Maria
@bluestarfish.bsky.social
stories and environment and data 📚🧶 born at 341.57 ppm
The Cartographers of North Korea cartographers-nk.wonyoung.so I really liked the analysis of and the ability to explore people's responses to the question of why they mapped on OSM here
Cartographers of North Korea :: 북한의 지도 제작자
An analysis of the OpenStreetMap data in North Korea: Who are the contributors?
cartographers-nk.wonyoung.so
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Cartographers of North Korea cartographers-nk.wonyoung.so I really liked the analysis of and the ability to explore people's responses to the question of why they mapped on OSM here
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On Sept 4, 2025, an Ebola outbreak was declared in Kasai, DRC.
MSF & our regional hub in Eastern and Southern Africa is mapping four health zones: Bulape, Mweka, Mushenge & Kakenge to support the response.
👉 Let’s map: bit.ly/488mnwU
ℹ️ More information on the wiki: bit.ly/46h2LnN
MSF & our regional hub in Eastern and Southern Africa is mapping four health zones: Bulape, Mweka, Mushenge & Kakenge to support the response.
👉 Let’s map: bit.ly/488mnwU
ℹ️ More information on the wiki: bit.ly/46h2LnN
September 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
On Sept 4, 2025, an Ebola outbreak was declared in Kasai, DRC.
MSF & our regional hub in Eastern and Southern Africa is mapping four health zones: Bulape, Mweka, Mushenge & Kakenge to support the response.
👉 Let’s map: bit.ly/488mnwU
ℹ️ More information on the wiki: bit.ly/46h2LnN
MSF & our regional hub in Eastern and Southern Africa is mapping four health zones: Bulape, Mweka, Mushenge & Kakenge to support the response.
👉 Let’s map: bit.ly/488mnwU
ℹ️ More information on the wiki: bit.ly/46h2LnN
Why are frogs he/him? Bears Will Be Boys from Pudding, analysing anthropomorphic animals in children's books pudding.cool/2025/07/kids...
Bears Will Be Boys
A data analysis of animal gender in children’s books
pudding.cool
August 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Why are frogs he/him? Bears Will Be Boys from Pudding, analysing anthropomorphic animals in children's books pudding.cool/2025/07/kids...
@greenbeltfestival.bsky.social hi, do you know of there are any issues with the bus shuttles? We've been waiting at Kettering for a long time
August 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@greenbeltfestival.bsky.social hi, do you know of there are any issues with the bus shuttles? We've been waiting at Kettering for a long time
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Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/kareemca...
August 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/kareemca...
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Italy detains human rights monitoring aircraft! For the first time, we have been denied permission to fly for 20 days with immediate effect. This marks a new escalation in the Italian government’s fight against civilian human rights observation in the Mediterranean!
August 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Italy detains human rights monitoring aircraft! For the first time, we have been denied permission to fly for 20 days with immediate effect. This marks a new escalation in the Italian government’s fight against civilian human rights observation in the Mediterranean!
Nia Òla recently spoke about how the "relentless pursuit of frictionless existence" is making us less human. This is such a clarifying way of putting it, she's a great educator.
July 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Nia Òla recently spoke about how the "relentless pursuit of frictionless existence" is making us less human. This is such a clarifying way of putting it, she's a great educator.
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Brighten your day. Historian rediscovers a pre-Incan method of water storage, gets money to restore the existing structures, and the town he grew up in now has access to water 10 hours a day, up from 1/2 hour per day. The details are v. cool.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town
When historian Galo Ramón uncovered a long-forgotten pre-Incan water system in Ecuador, he set about restoring it, and helped transform the landscape and livelihoods
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Brighten your day. Historian rediscovers a pre-Incan method of water storage, gets money to restore the existing structures, and the town he grew up in now has access to water 10 hours a day, up from 1/2 hour per day. The details are v. cool.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I'm honestly surprised I've stayed in so many places. Camping and conferences help... smstone0.github.io#/uk-map
June 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm honestly surprised I've stayed in so many places. Camping and conferences help... smstone0.github.io#/uk-map
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#Gaza: “When I grow up, I want to be a doctor like my mum.”
This is the wish of Deema, a girl from Beit Lahia, who for 18 months has been living with her family in a tent pitched in the rubble of their former home.
This is the wish of Deema, a girl from Beit Lahia, who for 18 months has been living with her family in a tent pitched in the rubble of their former home.
May 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#Gaza: “When I grow up, I want to be a doctor like my mum.”
This is the wish of Deema, a girl from Beit Lahia, who for 18 months has been living with her family in a tent pitched in the rubble of their former home.
This is the wish of Deema, a girl from Beit Lahia, who for 18 months has been living with her family in a tent pitched in the rubble of their former home.
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May 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I crocheted a hose plant for our dark flat. Tradescantia zebrina (wool variety). It was a different but fun project to work on.
May 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I crocheted a hose plant for our dark flat. Tradescantia zebrina (wool variety). It was a different but fun project to work on.
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"Intrepid testudine" has to be the best @secondmentions.bsky.social I've seen in a long time 🤣
Slow news: Cumbria tortoise found a mile from home nine months after going missing
Slow news: Cumbria tortoise found a mile from home nine months after going missing
Leonardo, who went on the run from his home in Ulverston, covered distance at pace of about 6 metres a day
When Leonardo the tortoise went missing from his home in Cumbria nine months ago, his owners feared the worst.
But the intrepid testudine has been found about a mile from his home in Ulverston – covering the distance at an average pace of 6 metres a day. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Intrepid testudine" has to be the best @secondmentions.bsky.social I've seen in a long time 🤣
The Mud Maid sleeps on, resting half on the earth, half in it. I liked seeing her a lot. And there was a little robin waiting for scraps hopping around. Artists are Sue Hill and Pete Hill. And all the plants too:)
April 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Mud Maid sleeps on, resting half on the earth, half in it. I liked seeing her a lot. And there was a little robin waiting for scraps hopping around. Artists are Sue Hill and Pete Hill. And all the plants too:)
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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Today's OPSEC lesson is this: all of the encryption in the world is not going to save you if you add the editor of The Atlantic to your war-planning Signal group chat.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today's OPSEC lesson is this: all of the encryption in the world is not going to save you if you add the editor of The Atlantic to your war-planning Signal group chat.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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March 22 is #WorldWaterDay & an apt birthday for Japanese #geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched peaceful uses of nuclear power. 🐡🧪👩🏻🔬⚒️ 🧵#histsci
March 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
March 22 is #WorldWaterDay & an apt birthday for Japanese #geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched peaceful uses of nuclear power. 🐡🧪👩🏻🔬⚒️ 🧵#histsci
This is great: designer Gianluca Gimini started asking friends and strangers to draw a men’s bicycle from memory www.booooooom.com/2016/05/09/b...
Bicycles Built Based on People's Attempts to Draw Them From Memory
In 2009 designer Gianluca Gimini started asking friends and strangers to draw a men's bicycle from memory. While some got …
www.booooooom.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is great: designer Gianluca Gimini started asking friends and strangers to draw a men’s bicycle from memory www.booooooom.com/2016/05/09/b...
I'm currently doing some mapping of Tajikistan (Missing Maps/OpenStreetMaps) so it's fun to learn some other things about the country as well
Great Women in the History of Tajikistan
timesca.com/great-women-...
timesca.com/great-women-...
March 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm currently doing some mapping of Tajikistan (Missing Maps/OpenStreetMaps) so it's fun to learn some other things about the country as well
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I'm rubbish at taking photos of snowdrops (and bluebells) but sometimes you don't need to be good. These incredible snowdrops are only part of the banquet at Welford Park, Newbury #Berkshire
#BloomScrolling ##ThickTrunkThursday
#BloomScrolling ##ThickTrunkThursday
February 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm rubbish at taking photos of snowdrops (and bluebells) but sometimes you don't need to be good. These incredible snowdrops are only part of the banquet at Welford Park, Newbury #Berkshire
#BloomScrolling ##ThickTrunkThursday
#BloomScrolling ##ThickTrunkThursday
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Here’s the radiolarian model after removing the supports #sciart #3dprinting
January 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s the radiolarian model after removing the supports #sciart #3dprinting
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My first insect of 2025 was this hibernating Wasp (probably Vespula vulgaris but didn't want to disturb her to check). Snoozing in a closing down Homebase, I suspect she will get a rude awakening before spring. Day 4 of #RecordEveryDayJanuary.
January 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My first insect of 2025 was this hibernating Wasp (probably Vespula vulgaris but didn't want to disturb her to check). Snoozing in a closing down Homebase, I suspect she will get a rude awakening before spring. Day 4 of #RecordEveryDayJanuary.
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The first female gardeners employed at London's Kew Gardens: Eleanor Morland, Gertude Cope and Alice Hutchings. Photographed in 1896. Courtesy of @wikivictorian.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The first female gardeners employed at London's Kew Gardens: Eleanor Morland, Gertude Cope and Alice Hutchings. Photographed in 1896. Courtesy of @wikivictorian.bsky.social
In 2009 Rosa Luxemburg's prison herbarium was discovered in a box 🤯 She pressed flowers from her prison(s) but also ones people sent her and was a botanist as well as a revolutionary. Such an interesting article: lux-magazine.com/article/flow...
Flowers For Rosa - Lux Magazine
Rosa Luxemburg found freedom pressing flowers in prison
lux-magazine.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In 2009 Rosa Luxemburg's prison herbarium was discovered in a box 🤯 She pressed flowers from her prison(s) but also ones people sent her and was a botanist as well as a revolutionary. Such an interesting article: lux-magazine.com/article/flow...