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Alex Selby-Boothroyd
@AlexSelbyB
Head of data journalism at The Economist. Find me at Bluesky alexselbyb.bsky.social
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economist.com
Joined August 2014
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Nov 18, 2024
    #30DayMapChallenge 2024 Day 18: 3D MAPS A 3D-printed version of John Snow's 1854 cholera map
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Jul 27, 2024
    I mean, how bad could it be?
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    Jul 27, 2024
    Replying to @AlexSelbyB
    Oh
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Jun 14, 2024
    Quite the zinger in @TheEconomist
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Jun 19, 2024
    We will soon be leaving our Mr Burns era
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Jul 21, 2023
    New favourite chart
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    May 1, 2024
    Saw this video yesterday and thought nothing of it. Just watched it again with the sound on and omg
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    Apr 30, 2024
    Cannot stop thinking about this video.
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Apr 7, 2024
    "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, search interest, past seven days
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Apr 23, 2023
    Men *really* want to run marathons in under four hours
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Apr 3, 2024
    Spectacularly misjudged taking my mum for a fancy 80th birthday dinner (she's 79 today)
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Jun 30, 2022
    Children have a brutal effect on household income, except in Germany where they are kinder economist.com/britain/2022/0…
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Jul 26, 2024
    The first two hours of the mechanical horse were the best
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Jan 24, 2024
    Brutal first sentence theguardian.com/food/2024/jan/…
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    Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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    Jul 27, 2024
    Replying to @Edith_L_Hancock
    Right? So much worse than I imagined
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