Dr. Mark Steinacher

Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star

Draw a circle 4,000km circle around Yuxi, China, and you capture over half of humanity. The area has long been home to fertile river plains, monsoon rains. Intensive farming sustained dense populations here for millennia. Today’s megacities were built on that foundation. Source: buff.ly/9kffaNN

Sarah Pye (UK) "Autumn Dawn" 2019. acrylic on canvas. #Impressionism

Fun Political Fact: When Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock was born Georgia’s Senator was an arch segregationist. Now he sits in that seat. More Political Historical Facts That Sound Fake But Are True: brilliantmaps.com/what-hist...

The maximum possible size of PDF file could in theory cover an area of 56,045 sq miles or 145,161 km. This is an area slightly larger than New York state or Greece. Or the same as the area of Europe shown below: brilliantmaps.com/max-pdf-s...

The Main Roads Of The Roman Empire & Nothing Else Article: fleetlogging.com/roman-empi...

“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March

I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Beaver Holly Cheverie ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

Share Of The World Population In Each Quadrant Which one do you live in? Fun fact, I live in the North-East but go to work each day in the North-West Equator vs Prime Meridian: brilliantmaps.com/share-of-...

What happened to ISIS territory in Syria?

The US Economy Split In Two: The Orange & Blue Areas Each Contribute 50% of America’s GDP Surprised? Learn more: brilliantmaps.com/50-50-usd...

Map Showing Obesity Rate By Country In 2022 Full numbers by country: brilliantmaps.com/obesity-r...

THIS IS PERFECT!!!!! #JiltedByJustin #DonaldJPoilievre

25 Largest Cities In The Americas By Population (Residing Within City Limits) Surprised New York is only #4 credit: brasilemmapas Full list: brilliantmaps.com/25-larges...

Wheat vs Rice Consumption In India By State credit: India in Pixels Why: brilliantmaps.com/wheat-vs-...

Logged Over Country Emily Carr 1935

World Map Showing The Spread Of Islam From 622-1700 brilliantmaps.com/spread-of...

The Appalachian Mountains, Atlas Mountains, Scottish Highlands and Scandinavian Mountains Were All Once Part Of The Same “Central Pangean Mountain Range” More about it: brilliantmaps.com/central-p...

The Protestant Reformation In Europe At Its Peak (1545-1620) More about it: brilliantmaps.com/protestan...

Canada’s Smallest Province (Blue) Has 36,000 More Living On It Than Its 3 Territories Combined (Red) More about them: brilliantmaps.com/pei-vs-te...

Opulent October Tom Thomson 1915-16

October, Ottawa Valley (Storm Como) Sarah Robertson c. 1937

The 26 Largest Islands In The World Compared More about them: brilliantmaps.com/largest-i...

St. Sauveur des Monts, Quebec Anne Savage 1937

This map divides Canada into four equally populated regions. Source: buff.ly/VpmZKji

Self Portrait, 1725, by #GiuliaLama (Italian, 1681-1747), who was born #otd, Oct 1. Held at the Uffizi Galleries; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gi... #womenartists #artherstory

Minority Languages in France brilliantmaps.com/minority-...

I applaud @civixplorer for this delightful little bit of flag nonsense.

Met a Canadian Pastor in a Zoom meeting who said, “Someone from my church just quoted your book this Sunday. We’re doing a book club to study it together.” Words that were once deep in my heart are now taking a life of their own. Deeply humbling and slightly terrifying!

Population Density Represented As Elevation brilliantmaps.com/density-e...

Locations of Japanese Attacks On Australia During World War 2 More about them: brilliantmaps.com/japanese-...

Manhattan Today Has 600k Fewer People Living On It Than It Did In 1910 More about why: brilliantmaps.com/manhattan...

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

Europeans: “I’m Visiting The United States” The States:   See the reverse for American's visiting Europe: brilliantmaps.com/visiting-...

New IT Support Service Activated If your Wi-Fi drops out, don’t panic… I’ve upgraded my job role to Senior Network Pawministrator. All tangled cables will be inspected, all suspicious blinking lights monitored, and all routers guarded from mice. *adds to Résumé………

Autumn's Garland Tom Thomson 1915-16

About 35% of all US American adults (aged 25+) have at least a Bachelor's degree. In some states the figure is closer to 50%. A college degree costs more than in the past while setting you less apart. Map by @hdk_maps.

Temagami Mary Wrinch n.d.

Autumn Prelude Frederick Varley 1938

Algoma Franz Johnston 1916

Number of School Shooting Incidents Between US & Europe From 1966 to 2025 Full data: brilliantmaps.com/school-sh...

View of Bedford Basin Arthur Lismer 1916

Women's rights in 1923 vs 2023 Full timeline: brilliantmaps.com/emancipat...

I am sure I have heard a fourth term for this at some point in the distant past...but I cannot recall it. "Rotary" I learned in 2005, while renting a car at Boston's Logan Airport.

Average European Internet Speed By Country In 2024  businessfibre.co.uk/europe-...

What Country Is Across From You, If You're On A Beach In Britain or Ireland Full list: brilliantmaps.com/what-coun...

Chile is so long that it could serve as a bridge between Canada and Spain More comparisons: brilliantmaps.com/chile-long/

Early in the pandemic I spent 2 terrible weeks in isolation, unable to breathe or walk across the room. Expecting my temp. to spike, & knowing that then I'd have to go to the hospital. Worrying I was dying. In the middle of this anti-vax bullshit, I thought it was worth saying what it felt like: