Notices by Conrad Hackett :verified: (conradhackett@sciences.social)

NEW: In 2011, 47% of US male high school grads enrolled in college. Now, the share has dropped to 39%.

Consequently, there's been a big drop in the number of men in college -- in 2022, there were 1 million fewer men age 18-24 enrolled than in 2011.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/12/18/fewer-young-men-are-in-college-especially-at-4-year-schools/

In New Zealand, most Māori people now identify with no religion, including many atheists. Sara Rahmani and Peter Adds find Māori atheists view religion as a colonial tool for the oppression of Māori people and culture.

https://theconversation.com/maori-atheism-on-the-rise-the-legacy-of-colonisation-is-driving-a-decline-in-traditional-christian-beliefs-214701

Twitter has the highest prevalence of disinformation among six online platforms studied by the EU. Fake news comes primarily from Russia’s disinformation operation, a "weapon of mass manipulation."
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3235936/elon-musks-x-formerly-twitter-biggest-source-fake-news-primarily-russia-eu-official-says

NEW: 65% of Americans want to elect the president by popular vote rather than via the Electoral College system.
82% of Democrats & 47% of Republicans favor this change.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/25/majority-of-americans-continue-to-favor-moving-away-from-electoral-college/

U.S. men's facial hair styles in college yearbooks from 1898-2008
https://reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/64q73v/comment/dg44iay/
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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%
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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

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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/
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This amazing map shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881
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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
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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/
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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
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The only things on this map are railroads!
https://reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/lj4wqt/the_railroads_of_the_world_oc/
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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
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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/
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Check out this cool elevation map of the contiguous US

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/jslbn9/us_elevation_tiles_oc/
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The US is the only country with more civilian guns than people
https://smallarmssurvey.org/database/global-firearms-holdings
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Would someone please start an account to share information about journalists suspended on Twitter and possible reasons?

This account could boost explanations/responses from Twitter-suspended journalists with Mastodon accounts.

For example, @taylorlorenz was just suspended but it is not clear why. And I would like to read more about Linette Lopez's situation.

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/
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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