site of the day archive for january 2017
- 01/24/17 - How America's Thinking Changed Under Obama - Public opinion on 32 big issues over the past eight years (projects.fivethirtyeight.com/obama-polling-trends)
- 01/23/17 - Fermi Questions - An estimation problem designed to teach dimensional analysis, approximation, and such a problem is usually a back-of-the-envelope calculation. Follow this tutorial and try to solve some on your own. (www.fermiquestions.com)
- 01/22/17 - The Real Story Of 2016 - What reporters - and lots of data geeks, too - missed about the election, and what they're still getting wrong. (fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-real-story-of-2016)
- 01/21/17 - Scenic Simpsons - Dedicated to showcasing the most beautiful scenes, colours, sets and abstract compositions from The Simpsons. (www.instagram.com/scenic_simpsons)
- 01/20/17 - Where Women's Marches Are Happening Around the World - Hundreds of demonstrations around the world are being planned for Jan. 21 in conjunction with the Women's March on Washington, which is expected to be the largest inauguration-related demonstration in United States history. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/17/us/womens-march.html)
- 01/19/17 - Data in 2016 - The Best And Worst Data Stories Of 2016 (fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-best-and-worst-data-stories-of-2016)
- 01/18/17 - MIT Election Data and Science Lab - Advances and disseminates scientific knowledge about the conduct of elections, primarily in the United States, but with attention to the rest of the world. (electionlab.mit.edu)
- 01/17/17 - Lessons from Memphis - Graphic essay: What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about surviving Trump (fusion.net/story/379938/comic-trump-election-protest-civil-rights-movement-memphis)
- 01/16/17 - Whiskey - An Absurdly Complete Guide to Understanding Whiskey (www.eater.com/drinks/2015/8/13/9113965/whiskey-guide)
- 01/15/17 - Sounds of 2017 - Showcasing the most exciting rising stars in music. (www.bbc.co.uk/events/e988gw)
- 01/14/17 - Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data - A future college course (we hope) on detecting and defusing bullshit. (callingbullshit.org)
- 01/13/17 - A Brief Survey of the Great American Novel(s) - Do We Need The G.A.N.? Why Do We Keep Looking? (lithub.com/a-brief-survey-of-great-american-novels)
- 01/12/17 - Cover Browser - View 450,000+ covers of comics, books & more (www.coverbrowser.com)
- 01/11/17 - 16 striking findings from 2016 - From Pew Research. (www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/21/16-striking-findings-from-2016)
- 01/10/17 - indivisible - A practical guide For resisting the Trump agenda (www.indivisibleguide.com)
- 01/09/17 - Archangel Ancient Tree Archive - Cloning old growth and iconic trees for future research, functional reforestation, and climate remediation. (www.ancienttreearchive.org)
- 01/08/17 - The Great Unifier - The History of Fried Dough (eatmagazine.ca/the-great-unifier-the-history-of-fried-dough)
- 01/07/17 - Progressive Analytics - So You Want to Work in Progressive Analytics (www.gitbook.com/book/anniejw6/jobs-proganalytics/details)
- 01/06/17 - The President's Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform - Commentary by Barack Obama (harvardlawreview.org/2017/01/the-presidents-role-in-advancing-criminal-justice-reform)
- 01/05/17 - 30 Under 30 - A Selection of the 30 Most Disappointing Under 30 (www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-selection-of-the-30-most-disappointing-under-30)
- 01/04/17 - Anime - The 100 Best Anime Movies of All Time (www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/the-100-best-anime-movies-of-all-time.html)
- 01/03/17 - Was 2016 especially dangerous for celebrities? - An empirical analysis. (medium.com/@jasoncrease/was-2016-especially-dangerous-for-celebrities-79d79b9fae02)
- 01/02/17 - Ramen - The Instant Ramen Power Rankings (luckypeach.com/guides/the-official-instant-ramen-power-rankings)
- 01/01/17 - The Best Video Essays of 2016 - It's impossible to keep up with them all, and that's a good thing. (www.fandor.com/keyframe/best-video-essays-2016)
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