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This digital map and archive of Italian punk zines from the 1980s has been blowing my mind all day. Some of it is weird to load but it's worth the effort. Tons of energy! Some interesting art zines too. paolopalmacci.it/capitmundi/b...
Elenco Alfabetico Fanzine Anni 80
Società per la Bonifica Multimediale delle Paludi Mentali
paolopalmacci.it
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This digital map and archive of Italian punk zines from the 1980s has been blowing my mind all day. Some of it is weird to load but it's worth the effort. Tons of energy! Some interesting art zines too. paolopalmacci.it/capitmundi/b...
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This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
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The academic’s mid-summer crisis is a mid-life crisis in miniature:
You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be
You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be
July 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The academic’s mid-summer crisis is a mid-life crisis in miniature:
You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be
You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be
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A new database on marine migratory patterns aims to address gaps in the knowledge of policymakers and conservationists.
The database highlights the interconnected nature of marine migrations, and underscores the need for cross-border collaboration in conservation efforts.
The database highlights the interconnected nature of marine migrations, and underscores the need for cross-border collaboration in conservation efforts.
New map highlights complex web of marine migrations
Where are all the marine animals going? Given the vastness of the oceans, the countless species that live in them, and the lack of a global data set, it’s not easy to figure that out. However, the…
news.mongabay.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A new database on marine migratory patterns aims to address gaps in the knowledge of policymakers and conservationists.
The database highlights the interconnected nature of marine migrations, and underscores the need for cross-border collaboration in conservation efforts.
The database highlights the interconnected nature of marine migrations, and underscores the need for cross-border collaboration in conservation efforts.
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The work of NGS, says Tim Burch, the executive director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, “is kind of like oxygen. You don’t know you need it until it’s not there."
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.
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May 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The work of NGS, says Tim Burch, the executive director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, “is kind of like oxygen. You don’t know you need it until it’s not there."
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"There's been an overall shift toward the idea of aliens visiting the Earth. You can see it in every category. It's especially apparent among the share who said 'strongly disagree.' For biblical literalists, that share dropped 18 points..."
The Truth Isn't Out There: Religion and Belief in Aliens
This post has been unlocked through a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment for the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA).
www.graphsaboutreligion.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"There's been an overall shift toward the idea of aliens visiting the Earth. You can see it in every category. It's especially apparent among the share who said 'strongly disagree.' For biblical literalists, that share dropped 18 points..."
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So apparently the AP Human Geography site is culling some of its "daily videos" for class use. A teacher tells me the videos on redlining and white flight are gone. In the screenshot below, you can see the Daily Videos start with no. 2 (no. 1 on this page was redlining, and it's gone now).
March 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
So apparently the AP Human Geography site is culling some of its "daily videos" for class use. A teacher tells me the videos on redlining and white flight are gone. In the screenshot below, you can see the Daily Videos start with no. 2 (no. 1 on this page was redlining, and it's gone now).
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The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪:
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
February 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪:
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
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This is so, so good. It’s @tcraggs22.bsky.social so of course it’s good
The Reason Why This Super Bowl Has So Many Conspiracy Theories
These days even routine NFL decisions can send fans down a rabbit hole. What’s going on?
www.bloomberg.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is so, so good. It’s @tcraggs22.bsky.social so of course it’s good
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Google Maps has added in satellite imagery of the areas of Los Angeles that were destroyed by the fires. I don't think I fully appreciated the scale of the destruction before seeing this.
January 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Google Maps has added in satellite imagery of the areas of Los Angeles that were destroyed by the fires. I don't think I fully appreciated the scale of the destruction before seeing this.
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New global stats from the CSGC on Pentecostals/ Charismatics for early 2025: 663,863,000. This now corresponds to a quarter of all Christians globally.
In 2050, the projected number of Pentecostals/ Charismatics will be 1,031,503,000. This will represent a third of all Christians globally.
In 2050, the projected number of Pentecostals/ Charismatics will be 1,031,503,000. This will represent a third of all Christians globally.
January 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
New global stats from the CSGC on Pentecostals/ Charismatics for early 2025: 663,863,000. This now corresponds to a quarter of all Christians globally.
In 2050, the projected number of Pentecostals/ Charismatics will be 1,031,503,000. This will represent a third of all Christians globally.
In 2050, the projected number of Pentecostals/ Charismatics will be 1,031,503,000. This will represent a third of all Christians globally.
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when somebody tries to build an affordable housing unit in your zip code
January 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
when somebody tries to build an affordable housing unit in your zip code
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What such proclamations — and smart city / Neom-ish boosterism — fail(s)to do is contextualize these claims in relation to similar arguments made about earlier media technologies (the web! 📺! ☎️! print!) and 1000s of years of entangled media + urban histories (the subject of my 2017 book)!
How A.I. Could Reshape the Economic Geography of America (Gift Article)
As the technology is widely adopted, some once-struggling midsize cities in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South may benefit, new research predicts.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:14 PM
What such proclamations — and smart city / Neom-ish boosterism — fail(s)to do is contextualize these claims in relation to similar arguments made about earlier media technologies (the web! 📺! ☎️! print!) and 1000s of years of entangled media + urban histories (the subject of my 2017 book)!
@georab.bsky.social Yikes on the playoff team map!
Jamie (@glitterburrito.bsky.social) had some playoff merch opinions, and we get mad at maps.
December 25, 2024 at 1:11 AM
@georab.bsky.social Yikes on the playoff team map!
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Me: Santa Cruz had been trying to fix the wharf since 2016, but there are complications.
Mrs Woolie: Real technical or financial complications, or like, California bullshit, they can't fix it because a historic preservation group threw a fit?
Me: ... a historic preservation group threw a fit.
Mrs Woolie: Real technical or financial complications, or like, California bullshit, they can't fix it because a historic preservation group threw a fit?
Me: ... a historic preservation group threw a fit.
If you want to know the name of the NIMBY who has been blocking the repairs to the Santa Cruz wharf since 2016, her name is Gillian Greensite and she deserves the blame for what happened today
www.goodtimes.sc/the-wharfs-c...
www.goodtimes.sc/the-wharfs-c...
The Wharf’s Controversy | Good Times
Why the city wants to upgrade the wharf, and why one group is fighting to maintain the status quo
www.goodtimes.sc
December 24, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Me: Santa Cruz had been trying to fix the wharf since 2016, but there are complications.
Mrs Woolie: Real technical or financial complications, or like, California bullshit, they can't fix it because a historic preservation group threw a fit?
Me: ... a historic preservation group threw a fit.
Mrs Woolie: Real technical or financial complications, or like, California bullshit, they can't fix it because a historic preservation group threw a fit?
Me: ... a historic preservation group threw a fit.
Pirate map endzone!
December 20, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Pirate map endzone!
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Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, maintains the only active database of sundown towns in the United States
Unearthing the 'hidden' racist history of America's sundown towns
Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, maintains the only active database of sundown towns in the United States.
www.whatimreading.net
December 19, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, maintains the only active database of sundown towns in the United States
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“[w]e are not witnessing a patriarchy or a matriarchy. What we are seeing is perhaps more interesting—a society in which, in many areas, the question of whether you were a man or a woman did not determine the life you could lead.”
Çatalhöyük: Its Story Continues - JSTOR Daily
Our understanding of the Neolithic city of Çatalhöyük continues to evolve as archaeologists challenge inherited biases in the face of new material evidence.
daily.jstor.org
December 13, 2024 at 7:12 AM
“[w]e are not witnessing a patriarchy or a matriarchy. What we are seeing is perhaps more interesting—a society in which, in many areas, the question of whether you were a man or a woman did not determine the life you could lead.”
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory