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Class Consciousness on the Rise?

10.Apr.2009

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A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that only 53% of American adults think capitalism is better than socialism (20% favor socialism, and 27% don’t know). As Nate Silver points out, there’s very little basis for comparison with this survey, so it’s hard to make any predictions about trends. Nate also provides the crosstab data for different income brackets, which is the most interesting part of the results. Those in the lowest income brackets favor capitalism by only 8 points, and capitalism has a 57-point lead only among the wealthiest Americans.

Live Piracy Map

9.Apr.2009

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The ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) Commercial Crime Services brings us a live Google map with all attempted and suspected attacks, as well as “suspicious vessels.” Eat your heart out, Gothamist!

IMB Live Piracy Map 2009

The Future of Same-Sex Marriage

8.Apr.2009

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The Map Scroll has visually rendered Nate Silver’s predictions of when each state would vote against a same-sex marriage ban. (You all remember Nate as our election polls crack dealer last fall. FiveThirtyEight is still alive and predicting.)

Nate explains

It turns out that you can build a very effective model by including just three variables:

1. The year in which the amendment was voted upon;
2. The percentage of adults in 2008 Gallup tracking surveys who said that religion was an important part of their daily lives;
3. The percentage of white evangelicals in the state.
. . .
Unsurprisingly, there is a very strong correspondence between the religiosity of a state and its propensity to ban gay marriage, with a particular “bonus” effect depending on the number of white evangelicals in the state.

According to Nate’s model, Iowa, which has an average level of religiosity, would pass a ban today; by 2012, it should be a toss-up; and after 2013, any ban should be defeated.

And from Feminist Philosophers, an overview of same-sex marriage rights.

The Geography of Buzz

7.Apr.2009

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Elizabeth Currid, assistant professor in the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California, and Sarah Williams, director of the Spatial Information Design Lab at Columbia University, have used geo-coded Getty images to map the locations of art, culture, and social milieus in New York and L.A. The result, they say, is a better understanding of clustering and place-branding. Their exhibit opens tonight at Studio-X (180 Varick Street, Ste 1610) and runs through May 8, 2009.

Nuclear Weapons Roundup

6.Apr.2009

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This seemed timely, given the situation in North Korea. Also, there’s very awesome music here by Ratatat juxtaposed to otherwise scary content.

The Oil Age

5.Apr.2009

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The Oil Age chart captures the history of oil, including its rise in production, geographical sources, and connection to world events. The chart includes data from government statistics, as well as the work of leading geologists such as Colin Campbell, whose oil depletion model forms the chart’s central image spanning most of the Oil Age from 1859 to 2050. To date, the chart has been distributed to every member of the U.S. Congress and donated to more than 2,500 teachers nationwide. This chart is part of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science and the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center at Indiana University

Feelings About the Economy

4.Apr.2009

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The New York Times has been running a great interactive visualization since Tuesday recording readers’ reactions to the economy. You can submit one word each day recording your attitude. It seems like the tagcloud-like format is actually displaying prominence, with larger words being voted on by more people (’anxious’ is usually in the top line, as is ‘thankful’, especially for those who are employed).

How do you feel about the economy? (New York Times)

Celebrity Twitter Universe

3.Apr.2009

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Apparently Erykah Badu is the queen of the Twitter universe, or at least it seems that way from this New York Times visualization. Ashton Kutcher seems to have the most “notable” connections, but I think Erykah might win on weak ties.

Little Red Riding Hood Remix

2.Apr.2009

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“Little Red Riding Hood” like you’ve never seen it before.


Slagsmålsklubben – Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

Reducing Your Water Footprint

1.Apr.2009

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GOOD has a very nice poster up that helps you calculate your water footprint and suggests a few ways to cut back.

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