John-Norris
@johnkno.bsky.social
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I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
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Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
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An unhealthy outlier...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
An unhealthy outlier...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Developed countries have promised huge increases in climate finance aid to help poor nations recover from climate disasters. Some of that money is just renamed development aid – and has funded projects like airport expansions with LED lighting and an ice cream company's expansion. buff.ly/hCh8p0l
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Developed countries have promised huge increases in climate finance aid to help poor nations recover from climate disasters. Some of that money is just renamed development aid – and has funded projects like airport expansions with LED lighting and an ice cream company's expansion. buff.ly/hCh8p0l
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Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social please enjoy this woman’s collection of security envelopes HIGHLY RECOMMEND checking out her profile for an incredibly organized taxonomy and in-depth discussion of the finer points of pattern design.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social please enjoy this woman’s collection of security envelopes HIGHLY RECOMMEND checking out her profile for an incredibly organized taxonomy and in-depth discussion of the finer points of pattern design.
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Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
[Short thread]
[Short thread]
Data Visualizations as Propaganda: Tracing Lineages, Provenance, and Political Framings in Online Anti-Immigrant Discourse | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Along with other visual content, data visualizations are increasingly used within
online discourse, including political communication. Though often considered to be
''objective'', data visualizations ...
dl.acm.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
[Short thread]
[Short thread]
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i’m so proud of us!! @shirleywu.studio and i set up our collaboration art show at suchas gallery in 下北沢, tokyo which will run through 10/19!
it’s an interactive ceramics installation that shows how sakura bloom dates and maple & ginkgo color change dates have shifted over the past 7 decades
it’s an interactive ceramics installation that shows how sakura bloom dates and maple & ginkgo color change dates have shifted over the past 7 decades
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
i’m so proud of us!! @shirleywu.studio and i set up our collaboration art show at suchas gallery in 下北沢, tokyo which will run through 10/19!
it’s an interactive ceramics installation that shows how sakura bloom dates and maple & ginkgo color change dates have shifted over the past 7 decades
it’s an interactive ceramics installation that shows how sakura bloom dates and maple & ginkgo color change dates have shifted over the past 7 decades
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Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. buff.ly/z7nfRnN
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
School IB economics: Have we passed peak social media?
Demand, market failure
buff.ly
October 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. buff.ly/z7nfRnN
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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An unusually literal piece of evidence for Relitigating 2020 Theory
Fox is showing viewers footage of vandalism from 2020. The White House is touting misleading statistics on violence. Trump’s allies are telling his base that the left is a dire threat, and even he is buying it. www.pbump.net/o/how-trumpw...
How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left
It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration. T...
www.pbump.net
September 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
An unusually literal piece of evidence for Relitigating 2020 Theory
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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Here's a peek at who has been trying to sway Americans on Facebook and Instagram over the past seven days. app.polidashboard.org/meta_ads?cou...
September 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Here's a peek at who has been trying to sway Americans on Facebook and Instagram over the past seven days. app.polidashboard.org/meta_ads?cou...
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Online chatter about "Pallywood" -- the conspiracy theory that Palestinians stage suffering for propaganda -- gained renewed attention in July this year, after famine was declared in Gaza. Written with input from our partners at @freepressunlimited.org.
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‘Pallywood’ conspiracy theories saw increased interest after reports of famine in Gaza - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Online chatter about "Pallywood" -- the conspiracy theory that Palestinians stage suffering for propaganda -- gained renewed attention in July this year, after famine was declared in Gaza. Written with input from our partners at @freepressunlimited.org.
Read more:
Read more:
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A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
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Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
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Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
September 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
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I'd really recommend doing this, especially if you have the opportunity to visit a 19 Century graveyard. Not only will you be shocked at how many babies and young children are there, but there will also be a sad and surprising number of women of childbearing age.
September 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I'd really recommend doing this, especially if you have the opportunity to visit a 19 Century graveyard. Not only will you be shocked at how many babies and young children are there, but there will also be a sad and surprising number of women of childbearing age.
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Where we are as a country
A 76% point gap between how satisfied Republicans are with the country versus how satisfied Democrats are. The largest partisan gap ever. news.gallup.com/poll/694370/...
September 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Where we are as a country
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Federal agents in DC have been starting dangerous car cases for small stuff like tinted windows. The chases violate DC police policy.
Out of 10 cases, six ended in a crash. One car had a minor in back.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Out of 10 cases, six ended in a crash. One car had a minor in back.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
August 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Federal agents in DC have been starting dangerous car cases for small stuff like tinted windows. The chases violate DC police policy.
Out of 10 cases, six ended in a crash. One car had a minor in back.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Out of 10 cases, six ended in a crash. One car had a minor in back.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The simple answer boss is that Trump voters are answering as if they’re the ones being cut off
August 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The simple answer boss is that Trump voters are answering as if they’re the ones being cut off
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Elon isn’t sharing data. He’s feeding the same Great Replacement paranoia that fuels white nationalism. The map’s real story isn’t fertility rates. It’s inequality, poverty, healthcare, and exploitation.
Racist panic dressed up as stats.
Racist panic dressed up as stats.
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Elon isn’t sharing data. He’s feeding the same Great Replacement paranoia that fuels white nationalism. The map’s real story isn’t fertility rates. It’s inequality, poverty, healthcare, and exploitation.
Racist panic dressed up as stats.
Racist panic dressed up as stats.