Thread by @conradhackett

Here's a thread of the most popular tweets I shared in 2018

We worry about the wrong things. Exhibit A: #SharkWeek

People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000

How confidence in America's president changed from Obama to Trump
Germany 76🔻points
Sweden 76🔻
France 75🔻
Netherland 73🔻
Spain 68🔻
Canada 58🔻
Australia 52🔻
UK 51🔻
Japan 48🔻
Brazil 47🔻
S Korea 44🔻
Mexico 43🔻
Italy 41🔻

Israel 20🔺 pts
pewglobal.org/2018/10/01/app…

Watch the income distribution in America change

Half of all Americans live in the red counties, half live in the orange counties

Share of kids *not* learning a foreign language in school

US 80%

Germany 18%
Italy 18%
Finland 16%
Sweden 8%
Spain 4%
Poland 2%
France 0%
Austria 0%
Norway 0%
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018…

The devastating spread of opioid overdose deaths

Always remember: When Harvard, Yale & Princeton didn't top early US News #BestColleges rankings, the statistician was replaced & algorithm adjusted.
washingtonmonthly.com/2000/09/01/pla…

Never married 21-36 year olds

In 1965: 17%
In 2017: 57%

pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018…

Where nobody in the UK lives
map by @georgia_corr

Workers working 60+ hours a week in one job
🇹🇷 Turkey 23%
🇰🇷 S Korea 23%

🇮🇩 Indonesia 14%
🇮🇳 India 14%
🇬🇷 Greece 11%
🇯🇵 Japan 9%
🇨🇳 China 6%
🇬🇧 UK 5%
🇫🇷 France 5%
🇧🇷 Brazil 4%
🇷🇺 Russia 4%
🇪🇸 Spain 4%
🇺🇸 US 4%
🇩🇪 Germany 3%
🇸🇪 Sweden 2%

Los Angeles county is home to more people than each of these 41 states

Trickle down: Income growth in America from 1980 to 2014

Top .001%: 616% growth
Top .01%: 423% growth
Top .1%: 298% growth
Top 1%: 194% growth
Top 10%: 113% growth

Bottom 20% 4% growth
washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…

Best for women's well-being
1 🇮🇸Iceland
5 🇪🇸Spain
10 🇸🇬Singapore
12 🇬🇧UK
17 🇦🇺Australia
21 🇫🇷France
22 🇺🇸US
23 🇪🇪Estonia
27 🇰🇷S Korea
32 🇮🇹Italy
51 🇿🇦S Africa
87 🇨🇳China
99 🇸🇦Saudi
105 🇹🇷Turkey
131 🇮🇳India
152 🇸🇾Syria
washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-ca…

2018: Have no confidence in Trump
Spain 93%
Mexico 91%
France 90%
Germany 90%
Greece 83%
Sweden 82%
Brazil 78%
Tunisia 76%
UK 70%
Russia 69%
Japan 66%
Australia 66%
Hungary 60%
Poland 56%
Israel 31%
pewglobal.org/2018/10/01/tru…

This map shows travel time from London in 1881

Nation of immigrants

How gerrymandering can change election outcomes, in one chart
washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog…

% who say religion is very important
China 3%
UK 10%
Japan 10%
Sweden 10%
France 11%
Russia 16%
Australia 18%
Spain 22%
Canada 27%
Mexico 45%
US 53%
Greece 56%
Turkey 68%
Brazil 72%
Egypt 72%
S Africa 75%
India 80%
Nigeria 88%
Honduras 90%
Indonesia 93%
Ethiopia 98%

In a classic experiment, 12 articles were resubmitted to the same journals in which they had already been published. Three were recognized as resubmissions. Eight of the nine articles reviewed again were rejected, often due to "serious methodological flaws."

Best countries to be a working woman, according to @TheEconomist
1 Sweden
2 Norway
3 Iceland
4 Finland
5 France
6 Denmark
7 Poland
10 Canada
12 NZ
14 Israel
15 Spain
16 Australia
19 US
20 Germany
25 UK
27 Turkey
28 Japan
economist.com/blogs/graphicd…

Where nobody in the US lives
map by @nikfrrr

US adults with post-secondary degrees
Hindus 96%
Jews 75%
Muslims 54%
Buddhists 53%
Unaff 44%
Christians 36%
pewforum.org/2016/12/13/rel…

In America, there have been 381 school shootings since 2013
everytownresearch.org/school-shootin…

Democracy Index
1 Norway
2 Iceland
6 Canada
8 Australia
13 Germany
14 UK
16 Mauritius
17 Malta
18 Uruguay

21 US (categorized as "flawed democracy")
29 France
30 Israel
42 India
49 Brazil
135 Russia
139 China
150 Iran
167 N Korea
eiu.com/topic/democrac…

Happiness rank
1 Finland
2 Norway
7 Canada
10 Australia
11 Israel
15 Germany
18 US
19 UK
20 UAE
23 France
24 Mexico
28 Brazil
33 Saudi
36 Spain
54 Japan
59 Russia
74 Turkey
86 China
97 Bhutan
105 S Africa
122 Egypt
133 India
150 Syria
152 Yemen

(2018 World Happiness Report)

Murders in Brazil = Murders in all blue countries combined
metrocosm.com/homicides-braz…

Years of a US shooting incident leaving 10 or more dead
1984
1986
1990
1991
1999
2005
2007
2009, 2009
2012, 2012
2013
2015
2016
2017, 2017
2018, 2018, 2018, 2018
washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…

Median household net worth in America:
◻️White, no high school diploma: $82,968
◼️Black, *college degree* : $70,219
socialequity.duke.edu/sites/socialeq…

Rule of law rank
1 Denmark
2 Norway
6 Germany
9 Canada
11 UK
14 Japan
18 France
19 US
23 Spain
31 Italy
44 S Africa
52 Brazil
62 India
75 China
80 Iran
89 Russia
92 Mexico
101 Turkey
110 Egypt
worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/…

2018 Press freedom rank
1 Norway
15 Germany
18 Canada
40 UK
🇺🇸 45 US
102 Brazil
124 Indonesia
138 India
147 Mexico
148 Russia
157 Turkey
161 Egypt
164 Iran
169 Saudi
176 China
180 N Korea
rsf.org/en/ranking/2018

A mass shooting (4 or more people shot in 1 incident, not including shooter) happens 9 out of 10 days in America
theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

This chart shows how confidence in the US president has changed during the Bush, Obama and Trump eras in key EU countries

When women acquired the vote
1893 New Zealand
1902 Australia
1913 Norway
1918 Britain
1920 US
1944 France

2005 Kuwait
2006 UAE
2011 Saudi Arabia

Average wages after taxes
Switzerland $58,864
Iceland $45,390
Korea $44,892
Australia $41,655
UK $41,608
Japan $41,139
Norway $40,834
US $39,211
howmuch.net/articles/money…

Change in favorable views of US from end of Obama era to current Trump era
Mexico 🔻34 points
Netherlands 🔻31
Germany 🔻27
Canada 🔻26
Sweden 🔻25
France 🔻25
Italy🔻 20
Indonesia 🔻20
Brazil 🔻18
Spain 🔻17
UK 🔻11
Argentina 🔻11
Australia 🔻6

Kenya 🔺7
Russia 🔺 11 pts

America the outlier

Where nobody in Canada lives
map by Michael Chung

View their culture as superior
Greece 89%
Russia 69%
Norway 58%
Poland 55%
Finland 49%
UK 46%
Germany 45%
France 36%
Spain 20%

Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either "I wish I had" or "I'm glad I did."
qz.com/1010901/the-da…