Conrad Hackett Dec 16, 2022

Check out how land is used in the United States. Cows take up the most space!

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/
First in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

Here’s How America Uses Its Land

The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures.

Bloomberg.com
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 17, 2022
More chocolate, more Nobel prizes
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/chocolate-consumption-and-nobel-prizes-a-bizarre-juxtaposition-if-there-ever-was-one/ Second in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
Chocolate consumption and Nobel Prizes: A bizarre juxtaposition if there ever was one

Scientific American Blog Network
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 17, 2022

This map shows only people. It is a beautiful illustration of where people are concentrated.

If you squint, you can see Australia and New Zealand.

Map by Alasdair Rae https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/3d-map
Third in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

3D Map: The World’s Largest Population Density Centers

What does population density look like on a global scale? These detailed 3D renders illustrate our biggest urban areas and highlight population trends.

Visual Capitalist
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 17, 2022

Check out this scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) & life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries (lines = averages).

The United States sits alone in the bottom right quadrant due to its much higher spending and below-average life expectancy.

More info: https://oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/ae3016b9-en/1/3/1/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/ae3016b9-en&_csp_=ca413da5d44587bc56446341952c275e&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book
Fourth in a 🧵of #2022TopToots

Home

OECD's dissemination platform for all published content - books, podcasts, serials and statistics

Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 17, 2022
Estimated gender pay gap within job (same occupation at same firm)
🇯🇵 Japan 26%
🇰🇷 S Korea 19%
🇺🇸 US 14%
🇩🇪 Germany 13%
🇪🇸 Spain 12%
🇮🇱 Israel 12%
🇨🇦 Canada 12%
🇳🇴Norway 9%
🇫🇷 France 7%
From study https://nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01470-z#
by @OlivierGodechot & 28 others
Fifth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 17, 2022
Be sure to catch the end of this clever NASA "climate spiral" video showing monthly global temperature changes between 1880 and 2021
https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/300/video-climate-spiral/
Sixth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
Video: Climate Spiral – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

The visualization shows monthly global temperature anomalies (changes from an average) between the years 1880 and 2021.

Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 18, 2022
This amazing map shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881
Seventh in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 18, 2022
2022 Press Freedom Rank
1 Norway
2 Denmark
3 Sweden
16 Germany
19 Canada
24 UK
38 Taiwan
41 Burkina Faso
42 US
71 Japan
86 Israel
110 Brazil
119 Qatar
149 Turkey
150 India
155 Russia
168 Egypt
175 China
178 Iran
180 N Korea
https://rsf.org/en/index
Eighth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 18, 2022

Check this out -- major cities in North America replaced by major cities across the Atlantic at the same latitude.

The Gulf Stream makes winters less severe in many European cities than it is in their U.S./Canadian counterparts.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/d8tbs5/major_cities_and_towns_in_north_america_replaced/
Ninth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

Major cities and towns in North America replaced by major cities across the Atlantic by latitude.

Posted in r/MapPorn by u/havedal • 8,942 points and 458 comments

reddit
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 18, 2022

Can you spot the circles?

It took me a long time. Once you see them, they'll seem obvious.

This is the Coffer Illusion, by Anthony Norcia
Tenth in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

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

reddit
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 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

reddit
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

reddit
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 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

reddit
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 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

Marion SlunskyDec 29, 2022
Show threadConrad Hackett 

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
Dec 29, 2022 at 5:02amWeb
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 threadLeslie 🇺🇸🌻🌈 🌊Dec 30, 2022
@conradhackett @jburnmurdoch very cool 👍
Show threadRadiDec 30, 2022
@conradhackett @jburnmurdoch Mesmerizing! All those lives created and destroyed .
Show threadanlomedadDec 30, 2022

@conradhackett @jburnmurdoch

Animation of how the 10 most populous cities in the world changed from 1500 to 2018.

Whhoa!! Brilliant #scicomm ! And don't you just love the Fediverse that lets you download the gif as video so you can play it slower?

Show threadSue StrongDec 30, 2022
@anlomedad_real @conradhackett @jburnmurdoch I didn’t know that and just downloaded it. That’s an awesome feature of the #Fediverse
Show threadxs4me2Dec 30, 2022

@conradhackett @jburnmurdoch

Intrigueing to watch…

Show threadKaren LayneDec 30, 2022
@conradhackett @jburnmurdoch interesting AF
Show threadShield MaidenDec 31, 2022
@conradhackett @jburnmurdoch Wow...the rapid rises of Istanbul and Tokyo were really dramatic!
Show threadanggiar Dec 29, 2022
@conradhackett It's part of US election culture at this point.
Show threadToni M.Dec 29, 2022

@conradhackett

the color coding of the gerrymandering is random and meaningless, right? 😉

Show threadUlf DittmerDec 29, 2022
@conradhackett it's always been a mystery to me how the Supreme Court can claim there to be no feasible and fair general solution to setting district boundaries, when there are in fact relatively simple algorithmic solutions.
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 29, 2022
@conradhackett #Gerrymandering only works when those in power draw the districts' borders and not some independent comission based off census data.
Show threadInfrapink (he/his/him)Dec 29, 2022
@conradhackett In #Ireland we would have one big constituency with all 50 people in it, that sends five representatives to the parliament. Three Blue, two Red, all representing the same area.
Show threadred raccoonDec 29, 2022
@conradhackett Thanks for your explanation. 
Show threadMaster ChickenDec 29, 2022
@conradhackett Great graphical representation!
Show threadMartha HowellDec 29, 2022
@conradhackett Here is the outcome of that gerrymandering. Dems in WI won 60% of the vote. Republican bias and control mean that Madison and Milwaukee essentially have no representation in WI's statehouse.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/26/francesca-hong/state-gop-only-let-less-2-democratic-bills/
PolitiFact - State GOP only let less than 2% of Democratic bills have public hearings, Dem says

As Wisconsin barrels toward the August primaries and the fall election, state Democrats are pointing out an imbalance in

@politifact
Show threadDavid SenkDec 29, 2022

@conradhackett honestly, this reason alone, is enough for me to support direct democracy.

We have the technology to do it. Why do we have “representatives” that don’t actually “represent” you?

Sounds like a bullshit job ripe for automation out of existence.

Have everyone vote on everything.

Show threadHumble Fan of Atty. WooDec 30, 2022
@conradhackett
simple explanation is charting it. Easily understood. thanks.
Show threadEric RieseDec 30, 2022
@conradhackett I've seen that image a bunch of times before but it just occurred to me that you can draw 2 2x5 all blue districts in the rightmost columns and get the unfair outcome more compactly.
Show threadmcfedrDec 30, 2022
@conradhackett got to make you wonder why we don't just do away with first past the post