visualisations
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The Lyrics That Define Each Decade, Visualized
Ever wondered what kind of lyrics define an era? In this visualisation, David Taylor looked for words in Billboard song titles that appeared during a given decade more than other decades and then charted them. The results are pretty interesting.
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A Map Of Internet Freedom Around The World
Here in Australia, it’s easy to slip into the comfortable idea that the internet is unrestricted, a home for free speech and exploration, whether it’s meaningful and important, or dumb hashtags. It’s not that way everywhere though and Freedom House has mapped out the current state of affairs across the globe.
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42 Maps That Will Change How You Think About The World
Aside from just telling you where you are, or letting you point our where you want to be, maps can do a fantastic job of re-contextualising everything you think you know about the world. You probably know that already, but here’s a run-down of maps that do it well.
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Where Exactly Is The Middle Of Nowhere?
We’ve all said it or thought it or joked about it or believed it at one point in our lives. That damn, we were in the middle of nowhere. But that dark stretch of highway hardly qualifies as nowhere. True nowhere is actually in Idaho.