The Best Sites That Show Statistics By Reducing The World & The U.S. To 100 People. Reducing statistics to “if _________ were 100 people, then __________” can make them very accessible, engaging, and thought-provoking.
For example, there’s the well-known “If Twitter Was 100 People” infographic. There are also several sites that use “gimmick” to illustrate much more important data about the world around us. The Amazing DIY Barricades Of The Turkish Protests. In Taksim square, citizen barricades have sent a powerful message of resistance to the government: Stop brutalizing us.
In much of the world, barricades are associated with law and order--even if people complain that police use them to restrain their freedom beyond what is reasonable. But for the past two weeks, parts of Istanbul and other Turkish cities have more resembled a scene out of Les Miserables and the series of French uprisings of the 19th century than the cityscape of a modern country which proclaims itself an example of stability and democracy in the region.
The citizen barricades popped up after a police onslaught on peaceful demonstrations that has resulted in at least four deaths and some 5,000 injuries countrywide. The main police strategy so far has been to wash the protesters away with powerful water cannons mounted on heavy vehicles known as TOMA (this video shows a TOMA attack on a man in a wheelchair) and to douse the area heavily with tear gas simultaneously. Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian.
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