Josh Nicholas
@joshnicholas.com
Scribbler and data journalist. https://joshnicholas.com
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Josh Nicholas
@joshnicholas.com
· Mar 21
Tourists, watercolours and the sad, still Star: sketching the route 35 tram showed me a Melbourne I had never really noticed
When you are in a city every day, you start to take things for granted. So, after three years in Melbourne, Josh Nicholas decided to be a tourist
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I wrote a thing about drawing and Melbourne www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The DAX did fine until Stalingrad.
January 12, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The DAX did fine until Stalingrad.
Was sketching at the library and a man named John asked if he could draw me in my sketch book. it's pretty great.
January 12, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Was sketching at the library and a man named John asked if he could draw me in my sketch book. it's pretty great.
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American exceptionalism is real, and bad for most people's pocketbook, ability to raise a family, health and freedoms.
From @adambonica.bsky.social, who asks what would America look like if we matched up with OECD country averages.
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From @adambonica.bsky.social, who asks what would America look like if we matched up with OECD country averages.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
American exceptionalism is real, and bad for most people's pocketbook, ability to raise a family, health and freedoms.
From @adambonica.bsky.social, who asks what would America look like if we matched up with OECD country averages.
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From @adambonica.bsky.social, who asks what would America look like if we matched up with OECD country averages.
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This is really good www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I tried to make my dog go viral on social media – it taught me more than I expected
Making a star of Murphy the labrador seemed like a harmless and plausible quest. But I hadn’t reckoned with all kinds of costs
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January 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This is really good www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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My first story for The Age went up (and in the paper!) today: www.theage.com.au/property/new...
The suburb that just took the crown as Melbourne’s most popular
Brighton has been edged out, and there’s a new suburb topping Melbourne’s rankings for the past year.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
My first story for The Age went up (and in the paper!) today: www.theage.com.au/property/new...
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In the wake of the Trae Young trade, I thought I’d highlight the story of the Atlanta Hawks’ still-newish GM, who has a very cool story: www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/...
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
In the wake of the Trae Young trade, I thought I’d highlight the story of the Atlanta Hawks’ still-newish GM, who has a very cool story: www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/...
Have you adjusted for height
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Have you adjusted for height
Aus really trying their best to lose this
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Aus really trying their best to lose this
Honestly you're in the top echelon just by having an rss feed. I find it inexplicable the number of orgs that post releases or reports or whatever on their sites, with no way to subscribe
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Honestly you're in the top echelon just by having an rss feed. I find it inexplicable the number of orgs that post releases or reports or whatever on their sites, with no way to subscribe
97th percentile isithotrightnow.com/places/melbo...
January 7, 2026 at 3:28 AM
97th percentile isithotrightnow.com/places/melbo...
@dwillis.bsky.social just stumbled across your espncricinfo library. Are you still maintaining it by any chance?
January 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
@dwillis.bsky.social just stumbled across your espncricinfo library. Are you still maintaining it by any chance?
The guy who is going to come in at 9 for Australia has 13 FC hundreds?
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The guy who is going to come in at 9 for Australia has 13 FC hundreds?
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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One of my core beliefs is that, in the era of AI reporting will become more and more important than it's ever been. Hopefully, the market, institutions, consumers all recognize that.
I reached out to the author of this viral Reddit post thinking there might be a story in it. He sent me an employee badge that Gemini flagged as being AI-generated and supporting documents that I suspect were also generated by AI. Be careful out there folks!
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January 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
One of my core beliefs is that, in the era of AI reporting will become more and more important than it's ever been. Hopefully, the market, institutions, consumers all recognize that.
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🌎 Today, I'm happy to release "First Basemap," a free tutorial that shares one of our most valuable recent innovations at Reuters. https://palewi.re/docs/first-basemap/
January 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
🌎 Today, I'm happy to release "First Basemap," a free tutorial that shares one of our most valuable recent innovations at Reuters. https://palewi.re/docs/first-basemap/
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How TikTok decides what you see. wapo.st/4qD9C3x
Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal.
We re-created TikTok’s algorithm based on 1,100 users’ feeds. Explore which topics are in your feed and see what the algorithm is least likely to show you.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
How TikTok decides what you see. wapo.st/4qD9C3x
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I wrote a story about an incredible artist drawing an entire street in Melbourne - she's already been going for years! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Ten more years’: Helen Wilding, the artist sketching the whole of Melbourne’s Brunswick Street
Wilding has been drawing the same street for seven years, taking in cafes, pubs, homes, churches, markets, shops and a branch of the legendary A1 Lebanese bakery
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January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I wrote a story about an incredible artist drawing an entire street in Melbourne - she's already been going for years! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
First couple of daya of the summer it feels like I'm watching actual test cricket and it's the final test
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 AM
First couple of daya of the summer it feels like I'm watching actual test cricket and it's the final test
I've never stopped building ludicrously long compound words in my head, either
January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I've never stopped building ludicrously long compound words in my head, either
I wrote a story about an incredible artist drawing an entire street in Melbourne - she's already been going for years! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Ten more years’: Helen Wilding, the artist sketching the whole of Melbourne’s Brunswick Street
Wilding has been drawing the same street for seven years, taking in cafes, pubs, homes, churches, markets, shops and a branch of the legendary A1 Lebanese bakery
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I wrote a story about an incredible artist drawing an entire street in Melbourne - she's already been going for years! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The dream is over for Chicago. Bulls can still finish 81-1, but season feels hollow now.
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The dream is over for Chicago. Bulls can still finish 81-1, but season feels hollow now.
It's like four times the capacity of the converter in my pilot prera!
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It's like four times the capacity of the converter in my pilot prera!
are these mostly archive/older things or newer stuff, too? I can find a little bit scattered across a bunch of streamers, but I'm wondering if there's anyone doing this at scale anymore
October 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
are these mostly archive/older things or newer stuff, too? I can find a little bit scattered across a bunch of streamers, but I'm wondering if there's anyone doing this at scale anymore