Martin Ruskov @mapto@qoto.org

Be like Mister Rogers. It's good for your health.

Studies suggest that cultivating better relationships with the people who live nearby is crucial for your happiness.
https://t.co/oxw4xxXyMP

NEW RESEARCH: Emissions from the motor sector could have fallen by more than 30% between 2010 and 2022 if vehicles had stayed the same size.

SUVs now represent the largest share of the new car market (51%).

Report by Global Fuel Economy Initiative 👇

www.globalfueleconomy.org/blog/2023/no...

New blog post! Our author @lisacmuth shares tricks on how to create more useful, less confusing color legends for your charts and maps. Also included: A big, annotated collection of smart color keys.

Read her article here: https://blog.datawrapper.de/color-keys-for-data-visualizations

How do overall life satisfaction scores compare across EU countries?
Below is an analysis of 2022 data from Eurostat.

The countries are sorted by the highest overall life satisfaction score reported by the 75+ age group.

See the interactive version to change the sort order: https://tabsoft.co/46kViSI

I enjoyed this post from @simon on figuring out how a news article in sourced

https://simonwillison.net/2023/Nov/22/deciphering-clues/

I looked up a hardware problem with kid's laptop yesterday and AI-generated "content" is already grit in the gears of the online world. 🤨

https://mastodonbooks.net/@mutinyc/111451099936827522
@mutinyc - I think folks need to understand that within a number of years, AI-generated "content" will be the microplastic of our online ecosystem.

This week marks the 54th anniversary of the occupation of Alcatraz Island, a 19-month-long protest during which Indigenous people and their supporters demanded that the U.S. honor longstanding agreements with tribes. https://t.co/RF6L1TYrXV

John Heilbron, who has died aged 89, established the history of science as a professional discipline. By getting the history right, he sought to slay enduring myths created by his predecessors, some of which had become embedded in popular culture. R.I.P. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/21/john-heilbron-obituary

EFF's latest report shows that many of the internet's ills have one thing in common: they're based on the business model of widespread corporate surveillance online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/address-online-harms-we-must-first-do-privacy

"Going anywhere for the holidays?"
"Yes, upstate."
"Plane or car?"
"Oh Jesus no! Train."
"How long will that take?"
"9 hours. But my vacation starts when I get on the train, not when I get off the plane. It's much less stressful."
"You know... I can see that..."

Folks, I may have a made a convert today. Let's be real. Driving is work, and flying is torture. A train ride, might seem "long" but did you count all the time you spend getting to the airport, the security checks? The silly rules?

The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers it had as of 2005 by the end of next year — rather than in 2025, as originally predicted.
https://t.co/GJN0qmBbPL

Restoring forests can boost global carbon capture, major study finds https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/restoring-forests-can-boost-global-carbon-capture-major-study-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon