Geoff McGhee
@geoffmcghee.bsky.social
Infographics, data journalism, GIS/cartography, teaching and cornball humor. NYCer in the PNW. www.geoffmcghee.com
Stockton. We’ve come full circle.
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Stockton. We’ve come full circle.
Washing dishes is great because you get to eat the meal a second time… with your hands
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Washing dishes is great because you get to eat the meal a second time… with your hands
Anybody else see Colin Firth for a sec?
Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills photographed on the set of “AVANTI!” (1972) dir. Billy Wilder
🎬 United Artists
🎬 United Artists
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Anybody else see Colin Firth for a sec?
Reposted by Geoff McGhee
This seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
Reupping this with Garance malfunction acknowledged thanks Poppy @garanceburke.bsky.social sorry Garance
The Border Patrol is running a probably illegal dragnet using hidden license plate readers and other sketchy methods to track drivers on “suspicious” trips, sometimes beyond their jurisdiction. Amazing report by @apnews.com @thegarance.bsky.social Byron Tau apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reupping this with Garance malfunction acknowledged thanks Poppy @garanceburke.bsky.social sorry Garance
To the @washingtonpost.com reporters, editors and data journalists who had the courage to publish this, I salute you. Alas I still subscribe on the cheap for the graphics and my data viz students. You are why I do
wapo.st/48nkqMN
wapo.st/48nkqMN
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
To the @washingtonpost.com reporters, editors and data journalists who had the courage to publish this, I salute you. Alas I still subscribe on the cheap for the graphics and my data viz students. You are why I do
wapo.st/48nkqMN
wapo.st/48nkqMN
“You want a career in this economy? Learn to WRITE VERSE!”
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“You want a career in this economy? Learn to WRITE VERSE!”
The Border Patrol is running a probably illegal dragnet using hidden license plate readers and other sketchy methods to track drivers on “suspicious” trips, sometimes beyond their jurisdiction. Amazing report by @apnews.com @thegarance.bsky.social Byron Tau apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Border Patrol is running a probably illegal dragnet using hidden license plate readers and other sketchy methods to track drivers on “suspicious” trips, sometimes beyond their jurisdiction. Amazing report by @apnews.com @thegarance.bsky.social Byron Tau apnews.com/article/immi...
For Utah communities trying hard to conserve water, ripping up lawns is a start. But bigger infrastructure debt looms in the form of *wooden pipelines* and that takes millions. Glad to work with @davidcondos.bsky.social and @kuer.org on this excellent feature.
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
Utah has county-by-county water goals. Is your county hitting them?
Around half of Utah’s counties have met their 2030 conservation goals. Taking a closer look at who is succeeding and struggling offers a glimpse of why it’s hard to save water in Utah.
www.kuer.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
For Utah communities trying hard to conserve water, ripping up lawns is a start. But bigger infrastructure debt looms in the form of *wooden pipelines* and that takes millions. Glad to work with @davidcondos.bsky.social and @kuer.org on this excellent feature.
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
This is insane
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is insane
Looks like BBC firing top execs is backfiring as it makes it look like he has a case against them SMH
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he will take legal action against BBC, despite its apology
US president says he will sue the corporation for ‘anywhere between a billion and $5bn’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Looks like BBC firing top execs is backfiring as it makes it look like he has a case against them SMH
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So… lemme guess… reopening the government doesn’t necessarily mean the House sits again anytime soon?
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So… lemme guess… reopening the government doesn’t necessarily mean the House sits again anytime soon?
And bless Canada for respecting the right=blue paradigm observed by *most* industrialized democracies
This map of the 2025 Canadian election shows results by individual polling district. Rather typical inner-city vs fringe patterns. Source: buff.ly/NU3L634
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
And bless Canada for respecting the right=blue paradigm observed by *most* industrialized democracies
“ACTUALLY, Amarillo means yellow” I’ll see myself out
Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas.
But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.
It was standing room only.
But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.
It was standing room only.
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“ACTUALLY, Amarillo means yellow” I’ll see myself out
The resource curse is real and the US is not immune to it.
Michael Mann: "Sadly, the U.S. itself must now be considered an authoritarian petrostate. The Trump Administration has worked with congressional Republicans who are currently in power to defund climate and vaccine science while staffing various agencies with climate and vaccine deniers."
Antiscience Is an Existential Threat
The ideologically-motivated assault on science threatens us all.
time.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The resource curse is real and the US is not immune to it.
This is just so so so wrong people.
Hundreds of school crossing guards have suffered injuries on the job after being hit by a vehicle, and dozens of them have died, according to an investigation by AP and Cox Media Group Television Stations.
Crossing guards face life-threatening dangers on the job
An investigation by The Associated Press and Cox Media Group Television Stations found that school crossing guards face dangerous conditions, with many injured or killed on the job.
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is just so so so wrong people.
Some pungent science writing in this article “a meat-lover's pizza and a cola could combine to create a double brain-bomb.”
Der tägliche Verzehr hochverarbeiteten Fleisches verschlechtert bei über 55-Jährigen die kognitiven Fähigkeiten um 17%.
Aber die rechte Sprachpolizei möchte ja lieber den Begriff "Veganes Schnitzel" verbieten.
#Vegan
www.sciencealert.com/which-junk-f...
Aber die rechte Sprachpolizei möchte ja lieber den Begriff "Veganes Schnitzel" verbieten.
#Vegan
www.sciencealert.com/which-junk-f...
The Junk Foods That Harm Your Brain Most, Ranked by New Research
Honing in on the junk-food pyramid to rank its most harmful members, researchers from Virginia Tech have discovered that ultra-processed meats and beverages are the worst for brain health.
www.sciencealert.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Some pungent science writing in this article “a meat-lover's pizza and a cola could combine to create a double brain-bomb.”
Today years old when I learned premiums go up by age
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today years old when I learned premiums go up by age
Reposted by Geoff McGhee
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Take it easy, Aldo Leopold. “Landscaping restoration” I’d more like it, to be generous
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Take it easy, Aldo Leopold. “Landscaping restoration” I’d more like it, to be generous
A word that can refer to a monk, a monkey or a coffee drink. Impressive.
October 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A word that can refer to a monk, a monkey or a coffee drink. Impressive.
I kind of wish Lyft was on here so I could tell them this was another time I took the bus because their fare quote was ridiculous
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I kind of wish Lyft was on here so I could tell them this was another time I took the bus because their fare quote was ridiculous
ALWAYS keep a backup
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
ALWAYS keep a backup
Love this so much. What do you mean by “tall?” Cartographers find an analogue to statisticians breaking “average” into mean median mode std dev. “Measures of elevation tendency”
Sideways Maps—Visualizing the World's Biggest Mountains
Soren Walljasper, Courtney Beesch, Eduardo Velez; National Geographic
swalljasper.github.io/about.html
www.courtneybeesch.com
www.linkedin.com/in/velezedua...
www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/gr...
#NACIS2025
Soren Walljasper, Courtney Beesch, Eduardo Velez; National Geographic
swalljasper.github.io/about.html
www.courtneybeesch.com
www.linkedin.com/in/velezedua...
www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/gr...
#NACIS2025
The world's tallest mountain? It might not be what you think
Here are the underappreciated giants challenging Everest for the title.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Love this so much. What do you mean by “tall?” Cartographers find an analogue to statisticians breaking “average” into mean median mode std dev. “Measures of elevation tendency”
Reposted by Geoff McGhee
[1/6] INCONTOURNABLE - Magnifique long format multimédia proposé par The Guardian. Les migrations d’oiseaux révèlent l’équilibre fragile entre climat, ressources et adaptation. Grâce au GPS, on suit 3 espèces emblématiques dont les routes se transforment avec la planète. #geography #birds #migration
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
[1/6] INCONTOURNABLE - Magnifique long format multimédia proposé par The Guardian. Les migrations d’oiseaux révèlent l’équilibre fragile entre climat, ressources et adaptation. Grâce au GPS, on suit 3 espèces emblématiques dont les routes se transforment avec la planète. #geography #birds #migration