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May 18, 2026

How to Use Graphs to Lie

Timothy Birdnow

Below are two graphs of the same temperature data. Notice how one shows a dramatic increase in temperature while the other shows what nature is really doing. This is how the Gang Green blows hot smoke up our posteriors:

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Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 11:02 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 Needs to be in a graph format, Tim. The way it is here is useless.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at May 18, 2026 07:48 PM (+oLFx)

2 It WAS in a graph form and I saw it when I first posted it but now it's just a bunch of code. I guess I won't be able to save this one. Pity. It showed two graphs - one the one the Gang Green uses showing a high spike and the real one showing pretty much a flat line.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at May 19, 2026 07:37 AM (oflqW)

3 Do you want to just leave it that the Gang Green never makes any sense, then? Works for me...

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at May 19, 2026 08:11 PM (+oLFx)

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