i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Counties with life expectancy above 80. Higher life expectancy isn't just about income and wealth — for example, Hispanics are on average poorer than whites but live longer, which is why you see so many counties with large Hispanic populations coded green on the map below. 000
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 16/08/2026In relative terms, China's rapid rise in global GDP share came at the expense of the Japanese and Europeans, but not the Americans. 030
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 10/05/2026The Republican Party under MAGA has become poorer and less educated. 050
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 03/04/2026California population stagnation and state employee growth. 040
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Pew polled people in 25 nations, asking them to select attributes that make them proud of their country. Only 6% of Americans mentioned "diversity and multiculturalism." Percentage of French who selected it: 12% Germans: 10% Swedes: 7% South Africans: 7% Indians: 5% 030
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Diversity is a strength for young Republicans who enjoy holocaust denial. 041
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 01/04/2026In 2024, the US murder rate was among the lowest it's been since the late 1960s, the property crime rate was the second lowest it's been since 1960, and all types of serious crime but rape were much lower than they were in the 80s. But crime fear porn dominates rightwing social media. 020
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The mean IQ of whites identifying as "extreme liberals" (107) is considerably higher than the mean for "extreme conservatives" (98) in the US. 040
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 03/11/2025About 1/4 of all the electrical power consumed in the state of Virginia is consumed by data centers. 131
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Distribution of skin color of west Eurasians of last 16,000 years. 030
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Overwhelming positive net contribution of Indian immigrants in the US. 020
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 21/10/2025White liberals have a more favorable view of black Christians than white Christians. 120
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Changes in religious demography of Israel-Palestine region over the centuries. 010
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Birthplace of US immigrants by percentage of population, 1850-2017. 230
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Adjusted for population, Jews have earned nearly 6,000 times more Nobel Prizes in the sciences and economics than Muslims. 050
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The US counties with the lowest average IQs tend to be located in the Deep South, Southwest, and where Indian reservations are located. The highest-IQ counties tend to be in New England, Midwest/Plains, and transplant-heavy scenic Mountain West. 130
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Foreigners in US are less criminally inclined than natives. 152
i/o @avidseries.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Country of origin of each state's largest immigrant community. 171