Now that's a map! www.space.com/astronomy/sc...

Well it's Friday evening and feels like a good time for a little pirate sea shanty... youtu.be/CqWGgCicfxo?...

Another of Dex's wonderful typographical maps, playing off the tube map this time. Find out more: abduzeedo.com/typographic-...

Hostile Aerial Activity Map, British Third Army, 30 April-9 May 1918. #WW1 #OTD Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

The driest of dry in one of the driest deserts on earth suddenly turned green and alive as irregular rains fall across the desert and the outback. The spectacular scenery of a green and wet desert: youtu.be/Ce34-q-s5_4?...

Reasonably pleased with this effort on www.maptap.gg April 29 96🔥 100🎯 99🎯 99🎯 98🔥 Final score: 985

Always pleasing to see major infrastructure projects actually move ahead in Tassie, especially when they address Hobart's traffic issues. If only the Northern Suburbs light rail had also proceeded. www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/fe...

Noooo. An increasing number of incidents where people have found themselves in serious trouble—or worse—due to over-reliance on digital mapping, and no map and compass back-up, shows we need access to paper maps as much as we ever did. This is sad news indeed. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

The persistence of sunlight. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26042...

We once learned to read paper maps as a basic survival skill—especially in places like Tasmania, where map & compass were essential in the dense wilderness. Now, society's heavy reliance on digital maps is eroding those skills, with potentially tragic consequences. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

We’re very sorry sir but you cannot bring your emotional support dragon in here.

This is getting out of hand

After reviewing recent developments in the Strait of Hormuz and considering all available information, I see this as the most likely scenario playing out in the next month

It may be seen by some as rail nerdery (I know it is), but the new Sweden-Finland rail connection allows a journey from Kolari in Finland to Lagos, Portugal, now the longest journey possible in the EU. May a new golden age of European rail be upon us! www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...

A fascinating read! Spain’s infrastructure operator jump-started high-speed competition, and passenger numbers have increased by up to 68% since 2019.

Wow. 🚀👨‍🚀📸🌑🌍 futurism.com/space/photos...

View of Planet Earth from Artemis II...

@raspberrypi.com pllllleeeeaaaase tell me this is going to be commercially produced!! www.raspberrypi.com/news/beige-i...

Now we're talking!

You're in a rural pub. It's cold, dark and windy outside. The fire is crackling in a warm corner, and your train is delayed by leaves on the line. Your move.

A simple celebratory post about completing my PhD went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how I managed the backlash and used the attention to promote my research, says Juliet Turner go.nature.com/4dx4ESq

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 13,000 ostraca, or inscribed fragments of pottery. The oldest are, naturally, tax receipts. Others record temple activities, delivery orders, and a few more whimsical scribbles … archaeology.org/news/2026/03/16/thousands-of-ostracons-unearthed-in-egypt/

Indeed. GenAI can produce history-shaped objects, but it simply cannot and never could do *history*, no more than I could send a robot to the gym and hope to be selected for the All Blacks. As R.G. Collingwood put it, history "is a labour of active and therefore critical thinking"

News | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford returns 16th-century bronze taken from Hindu temple Icon repatriated to India after scholar raised provenance concerns

Well, it's #WorldBookDay and I think everyone should take a look at 'This Way Up' by Map Men Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones. www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Positively Spring vibes at Kew today...

50 years ago the English version of Adventures of the Black Hand Gang, by Hans Jürgen Press was released. Like Where's Wally?, Richard Scarry, Mitsumasa Anno, Ali Mitgutsch & even Hieronymus Bosch, it was an example of children's 'Wimmlebild'—deliberately crowded art to draw in & stimulate minds.

Ah, the good ol' days of 90s internet search. Less results, a LOT less dross and misinformation.

Okay, this is a bit of fun. And come to think about it, it probably is about 30 years since I first sat down in front of yahoo, Alta Vista and Geocities in the pre-Google early internet days. What a hopeful, exciting thing the 'net' promised to be back then. Time to reboot? web-rewind.com

I still get a thrill when I open up an archive box and find the original sack that used to hold the records. This is an 18th Century sack used for holding King's Bench affidavits [TNA KB 1/3]

That time when, two months into World War 1, the FT asked its readers to predict the impact the conflict would have on the map of Europe. As a game. With cash prizes: great @ftweekend.com piece by @theboysmithy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/79a4...