Geoff McGhee
@geoffmcghee.bsky.social
Infographics, data journalism, GIS/cartography, teaching and cornball humor. NYCer in the PNW. www.geoffmcghee.com
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I've long been frustrated that small-scale indie news orgs don't get the recognition they deserve for the crucial work they do for their communities, so I did something about it. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Announcing the Inaugural Snooping Newsie Awards for Excellence in Independent Journalism | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I've long been frustrated that small-scale indie news orgs don't get the recognition they deserve for the crucial work they do for their communities, so I did something about it. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Got my Adobe Illustrator Wrapped today. They’re like “the hell is wrong with you 87% of your tool use was the pencil”
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Got my Adobe Illustrator Wrapped today. They’re like “the hell is wrong with you 87% of your tool use was the pencil”
Please yes
NEW: I’m leading a bipartisan effort with Rep. Thomas Massie to end forever wars by repealing a 2001 provision letting the White House bypass Congress.
For decades, both parties have used this to conduct military operations with little to no oversight. It’s time for that to end.
For decades, both parties have used this to conduct military operations with little to no oversight. It’s time for that to end.
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Please yes
If we could at least harness the power of racism to generate electricity - instead of AI doing the opposite (think about it, maybe sleep on it)
December 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If we could at least harness the power of racism to generate electricity - instead of AI doing the opposite (think about it, maybe sleep on it)
@datawrapper.de Looks like you've refreshed the UI! Very clean and nice, even if I have to re-capture some tutorials : D
Question - is the gradient editor in the Choropleth map template... gone?
Or does my browser cache need to get a thorough cleaning?
Thanks!
Question - is the gradient editor in the Choropleth map template... gone?
Or does my browser cache need to get a thorough cleaning?
Thanks!
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
@datawrapper.de Looks like you've refreshed the UI! Very clean and nice, even if I have to re-capture some tutorials : D
Question - is the gradient editor in the Choropleth map template... gone?
Or does my browser cache need to get a thorough cleaning?
Thanks!
Question - is the gradient editor in the Choropleth map template... gone?
Or does my browser cache need to get a thorough cleaning?
Thanks!
Cascadia is really leaning into the name this week. Oof.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cascadia is really leaning into the name this week. Oof.
As we are seeing on a national scale, partisan control of a Supreme Court can mean partisan tyrrany
It’s the second time in a month the state’s high court has rejected ballot edits made by the attorney general.
Montana Supreme Court says attorney general overstepped in rewriting ballot language on nonpartisan court races
It’s the second time in a month the state’s high court has rejected ballot edits made by the attorney general.
montanafreepress.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
As we are seeing on a national scale, partisan control of a Supreme Court can mean partisan tyrrany
How about fare evaders pay a small cent fine without admitting wrongdoing? Isn’t that how it works?
Subway and bus fare evasion cost New York City’s transit system nearly $1 billion last year. Will an arsenal of new tricks turn things around? trib.al/BzbS2FD
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
How about fare evaders pay a small cent fine without admitting wrongdoing? Isn’t that how it works?
I was trying to hear her out until she said that the culture of frauds and schemes and scams was alien and un American and then I knew she’s delusional
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I was trying to hear her out until she said that the culture of frauds and schemes and scams was alien and un American and then I knew she’s delusional
Stockton. We’ve come full circle.
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Stockton. We’ve come full circle.
Washing dishes is great because you get to eat the meal a second time… with your hands
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Washing dishes is great because you get to eat the meal a second time… with your hands
Anybody else see Colin Firth for a sec?
Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills photographed on the set of “AVANTI!” (1972) dir. Billy Wilder
🎬 United Artists
🎬 United Artists
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Anybody else see Colin Firth for a sec?
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This seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
Reupping this with Garance malfunction acknowledged thanks Poppy @garanceburke.bsky.social sorry Garance
The Border Patrol is running a probably illegal dragnet using hidden license plate readers and other sketchy methods to track drivers on “suspicious” trips, sometimes beyond their jurisdiction. Amazing report by @apnews.com @thegarance.bsky.social Byron Tau apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reupping this with Garance malfunction acknowledged thanks Poppy @garanceburke.bsky.social sorry Garance
To the @washingtonpost.com reporters, editors and data journalists who had the courage to publish this, I salute you. Alas I still subscribe on the cheap for the graphics and my data viz students. You are why I do
wapo.st/48nkqMN
wapo.st/48nkqMN
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
To the @washingtonpost.com reporters, editors and data journalists who had the courage to publish this, I salute you. Alas I still subscribe on the cheap for the graphics and my data viz students. You are why I do
wapo.st/48nkqMN
wapo.st/48nkqMN
“You want a career in this economy? Learn to WRITE VERSE!”
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“You want a career in this economy? Learn to WRITE VERSE!”
The Border Patrol is running a probably illegal dragnet using hidden license plate readers and other sketchy methods to track drivers on “suspicious” trips, sometimes beyond their jurisdiction. Amazing report by @apnews.com @thegarance.bsky.social Byron Tau apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Border Patrol is running a probably illegal dragnet using hidden license plate readers and other sketchy methods to track drivers on “suspicious” trips, sometimes beyond their jurisdiction. Amazing report by @apnews.com @thegarance.bsky.social Byron Tau apnews.com/article/immi...
For Utah communities trying hard to conserve water, ripping up lawns is a start. But bigger infrastructure debt looms in the form of *wooden pipelines* and that takes millions. Glad to work with @davidcondos.bsky.social and @kuer.org on this excellent feature.
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
Utah has county-by-county water goals. Is your county hitting them?
Around half of Utah’s counties have met their 2030 conservation goals. Taking a closer look at who is succeeding and struggling offers a glimpse of why it’s hard to save water in Utah.
www.kuer.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
For Utah communities trying hard to conserve water, ripping up lawns is a start. But bigger infrastructure debt looms in the form of *wooden pipelines* and that takes millions. Glad to work with @davidcondos.bsky.social and @kuer.org on this excellent feature.
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
This is insane
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is insane
Looks like BBC firing top execs is backfiring as it makes it look like he has a case against them SMH
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he will take legal action against BBC, despite its apology
US president says he will sue the corporation for ‘anywhere between a billion and $5bn’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Looks like BBC firing top execs is backfiring as it makes it look like he has a case against them SMH
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So… lemme guess… reopening the government doesn’t necessarily mean the House sits again anytime soon?
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So… lemme guess… reopening the government doesn’t necessarily mean the House sits again anytime soon?
And bless Canada for respecting the right=blue paradigm observed by *most* industrialized democracies
This map of the 2025 Canadian election shows results by individual polling district. Rather typical inner-city vs fringe patterns. Source: buff.ly/NU3L634
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
And bless Canada for respecting the right=blue paradigm observed by *most* industrialized democracies
“ACTUALLY, Amarillo means yellow” I’ll see myself out
Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas.
But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.
It was standing room only.
But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.
It was standing room only.
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“ACTUALLY, Amarillo means yellow” I’ll see myself out
The resource curse is real and the US is not immune to it.
Michael Mann: "Sadly, the U.S. itself must now be considered an authoritarian petrostate. The Trump Administration has worked with congressional Republicans who are currently in power to defund climate and vaccine science while staffing various agencies with climate and vaccine deniers."
Antiscience Is an Existential Threat
The ideologically-motivated assault on science threatens us all.
time.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The resource curse is real and the US is not immune to it.