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Big data: US 2010 census racial map

Big data: US 2010 census racial map

NYC racial data
US 2010 census data on race. Each dot is a person and its colour is defined by race.Blue = white, Green = black, Red = asian, Orange = hispanic and Brown = others

 

The Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service published an interesting data rich map online the other day. They took all the US 2010 census data about race and decided to plot that on a single map. Each American is represented as a dot (yes that are many dots!).

What becomes clear if you go through the map and zoom in/out is how dense populated some areas are and even more how strong the racial boundaries in cities are. You can clearly see on city block level what race is living where and how badly races mingle. See for example the attached screenshot of New York city. You can clearly see the hispanic, the black and the white neighbourhoods on Manhattan island.

Anyway, have a look yourself, be amazed and share screenshot of regions you find interesting:

http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html

Lobster or crabs don't feel pain? Think again!!

Lobster or crabs don't feel pain? Think again!!

'In another experiment Elwood investigated whether hermit crabs could make motivational trade-offs as a result of pain. They presented Pagurus bernhardus crabs with two types of shell, one of which the animals are known to prefer, and gave some of the animals small electric shocks when they were inside these new homes.

When these crabs were later presented with a new shell they could move into, the shocked crabs were more likely to take up this offer, and they did so more quickly.'

http://bit.ly/178bd3t

#science #crabs #lobsters #pain #animalwelfare

 
I think people should sign this just to ensure that enough pressure and fuzz is created so the British gov will have to inform the public about its actions. I don't think journalism about potential dodgy parts of the government are a terroristic threat and this clearly reeks like overuse of state power.

I think people should sign this just to ensure that enough pressure and fuzz is created so the British gov will have to inform the public about its actions. I don't think journalism about potential dodgy parts of the government are a terroristic threat and this clearly reeks like overuse of state power.

https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/ukhomeoffice-theresa-may-review-the-use-of-schedule-7-of-terrorism-act

#change #NSA #snowden

.@ukhomeoffice: Theresa May, review the use of Schedule 7 of Terrorism Act
On Sunday David Miranda, the Brazilian partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald who has written stories about revealing mass surveillance…