Left of Sound

ilovecharts:

razzledazzy:

Tumblr this is a different poll on the same site. Come on guys we can fix this, it’s a disgrace. 

Vote here.

Since this screenshot, ~4,000 more for oppose and ~53,000 more for support. 

Maybe the most striking thing about this map, is being able to read some of the comments. Those that support definitely have a pretty unanimous either “human equality/love=love” or “why does it matter” type response, whereas much of the opposition seems a little more all over the place, but with an obvious religious bent. This is the part that has always baffled me—1) marriage is not inherently a religious institution and 2) there are WAY too many people on the opposition who cite “separation of church and state” as a reason to not allow gay marriage, which makes me think that THEY think the government allowing gay marriage would FORCE religious institutions to perform marriages that particular institution opposed. We can all agree this is not the case and NOBODY is actually making this argument, right? Why do so many people think such a ridiculously illogical statement? I find it very heartbreaking that there are gay people who will not be able to get married in the church to which they belong, but that’s really not what this issue has ever been, or will be, about.

notthatkindagay:

nationalpostsports:

NHL realignment
Here’s what the four new conferences look like, but they don’t have names yet. Thoughts? Chloe Cushman/National Post

Green, purple, pink, and orange. Duh. 

Some sort of realignment has definitely been in order. It never made sense to have the Red Wings playing in the Western conference with all these teams three time zones away

(via enteekaygee)

This is quite excellent!

npr:

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Want to know more? Check out our series, “Poisoned Places.”

absurdlakefront:

All Streets, The Great Lakes
Ben Fry 

All of the streets in the lower 48 United States: an image of 26 million individual road segments. No other features (such as outlines or geographic features) have been added to this image, however they emerge as roads avoid mountains, and sparse areas convey low population. This began as an example I created for a student in the fall of 2006, and I just recently got a chance to document it properly.

abcworldnews:

The Census Chart Everyone in Politics Wants to See

The nation’s shifting population will make for big changes in the next election.  Just take a look at this map showing the new makeup of congress.

Some headlines courtesy ABC’s Brian Hartman:

-The population has grown 9.7 percent, the slowest growth rate since the Great Depression.

-Gaining House seats: SC, FL, GA, TX, AZ, UT, NV, WA

-Losing seats: IL, IA, LA, MA, MI, MO, NJ, NY, OH, PA

-Texas gains the most,with four seats. There have been seven consecutive decades of gains for Texas.

-This is the very first decade in our history when the West is more populous than the Midwest.

Um…I don’t like the implications of this map.  Not at all.  New England seems to have lost a lot of seats and the states that have gained seats…well, I’m not exactly thrilled.