Geobica
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hi I'm geobica
I'll be uploading old stuff I've made and new stuff I make here for a while.
I'll be uploading old stuff I've made and new stuff I make here for a while.
Turnout was certainly higher in places with other elections (36.31% of 2024 for x>0.9 vs 28.71% of 2024 for x==0) but the main trend is just that more Dems turned out across the board.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Turnout was certainly higher in places with other elections (36.31% of 2024 for x>0.9 vs 28.71% of 2024 for x==0) but the main trend is just that more Dems turned out across the board.
On the right is a big blob that fits what Mary Radcliffe was describing, but her hypothesis is wrong; These aren't democrat areas.
All the precincts with x>0.9 together voted 56.42% for Trump in 2024, whereas they went 55.90% for *democrats* in this year's PSC elections, a D+12.32 point swing.
All the precincts with x>0.9 together voted 56.42% for Trump in 2024, whereas they went 55.90% for *democrats* in this year's PSC elections, a D+12.32 point swing.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
On the right is a big blob that fits what Mary Radcliffe was describing, but her hypothesis is wrong; These aren't democrat areas.
All the precincts with x>0.9 together voted 56.42% for Trump in 2024, whereas they went 55.90% for *democrats* in this year's PSC elections, a D+12.32 point swing.
All the precincts with x>0.9 together voted 56.42% for Trump in 2024, whereas they went 55.90% for *democrats* in this year's PSC elections, a D+12.32 point swing.
I looked at two metrics:
1. What was the ratio of turnout in for the PSC races vs the highest turnout for any other race in that precinct in 2025? (x-axis)
2. What is the ratio between the highest turnout for any race in the precinct in 2025 and the 2024 presidential turnout? (y-axis)
1. What was the ratio of turnout in for the PSC races vs the highest turnout for any other race in that precinct in 2025? (x-axis)
2. What is the ratio between the highest turnout for any race in the precinct in 2025 and the 2024 presidential turnout? (y-axis)
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I looked at two metrics:
1. What was the ratio of turnout in for the PSC races vs the highest turnout for any other race in that precinct in 2025? (x-axis)
2. What is the ratio between the highest turnout for any race in the precinct in 2025 and the 2024 presidential turnout? (y-axis)
1. What was the ratio of turnout in for the PSC races vs the highest turnout for any other race in that precinct in 2025? (x-axis)
2. What is the ratio between the highest turnout for any race in the precinct in 2025 and the 2024 presidential turnout? (y-axis)
So I downloaded some precinct level data from results.sos.ga.gov/cdn/results/... to compare with the 2024 presidential results from github.com/21MetcalfJ/2...
A lot of precincts have either changed names or merged/split, so I don't have the exact correspondence I'd need yet, but most are the same:
A lot of precincts have either changed names or merged/split, so I don't have the exact correspondence I'd need yet, but most are the same:
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
So I downloaded some precinct level data from results.sos.ga.gov/cdn/results/... to compare with the 2024 presidential results from github.com/21MetcalfJ/2...
A lot of precincts have either changed names or merged/split, so I don't have the exact correspondence I'd need yet, but most are the same:
A lot of precincts have either changed names or merged/split, so I don't have the exact correspondence I'd need yet, but most are the same:
I was inspired to make this by the fact that I couldn't find one quite like it, though admittedly I didn't search that long. This was the best I found, though it fudges the numbers a bit to account for the fact that the systems use averages over different numbers of minutes of sustained winds.
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I was inspired to make this by the fact that I couldn't find one quite like it, though admittedly I didn't search that long. This was the best I found, though it fudges the numbers a bit to account for the fact that the systems use averages over different numbers of minutes of sustained winds.
A chart and map I made based on information found in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropica...
The map shows where the scales are typically used, and are based on outlines of the WMO's Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs).
The map shows where the scales are typically used, and are based on outlines of the WMO's Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs).
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A chart and map I made based on information found in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropica...
The map shows where the scales are typically used, and are based on outlines of the WMO's Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs).
The map shows where the scales are typically used, and are based on outlines of the WMO's Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs).
However, the 2016 article (Aguiar et al.) isn't the origin either, and it references another document from 2003. scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?p...
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
However, the 2016 article (Aguiar et al.) isn't the origin either, and it references another document from 2003. scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?p...
Searching for this alleged study brought me to Hernández-González et al. (2022), which contains these figures in the introduction, but sources that from a 2016 article. www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12...
![1. Introduction
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) encompass a group of neurodevelopmental disorders that appear in the early stages of life, and they are characterized to variable extents by difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, reciprocal social interactions, and restricted or repetitive behaviors [1]. In recent decades, the prevalence of ASD has grown exponentially [2]; for example, an incidence of 2 to 4 per 10,000 is reported in Cuba [3] and at international level there is a global autism prevalence that ranges within and across regions, with a median prevalence of (screenshot cuts off there)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x7akhgdocto7hirewc4brfqi/bafkreigw3kpapvxdjdax34m24a7e2twci4si7k3a5b4grtgl5a2txsifze@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Searching for this alleged study brought me to Hernández-González et al. (2022), which contains these figures in the introduction, but sources that from a 2016 article. www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12...
The article claims that there exists a "2022 study" that shows "an autism incidence of about 2 to 4 per 10,000 children" in Cuba, which would be significantly less than the US in 2022. However, these numbers aren't from 2022.
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The article claims that there exists a "2022 study" that shows "an autism incidence of about 2 to 4 per 10,000 children" in Cuba, which would be significantly less than the US in 2022. However, these numbers aren't from 2022.
ok so I just realized that I forgot about this line, which makes me confident that the festival is Halloween
July 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
ok so I just realized that I forgot about this line, which makes me confident that the festival is Halloween
All voting systems have some form of strategic voting, a bit like how all map projections have some distortion. (See Gibbard's Theorem for the mathematical proof of this.)
Here's an animation that shows a case in which strategic voting is possible with Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV):
Here's an animation that shows a case in which strategic voting is possible with Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV):
July 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
All voting systems have some form of strategic voting, a bit like how all map projections have some distortion. (See Gibbard's Theorem for the mathematical proof of this.)
Here's an animation that shows a case in which strategic voting is possible with Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV):
Here's an animation that shows a case in which strategic voting is possible with Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV):
Map I made in 2020 to compare how the International Date Line is usually depicted on maps (in gold, though it varies a ton) to how it exists based on Nautical Time Zones, with zones cut out around island countries based on their Territorial Waters:
June 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Map I made in 2020 to compare how the International Date Line is usually depicted on maps (in gold, though it varies a ton) to how it exists based on Nautical Time Zones, with zones cut out around island countries based on their Territorial Waters:
A bunch of rivers especially in Quebec had their source listed as being in the eastern hemisphere by mistake. Checking Doucet River, for example, this still has not been fixed. Perhaps I should regather this data to fix it.
June 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A bunch of rivers especially in Quebec had their source listed as being in the eastern hemisphere by mistake. Checking Doucet River, for example, this still has not been fixed. Perhaps I should regather this data to fix it.
Map I made on 2022-12-01 of the listed source and mouth of every river on English Wikipedia that had those as coordinates:
June 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Map I made on 2022-12-01 of the listed source and mouth of every river on English Wikipedia that had those as coordinates:
June 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Another note: While the common depiction of baby ducks is as yellow, this more closely resembles the goslings of the embden (right) than the ducklings of a mallard (left):
June 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Another note: While the common depiction of baby ducks is as yellow, this more closely resembles the goslings of the embden (right) than the ducklings of a mallard (left):
Aside from the baby ducks, duck clipart is mostly male mallards, while the common archetype in goose clipart is the domesticated embden breed. Presumably this became the cultural association because of these species' presence throughout Europe.
June 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Aside from the baby ducks, duck clipart is mostly male mallards, while the common archetype in goose clipart is the domesticated embden breed. Presumably this became the cultural association because of these species' presence throughout Europe.
Culturally, there is a bit of a difference. If you search for clipart of ducks and geese, you find that ducks are more colorful than geese, while geese have longer necks.
June 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Culturally, there is a bit of a difference. If you search for clipart of ducks and geese, you find that ducks are more colorful than geese, while geese have longer necks.
There is no real difference between ducks and geese, or even swans for that matter, the names are used essentially at random for different species:
June 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There is no real difference between ducks and geese, or even swans for that matter, the names are used essentially at random for different species:
Here's a map from 2023 showing school districts in the US overlaid with county borders. Some states have one district per county, some have multiple per county, and in some the borders are pretty much entirely unrelated. For the most part, it's complicated.
June 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Here's a map from 2023 showing school districts in the US overlaid with county borders. Some states have one district per county, some have multiple per county, and in some the borders are pretty much entirely unrelated. For the most part, it's complicated.