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Category Archives: Infographic

Friday Fun Link – Dollar Street and GapMinder’s Four Income Levels

Dollar Street, from the GapMinder Foundation, uses a well-designed interface to help counter misconceptions about different income levels in the world. Their main point is that people don’t uniformly live in “poor” or “rich” countries like most of us tend to think but that people actually share similar lifestyles, items that they own, and things they […]

Posted 19 October 2018 § Canada § Family § Jobs § News § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Retro Friday Fun Link – The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain

This article should be mandatory reading before someone is allowed to use the Internet!

Posted 10 August 2018 § Internet § List § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Myth America

(h/t to JB on FB)

Posted 09 May 2018 § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Public Service Announcement: Free Speech

As a massive believer in free speech, I love this XKCD comic! You absolutely have the right to say whatever you want (short of the illegal types of speech – hate speech and obscenity or shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre.) But you also have to accept that whatever you say might be criticized, questioned […]

Posted 21 January 2018 § Censorship § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Mapping NHL Standings Over An Entire Season

With the Flames in the midst of a multi-game winning streak that’s put them back in a playoff spot, I wanted to highlight this site which is pretty cool for showing how a team’s fortunes ebb and flow over the course of a season.

Posted 12 January 2018 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Merriam-Webster “Time Traveller” Tells You What Words Were Coined The Year You Were Born

…or any year you enter for that matter.  (h/t to library school colleague, ML)

Posted 05 January 2018 § FridayFunLink § Internet § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

New Trump Poll Out Today

Posted 03 October 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Too Bad We Need This Reminder in 2017

(via Reddit)

Posted 15 August 2017 § Meme § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Dates of When Various Countries Adopted Universal Healthcare and When They Gave It Up As A Total Disaster

Posted 01 August 2017 § Canada § News § Politics § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Every Library and Museum in America Mapped

17,000 libraries vs. 14,000 McDonald’s – forget “Value Meals”, sometimes the stats show what society really values. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 28 July 2017 § FridayFunLink § Library § List § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,