With over two-thirds of votes counted, it looks like the ANC is set to lose majority in the #SouthAfrica elections.

A result of the ruling party’s failure to fully address the legacy of #Apartheid and extreme racial inequalities ⤵️
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This year's election may be a Biden vs Trump rematch, but it's not the same electorate as 4 years ago. In a Bloomberg Businessweek story out today, we estimate that 10%+ of most states' 2020 eligible voters are gone and replaced with new potential voters.
🎁 link: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

NEW w/ Davey Alba: ACLU filed a FTC complaint against the consulting firm AON for selling 'bias free' AI hiring tools that ask questions that overlap with medical evaluations for autism and other mental health conditions. bloom.bg/3WYsE8Z

👀👀 must read by Leon Yin Davey Alba

Woahh

the WILDEST 3D graphic is here courtesy of Steph Davidson and I don't know how things like this can come out of her brain 🎁 link:
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Pour Bloomberg Graphics, je me suis plongé dans les chiffres du recensement en Afrique du Sud 🇿🇦

Plusieurs semaines de travail de cartographie et d’analyse de données, pour visualiser des inégalités raciales toujours très importantes, à quelques jours d’élections à fort enjeu 👇

L’ #Apartheid a pris fin il y a 30 ans, mais les inégalités raciales restent extrêmement fortes en Afrique du Sud.

La quasi-totalité des quartiers les plus pauvres et les plus denses de la région de Johannesburg ont une population majoritairement noire ⤵️
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Un premier grand format interactif de Tom pour Bloomberg Graphics à lire absolument ⬇️

Every time I see a cool thing done by the Bloomberg visuals team, Marie Patino’s fingerprints are all over it. From analogue 📿 to digital 💻 she’s flying right now

this fisheye distortion interaction by Marie Patino !!!<3<3<3<3<3<3 story w/ jason kao Andre Tartar Mary Schlangenstein

Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll for May 2024: Half of swing-state voters say they’re worried about violence surrounding the US presidential election, the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds.

🔗🇺🇸🗳: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

so thrilled to speak on the power of data. see you in a week mexico!!!!! 🫡🇲🇽

Europe is giving huge sums of money to N African countries each year in an effort to curb migration

Our year-long investigation reveals this money is being used to indiscriminately round up Black people & dump them in desert areas, sometimes leaving them for dead

Short thread🧵

'Setting aside the influence of climate change, hail damage is increasing because of what’s called the bull’s-eye effect: Humans are busy building in the very places that are known to get pummeled.'

from Leslie Kaufman, Brian K. Sullivan & Rachael Dottle: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Storms cost alot of money, check out Rachael Dottle's ⚡🌩️🌨️ gfx

the us has already seen five $1b severe storms in 2024 and these storms often include hyper-damaging hail & the middle of the US has perfect conditions for creating hail --> story by Leslie Kaufman Brian K. Sullivan w/ Tope Alake Hayley Warren Amanda Kolson Hurley
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In violation of city policy, Albuquerque is throwing away the property of homeless people, including:
—dentures
—medication
—cellphones
—survival gear
—family photos
—birth certificates
—the ashes of loved ones
Nicole Santa Cruz ProPublica New Mexico In Depth
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The largest geomagnetic storm since 2003 occurred last Friday, delivering rare views of the aurora to areas far from the Earth’s poles.

The solar storm affected power grids and more storms could be coming.

gift link: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

w/ Hayley Warren Naureen S. Malik

Beautifulness by ಠ_ಠ and Hayley Warren