Diesel Civil Trust
Who is filing bankruptcy? In 2008, more than 1 million filed for bankruptcy protection. This sharp graphic takes a close look at the demographics behind those numbers to give us a clear view of who is being affected by the economic downturn.
Since 2001, perceptions of crime have become far worse even as the actual crime rate has remained stable. For 1991-2001, perceptions line up nicely with reality. But in 2002-2008, a larger percentage of Americans perceived an increase in crime than one would expect, given the actual crime rate. It appears that 2009 will only continue this trend. (monkey cage)
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Trendsmap [trendsmap.com] is yet another trend visualization project, with an (almost) real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world. The interface is very minimal and easy to use: one can either follow a geographical region and explore the rising trends in that location, or one can follow a trending topic and observe the literally moving impact of the trend on the globe (via infoaesthetics)
am loving this - trending topics by location. may lead to excessive refreshing.](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krd9s6Ya761qz8tzlo1_400.jpg)
Trendsmap [trendsmap.com] is yet another trend visualization project, with an (almost) real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world. The interface is very minimal and easy to use: one can either follow a geographical region and explore the rising trends in that location, or one can follow a trending topic and observe the literally moving impact of the trend on the globe (via infoaesthetics)
am loving this - trending topics by location. may lead to excessive refreshing.
Created by Joe Swainson, recent graduate of University Arts London (Camberwell College). He created this poster to show the shift in our world economy with emergence of certain markets. Countries covered are: United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia, Brazil, India, China. Data sources are United Nations historical data and Goldman Sachs forecasting data.
An animation showing edits to the OpenStreetMap.org project during 2008.
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. This was in the midst of Lennon’s “bed-in” phase, during which John and Yoko were staying in hotel beds in an effort to promote peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it.
An infographic movie illustrating a detailed break down of the price tag of the Iraq war conflict, from the current debts to the unseen costs for many years to come. The data is based on the book The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict by Joseph E. Stiglitz.
Your “tax breaks” America, courtesy of the Republican and Democratic candidates.
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