Since people seem to be following this I should say that I'm not working on it right now because I'm doing some stuff with R. It would be great if someone picked up where I left off. If not I do plan to finish, just not yet.
Based on Curran Kelleher's excellent Series using D3 with React.
Simplemaps World Cities Database
Curran's Sense Your City Data
Sunlight Foundation Data Visualization Style Guide
Information is Beautiful Awards
Graphic Detail (The Economist)
Data Visualization Society (twitter)
Blockbuilder Search (obsereablehq)
Our World in Data CV Visualizations