Hi all,

To the many, many loyal readers of this website, my lack of posts in the past several months has surely been disappointing. The good news is I have a couple new projects in the works, a mix of discussion on both contemporary events and some more tangential economic topics that I think could make for fun visualizations. The bad news is that it may be slow going for the next couple months with these new posts. I’ve found most of my time recently to be occupied by work, the Bayesian Data Analysis class I’m currently taking at Penn, as well as an exciting volunteer effort I’ve started with some friends called Menti - please check it out!

Menti is a nonprofit effort to provide quick guides and resources to teenagers and young adults on many of the considerations relevant to their age - learning personal finance, developing self-care techniques, recruiting for schools and jobs, and so much more. Our website (linked above) just launched, and I’m excited to continue expanding the resources available on it with the many others devoting their time to helping whatever youth might be in need of it. Please do share our website with anyone who you think may benefit from it, and feel free to send me any thoughts or feedback you’ve got.

Meanwhile, I’ll be splitting my time between this website and my other projects, but promise there are new posts with fresh visualizations coming out soon!

-Tal