Rosemary Wardley 🏳️🌈
@rosemarywardley.bsky.social
Cartographer at NatGeo | past Board member @ NACIS
geographer | adventurer | Rhode Islander | she/her
geographer | adventurer | Rhode Islander | she/her
How am I only finding out about this now? 🌈
Always enlightened by @jswab.bsky.social queer & mappy carto conversations! #NACIS2025
www.mappingthegayguides.org
Always enlightened by @jswab.bsky.social queer & mappy carto conversations! #NACIS2025
www.mappingthegayguides.org
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Mapping the Gay Guides (MGG), is a collaborative mapping project by Dr. Amanda Regan and Dr. Eric Gonzaba that draws on the Damron Guides, an early but longstanding travel guide aimed at gay men since...
www.mappingthegayguides.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
How am I only finding out about this now? 🌈
Always enlightened by @jswab.bsky.social queer & mappy carto conversations! #NACIS2025
www.mappingthegayguides.org
Always enlightened by @jswab.bsky.social queer & mappy carto conversations! #NACIS2025
www.mappingthegayguides.org
So important to be aware of the use of language (or the erasure of certain phrases) is in modern day propaganda. grist.org/language/str...
The strategy behind Trump's climate catchphrase, the 'Green New Scam'
The slogan may sound like a joke, but it’s part of a broader campaign to undermine public trust in climate action.
grist.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
So important to be aware of the use of language (or the erasure of certain phrases) is in modern day propaganda. grist.org/language/str...
If you are at @nacis.bsky.social 2025 in Louisville give this post a wave so I can be sure to follow you 🗺️♥️👋🏻 #nacis2025 #cartography
October 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you are at @nacis.bsky.social 2025 in Louisville give this post a wave so I can be sure to follow you 🗺️♥️👋🏻 #nacis2025 #cartography
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Great to see Margaret Pearce among this year's MacArthur Fellows! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Margaret Wickens Pearce
Foregrounding Indigenous understandings of land and place in maps that visualize Native Peoples’ knowledge, history, and stories.
www.macfound.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great to see Margaret Pearce among this year's MacArthur Fellows! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
New obsession: Artle #Artle September 19, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
September 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New obsession: Artle #Artle September 19, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Getting back in the habit of using this as my personal link repository :) Loved this coverage and timelapse of a part of the coastline I have personally seen change over the past 10 years. www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
Changes at Hatteras Inlet leave Ocracoke ferry terminal exposed to the sea
Watch video of satellite imagery that shows how the opening between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands has grown dramatically in the last 40 years.
www.newsobserver.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Getting back in the habit of using this as my personal link repository :) Loved this coverage and timelapse of a part of the coastline I have personally seen change over the past 10 years. www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
Watching Hook for the first time with my kids, is the mermaid🧜🏻♀️ scene really necessary??
June 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Watching Hook for the first time with my kids, is the mermaid🧜🏻♀️ scene really necessary??
Look for me at National Geographic Society Explorers Festival if you want to talk maps🗺️, cartography🌎, or data visualization📊! #ExFest #cartography #maps
June 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Look for me at National Geographic Society Explorers Festival if you want to talk maps🗺️, cartography🌎, or data visualization📊! #ExFest #cartography #maps
New #cartographic design concept, using label leaders as a way to draw the eye! 🗺️ #maps #cartography
June 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New #cartographic design concept, using label leaders as a way to draw the eye! 🗺️ #maps #cartography
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This image from HRC goes so hard
May 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This image from HRC goes so hard
Honored to have been nominated for (my first!) Webby Award for our Ahupua'a interactive! We'd love to have your vote for People's Choice!
🌴 Best UX: Ancient Practice, Future Promise
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
🌴 Best UX: Ancient Practice, Future Promise
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
Vote for the best of the internet
I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Honored to have been nominated for (my first!) Webby Award for our Ahupua'a interactive! We'd love to have your vote for People's Choice!
🌴 Best UX: Ancient Practice, Future Promise
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
🌴 Best UX: Ancient Practice, Future Promise
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
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When D.C. residents have to lobby Congress to stop it from doing things that could be harmful to the city, they’re told to contact their… oh, right. No senators or voting representatives.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social You might want to know that two parents from our kids' school said Sens. Mark Kelly and Angus King told them "contact your own representatives" when they contacted them about the bill that would cut DC's budget. Uhhh... and apparently King even said "contact your senator"!
March 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
When D.C. residents have to lobby Congress to stop it from doing things that could be harmful to the city, they’re told to contact their… oh, right. No senators or voting representatives.
Reposted by Rosemary Wardley 🏳️🌈
The 51st News need 142 new paid members to keep things going. Totally worth it!
To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the DCist shutdown, @ericfalquero.bsky.social reflects on that day and how far we’ve come in building The 51st.
Right now, we need 142 paid members to keep our fundraising on track. You can be one of them!
51st.news/dc-local-new...
Right now, we need 142 paid members to keep our fundraising on track. You can be one of them!
51st.news/dc-local-new...
It's been one year since DCist was shut down a second time
Here's what we've grown thanks to you, and what's needed to keep going.
51st.news
February 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The 51st News need 142 new paid members to keep things going. Totally worth it!
As a #cartographer for over 20 years the thing I always have to consult a doc for is the proper DEM resolution for the shaded relief I want to make! Here is a handy relief resolution explainer from Tom Patterson to keep your 🏔️ from looking like 🥦 www.shadedrelief.com/web_relief/
Creating Web Map Shaded Relief
www.shadedrelief.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
As a #cartographer for over 20 years the thing I always have to consult a doc for is the proper DEM resolution for the shaded relief I want to make! Here is a handy relief resolution explainer from Tom Patterson to keep your 🏔️ from looking like 🥦 www.shadedrelief.com/web_relief/
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
National Geographic is hiring a Cartography intern this summer! This is a fantastic opportunity to get real-world experience creating maps for print and digital with our team here at NatGeo! Please share with your geography and cartography students!
jobs.disneycareers.com/job/washingt...
jobs.disneycareers.com/job/washingt...
National Geographic Cartographic Intern, Summer 2025 at DISNEY
Learn more about and apply for the National Geographic Cartographic Intern, Summer 2025 job at DISNEY here.
jobs.disneycareers.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
National Geographic is hiring a Cartography intern this summer! This is a fantastic opportunity to get real-world experience creating maps for print and digital with our team here at NatGeo! Please share with your geography and cartography students!
jobs.disneycareers.com/job/washingt...
jobs.disneycareers.com/job/washingt...
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National Geographic is hiring an intern! @rosemarywardley.bsky.social
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February 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
National Geographic is hiring an intern! @rosemarywardley.bsky.social
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I feel like we should start making global hemispheres the mobile default, these look lovely (and clear!)
Today's the day we finally got to use two very mobile-friendly hemispheres 🌐 on this #dataviz explainer 📊 about US tariffs www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - thanks to the cartographers community (esp @pinakographos.bsky.social) who generously shared their knowledge when I asked for suggestions 🙂
February 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I feel like we should start making global hemispheres the mobile default, these look lovely (and clear!)
Reposted by Rosemary Wardley 🏳️🌈
Reposted by Rosemary Wardley 🏳️🌈
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Reposted by Rosemary Wardley 🏳️🌈
In the meantime, NHGIS (https://www.nhgis.org/) has much of the data you'll need, and will remain functional. NHGIS has the latest ACS data and Census data back to 1790 along with Census boundary files.
You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...
You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...
February 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
In the meantime, NHGIS (https://www.nhgis.org/) has much of the data you'll need, and will remain functional. NHGIS has the latest ACS data and Census data back to 1790 along with Census boundary files.
You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...
You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...
Reposted by Rosemary Wardley 🏳️🌈
Remember that our tax dollars paid for this data. It is our data. The government is the people. Every dataset removed is theft. #gischat
One of our country's _most_ foundational geographic datasets has been either pulled down or otherwise configured to prevent access.
Not sure it's possible to overstate the value of Census' free/publicly available TIGER files to research and journalism and, at least for now, it's gone.
Not sure it's possible to overstate the value of Census' free/publicly available TIGER files to research and journalism and, at least for now, it's gone.
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Remember that our tax dollars paid for this data. It is our data. The government is the people. Every dataset removed is theft. #gischat
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943