there's a map going around that's just shitty ai engagement bait and that somehow feels worse than just regular shitty ai

doing what I do best (packing a lunch and then eating it at 9:30 in the morning)

the only notification I want to receive

HEY YOU GUYS. By @jakesteinberg.com from @beltpublishing.bsky.social. Cover by @downpourdw.bsky.social

I'll be talking about the "50 Maps" series on June 7 -- if you can make it to Chicago and like books, come see me and whole bunch of other cool folks!

yesterday in stop & shop i looked the robot in the camera hole and whispered "i'll fucking kill you," do you think it noticed

@buffalomaps.bsky.social L F G www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYqz...

Benson wants to be booed in 31 arenas love a guy with a goal

okay yes that wasn't ideal but the whole arena sang O Canada together when the singers mic died and that was pretty cool

we've got to move these refrigerators

The Alliance of Freelance Cartographers needs your help! By taking our short annual survey, you strengthen your #cartography community. This survey is for anyone (globally) who did any amount of freelance mapping last year (even a little). forms.gle/Em7sULniXUMv... Please help spread this widely!

women of a certain age (mine) doing a lot of chad michael murray noticing tonight

For years both the Nats and Phillies had their dollar hot dog nights sponsored by the same company based in PA and there was always had *one* more dollar hot dog night in Philadelphia than DC. I don't really know what the conspiracy is here but it was definitely deliberate.

I have so much work to do today but there's a huge boat out on the lake how am I supposed to get anything done under these conditions??? The boat's name is CLYDE S. VANENKEVORT for christs sake

falling asleep to the sweet sounds of HONK HONK HONKHONKHONK and assorted woos outside our windows tonight

let's go buffalo

We watched Michael Clayton tonight and I can't stop thinking about it. What a film. He's carrying seventeen baguettes. Seventeen!

ARCHITECTURE MODERNE Remake du dinosaure d'une pub de l'Union nationale des Fédérations d'Organismes d'HLM en 1987, jadis première campagne nationale de communication des HLM.

"we are going for all humanity" 🥲

Saw both "No ICE, No Kings, No Ranch On Wings" and "No ICE, No Kings, No Goal" on signs today because Buffalo is, above all else, extremely Buffalo.

New tutorial post on the blog: "Urban Relativity," discussing my method for comparing city populations with their surroundings, which I sometimes use to help decide which cities to show on a map, and which to leave off. somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/u...

is it just me or is UCLA's logo not centered? is it supposed to be like that?

Billikens have a giant in swim goggles who moves like it's his first day in a human suit and somehow he is REALLY GOOD at basketball???

People wearing yellow cheering "Let's go blue!" for a team wearing white. I have much to learn.

I have a joke about geography...it's around here somewhere...

Genuinely one of the most compelling youtube videos I've seen in ages. youtu.be/6HgD3v1ASP4?...

HAYLEY SCAMURRA at the Sabres game

well which is it

I was checking in on TD Nuri and feel it is my duty to inform you that the Japan Meteorological Agency has a cute little guy who runs across the screen as the page loads. www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.ht...

great mail day (@alexandragallant.com)

what's your sign?

At a craft beer fest, discussing our favorite off brand antacids....I'm 40 all right.

Rian Johnson's The Westing Game

Can't believe the previous resident didn't update her address with Cranky Gut? magazine.

Taylor and I are definitely in the top 1% of people talking about The Adventures of Brisco County Jr (but by reading this skeet you are probably in the top 10%)

romance is alive

Someone on reddit noted that Franjo von Allmen's wiki photo is like a cryptid sighting and well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franjo_...

nbc just cut into an ice dance performance to air a commercial but not even a full commercial just like five seconds of one....what I didn't want to see the ad to be clear this was just like, they fucked up fucking up.

when you have to keep insisting it's the normal hill...what are you trying to hide

I've been following women's ski jumping/flying since 2019 so I feel qualified to say: I hope they all tie for gold.

Wrote a little thing about work my class is doing this semester in a historically Black cemetery in town. Yet major map providers don't even show the cemetery space on their maps. Our work is trying to fill that cartographic void. www.communitymappinglab.org/blog/the-abs...

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

scene report: every dog in Barcelona is exactly the same size

time for the traditional post-flight dissection of the insane movie choices of the guy a row ahead of us

just want to make sure we all saw this

wanted to celebrate some third tier regional cuisine for Bills v Jags so we're making stuffed banana pepper Lubis

now this is how you do a headshot

I can't believe Simon Ammann is still competing!!! Matt Prater of ski jumping I love him.

Resetting my decade-dormant Letterboxd account and there are movies on here that I don't remember seeing or that they exist at all. Like what the hell was PAUL and why did I give it three and a half stars?