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Live Auction in mere minutes! Gotta Catch'em All with this fabulous and intricately detailed Illustrated Map of Kanto Place your bids at twitch.tv/desertbus #db20 #db2026

At #NACIS2026 in Milwaukee? Keep an eye out for the Fantasy Map crafting kit which will travel to social events this week. Celebrate the spirit of our keynote & field trip highlighting the work of Karen Wynn Fonstad by making your own map with fantasy stamps, antique papers, and watercolors!

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Lastly, in their enthusiasm to sell a fairytale, they really buried the degree to which I am looking for a real job. I am actively looking for a real job. Please let me know if you catch wind of any geospatial roles opening up!

This is a Wisconsin mage

We made a thing! @gusbecker.bsky.social & @martham.bsky.social and I just released a trio of resources to help you understand geospatial embeddings! Read the blog: developmentseed.org/blog/2026-10... View the mini-zine and poster: zines.developmentseed.org

hire erica, one of the smartest people in the biz.

You really, *really* don't need to optimize "what LEGO sets will a kid enjoy".

YOU NEED MORE POTATOES THIS WEATHER — Claude Atkinson (for the British Potato Marketing Board), 1930s

J'aurai beaucoup de @jimbenton.bsky.social dans cette liste, parce que j'adore son univers. Et celui-ci est marrant parce qu'il est à la fois un one-panel, et à la fois pas du tout. On touche encore à une limite de l'exercice, ici.

Taking time this afternoon to try and do some product photos of a recent map of Dupont Circle. *Man* I need to buy some house plants. #CreativeCarto

*air horn* *air horn* *air horn*

Clever use of a connected scatterplot to show rise in hot days over times for counties in the US www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Looks like heat lines radiating off a surface.

One of the best watercolor map artists out there is doing a kickstarter for a book of her work!

It's weird how, when the #UN was discussing their resolution on the #EqualEarth projection, they didn't even *consider* the Asymmetric Monstrosity, which is also equal-area. somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/a...

New on the blog: "GenAI for the Static Cartographer," in which I express my concerns about AI but then give ideas on how to use it, anyway. Features results both impressive and mediocre. somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/g...

unionize

there's a teaser trailer and everything youtube.com/watch?v=GGJSRFWALTI&feature=youtu.be

Incredible

One of the greatest discoveries at NICAR this year was this tool by Matt Stiles. Decodes REST api pages so you can actually get the data you want out of em' quick and easy.

Aside from everything else, these attempts to rename geography reveal a lack of any inspiration. Not even a feinting a reach back to some historical roots or local stories. Just angst branding.

National Hurricane Center on TS Dolly "The timing of the use of the name Dolly for this storm is purely coincidental. "

...and there she is

Given the way everyone responds rationally to everything, this could cause *actual* public outrage in the next week! (The next name on the Atlantic hurricane list is...Dolly.)

Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet? Here ya go...

hard to lose such a foundational thing. Dolly's voice is one of my earliest memories, and I know i'm going heavy on Trio here but that was my way in. I loved how their voices paired with each other, how they were so strong individually and became something new together youtu.be/yn55-xvyBh0?...

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

Here's the whole thing. I hope you'll read it. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

What have the National Guard soldiers in D.C. been doing? They chased down a man who took two slices of pizza after trying to pay only $2 for them. They arrested a man who stole Slim Jims worth $7 from a pharmacy. In July, six soldiers held a woman who drank a bottle of root beer without paying.

"Free disk space available is 73.34 GB, whereas 210.35 TB are likely at least (probably more) necessary." Well. Not going down that road.

and from @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @moriartymaps.com and me: www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

finally david ellison has a platform

Happy #LetterboxdFriday