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The Geography of Swear Words

We mapped 50 million social media posts to find out where — and why — people curse the most.

obviously.·Jul 28, 2025·8 min read
#sports

Every NBA Shot Since 1997

Thirty years of shot data reveal the slow death of the mid-range and the rise of the three.

obviously.·Jul 14, 2025·12 min read
#music

How Music Became Sad

Audio features from 500,000 Billboard hits show a decades-long drift toward the melancholic.

obviously.·Jul 1, 2025·10 min read
#health

The Language of Vaccine Hesitancy

What 10 years of forum posts reveal about how doubt spreads faster than facts.

obviously.·Jun 18, 2025·15 min read
#gender

What 50,000 Sentences Tell Us About Gender

A corpus analysis of adjectives used to describe men vs. women across a century of fiction.

obviously.·Jun 3, 2025·11 min read
#culture

The Death of the Movie Star

Box office data from 1980 to 2024 charts the collapse of the star-driven blockbuster.

obviously.·May 22, 2025·9 min read
#climate

The Invisible City

Jakarta is sinking faster than any other city on earth. Here's what the data says about where it goes next.

obviously.·May 10, 2025·14 min read
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