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We live in a golden age of mapping.

First, we have this wonderful map showing the percentage of households in each county where English is not the first language. All counties over 10% are shaded. Over each county is also shows which non-English language is the most commonly spoken. Usually Spanish but there’s some scattered Portuguese counties in the northeast, Jefferson County in Iowa with its 10% Hindi speakers, occasional Hmong counties, etc, as well as more expected French, German, and Native American languages. That Liberty County, Montana still has 27% German speaking households is something I did not expect. I assume that’s because of small populations that tend to be older, but I don’t really know. Great stuff.

Then we have this fabulous graphic at Foreign Policy mapping protests around the world by the month since 1979. Really mindblowing. A couple of points. First, you are going to see a dot constantly in Kansas. I figured this was Operation Rescue. It’s not. It’s the mapmakers placing a dot in the center of a country is they don’t know the city of protest. Second, by the end the number of dots is going to get crazy. At first I thought it was good evidence of impending worldwide revolution. Instead, the researchers note it’s just that media coverage is far more complete than it was in the 70s.

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