work continues on my industrial ag mega-zine.

while i was working on the "consequences of synthetic fertilizer" spreads (that's right, there will be *multiple*), i realized that i had a lot of text and not too many images.

basically an entire spread is devoted to eutrophication and the gulf dead zone (because it's kind of a complicated subject), and i have plenty of images for that.

but for some of the other stuff, i didn't. i know that people don't want to read too much, so after looking for a long time for appropriate images, i decided to.... make. an. infographic.

that's right ladies and gentletheys, i have made an infographic for the first time in my life.

the graphic shows the various uses of US corn production in percentages of total production. the data came from here: https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10340

now, infographics are a touchy subject for me. it's extremely rare for me to see an infographic and think "wow, now i understand the subject better" instead of "wow, this was not helpful at all, and in fact i may be even more confused."

a lot of infographics look nice if you sort of let your eyes unfocus and enjoy the visual element (and i respect the work it takes to do that!), but it's very rare to find an infographic that's both visually nice to look at and actually communicates something *without* being too heavy on the details (i know some people love the details, but i very quickly get visually overwhelmed when there are too many...i'm looking at you "national geographic").

so, presented for your humble viewing, here is my first infographic, made with extreme reluctance, weirdly awkward because it had to fit into a particular space on the page, kind of crowded because i wanted it to be easily read by folks who might have trouble seeing stuff that's real small, and also i want it to communicate kind of a lot of information without getting overly-complicated.

hooray for my first infographic, and if i ever have to make another one, may it be better.

i hope you feel informed by it! i think this is valuable info to know: the vast majority of the #1 most-produced crop in the US does NOT go to feed people.

#corn #food #agriculture #infographics #VisualDesign #art #wip

TechieSA (@TechieBySA)

@SocialSight에서 GPT Image 2로 만든 ‘Exploded Infographics’ 예시를 소개하는 트윗입니다. GPT Image 2를 활용한 생성형 이미지/인포그래픽 제작 사례로, 새로운 AI 응용 사례로 볼 수 있습니다.

https://x.com/TechieBySA/status/2052468595871908212

#gptimage2 #generativeai #infographics #aiart #socialmedia

Hot Lesson (@hotlesson)

GPT Image 2가 인포그래픽을 자연스럽고 깔끔하게 생성해, 디자인과 정보 전달을 동시에 잘 해내는 모습이 화제다. 복잡한 레이아웃도 높은 완성도로 구현해 이미지 생성 모델의 실용성과 표현력을 보여준다.

https://x.com/hotlesson/status/2050281763897803090

#gpt #imagegeneration #infographics #aiart #multimodal

AshutoshShrivastava (@ai_for_success)

GPT Image 2.0이 시각적 학습자와 인포그래픽 생성에 매우 유용하다고 소개한다. 주제만 주면 상세한 인포그래픽을 잘 만들어주며, AI 이미지에서 텍스트 표현 문제를 사실상 해결했다고 평가한다.

https://x.com/ai_for_success/status/2049186357168488883

#gptimage #imagegeneration #infographics #aitools #openai

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Last few seats remaining for our How to Create Impactful #Infographics training intensive

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"This #documentary feature presents historical accounts of Zionist ambitions in southern #Lebanon — including claims to water and land — and the military drive to insulate the settlements in northern #Palestine."

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#SouthLebanon #warOnLebanon #Israel #colonialViolence #archives #infographics

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country”*…

Ah, but where might that be? Amos Miller (using tools from the good folks at Mapbox) shares a handy site with the answers…

The Civic Atlas is a project which marries leading civic data sets with information on governance types and physical capitals.

This project is an exploration of physical governance. As international relations enter another era of rocky uncertainty, it’s important to have the opportunity to look at a world which is not flat or equal. Many countries are on the march away from freedom and democracy towards autocracy. Many are already there.
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Explore this project by selecting various freedom and democracy indices in the dropdown menu. Click a state to see where its legislative authority is housed, more information about the country, its governance system, and its governance scores. To learn more about each index, click on its link in the nav bar while selected.

This is our globe.
We all live here.

A visualization of governance around the globe: “The Civic Atlas.”

* Latin phrase of unknown origin; the motto of Algernon Sydney and James Otis

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As we compare and contrast, we might spare a thought for Alexis de Tocqueville; he died on this date in 1859. A French diplomat, political philosopher, and historian, he is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.  Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville’s travels in the United States (on a mission to examine prisons and penitentiaries here) and is today considered an immensely important early work of sociology and political science.

“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors sometimes peep” – from Democracy in America

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