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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Dear Mister @sirpaintalot.bsky.social, if I’m not too late, please may I submit an Andrew Lloyd Website drawing. It must be, what, only a year, since you asked people to send them.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

@sirpaintalot.bsky.social Are you still taking submissions for Andrew Lloyd Website? Also, I can't stop thinking about Brian from E17 and the baked potatoes. I'd really like to see and art of him getting run over by a baked potato someday.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Also! A great sadness of mine was that I didn’t stray across a newsagent the whole time I was in NYC. Nor was there one at JFK. I was hoping to find a physical copy of @theonion.com in the wild :( I don’t even know if it would be in a store. A girl can dream.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This very much feels like the same author who wrote “Give Me Kiss” 10 years ago. What a plot twist, I think it was a horse who slithered out of the pipes for a kiss. clickhole.com/give-me-kiss...

clickhole.com

Give Me Kiss

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Day 17 of #30DayChartChallenge, Remake. I'll thread this, cos there's a bit going on! I was inspired by a chart that The Economist shared in their Off The Charts newsletter theeconomistoffthecharts.substack.com and chose to remake that.

A line chart showing how GDP estimates are often revised in the months following the first estimate.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Day 15 of #30dayChartChallenge, correlation. Getting real stupid with it. It actually took me ages to find a source of data that would even mildly correlate. Spurious correlations are hard! Colleague: "I don't know what to say". Me: "Get me The Economist on the phone"?

A very stupid chart, which suggests that the number of Mr Blobby TV appearances moderately correlates with CPIH, a UK measure of inflation.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I'm learning so much doing this #30daychartchallenge. For instance, I just learnt, on my personal git, what 'git reset --hard' really does. It does go hard, doesn't it?!

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Today's #30DayChartChallenge post from me will be a thread. Hold on to your hats! I'll do a short version here: This is a chart of a *theoretical* world with cat buffer zones around Sites of Specific Scientific Interest in Greater Manchester, UK. #ecosystems

Map and charts showing that SSSIs cover 4.1% of Greater Manchester, while buffer zones would cover 9.4%.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 12,1947

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- SLUGGO IS WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND HE SEES A POSTED NOTICE…

THIS IS BE
KIND TO ANIMALS
WEEK

P2-LATER NANCY SEES SLUGGO FISHING DOWN BY THE RIVER

NANCY: SLUGGO!--- YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF

P3-
NANCY: DON'T YOU KNOW THIS IS BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK"?

SLUGGO: YEP

P4- WE SEE SLUGGO’S FISHING LINE SUBMERGED UNDER THE WATER, THERE IS A NOTE ATTACHED TO THE FISHING HOOK , IT READS…

HAVE A
WOIM
ON ME

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Sam Rickards @shiny--penny.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

#30daychartchallenge Day 11: Physical Based on Royal Kennel Club registration data from 2016 to 2025, I give you 10 years of the most popular dog breeds in the UK, a crocheted slope chart. We have Year on the X- and popularity ranking on the Y-axis, as well as a handmade legend.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Omg the hashtag is #30dayChartChallenge. I did mention I’m tired, right?! Have I been doing this wrong all along? I am the sleepiest little fool.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Today’s #30daysOfCharts from me is extremely silly. Prompt: physical. Took this as my excuse to play with some physical geography data I’ve been noodling with. I AM planning to make 3d models of this stuff. But I’m pooped this evening! Bonus points for the cool kids who notice my Pokémon.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I've wondered how my old wages, adjusted for inflation, would compare to my current one. I've looked at my hourly wage through my working life, and used the Bank of England inflation calculator (CPI-based). That's what #30daysOfCharts #multiscale prompted in my head! Tools: D3.js, ONS templates.

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Claire Buchan @buchanding.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Day 3 #30DayChartChallenge mosaic. source data: github.com/thomascammin...

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

My #30daysofcharts effort today is pretty awful, to be honest. But I've always wanted to make a hex map. Please don't read anything into this chart other than the noted locations do have a higher rate than other places. I'll do more (better!) charts with this data soon.

A hex map of England, that shows fly tipping incidents per capita were higher in some locations, notably a few London local authorities.

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

ONS #DataViz 📊 starter pack 👇

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I might have had some silly ideas while working on the vis for this release www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula.... I am happy to have an excuse to do something with it now! Not sure I've made it easier to understand the affordability ratio, but FUN. #30DayChartChallenge #dataviz #datavis #graphs #charts

This is a column chart. It is a time series of 1997 to 2025. The vertical axis shows the median house price in England for that year. Each year has a bar, which is broken into smaller rectangles, each representing the median earnings for that year. We can see that in 1997, the median house price was 3.5 times median earnings. However, in 2025, the median house price costs 7.6 times median earnings.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The charts here have inspired me! I need to make a checklist of 'cool birds and other critters to see in NYC' for an upcoming visit. Please tell me your favourite NYC birds and critters, and how I can improve my odds of witnessing them. #nyc #wildlife #birding #datavis

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Thanks to @datawrapper.de, who's Weekly Chart I really enjoyed, I rabbit-holed and found "Chroma.js Color Palette Helper". This helped solve a problem that's been in the back of my head all week! Got myself a lovely cat gradient now. gka.github.io/palettes/#/9..., www.datawrapper.de/blog/solar-s...

datawrapper.de

Do we really know how many planets are in our solar system? | Datawrapper Blog

In this Weekly Chart, we rethink what we know about our planetary neighbors.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller January 16,1954

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- NANCY IS FRIGHTENED WHEN SHE SEES A DOG RUNNING IN HER DIRECTION

NANCY: OH, OH - - - HERE COMES THAT VICIOUS DOG

P2- NANCY IS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THE DOG,

NANCY: OH, DEAR-- NOT A TREE OR POLE TO CLIMB
P3- JUST AS THE DOG REACHES HER, NANCY JUMPS UP AND GRABS THE TOP LINE OF THE COMIC ,STRIPS PANEL

DOG : GRRRRR

THE PANELS TOP LINE IS SAGGING AS NANCY HOLDS ON, NANCY WATCHES THE DOG RUNS UNDER HER

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The old fella watching The A Team is absolutely killing the chill, snoozy vibes in this ICU. Come on pal, my mum needs a rest.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Really proud of my colleagues for this explainer on how we measure long-term international migration. It's such a complex thing to discuss, I think they nailed it :) Some nice #datavis too, of course. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

ons.gov.uk

What is international migration and how do we estimate it? - Office for National Statistics

Estimating our population is complex. Find out what our migration statistics cover and how our methods are adapting to world events and changing trends

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

#30dayMapChallenge because I failed to tag it properly first time :D

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

My initial map for #30DayMapChallenge Day 4 'My data' was one where I was sussing out which hotel to book in New York City. It was my first attempt at making 'my own thing' in QGIS. I scored a lot of attractions by how strongly I want to visit them, and then overlayed a shortlist of hotel locations.

A map of New York City, centred on Manhattan. A heatmap overlay shows the greatest density of 'desirable' attractions is around central park. Building symbols appear at the locations of a shortlist of hotels. One hotel is in the middle of the densest part of the heatmap.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I don't think ONS Geography are on this platform, so I'll quote their Twit and share something I made :) "#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: our take on the 'My Data' theme. This map shows the density of public green space in each Greater Manchester (the map maker's home!) local authority in 2020..." ..

A choropleth map of Greater Manchester Local Authorities, showing that the density of public green space is higher in Stockport and Tameside, lower in Rochdale and Manchester.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I enjoyed making charts for 'Marine and coastal margins natural capital'. But! I wanted to noodle with colours in my own time, away from brand guidelines... www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi... #datavis

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Ahmad Barclay @bothness.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

2/3 I wanted to highlight in particular this new waterfall chart (left) which illustrates the breakdown of how inflation changed from the previous month, replacing the bar chart (right) from previous publications.

New waterfall chart showing the components of change in inflation from November to December 2024

Old bar chart showing the components of change in inflation from November to December 2024

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

#datavis people! Please can you share any waterfall charts you have enjoyed, or otherwise? Here's one of mine, where I was looking at how different components contributed to the month's change in CPI (Consumer Price Index). It seems to be a 'love it or hate it' chart! #dataviz

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Plot twist: The M&S hackers give up on extorting the nation's favourite store, and instead threaten to reveal which flavour & size of Big Knicker we all wear.

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Some days these are the tools of my trade and it makes me so happy. Hand drawing charts before coding helps me foresee issues (ie. Awful ideas). #datavis #dataviz

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Sorting out my office and just found my first ever undergrad custom data visualisations! Who knew it would become my career all these years later?! These were the dark times of Matlab, prior to learning R 😅 I think this is also my first ever chart sketch. I knew NOTHING. #datavis #catbehaviour

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Last week, I was pleased to produce charts for an ONS release. I didn't get visualise this one piece of data, though: 20% of single-adult households with at least one child ran out of food in the previous two weeks. Contrasting with 2% for two+ adult households with at least one child. #datavis

A chart with 100 adult icons, with an infant next to each. 20 of the icons are coloured Red, to represent the 20% of households who reported running out of food in the two weeks leading up to the survey. The chart text reads 'In the past two weeks, 20% of households with one adult and at least one dependent child, ran out of food'. The source is the ONS Public Opinions and Social Trends report (March 2025).

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Sam @sammybungus.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Highly, highly recommend catching one of the remaining Sea Power shows on this tour. I had no idea they’d be able to capture the atmosphere of those soundtracks live, but they smashed it. Do we use hashtags here? Is that a thing? #discoelysium

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