The history of the Southern Black Belt. Also, dinosaurs.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

2008 Presidential electoral map, by county:



These areas have predominantly black populations, who tend to vote Democratic. But
why are black people living there in that weird line and not spread out?





Ah, that's where the cotton was farmed, and as slavery and then sharecropping ended, the people
mostly stayed. But why was the cotton farmed mostly there instead of other places?





Ah, 65 million years ago the sea levels were much higher, and plant and animal life flourished on the
then-coast, and as they lived and died their bodies fertilized the soil in that weird line.

Science!

Image searched "cleared of rape by DNA". Anyone else notice a pattern going on here?
- Ally Fogg (@AllyFogg) September 2, 2014

Comments

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Are you taking a class or something? ;)

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

I'm just a caveman.

[oslo.livejournal.com]

Not in the strict sense, no.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

That first article was fascinating, Thanks!

[chron-job.livejournal.com]

If you're interested in Demographic clustering and the effects thereof, did I ever manage to trick you into reading...

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jowei/florida.pdf

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of another map. The NY Times breakdown of how the country voted compared with 2004. The redder the area, the more people shifted towards republicans. The bluer the area, the more people shifted toward the Democrats.



That blue area below the rash always bugged me: some at the time assumed it was the Poverty Line. Your explanation is good!

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

It's like looking in a mirror!

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. Sorta related:

http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2014/09/stonehenge_mystery_solved_did_the_monument_used_to_be_a_full_circle_video.html