Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 30, 2022

This is an excellent and fascinating animation of how the 10 most populous cities in the world changed from 1500 to 2018
by @jburnmurdoch

Hang in - it takes a few seconds to begin. Twentieth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 29, 2022

How gerrymandering can change election outcomes, in one chart

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/01/this-is-the-best-explanation-of-gerrymandering-you-will-ever-see/
Nineteenth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see

By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.

The Washington Post
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 29, 2022

We worry about the wrong things. Exhibit A:

People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000

Eighteenth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 24, 2022
Workers working 60+ hours a week in one job
🇹🇷 Turkey 15%
🇨🇴 Colombia 14%
🇲🇽 Mexico 13%
🇬🇷 Greece 10%
🇰🇷 S Korea 8%
🇨🇱 Chile 7%
🇯🇵 Japan 6%
🇦🇺 Australia 6%
🇫🇷 France 5%
🇬🇧 UK 4%
🇺🇸 US 3%
🇨🇦 Canada 3%
🇪🇸 Spain 3%
🇫🇮 Finland 2%
🇩🇪 Germany 2%
🇩🇰 Denmark 2%
🇸🇪 Sweden 1%
🇳🇴 Norway 1%
Seventeenth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 24, 2022
U.S. men's facial hair styles in college yearbooks from 1898-2008
https://reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/64q73v/comment/dg44iay/
Sixteenth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
University Graduate Facial Hair Styles 1898-2008 [OC]

Posted in r/dataisbeautiful by u/Mystic_Toaster • 21,006 points and 988 comments

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Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 24, 2022
The US is the only country with more civilian guns than people
https://smallarmssurvey.org/database/global-firearms-holdings
Fifteenth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
Global Firearms Holdings

There are more than one billion firearms in the world, the vast majority of which are in civilian hands.

Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 23, 2022

Check out this cool elevation map of the contiguous US

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/jslbn9/us_elevation_tiles_oc/
Fourteenth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

US Elevation Tiles [OC]

Posted in r/dataisbeautiful by u/newishtodc • 88,031 points and 2,149 comments

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Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 23, 2022
Which US state has the largest share of people with ancestry from each European country?
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/q9ct5b/what_us_state_has_the_largest_ancestry_in/
Thirteenth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
What US State Has The Largest Ancestry In European Countries?

Posted in r/MapPorn by u/burgerking_foot • 3,416 points and 344 comments

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Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 19, 2022
80% of Black Americans said social media help shed light on rarely discussed issues; the same share of White Americans said these sites distract from more important issues.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/07/11/public-attitudes-toward-political-engagement-on-social-media/ #PewResearch
Twelfth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
1. Public attitudes toward political engagement on social media

With the rise of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, along with others like #MeToo and #MAGA, a look at Twitter and Americans’ views on the impact of social media on political and civic engagement

Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 19, 2022
The only things on this map are railroads!
https://reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/lj4wqt/the_railroads_of_the_world_oc/
Eleventh in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
The railroads of the world! [OC]

Posted in r/dataisbeautiful by u/symmy546 • 7,876 points and 341 comments

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