Amanda Shendruk
@ashendruk.com
https://www.not-ship.com/
Explaining the world through data and design • Formerly Washington Post, Quartz, the Guardian. 🇨🇦 🏴
Explaining the world through data and design • Formerly Washington Post, Quartz, the Guardian. 🇨🇦 🏴
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."
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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.
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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
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.
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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?
As someone who believes runaway capitalism is one of the main ills of our time, Christmas gift giving requires some uncomfortable mental gymnastics. But I've found a way to feel a bit better about it.
Let me make the case for a B Corp Christmas.
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Let me make the case for a B Corp Christmas.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As someone who believes runaway capitalism is one of the main ills of our time, Christmas gift giving requires some uncomfortable mental gymnastics. But I've found a way to feel a bit better about it.
Let me make the case for a B Corp Christmas.
www.not-ship.com/the-hypocrit...
Let me make the case for a B Corp Christmas.
www.not-ship.com/the-hypocrit...
An analysis of major US retailers found most items were discounted more often than sold at the 'regular' price.
In other words, the 'discount' is the real price, and the 'regular' price is just there to make you feel good about paying it. 🫣
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In other words, the 'discount' is the real price, and the 'regular' price is just there to make you feel good about paying it. 🫣
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December 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
An analysis of major US retailers found most items were discounted more often than sold at the 'regular' price.
In other words, the 'discount' is the real price, and the 'regular' price is just there to make you feel good about paying it. 🫣
www.not-ship.com/theres-somet...
In other words, the 'discount' is the real price, and the 'regular' price is just there to make you feel good about paying it. 🫣
www.not-ship.com/theres-somet...
When Amazon uses "was" (or "typical" in the US), it actually means the median price PAID over the past 90 days (not offered at). That means half of people bought the item at a higher price and half at a lower price.
And they don't include limited time promotions in that calculation.
And they don't include limited time promotions in that calculation.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
When Amazon uses "was" (or "typical" in the US), it actually means the median price PAID over the past 90 days (not offered at). That means half of people bought the item at a higher price and half at a lower price.
And they don't include limited time promotions in that calculation.
And they don't include limited time promotions in that calculation.
Do you see "RRP" before that crossed-out price? That's the suggested retail price from the manufacturer.
BUT! Items don't ever have to be sold at that price. Here's an example from Amazon.
RRP: 64.99. Was only sold at that price super briefly two times in the last almost four years.
BUT! Items don't ever have to be sold at that price. Here's an example from Amazon.
RRP: 64.99. Was only sold at that price super briefly two times in the last almost four years.
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Do you see "RRP" before that crossed-out price? That's the suggested retail price from the manufacturer.
BUT! Items don't ever have to be sold at that price. Here's an example from Amazon.
RRP: 64.99. Was only sold at that price super briefly two times in the last almost four years.
BUT! Items don't ever have to be sold at that price. Here's an example from Amazon.
RRP: 64.99. Was only sold at that price super briefly two times in the last almost four years.
Do you bank at one of these banks? You could be contributing to the climate crisis a lot more than you think.
But you can do something about it!
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But you can do something about it!
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November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Do you bank at one of these banks? You could be contributing to the climate crisis a lot more than you think.
But you can do something about it!
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But you can do something about it!
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Where you bank might have a greater impact on your carbon footprint than your air travel 🤯
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November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Where you bank might have a greater impact on your carbon footprint than your air travel 🤯
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I love this "persons sledging" line in the Oslo dataset! Local data quirks are my favourite 💙
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I love this "persons sledging" line in the Oslo dataset! Local data quirks are my favourite 💙
Yeah, Oslo definitely deserves a mention, too! (I note it on one of the charts) The reason for focusing on Helsinki was simply that they pulled off the big ZERO milestone.
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yeah, Oslo definitely deserves a mention, too! (I note it on one of the charts) The reason for focusing on Helsinki was simply that they pulled off the big ZERO milestone.
Continuing its streak of exceptionalism — the US has one of the highest rates of traffic deaths in the OECD.
Americans are 1.5x more likely to die in an automotive accident than Egyptians, 3x more likely than Canadians, and 6x more likely than the Brits.
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Americans are 1.5x more likely to die in an automotive accident than Egyptians, 3x more likely than Canadians, and 6x more likely than the Brits.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Continuing its streak of exceptionalism — the US has one of the highest rates of traffic deaths in the OECD.
Americans are 1.5x more likely to die in an automotive accident than Egyptians, 3x more likely than Canadians, and 6x more likely than the Brits.
www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...
Americans are 1.5x more likely to die in an automotive accident than Egyptians, 3x more likely than Canadians, and 6x more likely than the Brits.
www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...
Storms strong enough to earn a Category 6 label are already here. The question is whether our warning systems will catch up before the next one makes landfall.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Storms strong enough to earn a Category 6 label are already here. The question is whether our warning systems will catch up before the next one makes landfall.
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The scariest thing I've seen this Halloween? These posters from the Department of Labor. They're post-war American Dream + cold war soviet propaganda + 90s Abercrombie and Fitch ad ... and a dash of fascism.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The scariest thing I've seen this Halloween? These posters from the Department of Labor. They're post-war American Dream + cold war soviet propaganda + 90s Abercrombie and Fitch ad ... and a dash of fascism.
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I got high praise last time I wrote about The American Dream. So tomorrow's edition of my newsletter, on the same topic, won't disappoint.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I got high praise last time I wrote about The American Dream. So tomorrow's edition of my newsletter, on the same topic, won't disappoint.
Sign up so you don't miss out!
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We live in a world that is getting increasingly complex.
Consider just our attempts to reduce global emissions. Even as a positive initiative, it has elaborate, and sometimes unknown, knock-on effects.
It's a recipe for overwhelm and uncertainty.
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Consider just our attempts to reduce global emissions. Even as a positive initiative, it has elaborate, and sometimes unknown, knock-on effects.
It's a recipe for overwhelm and uncertainty.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We live in a world that is getting increasingly complex.
Consider just our attempts to reduce global emissions. Even as a positive initiative, it has elaborate, and sometimes unknown, knock-on effects.
It's a recipe for overwhelm and uncertainty.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
Consider just our attempts to reduce global emissions. Even as a positive initiative, it has elaborate, and sometimes unknown, knock-on effects.
It's a recipe for overwhelm and uncertainty.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
Uncertainty is higher — waaaaaaay higher — than it's been in decades!
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October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Uncertainty is higher — waaaaaaay higher — than it's been in decades!
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www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
I know we're all worrying about the AWS outage, so I don't want to pile on ... but the bot that tracks the urine levels on the International Space Station is ALSO DOWN
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I know we're all worrying about the AWS outage, so I don't want to pile on ... but the bot that tracks the urine levels on the International Space Station is ALSO DOWN
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
Today is my last day at the Washington Post. Something exciting coming next!
If you love when data, graphics and journalism all mush together, sign up to get notified when ~~something exciting~~ launches this summer.
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June 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today is my last day at the Washington Post. Something exciting coming next!
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Living abroad; still voting in the Canadian election. 🇨🇦 Get out and vote on April 28! #cdnPoli #canadianElection2025 #cosyVotingAesthetic
April 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Living abroad; still voting in the Canadian election. 🇨🇦 Get out and vote on April 28! #cdnPoli #canadianElection2025 #cosyVotingAesthetic
Between 2011 and 2025, the U.S. dropped significantly in global freedom rankings, which assess people's access to political rights and civil liberties. There are now 52 countries that are more free than the U.S., according to these data.
Data from @freedomhouse.bsky.social
Data from @freedomhouse.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Between 2011 and 2025, the U.S. dropped significantly in global freedom rankings, which assess people's access to political rights and civil liberties. There are now 52 countries that are more free than the U.S., according to these data.
Data from @freedomhouse.bsky.social
Data from @freedomhouse.bsky.social
Trust in statistics cited by Trump vary SIGNIFICANTLY by political party. 76% of Dems believe only a small portion, or none, of Trump's cited stats are reliable. While only 9% of Republicans believe the same.
Read more in my latest piece with @crampell.bsky.social
Gift link: wapo.st/4iCmMtn
Read more in my latest piece with @crampell.bsky.social
Gift link: wapo.st/4iCmMtn
March 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Trust in statistics cited by Trump vary SIGNIFICANTLY by political party. 76% of Dems believe only a small portion, or none, of Trump's cited stats are reliable. While only 9% of Republicans believe the same.
Read more in my latest piece with @crampell.bsky.social
Gift link: wapo.st/4iCmMtn
Read more in my latest piece with @crampell.bsky.social
Gift link: wapo.st/4iCmMtn
There are so many reasons this data loss and manipulation is bad news. It erodes trust in the government statistics that remain. It means government policy can’t be accurately assessed. It gets in the way of researchers, doctors and families that use government data in their daily lives.
March 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
There are so many reasons this data loss and manipulation is bad news. It erodes trust in the government statistics that remain. It means government policy can’t be accurately assessed. It gets in the way of researchers, doctors and families that use government data in their daily lives.
Since Xi Jinping became president in 2013, the number of economic indicators published by China has dropped precipitously. (Huge thanks to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com at FT for sharing this data)
March 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Since Xi Jinping became president in 2013, the number of economic indicators published by China has dropped precipitously. (Huge thanks to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com at FT for sharing this data)