Today I learned about holocaustgeographies.org

ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.

Make Art (1/4)

The Russian army is bogged down in the steppes of Ukraine under the cold weather of -20C. Great news if you ask me. Russia faces an increasing problem of replenishing casualties, Great article in @financialtimes.com at www.ft.com/content/ce74...

cute: doubling chart-increasing emoji in emoji kitchen breaks the frame

happy colors for VizChitra by @chartwaali.bsky.social & co

I saw this painting for the first time at Somerset House (Zak Ové's Get Up, Stand Up show) and it stuck with me. The Cotton Bowl, 2011 Hank Willis Thomas 🖼🎨

When was the last time a new map really sparked joy in your life? www.chartography.net/p/this-map-i...

Here are some more pages... 🥰

Another example of a basic, amateurish chart going viral because it makes a point really well. I wonder if it would be more or even as popular if it was polished. Honest question.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

When was the last time a new map really sparked joy in your life? www.chartography.net/p/this-map-i...

cartographic inspiration from China coming to chartography.net soon

cartographic inspiration from China coming to chartography.net soon

And anyone, regardless of their experience or background, can schedule a visit to see virtually anything in the Archive. Like all special collections libraries with open access, we exist not just to preserve rare things, but to share them: letterformarchive.org/visit/resear...

cute little islands

I'm have a hard time keeping up with @attilabatorfy.bsky.social

When animals like hedgehogs, pangolins and potato bugs (AKA rolly pollies or sow bugs) curl up into a defensive little ball it's called "Conglobation." Because they roll up into a cute little globe. In related news, here's an Armadillo Projection map: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadil...

Next week I'm teaching data graphics to Stanford d-school students using rare works from David Rumsey Map Center collection. Here's what we'll have in the room. www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...

"In a camp such as this, one draws one's menials from a small and brackish pool."—E.B. Farnum www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...

The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...

There's some poor-understanding of history parallel between Rome's road network being turned against it and America's Internet.

I sold an original hand-made artwork today. There's now a handful of my hand-typed elevation maps in private and institutional collections. Message me if you want in on this particular flavor of cartographic excellence. Serious inquiries only!—These are not easy to make.

Panoramic View of the Mesa Verde National Park by John H. Renshawe (USGS, 1914) www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...

I made some maps to help @climate.us explain how we’re still getting winter storms — sometimes big ones! — despite Global Warming. www.climate.us/news-and-fea...

baby's first local vision-language model

This is neat. SatVu is using their high-resolution thermal infrared satellite imagery to monitor data center activity. www.satellitevu.com/news/satvu-r... 🛰️🔥

Who do I know heading to CODEX 📚 this weekend? www.codexfoundation.org

Climbing Taipei 101 free-solo is impossible for you and me. The guy who did it (Alex Honnold) free-solo-ed El Capitan (twice as high). An insane athlete!

Very snappy! I think I'm going to start with this course: Adobe Illustrator for Visualization Design by Hiram Henriquez

MAPS FOR KIDS in the wild! Get yours (and show me how they're hung!): visionarypress.com

I will be blasting this from my cargo bicycle today. Loud.

alright that's enough bluesky for today, time to log off

In 2024, Saudi frozen avocado hit $6.02/kg. dir.tridge.com/prices/froze...

rolling my own digital archive

Dave Matthews and Tim Ryenolds playing Neil Young’s Ohio last night and ends with some Rage Against the Machine.

There's about 300 of first-printings still available. Still only $39. Shipping worldwide. visionarypress.com/products/inf...

“It has been held that the world is governed by numbers; be that as it may, this I know that numbers teach us whether the world is well or ill governed.”—Goethe

Nick's students are so lucky. 😁

ICE

We can map that!

This is apparently sold out. Looking into how to increase capacity….

my talk for the Florence Nightingale museum is this Thursday It's called GOD'S REVENGE UPON MURDER and it's about fighting for progress w/ diagrams. Zoom-in or join the watch party in London 🎟️ free, but donations to museum appreciated: www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/free-zoom-go...

it's critical we keep creating beautiful things right now

And we are in business! Syllabus done and printing minicomics for each student for superhero class! I’ll share in a day or 2 when I catch my breath… (also, brought my boy with me to print on a Sunday night - I’m a kid again going with my dad to make copies at school late night - a good feeling)

Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the roadway drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians. Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!

I’m really proud of this one—maybe the most thrilling graphic I’ve ever created. Lots of new respect for cartographers. www.chartography.net/p/the-stereo...

“From one perspective, the story isn’t about the ridges. It’s about that Depression/WW2/immigrant-exclusion valley. That valley contrasts surrounding terrain to make them look like booms. That valley echoes forward with a smaller Gen-X population.”

I've been cooking. Bon appétit! www.chartography.net/p/the-stereo...

A connected ternary plot in the wild!