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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 1h

If the whole history of the Earth was squeezed into one day... #dataviz Source: flowingdata.com/2012/10/09/h...

A 24-hour clock illustration depicting Earth's history as a single day. The clock starts at midnight for Earth's formation, with major events like meteorite bombardment from 12:00 to 3:00 AM, origin of life at 4:00 AM, oldest fossils at 5:36 AM, sexual reproduction at 6:08 AM, emergence of seaweeds at 8:28 AM, and mammals at 11:39 PM. Humans appear at 11:58:43 PM, just before midnight.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 8h

The only correct way to divide Europe, apparently (by Reddit user: garis53)

A humorous map of Europe divided into four quadrants labeled "Northwest," "Northeast," "Southwest," and "Southeast." This unconventional division is presented as the "only correct" way to divide the continent. Note: This ALT tag reflects the humorous nature of the image and its intended message.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's fun to learn how to create impactful #infographics & data-visuals like this. 2 x virtual half days: 4th & 5th Nov 🇺🇸 USA timezone 9th Nov 🇬🇧 LDN in person Details geni.us/WAB2024 Reviews geni.us/WABreviews

A playful scatterplot (using dog silhouettes instead of dots) depicts the best dog, according to data. On the vertical axis is a measure of public popularity. On the horizontal is an indexed score of several metrics to consider when owning a dog (cost, temperament, no. of genetic ailments etc). Each dog is coloured by category (sport, toy, hound etc) and sized (S, M, L). If a dog is facing left, it's kind of a dumb dog. If it's facing right, it's an intelligent dog.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you're aged 30 or more, then 50% of all human fossil fuel emissions happened during your lifetime

Bar chart shows the % of global fossil fuel emissions occurring in a lifetime with bars of different length for ages from 5 to 100 years. More emissions happen over a longer lifetime. During the life of an 85 year old, 90% of all emissions happened. For someone age of 30 the rate is already 50%

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Love these population density spike maps by www.instagram.com/researchremo...

A population density spike map of France showing highest population as higher peaks across a 3D landscape.

A population density spike map of Germany showing highest population as higher peaks across a 3D landscape.

A population density spike map of Italy showing highest population as higher peaks across a 3D landscape.

A population density spike map of Turkey showing highest population as higher peaks across a 3D landscape.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Greek God Family Tree by Korwin Briggs veritablehokum.com

An infographic depicting an intricate family tree of Greek gods and goddesses. The chart includes primordial deities, titans, and Olympians, with lines denoting relationships such as parentage, marriage, and notable births. Key details: At the top, primordial deities Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Sky) give rise to the titans and other entities. Titans like Kronos and Rhea lead to the Olympians, including Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Iconic births, such as Athena springing from Zeus's forehead and Aphrodite arising from sea foam, are highlighted. The chart humorously admits that it's "not even close to complete" but provides a visually appealing overview of Greek mythology's complex lineage.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). WTF UK? (via @Guardian)

A map of Europe showing the percentage of ultra-processed foods in the diets of different countries. The colors represent different ranges: Blue: Under 25%, Yellow: Over 25%, Orange: Over 50%. The map highlights countries with high consumption of ultra-processed foods, such as the UK, Ireland, and Belgium, and those with lower consumption, such as Portugal and Greece.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Beautiful vintage #infographic on the ceiling & speed of different aircraft (via Reddit bit.ly/4c2bMCs)

Vintage infographic titled "Service ceiling (ft)" plots the service ceiling (maximum altitude) of various aircraft against their maximum speed in miles per hour. The data spans from 1916 to 1963, covering biplanes, monoplanes, and jet aircraft. The trend shows a steady increase in both speed and altitude over time as aviation technology advanced.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How the concept of marriage has changed across centuries 💘

Diagram shows how the perception of marriage in the West changed over the centuries and in relation to romance, love and sex. Pre-17th century marriage was an economic and political contract negotiated between families. Love happened outside of marriage. This changed over time. From the 17th to 19th century love was arranged but expected to be a starting point for romance and love. Later, romance lead to marriage and then love. And since the 1960s a progression from sex to romance, then love and only then marriage seems to be the prominent model.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every Hotel Bar Ever (by Matt Surelee) www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

A simple diagram amusingly plots the typical denizens of a hotel bar.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some good UK deals on our beautiful books out there 📘 68% off Beautiful News- just £9! geni.us/BNEWS 📕 19% off Information is Beautiful geni.us/IIBbook 📙 21% off Knowledge is Beautiful geni.us/KIB25 Info bit.ly/IIB-Books

The cover images of three infographic books by David McCandless: Beautiful News, Knowledge is Beautiful and Information is Beautiful

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great films fact-checked and visualised scene by scene. Is there really such a thing as a “true” true story in Hollywood? informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

A selection of true story Hollywood films is presented with diagrams. Each diagram is a horizontal bar with vertical stripes inside. The stripes represent a scene-by-scene breakdown of the film. The colors of the stripes indicate whether a scene is true, true-ish, false-ish, false or whether that is unknow. For example the Film Selma is shown as 100% true, while the film The Imitation Game is shown as only 42.3% true.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Al-Barquq > Albercoc > Aubercot > Apricot

A diagram plots human experience of space & time in the physical world. It shows a rectangular area between two axis. One is time, the other space. Both range from very small to very large. Inside of that area is a much smaller rectangle. It is about 1/16 of the size and labelled “Human Experience"

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some good USA deals on our beautiful books out there 📘 20% off Beautiful News - geni.us/BNEWS 📕 10% off Knowledge is Beautiful (hardcover) - geni.us/KIB25 📗 11% off The Visual Miscellaneum - geni.us/VMisc25 bit.ly/IIB-Books

The cover images of three infographic books by David McCandless: Beautiful News, Knowledge is Beautiful and The Visual Miscellaneum

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The true digital divide in Europe (by reddit user theworldmaps) Note: Oct 2022 data

A map of Europe showing Android vs iOS mobile operating system popularity by country. Android (green) dominates most of continental Europe, while iOS (blue) is more popular in the UK, Ireland, Norway, and Switzerland. Data source: Statcounter, October 2022

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau... by Reddit user: u/StatisticUrban

A line chart titled “Mean Height of 19-Year-Old Males, 1985–2019” compares the average heights of young men in six countries over a period of more than three decades, measured in centimetres. The Netherlands remains the tallest throughout, rising from around 180.6 cm in 1985 to approximately 183.8 cm by 2019, with growth slowing and flattening after the early 2000s. Germany follows a steadier upward trend, increasing from just over 179 cm to about 180.3 cm. The UK and United States track closely together around the mid-170s, with the UK gradually overtaking the US by the end of the period; the UK rises from roughly 176.4 cm to 178.2 cm, while the US increases only slightly from about 175.7 cm to 176.9 cm and remains comparatively flat for much of the timeline. China shows the most dramatic increase, climbing rapidly from around 167.6 cm in 1985 to 175.7 cm in 2019, nearly converging with the United States by the end of the chart. India begins as the shortest group at roughly 161.9 cm and rises gradually to around 166.5 cm, with slower and less consistent growth than China. The graphic illustrates how improvements in nutrition, healthcare, childhood living conditions, and economic development can strongly affect average human height over generations, while also showing that height gains in already wealthy countries tend to plateau over time.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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An infographic flyer advertising an online seminar for learning how to create impactful infographics and data visuals with Information is Beautiful displays Zoom chat quotes from participants expressing gratitude & praise for the training

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join @infobeautiful founder David McCandless for a rare in-person training in LDN 🇬🇧 and learn his concept-driven approach to data-visualisation: Mon 9th Nov 🇬🇧 London Deets: bit.ly/IIBWAB Reviews: geni.us/WABreviews

An infographic flyer advertising an online seminar for learning how to create impactful infographics and data visuals with best-selling author and data-visualisation practitioner David McCandless of Information is Beautiful. Discounts are available.

A photo of author and founder of Information is Beautiful, David McCandless, presenting a training in front of a large screen to a seated audience

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Updated every month: Access the raw datasets behind every #dataviz we've ever released online. The IIB Data Room. 500+ sheets, 1200+ datasets. Continually updated. informationisbeautiful.net/data/

A table listing various article titles and their corresponding bit.ly links, sorted by publication date from August 2024 to May 2023. The table has four columns: Title, bit.ly link, Published date, and Updated (empty). Topics include 'Per Second', 'WaterWorld', several articles about plastics, 'Two Years of the Russia-Ukraine War', among others. Most links are either geni.us or Google Docs spreadsheet URLs. Dates range from most recent (01 Aug 2024) to oldest (24 May 2023)

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Very bad? Terrible? Or perfect? American superlatives graded. Making American 8.8 again? today.yougov.com/society/arti...

Chart showing positivity ratings for various words and phrases on a scale from 0 to 10. Words range from "Very bad" (2.22) to "Perfect" (8.75), with color-coded distributions from red (negative) to green (positive). The title references "Make America 8.08 out of 10 again," with "Great" scoring 8.08.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Love this idea for quick reference travelling (By Frank Okay www.frankokay.com @frankokay)

This is a map of New York overlaid on the map of Chicago, titled "A New Yorker's Guide to Chicago" by Frank Okay. New York's boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island) are placed over corresponding areas in Chicago.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Join me for a #DataStorytelling workshop. In-person or virtual. Turn your data into a graphical story! Go beyond the bar chart! 2 x virtual half days: 4th & 5th Nov 🇺🇸 USA timezone 9th Nov 🇬🇧 LDN in person Deets: bit.ly/IIBWAB Reviews: geni.us/WABreviews

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

% of world population with colour-blindness: Deuteranomaly (green-weak) 4.6% Deuteranopia (green-blind) 1.3% Protoanomaly (red-weak) 1% Protanopia (red-blind) 1% Tritanopia (blue-blind) ~rare This condition affects 1 in 12 men, 1 in 200 women, so more than 350m worldwide. 1 in 22 people.

Four images of tomatoes showing how different types of color blindness affect vision: normal, deuteranomaly, protanopia, and tritanopia. Each image displays varied tomato colors and sizes.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The movement of the magnetic North Pole over 400 years www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/s...

A map titled 'Heading North' showing the movement of Earth's north magnetic pole from 1590 to 2019. The map displays the Arctic region, including parts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Svalbard. A blue line traces the magnetic pole's path from southern Canada in 1590, meandering northward through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago until 1900, then continuing as a dotted line toward Russia through 2019. The geographic North Pole is marked with a black square. The map illustrates that the magnetic pole is moving about 35 miles closer to Russia each year.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is widespread AI adoption producing strange new mental habits & behaviours nobody's officially named yet? Here’s a charticle of some we’ve noticed. (Somewhat tongue-in-cheek. But you might recognise a few) geni.us/IIB-ailments Any more?

Infographic titled 'ailments: possible new mental effects & behaviours from using AI', four terms: NarcAIssism – ego-inflation from agreeable AI chatbots; Cognitive Laxity – atrophy of memory and reasoning from outsourcing mental effort to AI; Glitterball Mind – euphoria from endless AI-generated ideas all praised as 'great'; AI Psychosis – uncritical belief AI must replace human creativity, companionship and common sense.

Infographic titled 'ailments: possible new mental effects & behaviours from using AI', four terms: FOFAB – Fear Of Falling Behind, anxiety over others using AI more effectively; PolyLLMory – inability to commit to one AI, prompting Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini simultaneously; HipAIcrit – secretly using AI as a creator while publicly denigrating it; Agentic Burgerflipping – spending workdays supervising AI agents instead of doing skilled work.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

www.reddit.com/r/interestin... link to video: drive.google.com/file/d/1USSx... by reddit user u/GapOrganic7191

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New dates & rare live in-person session! Learn how to turn data into beautiful charts, graphics & stories: 2 x virtual half days: 4th & 5th Nov 🇺🇸 USA timezone 9th Nov 🇬🇧 LDN in person Deets: bit.ly/IIBWAB Reviews: geni.us/WABreviews

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Countries where non-voters would be the strongest voting bloc / party

A map of Europe indicating countries where non-voters would have been the strongest political entity in the most recent parliamentary election between 2021 and 2025. Countries highlighted in red are those where the percentage of non-voters exceeded the vote share of the leading political party. Countries in green indicate that the strongest party received more votes than the number of non-voters. A few countries are shown in grey, likely indicating missing data.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The baby boom visualized (by Reddit user: u/Serkan089)

A heatmap titled "The U.S. Baby Boom was between 1946 and 1964" illustrates age-specific fertility rates in the United States from 1935 to 2020. The y-axis represents the age of mothers, from 15 to 45. The x-axis represents the year. The color intensity of the grid cells corresponds to the fertility rate, with a color scale below the chart ranging from light pink (0.00) to dark purple (0.25). A vertical black box with a horizontal arrow across the top highlights the period from 1946 to 1964, visually marking the "Baby Boom." The heatmap shows a significant area of dark color, indicating high fertility rates, concentrated in the age range of 20-30 during the Baby Boom years, with the highest concentration around age 25. The high-fertility area shrinks and shifts slightly to the right in subsequent years, showing a general decline in the overall fertility rate, but a slight increase in fertility rates for older age groups over time. The data source is the Human Fertility Database (2024), and the visualization is by Miguel HG.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Rubbish? Fine? Brilliant? British superlatives graded and ranked. yougov.co.uk/society/arti... US version here ('quite' interesting comparison) today.yougov.com/society/arti...

A stacked area chart shows gradations of British superlatives from Abysmal (1.21) through terrible (1.75) and rubbish (2.17) to average (5.09), fine (5.8), and topping out at "very good" (7.9) and excellent (8.95)

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The digestive system as a tube map Original design by Jack Anderson www.radiologycafe.com/blog/digesti...

This infographic reimagines the human digestive system as a simplified subway map, using coloured lines to show how food and digestive secretions travel through the gastrointestinal tract. The red line traces the main path of food, beginning at the oesophagus, passing through the stomach, continuing into the duodenum and small intestine (represented here by the ileum), before reaching the caecum and then travelling through the colon to the sigmoid colon and rectum. Separate coloured branches represent organs that feed digestive juices into the system: the green line shows bile flowing from the liver via the gallbladder into the duodenum, while the yellow line shows digestive enzymes entering from the pancreas at the same location. The blue line outlines the large intestine (colon), which frames the small intestine before ending at the rectum. A short purple branch depicts the appendix extending from the caecum. By presenting the digestive tract as an interconnected transit network rather than an anatomical drawing, the graphic emphasizes the sequence of digestion and the convergence of food, bile and pancreatic enzymes in the duodenum while making the overall layout easier to understand.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's all <insert complex language> to me (regional variations) www.instagram.com/languages.eu

A colorful map of Europe illustrating the phrase equivalents for "It's all Greek to me" in various languages. The map categorizes countries based on their expressions for incomprehensible language, highlighting cultural differences: "Greek": Common in English-speaking and nearby countries like the UK, Ireland, and France. "Chinese": Used in most Central and Eastern European countries like Germany, Poland, and Hungary. "Hebrew": Found in Scandinavian countries such as Norway and Sweden. Unique phrases: Some regions have distinct metaphors, such as: "Volapük" (a constructed language) in the Netherlands. "Arabic" in Italy. "Patagonian" in Bosnia. "Railway station" in Denmark. The map playfully explores linguistic diversity and cultural idioms for describing confusing language.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

25 years ago, light bulbs were the single largest use of electricity in American homes. By 2018, energy-efficient LEDs had shrunk that use. What’s likely to dominate in the future? Amazing interactive by @NYTimes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Streamgraph titled "Residential electricity by use" showing U.S. home energy consumption by category from 2000-2025, measured in quadrillion BTU. Headline: "Around 2000, lighting was the single largest use of electricity in American homes. By 2018, energy-efficient lightbulbs had shrunk the category to sixth place." The lighting band (highlighted in green) starts near the top around 3 quadrillion BTU in 2000, holds steady through the mid-2010s, then drops sharply after 2015 to under 1 by 2020, settling below cooling, heating, water heating, refrigeration, televisions, and dryers.

Streamgraph extending the residential electricity-by-use chart to 2050, with a vertical divider at 2025 separating "historical" from "projected" data. Headline: "Energy forecasters expect that electric vehicles will come to dominate residential power use over the next few decades, contributing to an increase in overall electricity use." A new green band labeled "E.V. charging" appears near zero in the mid-2020s and grows steeply after 2035, becoming the largest single category by 2050, pushing total residential electricity use well above 4 quadrillion BTU, above cooling, heating, refrigeration, and dryers.

Streamgraph titled "Commercial electricity by use," historical data 2000-2025 with projections to 2050 divided by a vertical line at 2025. Headline: "But it's now changing fast. The explosive growth of data centers will help drive electricity use higher than ever." A green band labeled "Computing" is negligible before 2015, rises modestly through the early 2020s, then climbs steeply from the early 2030s onward, becoming a dominant category by 2050 alongside ventilation, cooling, and refrigeration, driving total commercial use toward 4 quadrillion BTU.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Evolution of the Alphabet via usefulcharts.com

Infographic showing the "Evolution of the Alphabet" from Proto-Sinaitic (c. 1750 BCE) to Modern Latin Script. Colorful arrows trace the development of each letter through Phoenician, Archaic Greek, Archaic Latin, and Roman scripts, culminating in the modern 26-letter alphabet. The image demonstrates how letter shapes transformed over time.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Learn how to turn ideas, stories, numbers into impactful #infographics & data-visuals with Information is Beautiful. Details: bit.ly/IIBWAB 2 x virtual half days: 4th & 5th Nov 🇺🇸 USA timezone 9th Nov 🇬🇧 LDN in person Reviews: geni.us/WABreviews

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Boomers OK? Proportion of wealth owned relative to other generations (millennials etc) source: New York Times

A treemap shows the proportion of wealth owned by Baby Boomers ($78 trillion) in the US relative to other generations like Gen-X ($47 trillion) and Millennials ($14.2 trillion)

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#Dataviz books everyone should read 📚 - a community sourced #charticle informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

A screenshot of a scrolling array of books on data-visualisation divided into several categories: creative works, curated collections, how to and theory book. Over 169 titles.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Most generous countries. Often, nations who’ve suffered massive instability are among the most generous. Haiti. Liberia. Iraq. (source: Charities Aid Foundation) part of our Beautiful News project informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnew...

Scatter plot showing the relationship between generosity and wealth among various countries. Nations like Indonesia, Myanmar, and Kenya, which are marked as poorer, appear highly generous. Richer countries such as the USA and Ireland also exhibit significant generosity. The x-axis represents wealth, and the y-axis illustrates generosity levels. Circle size indicates the scale of the economy. The chart highlights that some of the world's poorest nations are among the most generous.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yet another reason to tut at the Mercator map projection brilliantmaps.com/mercator-vs-...

World map using a Mercator projection, but with the true relative sizes of countries overlaid in a darker shade. This illustrates how the standard Mercator projection distorts the size of landmasses, particularly those further from the equator, by showing the actual size differences. For example, Canada and Russia appear much smaller in their true relative size compared to their depiction in a standard Mercator projection.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yet another reason to tut at the Mercator map projection brilliantmaps.com/mercator-vs-...

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New dates for our 'Create Impactful Infographics' trainings. Learn to make memorable, useful, beautiful charts & graphics 2 x virtual half days: 4th & 5th Nov 🇺🇸 USA timezone 9th Nov 🇬🇧 LDN in person Deets bit.ly/IIBWAB

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Damn ... how far Bilbo and Frodo actually walked (If the Shire is Kansas, Mordor is Jacksonville) (by reddit user fussomoro) bit.ly/BilboFrodo

A weathered fantasy map of Middle Earth from The Lord of the Rings, showing two different journey routes marked in contrasting colors. The red line shows Frodo and Sam's path from the Shire to Mordor, while the blue line shows Bilbo's earlier journey as depicted in The Hobbit. The map includes familiar locations like the Shire, Rohan, and Mordor, with mountains and forests illustrated in a classic Tolkien-style cartography. The map appears aged with sepia tones and includes text labels in stylized fantasy font. A compass rose and scale bar are visible in the lower left corner, and the title reads "The Map of Middle Earth.

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