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Daniel Donner

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Contributor @the-downballot.com. Focusing on data, maps, and demographics. Find our data (and the CD hexmap template!) at https://the-db.co/data

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Daniel Donner @donnermaps.bsky.social · Oct 24

Several blocks in downtown Chicago are not part of *any* congressional district map (new or old). How on earth is this possible? The answer involves billions of dollars, brothels, Abraham Lincoln, and a bit of geomorphology. 1/

New IL map: t.co/QzQX9spFUO

Satellite view of downtown Chicago with congressional district map overlay, showing several block are not included in any district.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 6h

U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 7h

Priming inflation in survey experiment right before Nov 2024 election consideration decreased approval of the Democratic party equivalent of 5 pp among Dems and Independents, stronger effects in areas with greater local inflation

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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 9h

New study finds Democrats represent public opinion better than Republicans: "the quality of statehouse democracy, here meaning the dynamic relationship between opinion and policy, is substantially weakened by Republican Party control of state government."

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Ignacio GHOULup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 1d

BABY NUMBATSNUMBATSNUMBATS:

"Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials"

"Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW"

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Donner @donnermaps.bsky.social · 3d

Update: Now at 300+ purchased

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 3d

A bit of linguistic cartography to brighten your day. This map shows how the words for camel 🐫 spread across the Old World.

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Daniel Donner @donnermaps.bsky.social · 3d

Last night it said 100+ bought in the past month. Tonight, 200+. The legion grows.

screenshot of amazon page that says Inflatable Frog Costume for Adults - Blow up Halloween Costume. 200 plus bought in past month

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Daniel Donner @donnermaps.bsky.social · 5d

The @mattbors.bsky.social cartoon showing its relevance yet again. www.dailykos.com/stories/2018...

Cartoon: You made me become a Nazi!

Follow me on Twitter at @MattBors and check this Kickstarter I launched to create a comics magazine.

www.dailykos.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 6d

🤳EXCLUSIVE: We analyzed real data from over 800 U.S. TikTok users to reveal how the app transforms casual users into power users.

Extremely proud of this one, over a year in the making w/ @richardsima.bsky.social Leslie Shapiro @asteckelberg.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social

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Here’s how TikTok ‘power users’ end up scrolling 4 hours a day or more

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 8d

Aw yeah that’s what charts were designed for

Lateralized Sleep Positions in Domestic Cats bar graph. 192 cats curve left. 109 curve right.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 10d

There's been a lot of confusion about which states could redraw their House maps before the midterms, so we've put together a definitive guide to every state that could actually do so—16 in all.

We explain the likelihood of new maps, probable targeted districts, and any obstacles to passage.

Here's every state that could draw a new congressional map by 2026

Most states can't pass new maps quickly—but those that can favor Republicans

www.the-downballot.com

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Thomas J Wood @thomasjwood.bsky.social · 11d

The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.

Updated estimates here:

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 13d

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

British Politics' Midlife Crisis

Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

benansell.substack.com

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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · 13d

Electricity now costs 267% more (!!) for 1 month vs. what it cost 5 years ago near data center hotspots. Awesome reporting from Josh Saul @dinabass.bsky.social Leonardo Nicoletti @naurtorious.bsky.social Demetrios Pogkas (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 14d

40% of state leg races went uncontested in 2024.

@runforsomething.net is aggressively recruiting for 2026 - we can't leave a single place up for grabs.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 14d

EXCLUSIVE: The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a @reuters.com review of court dockets found.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Chart showing the decline in the number of people charged with federal drug offenses.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 15d

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Datagraver @datagraver.com · 17d

Executive orders signed, days since start Presidential term, USA, post-WWII.

Graph with count of signed executive orders per presidential term as function of days in office, for presidents since Eisenhower.
Lowest line is GW Bush 2 ending at 118.
Highest so far is Carter with 320.
But the current term for Trump (only 249 days so far) jumps out because of the steep upward curve to now already 207.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 23d

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

V-Dem data