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Mitchell Thorson @mitchellthorson.com · 30/10/2025

Just landed a pretty big refactor of the Svelte-powered @urbaninstitute.bsky.social data viz component library that fully embraces runes syntax across all of our components. Svelte continues to be a flexible and powerful tool for our work. Check out our code on Github github.com/UrbanInstitu...

The image is a screenshot of a Github release page listing new features for the latest release of the @urbaninstitute/dataviz-component-library package. The changes list reads:

Fix: Typo; Theme size for h2 on smaller screens now renders at proper font size
Breaking: now accepts snippet props for custom background/foreground content and replaces getContext("scrolly") stores with the new useScrollyContext() helper; update slot markup and context access accordingly.
Breaking: SVGMap and its layer components now expose pointer interaction callbacks via props (onclick/onmousemove/onmouseout/onbgclick) instead of on:event listeners, and shared state is provided through useSVGMapContext()—replace any getContext("map") usage and update handler wiring.
Breaking: DatawrapperIframe emits interaction hooks through lowercase callback props such as
onvisrendered/onregionclick instead of Svelte on:event listeners; pass handler functions as props to receive chart events.
Breaking: The exported pymChildStore writable has been removed in favor of the rune-based
usePymChildContext() helper returned by ; import usePymChildContext() to interact with the active pym.js child instance.
Feat: All components use Svelte 5 runes syntax and move away from store-based state where possible.

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Rachel Marconi @arobotwriting.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

between 60 and 80 percent of nonprofits in every state would be at risk of government funding were pulled.

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Rachel Marconi @arobotwriting.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

check out how vulnerable your state's nonprofits might be if government funding is pulled. my newest, short and sweet with a colorful tilemap and heat map indicators in the tables. www.urban.org/research/pub...

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What is the Financial Risk of Nonprofits Losing Government Grants?

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Rachel Marconi @arobotwriting.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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What is the Financial Risk of Nonprofits Losing Government Grants?

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Stephen Stirling @sstirling.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

🍎 School test scores released in PA: Statewide, scores were up in math and science and down in English. Look up scores for Philadelphia-area schools + more from education reporter Maddie Hanna: www.inquirer.com/education/ps...

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Alvin Chang @alv9n.com · 21/11/2024

My latest: Sitters and Standers Interactive: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...

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Sitters and Standers

The American worker divide: Those who sit, and those who stand

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Mitchell Thorson @mitchellthorson.com · 14/11/2024

📊 A new data tool from @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that millions of Americans would lose their health insurance if the enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of 2025. Explore the tool to see who would be most impacted: www.urban.org/data-tools/h...

A hex map of the United States shows the percent change in individuals who would have health insurance if enhanced PTCs are allowed to expire at the end of 2025 by state.

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Jacque Schrag @jacqueschrag.com · 14/11/2024

🧵Okay let's do some BTS for Axios' elections #dataviz. 1/5: We used <canvas> for our big maps, which means we had to do some tricks with color hashes to get interactivity. What the reader sees vs. what the computer sees. Details on how it works: observablehq.com/@camargo/can...

A 2024 presidential election map where the states are colored red or blue depending on the candidate that won the state.

A 2024 presidential election map where the states are all colored a slightly different shade of red or green. Each state has a unique color.

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Poking around on The Map Center website and found this stunner from @awoodruff.bsky.social www.mapcenter.com/store/p/4k-f... cc @ecoandrewtrc.bsky.social

Poster with a small multiples grid of abstract shaded relief maps of the 48 four-thousand foot + peaks in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

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Jo Wood @jwolondon.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

#30DayMapChallenge Day 11: Arctic A bit short of time today, so had to rush this one, but quite pleased with an unexpected coincidence. What would the continent of Arctica look like. How well could it fit in the Arctic Ocean? Find out here observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...

A map titled "The new continent of Arctica". It shows the world viewed from the North Pole extending about as far south as 55 degrees latitude. Sea is shown in pale green-blue, county outlines in brown. Canada is on the left of the map, Russia to the right and Northern Europe at the bottom. Overlaid in semi-transparent white is a mirror reflection of the Antarctic continental outline. It largely fits within the area of the Arctic Ocean overlapping northern hemisphere continents only in northern Canada and small parts of Alaska.

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 11/11/2024

New project! Is love dead in pop music? 💕📉 We checked all 5,141 Top 10 hits since 1958 to see how much has *actually* changed. (Spoiler: it's not what most people think) pudding.cool/2024/11/love...

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Is the Love Song Dying?

We categorized songs in the Billboard Top 10 to see if love songs are on the decline.

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Rachel Marconi @arobotwriting.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I brought this Debt in America tool data up to 2023. Check out credit card debt, medical debt, student debt, auto debt, and more, even subsetting by young adults 👀 apps.urban.org/features/deb...

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Debt in America: An Interactive Map

This map shows the geography of debt in America at the national, state, and county levels. How does your community compare?

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Rachel Marconi @arobotwriting.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

Last week, Urban Institute published another map tool I made showing how during 2022's high inflation, SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a meal in 99% of counties in the US. SNAP was adjusted in Oct, only helping some. www.urban.org/data-tools/does-snap-…

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Does SNAP Cover the Cost of a Meal in Your County?

Amid inflation, SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a meal in 99 percent of counties in 2022. Adjustments to SNAP narrowed—but didn’t close—that gap.

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