@Mschatelaine @cstross @christineburns I’m 64 … before the shift to pounds with 100 new pence, my older brother tried to explain it to me, but my mind got stuck on 240 pennies to the pound … still remember the confusion…
Matthew Edney
Map historian and geographer. Mostly thoughts and news re map history. #maps #maphistory
Osher Professor in history of cartography, University of Southern Maine. Director, History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Blogs at mappingasprocess.net
Occasional pretty images, sci-fi nerdery, and things I find funny (if former social media is anything to go by)
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"Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin" via @lemonde
Précision importante : sa famille ne veut pas que l'extrême droite "dans toutes ses formes" assiste à la cérémonie.
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2026/02/08/marc-bloch-historien-et-resistant-juif-entrera-au-pantheon-le-23-juin_6665915_823448.html
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New set of Du Bois reproduction. #Dataviz
https://github.com/ajstarks/dubois-data-portraits/blob/master/challenge/2026/README.md
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New post: WCVB’s Chronicle Looks at Maps https://www.maproomblog.com/2026/02/wcvbs-chronicle-looks-at-maps/
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It is said that in China they have built a mill that will spin co2 into starch.
With greater energy efficiency than photosynthesis.
This is the future you should be paying attention to.
Also, in some ways this is Fuck Nebraska in particular levels of change because the rest of the world being able to feed itself directly off sunlight is a game changer.
And Nebraska is where the corn is grown.
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I'd like to report a figure ground problem with the #arcgispro logo. What is supposed to be a globe looks to me like eastern Massachusetts
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World Map by EGS
I spotted this world map in an art gallery in Berlin, the author is EGS, the last picture displays the price for the canvas.
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A late 19th century novel set in ancient Rome, issued in a special edition of 23 scrolls in a Roman-style carrying case. https://www.dorotheum.com/cz/l/9876563/
AND... LibreOffice lacks the (tiny) problem in MS Word that has long annoyed me for being self-evidently the result of bad coding; when you create a new file with a template, the list of templates is never in simple alphabetical order (wtf not?) but randomized. why MS, why?
Again, thank you LibreOffice.
The straw that finally broke the camel's back: MS Word's unneeded, overlarge, crude, and distracting icon for making a comment whenever one highlight's text (regardless of context)
And which cannot be turned off, at all. ever.
I can no longer ...
So, hello LibreOffice! It works as well or better, although the connection to Bookends is not quite as smooth, because open source software properly avoids Apple propriety stuff. Small price.
And FREE !
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Link Post: Some good news about writing. https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/02/04/liver-me-timbers
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Big new update to #LibreOffice, the free and private office suite. Version 26.2 is here, with:
📝 Markdown support
📊 Connectors in Calc
🚀 Spreadsheet speedups
...plus many other new features, improvements and fixes. Learn more and download it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware
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Johannes Gutenberg: I've invented this printing press.
Printing press: You're out of magenta.
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Call for Papers: "Reframing Tibetan and Mongol Mapmaking Practices (pre-20th century)" vom 26. bis 28. November 2026. Eine internationale #Konferenz an der #HumboldtUniversität Berlin und der #StabiBerlin.
Alle Infos 👉 http://sbb.berlin/sthsd
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Proud to announce that the Revista de Historia de América has just published my article about mapping Alta California at the time of Mexican independence! (PDF link at page left.)
https://www.revistasipgh.org/index.php/rehiam/article/view/5979/
Well, not the image I thought I was sharing, ho hum
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One of my colleagues is offering a PhD position in #Cartography at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de: https://jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/74eb910d75b2ea24d0e1a84d335dee32d03be2db0
Please pass it on 🙏
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‘Bubble batteries’ move from prototype to global rollout. Italy-based Energy Dome has begun operating a 20MW CO₂ “battery” that stores surplus solar and wind power by compressing and expanding carbon dioxide inside a giant dome. More are planned across Europe, the US and Asia. Unlike lithium-ion batteries, the technology avoids critical minerals, lasts decades, and becomes cheaper at larger scales, tackling one of the harder limits of renewable grids.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/co2-battery-energy-storage?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and performance can last for decades. Arrays built in the late 1980s still produced more than 80% of their original power. The long-term economics look better than many people believe. https://www.bocvip.com/1170237/goodbye-to-the-idea-that-solar-panels-die-after-25-years-a-new-study-says-the-warranty-does-not-mark-the-end-and-performance-can-last-for-decades-arrays-built-in-the-late-1980s-st/ #energy
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Saturday @ Newberry Library Chicago is Newberry Fest - All About Maps! https://www.newberry.org/calendar/newberryfest
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