Archive for June, 2010
Map: Uranium Storage
In: Science
2 Jun 2010Amounts and contributions towards a solution.
Facebook’s Changing Privacy Policies
In: Internet/tech
2 Jun 2010An interactive timeline from the Financial Times.
BP’s Safety Record
2 Jun 2010Last night’s Daily Show had a great bit about “egregious, willful safety violations” by BP, compared to only 19 by other companies. (starts around minute 9)
Looking around for the original data brought us the below. Note: this is for refineries, not offshore drilling sites:
Maps: Iraq and Afghanistan Casualties
In: Interactive Maps Politics
1 Jun 2010An extremely well designed dual-map interface that shows individual casualties – where they lived and where they were killed. Clicking on any dot brings up a photo and detailed information about the person. You can view coalition deaths by scrolling the map to those countries. There’s even a place to leave notes about each person. (via)
Increasingly Awesome Volcano Names
1 Jun 2010Ok, this one is pretty stupid, but I really admire the art transitions in the sky.
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