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A common pattern throughout human history: wild mammals have gotten smaller.
We hunted the large ones to extinction.
This is still the case today, but it doesn't have to be that way.
My latest @OurWorldInData article: ourworldindata.org/large-mam…
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Use the interactive ShadeMap to see what time you can get a tan in your local park. Fun tool. Source: buff.ly/37Lzo2R
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Alaska and Georgia had the highest job openings rates in February 2022 go.usa.gov/xuN7E #BLSdata
ALT Job openings and labor turnover measures by state, February 2022
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The world's mammals (in terms of biomass):
🐄🐷 Livestock: 62%
👫👫 Humans: 34%
🐳🐻 Wild mammals: 4%
ourworldindata.org/mammals#w…
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Animated map of Lake Michigan inverts the bathymetry to make for a cool visual. Source: buff.ly/3rue5cO
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Wonderful map shows all the rivers and lakes. in the world and nothing else really. Source: buff.ly/3xstsWT
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Where does the world get its electricity from?
Last year we got more than 10% from wind and solar for the first time.
You can explore this data by country here:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/s…
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45.4 percent of employed people with a disability had flexible work hours in July 2021 go.usa.gov/xugcW #BLSdata
ALT Percent of employed people with flexible work hours by disability status and sex, July 2021
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Half the world’s GDP comes from just four countries: US, China, Japan and Germany. Source: buff.ly/3u5QTmG
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3 states had more than 100-percent increase in job openings from January 2021 to January 2022 go.usa.gov/xz6sc #BLSData
ALT 12-month percent change in job openings by state, January 2021 to January 2022
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Would say the city you live in is too expensive? #manchester is the cheapest city in the world according to its inhabitants. While just 10 percent of Mancunians thought their city was too expensive, on the other end, 99 percent in Zurich agreed with the statement.
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How big is #Africa, really? Data Journalist @MFArmstrong seeks to put the confusion influenced by cartographer Geradus Mercator's solution to the problem of representing a globe on a 2D map's surface to rest. What should we do next? #themoreyouknow
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Final demand producer prices up 10.0 percent over year ended February 2022 go.usa.gov/xzw8p #BLSdata
ALT 12-month percent change in the Final Demand Producer Price Index by category, February 2022
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Map shows the most common surnames across the United States. Source: buff.ly/3IfpORK
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Real average hourly earnings decreased 2.6 percent from February 2021 to February 2022 go.usa.gov/xzP3T #BLSdata
ALT 12-month percent changes in real average hourly and weekly earnings and average weekly hours for all private employees, February 2021 to February 2022
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Average guesses to solve the daily Wordle across the world. Russia performing poorly on that measure too! Source: buff.ly/3Ic6Dbu
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Wordle analysis through the lens of 15m tweets ift.tt/35GUijy
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All of the 10 largest U.S. counties had employment increases in September 2021 go.usa.gov/xz5Z7 #BLSdata
ALT Percent change in employment, average weekly wages, and establishments in 10 largest counties, September 2020 to September 2021