svelte #p5 #noise #singapore
#stgraphics #dataviz #d3 #svelte #p5 #noise #singapore
No quiet at home: The reality of living with Singaporeβs traffic noise
We went inside residences near airports, busy roads and the MRT to experience the commotion.
str.sg
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 AM
How noisy is life in Singapore? Take a look at our latest project: str.sg/viz-noise
#stgraphics #dataviz #d3 #svelte #p5 #noise #singapore
#stgraphics #dataviz #d3 #svelte #p5 #noise #singapore
It's true, there are definitely some politics searches! But the vast majority are not. I count ~39 days when the top article is politics related.
January 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
It's true, there are definitely some politics searches! But the vast majority are not. I count ~39 days when the top article is politics related.
English language only!
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 AM
English language only!
What feeds our curiosity? Entertainment and recent deaths. Last year, more than 50% of days had a most-read Wikipedia page in one of those two categories.
Here's the ENTIRE list of most-read English language Wikipedia pages for 2025.
www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/
What do you find most surprising?
Here's the ENTIRE list of most-read English language Wikipedia pages for 2025.
www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/
What do you find most surprising?
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
What feeds our curiosity? Entertainment and recent deaths. Last year, more than 50% of days had a most-read Wikipedia page in one of those two categories.
Here's the ENTIRE list of most-read English language Wikipedia pages for 2025.
www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/
What do you find most surprising?
Here's the ENTIRE list of most-read English language Wikipedia pages for 2025.
www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/
What do you find most surprising?
So glad you enjoyed it! π₯°
January 2, 2026 at 9:48 AM
So glad you enjoyed it! π₯°
"While the world churns through crisis after crisis, our curiosities remain remarkably stable: People watch the same things, and talk about the same sports. People die, and we want to know their stories."
www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/
www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/
Wikipedia's most-read pages reveal our shared curiosities
A year-end review that doesn't include tariffs, global uncertainty, or Labubu.
www.not-ship.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:47 AM
"While the world churns through crisis after crisis, our curiosities remain remarkably stable: People watch the same things, and talk about the same sports. People die, and we want to know their stories."
www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/
www.not-ship.com/wikipedi/
Not too much feedback! I always love hearing how I can improve. And youβve made good points. Thank you!
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Not too much feedback! I always love hearing how I can improve. And youβve made good points. Thank you!
Good suggestion. If you go to the piece itself you will see that the chart title mentions this is just 2019. But I could do a better job of explaining that these dates move around.
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Good suggestion. If you go to the piece itself you will see that the chart title mentions this is just 2019. But I could do a better job of explaining that these dates move around.
Reposted by Amanda Shendruk
A really niceβand surprisingβchart from Amanda Shendruk's excellent newsletter, Not-Ship
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
December 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A really niceβand surprisingβchart from Amanda Shendruk's excellent newsletter, Not-Ship
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
Reposted by Amanda Shendruk
Folks, here's a link to my newsletter where I express my exasperation with LinkedIn.
Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work.
mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work.
mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
I'm exasperated with LinkedIn. How about you?
mailchi.mp
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Folks, here's a link to my newsletter where I express my exasperation with LinkedIn.
Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work.
mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work.
mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
There's one day a year when nearly 6 billion people β almost three quarters of the global population β have a public holiday.
Do you know what it is?
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
Do you know what it is?
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
When do most people have the day off?
The world is a lot right now.
www.not-ship.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
There's one day a year when nearly 6 billion people β almost three quarters of the global population β have a public holiday.
Do you know what it is?
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
Do you know what it is?
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
Reposted by Amanda Shendruk
It's crazy that the US has the nearly the same rate of road traffic deaths per 100,000 people as India, Brazil and China. It does worse than Indonesia and Mexico. Wow!
Neat stuff from @ashendruk.com's excellent new newsletter www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...
Neat stuff from @ashendruk.com's excellent new newsletter www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's crazy that the US has the nearly the same rate of road traffic deaths per 100,000 people as India, Brazil and China. It does worse than Indonesia and Mexico. Wow!
Neat stuff from @ashendruk.com's excellent new newsletter www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...
Neat stuff from @ashendruk.com's excellent new newsletter www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...
Reposted by Amanda Shendruk
Fascinating post from @ashendruk.com on how we don't "linger" as much. www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Fascinating post from @ashendruk.com on how we don't "linger" as much. www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...
Reposted by Amanda Shendruk
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
When was the last time you lingered? You know, just hanging about. No purpose. No urgency. No real desire to leave.
www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...
www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...
People don't linger like they used to. It's a problem.
The world is a lot right now.
www.not-ship.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
When was the last time you lingered? You know, just hanging about. No purpose. No urgency. No real desire to leave.
www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...
www.not-ship.com/we-dont-ling...