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Things that seem to go unnoticed #251

The weekdays aren't named after gods, but after the planets. The full planetary naming scheme is first attested in graffiti at Pompeii.

(English weekday names have the same pattern, but with localised versions of Germanic names: e.g. Venus > Frigg > Friday)

@MoralCompass@toad.social GOP, may be it had something to do with who won.

I added the excellent diamond open access journal @weareseismica to Wikidata last night: wikidata.org/wiki/Q130628656

yay for Seismica. Great journal!

#OpenAccess #Wikidata

🔴 🇬🇧 British people see immigration as a major concern for the country, but not in their own lives

"Immigration stands out for having the largest difference between national and personal concerns. 32% see it as a top issue for Britain, but only 4% feel it is one of the most important issues they face personally."

🔗 ourworldindata.org/data-insigh

🔴 🎥 A banana on a wall is being sold for $1m at auction

The Italian artist behind the art is Maurizio Cattelan, who says his work is “not a joke” - it's about “how we value objects and how they move through the world".

length: fifty six seconds.

🔗 youtu.be/vnjJX0IJSi0

@number6 @bookstodon @ai

I have not been able to find out which books are in the offering.

🔴 🗺️ Is It a Map?! – Unusual Graphics in the Geography and Map Division

"Sometimes in our collection of 6 million maps, I run across an item that is so unusual that it makes me stop and ask myself, “is this really a map?” When one thinks of a map, the most typical response is to think of something that shows the land or sea that depicts such things as cities, roads, and natural features. However, another definition as given by the Merriam Webster dictionary is “a diagram or other visual representation that shows the relative position of the parts of something.”

🔗 blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/11/is-

@geography

🔴 🇺🇸 Glad to see that all the concerns over election integrity and voter fraud did not materialise in respect to this year's presidential election.

@zleap @science @climatechange

I do not know how this this story will play out in the end. From past experience I do not know whether to be optimistic or pessimistic, humans do not always do what is in their or their families best interests.

@zleap @science @climatechange

For some the need to tackle the climate situation is not dire as they can they can insulate themselves from its effects by wealth. If that fails, then there is always the prospect of a quick space hop over to Mars to start a new colonisation project.

🔴 Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences

"The macroeconomic consequences of fertility decline and low fertility are manifold. Many predominantly affect the supply side of the economy (e.g., labor shortages), and some predominantly affect the demand side (e.g., reductions in consumption expenditure growth and the associated repercussions on investment)."

Bloom, D.E., Kuhn, M. and Prettner, K. (2024) 'Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and consequences,' Annual Review of Economics. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-econom.

@economics

🔴 🎥 AI can't cross this line and we don't know why.

length: twenty four minutes and six seconds.

🔗 youtu.be/5eqRuVp65eY

@ai

🔴 Manufacturing accounts for a relatively small and declining share of total employment in rich countries

"Across all countries, manufacturing employment has declined. In the US, it fell from 13% in 2000 to just below 10% in 2022. Even in Germany, where it is the highest among this group, manufacturing is now down to less than 20%."

🔗 ourworldindata.org/data-insigh

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