A weekly newsletter about data, data visualizations and the aggregated weirdness of the world around us. A pbump.com project. https://howtoreadthisch.arthttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.arthttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mifi2wps5s2nTime for a thread of what was in this week's newsletter! https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/where-journeys-end/01 Apr 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifi2wps5s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mhsvtjgzu22sTime for a thread of stuff that was packed into this week's newsletter. Comes out every Saturday and it's free. So you should probably sign up! https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/visualizations-of-our-conversations/24 Mar 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsvtjgzu22shttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mhlfbp47as2dA language map of Montreal by @jamaps.bsky.social which inspired a language map of NYC by me. These and much more in this week's (free) newsletter. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/visualizations-of-our-conversations/21 Mar 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlfbp47as2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mhbaojbpns2mTime for a thread of what was in this week's newsletter! As always, you are encouraged to sign up for it. It's free! This week, the newsletter answered some questions. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-answers-to-five-questions/17 Mar 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbaojbpns2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mgscit3mzs2pA quick thread with some of the goodies in this week's newsletter. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/where-trumps-money-comes-from-and-other-mysteries/11 Mar 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgscit3mzs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mgn4lhugfc2lThis week's newsletter centered on a visualization of the nearly 400 nested LLCs in which President Trump claims an ownership stake. It's … complicated. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/where-trumps-money-comes-from-and-other-mysteries/09 Mar 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgn4lhugfc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mgki5tom7k25Really looking forward to those noon sunrises. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Mar 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgki5tom7k25https://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mg3xmqtexc2vWhat you missed if you missed this week's newsletter: A brief thread. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/this-way-madness-lies-but-you-knew-that/02 Mar 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3xmqtexc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mfwsm6kf6s23Went ahead and made a chart showing how much effort Bush put into making the case for war against Iraq in his 2003 SOTU compared to the effort Trump put into doing so for Iran this week. Read more: https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/this-way-madness-lies-but-you-knew-that/28 Feb 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwsm6kf6s23https://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mfwmhgvcck2wThe newsletter is out, with a special last-minute update on Iran polling. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/this-way-madness-lies-but-you-knew-that/28 Feb 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwmhgvcck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mf2wwhfdl22uA quick thread with some of the good stuff from this week's newsletter! https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/may-your-love-be-plotted-logarithmically/17 Feb 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2wwhfdl22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mevuqfrsac2rA chart from this week’s newsletter: Guess who’s footing the bill for the tariffs! https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/may-your-love-be-plotted-logarithmically/15 Feb 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevuqfrsac2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mejlam6cvs22A thread of what was in this week's (free!) newsletter. Buckle up. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-consider-some-disasters/10 Feb 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejlam6cvs22https://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3megypqedv22nIn this week's newsletter, I visualized The Washington Post's 2024 losses as stacks of $100 bills, each stack containing $10 million. An anonymous 5'7" gentleman is shown for the sake of comparison. 1/3 https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-consider-some-disasters/09 Feb 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3megypqedv22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mdxkqqu6e223Lots of good stuff in this week's newsletter! A quick thread: https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/whaddaya-mean-home/ https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/whaddaya-mean-home/?s03 Feb 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxkqqu6e223https://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mdqgesalck27This week’s newsletter is out! Where people moved, how many own homes — and how fast they should be driving to get there. That and more! https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/whaddaya-mean-home/31 Jan 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqgesalck27https://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mdg4dafsys2zA quick thread with the goodies in this week's newsletter. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-robots-have-arrived/27 Jan 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdg4dafsys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3md6ycw66is2fHow the House voted on DHS funding this week. Interactive version: https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-robots-have-arrived/24 Jan 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6ycw66is2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3md6iqqipyk27This week’s newsletter is out! Here’s the path my family tree took from Edward Boumpass, born in 1603, to my kids. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-robots-have-arrived/24 Jan 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6iqqipyk27https://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mcwvgr2a422y [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwvgr2a422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mcurzkk3rk2bHere's what was in this week's (always free and unpaywalled) newsletter. https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/americas-myriad-afflictions/ 1. A look at how education, politics, income and race overlap with measles vaccination rates.20 Jan 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcurzkk3rk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/howtoreadthisch.art/post/3mccprjs3wk25I made a chart. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jnptpywhs45t7rlxvqtkxij4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccprjs3wk25