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Simon Kuestenmacher

@simongerman600

German #geographer and #demographer in #Melbourne. I curate #maps and #data that explain how the #world works. Obviously all opinions are my own...

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“The New American Gothic” by Criselda Vasquez (2017) and 'American Gothic' by Grant Wood (1930).

American Gothic: buff.ly/2ZkClxX
New American Gothic: buff.ly/2G1ZlwD

“The New American Gothic” by Criselda Vasquez (2017) and 'American Gothic' by Grant Wood (1930). American Gothic: buff.ly/2ZkClxX New American Gothic: buff.ly/2G1ZlwD
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In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to complete an orbital circumnavigation. Taking off from Baikonur, Russia, Gagarin completed one orbit in 108 minutes before crash-landing near Saratov (Russia). Source: buff.ly/32QNQyr

In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to complete an orbital circumnavigation. Taking off from Baikonur, Russia, Gagarin completed one orbit in 108 minutes before crash-landing near Saratov (Russia). Source: buff.ly/32QNQyr
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The funniest thing about this map of the 'Seven Sins of the US' is that there are no saintly areas regarding gluttony. Source: buff.ly/2WUpZx0

The funniest thing about this map of the 'Seven Sins of the US' is that there are no saintly areas regarding gluttony. Source: buff.ly/2WUpZx0
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German place-names rendered into English (morphologically reconstructed with attention to ultimate etymology and sound evolution processes). See comments for explanation! Source: buff.ly/2CUeWgx

German place-names rendered into English (morphologically reconstructed with attention to ultimate etymology and sound evolution processes). See comments for explanation! Source: buff.ly/2CUeWgx
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The dominant reason that media narratives about the economy lean negative is just because bad news outsells good news

But another reason is that the news industry itself has been in perpetual recession for years so media workers have much worse 'lived experience' of the economy

The dominant reason that media narratives about the economy lean negative is just because bad news outsells good news But another reason is that the news industry itself has been in perpetual recession for years so media workers have much worse 'lived experience' of the economy
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German place-names rendered into English (morphologically reconstructed with attention to ultimate etymology and sound evolution processes). See comments for explanation! Source: buff.ly/2CUeWgx

German place-names rendered into English (morphologically reconstructed with attention to ultimate etymology and sound evolution processes). See comments for explanation! Source: buff.ly/2CUeWgx
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Roads of the Old World (Czech Republic) vs the New World (Canada). Historically grown vs planned cities. Source: buff.ly/3S0xGh9

Roads of the Old World (Czech Republic) vs the New World (Canada). Historically grown vs planned cities. Source: buff.ly/3S0xGh9
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Keeping up with the neighbours.

Spain and Portugal both got around one-third of their electricity from solar and wind in 2022.

[I expect 2023 numbers are even higher].

Data: Ember

ourworldindata.org/explorers/ener…

Keeping up with the neighbours. Spain and Portugal both got around one-third of their electricity from solar and wind in 2022. [I expect 2023 numbers are even higher]. Data: @EmberClimate ourworldindata.org/explorers/ener…
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This five-month-old bar-tailed godwit smashed the record for long-distance migration following a non-stop, 11-day flight from Alaska to Tasmania: a 13,560 km journey beating the previous record, a godwit which flew 13,000 km

[read more: buff.ly/3SBFrIA]

This five-month-old bar-tailed godwit smashed the record for long-distance migration following a non-stop, 11-day flight from Alaska to Tasmania: a 13,560 km journey beating the previous record, a godwit which flew 13,000 km [read more: buff.ly/3SBFrIA]
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