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Chororpathologic: How to Lie with Maps (mander.xyz)
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pathological use of a choropleth is a disease

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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 8 months ago

Odd, my data shows some variation.

Edited Map

[-] Batman@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Hah I like this data. It's very... actionable

[-] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

State Word Map

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The top search for every state is PORN, except Florida, where it's SEX PORN.

https://xkcd.com/1845/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1845:_State_Word_Map

edit: also, according to the CDC, Florida is literally AIDS. https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2015/14_0395.htm

[-] librecat@lemmy.basedcount.com 10 points 8 months ago

I was reading the individual words for a while before I got it :D

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

https://mastodon.social/@omegahaxors/111869150124745370

image formatPhysicists: We are trying to find the theory of everything - Politicians: the one map

[-] friendly_ghost@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago
  • lies
  • damn lies
  • statistics
  • maps, apparently
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