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Unemployment rate in Belgium (2020) (images2.imgbox.com)
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In the map it can be clearly seen that the unemployment is higher in Wallonia than in Flanders. This is largely due to the fact that Wallonia has historically relied on its heavy industry, such as steel and coal, which has moved abroad the last decades. In fact, the Sambre and Meuse valley which was the industrial heartland in Belgium thanks to its coal resources, can be clearly seen on the map.

It is also interesting to see how the distribution of unemployment has changed throughout the years, as seen on these maps:

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First projections of EU Parliament election results (images2.imgbox.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/europe@feddit.de
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All official vote results, exit polls and projections from across the EU by garfaagel in c/europe@feddit.de
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 weeks ago

TL;DR Far-right on the rise more or less everywhere based on the estimates, green parties on the decline. Let's just hope it will not get too dire consequences in the five years to come.

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TIL that science does still not fully understand how cycling works (www.cbc.ca)
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Habitat suitability of European forest categories by garfaagel in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

I found this map of dominant tree species in Germany while investigating it:

https://atlas.thuenen.de/layers/geonode:Dominant_Species_Class

Indeed, there is are significant difference between the maps. Perhaps most notably in Baden-Würtemberg where there seems to be a lot of fir. But I also think there is a a clear correlation between the maps. I also find it interesting to see the correlation between the suitable habitat for oakwood and the absence of forests.

Dead Beat [Ferd'nand, 1949] by garfaagel in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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Habitat suitability of European forest categories (forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu)
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More info about the map and the forest types here. The forest types are described in chapter 6.

The map does not necessarily show what kind of forest actually grows in different places, if any, but rather which forest type you could expect to find there naturally, if it would be forest. But it probably matches reasonably well with what actual forests look like, although most of Europe is of course not covered by forests.

Here's a map over forest cover in Europe:

Source on that one

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Map of largest party in the recent election in South Africa (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 weeks ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
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Skrillex by garfaagel in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The graphical abstract is even better than the title:

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The decline and recovery of the European wolf population from 1800 to 2018 (no data for Russia and Belarus). (rewildingeurope.com)
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Map is a bit confusing since it has no data for Russia and Belarus, but there are wolves there. Here is another map with population numbers as well:

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Also, pretty infographic about wolves from the same source:

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International recognition of Palestine, with today's latest additions of Ireland, Norway and Spain (images2.imgbox.com)
submitted 1 month ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
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EFF "cover your tracks" browser privacy test by garfaagel in c/privacy@lemmy.world
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

I use an addon called Chameleon that creates a random user agent that changes periodically.

Lemmy tell you something. by garfaagel in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 76 points 1 month ago

Cervantes did it first:

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Youth unemployment in Europe (landgeistdotcom.files.wordpress.com)
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Agriculture sector's share of GDP in European countries (cdn.statcdn.com)
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The average rider doesn't have enough calcium by garfaagel in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago

Still got nothing on this guy that made a ride that takes like 3*10^78^ years to finish

https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=4o0-0G2OjSg

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Foreign military bases in Djibouti (Google Translate English inside post if you can't figure out the Spanish) (www.descifrandolaguerra.es)
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English translation with Google translate:

Hopefully the Spanish did not bother you too much. I was too lazy to do a proper translation, and could not make a post with a map featuring the country "Theory" as the main image.

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Legal status of cannabis possession for recreational use by garfaagel in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 months ago

Who the fuck made this inforgraphic?

It's from Wikipedia. Admittedly, I didn't do much fact-checking and just trusted it. But of course you can always contribute by improving the map.

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Legal status of cannabis possession for recreational use (sh.itjust.works)
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Where Easter Monday Is a Public Holiday (cdn.statcdn.com)
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Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, 1602 Chinese World Map by garfaagel in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Cool map! I spent quite some time looking at the many details. Also interesting to see that the Chinese were so aware of world geography at the time, even if it was thanks to exchanges with Europeans.

TIL about Tetrachromacy, a condition which lets you see more colors. Normal people can see about 1 million colors, while tetrachromats may see up to 100 million. Up to 12% of women may have it. by garfaagel in c/til@lemmy.ca
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 months ago

Cool! I had never heard about this theory for explaining color blindness.

Vegetable consumption per capita in Europe (North America inside post) by garfaagel in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

You think so? My impression of the Netherlands is that the staple food is fries with mayonnaise, maybe with some broodje kroket in between. In general the diet consists of a lot of butter, white bread and sugar. To me it does not seemt surprising at all that they eat least vegetables in Europe.

2023 Polish parliamentary election result by garfaagel in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
[-] garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

It has often been noticed that differences along the historical borders exist in Poland. See for example this article.

Here's another article discussing the differences, and interestingly claims that the difference between the election result in former Prussian and Russian parts of Poland is likely due to other factors.

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