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Oct 12, 2021

Yay! My book has been translated from German to English. I kicked 12 maps about Germany out and replaced them with international ones. Mad Maps wasn't an English enough title so the English version is called Random Maps. Pre-orders available now: amzn.to/3oYHqvv

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This map is a great example of when the Mercator projection is definitely the right choice. No point in upscaling the “no data” portion of the map and making the data heavy parts of the map unreadable.

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Wonderful population density of Poland. Population is spread somewhat evenly across the nation. Sure, Warsaw is by far the most powerful and important city but its role is nothing compared to say Paris. Source: buff.ly/3ImWn3Q

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After close to seven years of daily map and chart tweets I’ll probably reach the 250,000 follower benchmark at some stage this month. Yay! Thank you all for sharing the love 🗺️📊🌎

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Jan 19, 2020

Sunshine duration in hours per year in the US and in Europe. Source: buff.ly/2u4vhL6

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@undertheraedar

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More Census age data today - a little animation of % by single year of age in each local authority. Probably needs a few watches to sink in - lots in here - but the final 10 seconds I find quite sombre, and you'll NEVER guess when lots of people leave home

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This map shows average rental costs per square meter (per commune) in 2022. French rural life, anyone? Inexpensive and you'd still get to buy French wine and food... Source: buff.ly/3CcZ6ce

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Dec 28, 2022

This map shows the literal translation of Chinese characters for Asian country names. Source: buff.ly/2Mb5zNb

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Yay, another GPS-tracked animal map. This one shows a friendly arctic fox passing through the Arctic and walking over the ice. Source: buff.ly/2FGX5rE

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Just a bit of good news from rural India. The top comments in the source are providing more context for those interested in learning more: buff.ly/3VvjoVv

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Surely you always wanted to measure your height in units of "Star Wars characters". I am 1 Boba Fatt tall. Source: buff.ly/3i1PnPg

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This map shows average rental costs per square meter (per commune) in 2022. French rural life, anyone? Inexpensive and you'd still get to buy French wine and food... Source: buff.ly/3CcZ6ce

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Just a bit of good news from rural India. The top comments in the source are providing more context for those interested in learning more: buff.ly/3VvjoVv

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Dear US Americans, before you chuck your Christmas tree out please let me know if you paid below or above the average cost?

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Let’s quickly relive 2022 through Google Search Trends.

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Surely you always wanted to measure your height in units of "Star Wars characters". I am 1 Boba Fatt tall. Source: buff.ly/3i1PnPg

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This map shows us the population density of Spain. Beautiful visual! Source: buff.ly/3ImWn3Q

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You old fossil look like you might enjoy this vintage #badgeographyjoke (ok, it really is a bad geology joke) by

@GuinnessIreland

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The EU produced 17.6 billion liters of wine in 2021. ⁠⁠Would you've guessed the top six producers in the right order?⁠ Spain 29% of total EU production Italy 28% France 20% Germany 7% Portugal 4% Hungary 2% via

@EU_Eurostat

: buff.ly/3G6rpun

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Easy. No action needs to be taken. No money needs to be spent.

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If the crazy Twitter boss runs polls all the time, why shouldn't I? In either case I will do whatever @SnoopDogg says...

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Dec 30, 2022

Hey Russia, the magnetic North Pole is slowly coming for you!

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Abakcus

@abakcus

Probably, the third most interesting prime number! 😮

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While we need to ensure that all humans have access to safe drinking water, humanity can look back at huge progress over the last 20 years. In 2000 only 62% had access to safe water - by 2022 that was 74%. Source: buff.ly/3vtHYeB

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May I interest you in an upside-down map of Asia? Always a nice change of perspective. Source: buff.ly/2G3zX7v

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Vastly exaggerated elevation animated map of The United States. Pretty cute. Source: buff.ly/2V2iS1M

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New year, new you

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Eyeballing this map I’d say it’s correct ✅

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The American diaspora 🇺🇸🌎: Here

@washingtonpost

shows us where (according to the reporting countries) US citizens live.

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I can't think of a single plausible scenario where the average Russian is better off because of Putin's misguided attacks on Ukraine.

@PeterZeihan

reminded us that Russia tends to fight until about half a million Russian troops have died. Are we 20 per cent through this?

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Mr Das

@shiv_teaching

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This is a fabulous way to learn about cloud types #geographyteacher #geography Active Geography learning

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Just learned that the evil account

@simongerman006

that was impersonating me and tried to phish people has now been banned. Thank you all for reporting the evil spammer! Happy 2023!

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We will start the year with a concept so bizarre, outrageous one might say: praising politicians for things they’ve done in 2022.

If the crazy Twitter boss runs polls all the time, why shouldn't I? In either case I will do whatever

@SnoopDogg

says...

Don't get Twitter Blue
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Get Twitter Blue for good
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Just try it for a bit
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2,569 votesFinal results

Pro: Why not try it for a few months? It's not a big financial investment after all...

Pro: I've had an annoying spammer use

@simongerman006

and mimic my profile in sending out spam and phishing messages. Hundreds of people reported the account but Twitter is super slow in acting. Being blue-ticked might make it easier for folks not to fall for scams?

Con: feels like BS to me and it's pretty expensive in Australia considering. Not sure how my exposure might change.

Honest question: should I get a Twitter Blue tick?

Happy New Year! You might be hungover. I won’t be gentle though. We start 2023 with a concept so bizarre, outrageous so to say, that it will make you forget your hangover: today I will praise politicians for their 2022 policies. Full text (no pay wall):

thenewdaily.com.au

Praising Politicians