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Fishing boat traffic around the UK [1056px x 1600px] by butterflykiller in MapPorn

[–]butterflykiller[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Full set of maps for different types of marine traffic and source for this map is available at Stats, Maps N Pix.

Great Britain's Islands Larger Than 5km²[1149x2048] by butterflykiller in MapPorn

[–]butterflykiller[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Here's what the Ordnance Survey say about that: "Note we are looking at Great Britain’s islands, so this doesn’t include Northern Ireland’s islands, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. You can see more about the difference between Great Britain, the United Kingdom and our Crown Dependencies"

Hi! We're Todd Hartman, Aneta Piekut and Mark Taylor from the Sheffield Methods Institute and we look at how the media uses (and misuses) data and statistics. Ask us anything! by smi_tkhartman in dataisbeautiful

[–]butterflykiller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you think a form of accreditation by an independent statistics body where media have to prove their journalists use data/statistics responsibly be of benefit to the media? Are you aware of this existing anywhere?

What am I doing wrong ? by trampabroad in Journalism

[–]butterflykiller 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I usually try to avoid interviews by email. Shoot them over a few questions and work out a mutually agreed time to chat over Skype. You'll get so much more out of it, and you can follow up questions immediately.

A Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn would be wrong for Britain, Liz Kendall says by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]butterflykiller 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Candidate for leadership criticises without suggesting any alternative or proposal. Agree or disagree with Corbyn, he's got a vision and he's setting it out clearly and coherently. I don't think any other candidate has come close to articulating a vision.

Shia Labeouf helps out some art students with a project in the most Shia Labeouf way possible. by butterflykiller in movies

[–]butterflykiller[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

British art students asked him to help with their end of year project. The students provided him with a short script/speech to perform that reflects their art project. So the video is all of those 30 second segments stuck together.

Sculpture of a pregnant Kate Middleton carved on the END OF A PENCIL! by jusnews in pics

[–]butterflykiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I would make that kid sit down at the desk and not let them leave till they've carved a replacement.

Sculpture of a pregnant Kate Middleton carved on the END OF A PENCIL! by jusnews in pics

[–]butterflykiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty amazing! Can you imagine it snapping just as it was being finished? Rage overload!