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Allison McCartney

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Editor of graphics + elections @ NYTimes. Reporting live from the 415.

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Danielle Alberti @daniellealberti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So I know I mostly use this space to post about birds and quilting, but I'm also a data viz professional. Well, I was until yesterday. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Yesterday I learned that Axios was eliminating the data visualization team I’ve built and led for nearly seven years. So, for the first time in a long time, I’m looking for what's next. I’m so proud...
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Christine Zhang @christinezhang.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨DATA ALERT🚨 I started a 🤓 newsletter w/ @caitlingilbert.bsky.social & @jdharden.bsky.social, check it out if you wanna go down some fun data rabbit holes unrelated to our day jobs 🧵 wrongnumber.beehiiv.com
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Home | Wrong Number
a newsletter for our data hyperfixations
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I went to see I Love Boosters yesterday and while there are so many fun Bay Area details, the Millennium Tower being home to the villain’s lair tickled me so right
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
An excellent plaque
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"That's true, Isildur. I did promise that I wouldn't betray you to your death. You're right to call me on that."
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I have reached the age of dubious distinction where people are just wishing me happy Mother’s Day with no child in sight
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Great visual explainer by Agnes Chang and @pablorobles.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Long Journey From the Strait of Hormuz to the Gas Tank
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened today, oil would still take more than a month to reach consumers. The economic shock from the Iran war could take far longer to ease.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#blessed to have experienced both the Hot Duck era in NYC and now the Chonkers era in SF
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Atomic Redsters seem to be the true Olympic champions so far
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It’s fun to see the whole city decked out in 49ers gear
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Will Harris @sandwichpick.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
it's true-
Courtney Helland @CourtneyHella
I would gloat about this, but in a few months it will be July and it'll still be 55°F in San Francisco, and then we'll be the coldest city in the lower 48.


Drew Tuma @DrewTumaABC7 • 4h
San Francisco is the warmest city in the lower 48 this morning
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Visualising Climate @visualisingclimate.com · 28/01/2026
Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data. visualisingclimate.org #VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
In retrospect, le poisson steve was probably the best thing to happen in 2025
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
The scream I scrumpt seeing Hunter/x show up as a Snoop guest on the Lions/Vikings halftime show!!!
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
“INSIDE THE DEPORTATION MACHINE: How ICE has moved thousands of people through detention and out of the country.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Complex Deportation Network Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
An analysis of data on every ICE arrest, detention stay and deportation reveals the complexity and reach of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made. SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Don’t make me choose ! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/b...
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Who Is the Ultimate Mr. Darcy?
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Waymos are bad for human jobs, but good, generally, for traffic safety. Blackouts are (for the time being, anyway) an edge case, but the public needs to know how/if this can be addressed, bc that makes the impacts of quakes or cyberterror more fraught. sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
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Waymo suspends service amid widespread blackout-related disruption
Company temporarily pauses robotaxis in San Francisco after cars stalled out and blocked intersections, causing traffic jams.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
👀👀👀
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
My Bay Area struggle is thinking to myself, "Wow it's absolutely freezing," then opening my weather app and seeing it's 56 degrees 😐
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
😭😭😭
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rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
lol this rocks taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 24/11/2025
Fran Sans — a typeface inspired by San Francisco light rail displays — is gorgeous and this excellent article really shows you how deep a typography designer will go 👏👏👏 emilysneddon.com/fran-sans… #typography #design
artboard demonstrating the panel font variation for the FRANS SANS typeface
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.
A blue, yellow, and white Sea slug mascot stands in front of some tents.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Anyone know what’s up with this giant zeppelin going over downtown San Francisco right now?
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
When I move away from a place, it often feels like a dream that I ever lived there at all.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
JFK to Williamsburg is 37 minutes by car but more that 2 hours by public transport??
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Power outage street party in the Mission
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I can report a pretty substantial power outage in the Mission
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Katamari Damacy key art showing a rainbow in a sky with a Mt. Fuji like mountain and a big rolling ball of stuff behind a skyline. Green pasture with 2 Holstein cows in the foreground.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Anyone know what's up with the helicopter circling Dolores Park in San Francisco?
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
this is the dumbest shit i have ever read
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
My Instagram ads are out of control
An Amazon ad for a comically large sleeper sofa that seats 12.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The best part of the TS album release is that Brat is back on my TL
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
It's pretty amazing that I've played more than 200 hours of Civilization VI (say nothing of previous versions) and am still incredibly shit at it
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I can’t tell if I’m in a Bay Area bubble or if hyphy is really coming back in 2025
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William B. Davis @willbdavis.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Made this little guy to track the substantial growth of Erin's tropical-storm-force winds #mapshaper #turfjs #flubber #svelte5 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Took long enough but glad it's here!
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rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
NEWS: Meta will announce an AI reorganization today, dividing the Superintelligence division into four units weighing some cuts or employees moved from AI division considering licensing closed source models to build new AI products w/ @elitan.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/t...
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Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Shake Up Meta’s A.I. Efforts, Again
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
“An analysis of real-time train data shows that it is less reliable than its New York and Connecticut counterparts — Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) — and riders face significant service disruptions at six times the rate of other commuters.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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NJ Transit Is NYC’s Least Reliable Commuter Rail — By a Long Shot
An analysis of real-time train data shows its passengers face major service disruptions at six times the rate of riders on other NYC commuter railways.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Hard to describe how San Francisco felt kind of empty six months ago, and feels full to bursting now
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
“It is WARM 🥵 out today,” is a thing I have said multiple times today. I grew up playing soccer in the Texas summer - how far I have fallen.
A screenshot of the Apple weather app displaying the current temperature in Mission Dolores as 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Today the low was 55 degrees and the high was 77 degrees.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
An incredible public resource!
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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with @kqednews.kqed.org, @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com @calmatters.org 1/
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CLEAN - KQED News
Search California public records about law enforcement violence and misconduct.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
News: legendary Washington Post sports columnist @sallyjenx.bsky.social is leaving The Post.
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Redwood City’s slogan of “Climate Best by Government Test” turns 100 years old this year and it still goes hard
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
SND gold medal
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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Way too many people at the airport these days with open-toe shoes. Truly chaotic move.
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