Data-driven essays that use public datasets to answer unusual questions about culture, food, politics and government. Each issue explains where the data came from, notes its limitations, and presents charts-backed findings.
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Data-driven articles that put numbers on public policy, environment and global questions, often with original charts and datasets. Readers get context on scale, such as how much tax levers could raise or how deforestation trends have changed.
Junk Charts critiques data visualizations and statistical claims, using frameworks like the Trifecta Checkup to examine charts, data and the questions behind them. Recent issues cover a reproduction of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trial analyses, a critique of a subway-stop closure analysis, and a flawed bar chart of top acquisitions.
Technical posts on working with SEC EDGAR filings using the EdgarTools Python library, including verifying financial claims, understanding feed quirks, and analyzing 13F holdings. Readers get working code and detailed explanations of data pitfalls in public filings.
Data-driven essays on the Australian electricity grid and National Electricity Market, using AEMO datasets to examine wholesale prices, price volatility and storage. Readers get analysis of how market design and renewables reshape energy economics.
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