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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 29/09/2026

I think Mainely Maps had a copy of this in their basement. One of the greatest. Still wild to me how many great pictorial maps there were leading up til about the 60's where they seem to get a lot cheaper looking and then fizzle completely by the 80's.

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-Boulet- @bouletcorp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

J'aurai beaucoup de @jimbenton.bsky.social dans cette liste, parce que j'adore son univers. Et celui-ci est marrant parce qu'il est à la fois un one-panel, et à la fois pas du tout. On touche encore à une limite de l'exercice, ici.

Ce qui semble être quatre cases de BD dans lesquelles on voit passer des oiseaux sur fond de ciel bleu. Mais les quatre cases peuvent être vues comme une seule image. L'un des oiseaux dit "Je ne crois pas que ce soit une BD" et un autre ajoute "Je crois qu'on est juste en train de passer devant une fenêtre".

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 27/09/2026

Taking time this afternoon to try and do some product photos of a recent map of Dupont Circle. *Man* I need to buy some house plants. #CreativeCarto

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 26/09/2026

well, apparently that bot is from an app that makes ai agents that randomly die, so there's that.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 25/09/2026

'daw thanks Emily. Appreciate the extra half! @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social happy to chat. Tend to do watercolor maps drawn over real data & strive to get some marginalia in there that speaks to what makes a place special. More recent stuff can be seen here fwiw too: www.instagram.com/moriartymaps/

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 24/09/2026

I'll be doing my part by offering a small window into oil & sign painting.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 23/09/2026

Any appetite for NES-era-inspired-Metroidvania? youtube.com/watch?v=4bNAre522pg&feature=youtu.be

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Zodiac Pre Release Trailer

YouTube video by Maximum C

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 22/09/2026

*air horn* *air horn* *air horn*

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 17/09/2026

how are they *all* like that

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Nathan Yau @flowingdata.com · 15/09/2026

Clever use of a connected scatterplot to show rise in hot days over times for counties in the US www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Looks like heat lines radiating off a surface.

Connected scatterplot with line for each US county. Lines moving up and to the right

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 14/09/2026

One of the best watercolor map artists out there is doing a kickstarter for a book of her work!

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's weird how, when the #UN was discussing their resolution on the #EqualEarth projection, they didn't even *consider* the Asymmetric Monstrosity, which is also equal-area. somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/a...

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New on the blog: "GenAI for the Static Cartographer," in which I express my concerns about AI but then give ideas on how to use it, anyway. Features results both impressive and mediocre. somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/g...

A GIS view of the coastline of maritime southeast Asia, overlaid with a varity of low-res polygons.

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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 07/09/2026

unionize

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

there's a teaser trailer and everything youtube.com/watch?v=GGJSRFWALTI&feature=youtu.be

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You Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24

YouTube video by A24

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 05/09/2026

Noticed one and then spent the rest of the scene going "oh hey! Recognize that one too." It's a good 5-6 maps. Good scene. Good movie.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 05/09/2026

Favorite scene of Coyote vs. Acme is easily a scene where Coyote and Will Forte have a breakup argument in a Washington D.C. hotel room that is *exclusively decorated with prominent vintage world maps.*

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 04/09/2026

One of the greatest discoveries at NICAR this year was this tool by Matt Stiles. Decodes REST api pages so you can actually get the data you want out of em' quick and easy.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 27/08/2026

Aside from everything else, these attempts to rename geography reveal a lack of any inspiration. Not even a feinting a reach back to some historical roots or local stories. Just angst branding.

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Ian @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

National Hurricane Center on TS Dolly "The timing of the use of the name Dolly for this storm is purely coincidental. "

The timing of the use of the name Dolly for this storm is purely
coincidental. Tropical storm and hurricane names for the North
Atlantic Basin originate from six pre-determined rotating lists
established by the World Meteorological Organization Region IV
Hurricane Committee. The name Dolly replaced Diana after the
1990 hurricane season and was first used in 1996.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 26/08/2026

I'm too far away to get there, but truly jealous of anyone around NYC that can mourn at the Rocky Horror Picture Show on Broadway tonight. They still have a bunch of tickets, some for just $66!

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 26/08/2026

Also has one of my favorite celebrity records - buncha really fantastic covers. Another legend.😔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjzi...

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Simple Twist Of Fate (Live At The Old Waldorf Nightclub/1978)

YouTube video by Tim Curry - Topic

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 26/08/2026

One of my favorite actors - just popped up in the most random shows and movies, always giving it 500%. Here he is in the Nova Scotia sci-fi Lexx, a one-off Doctor-Who-esque role. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFmW...

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Tim Curry in Lexx Super Nova (1997)

YouTube video by Dr. Frank-N-Furter

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 26/08/2026

JEEZ. I've been blowing through all the old recordings of Rocky Horror albums when it was a stage play this week, musing at how much he was a secret sauce to make it work. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

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Tim Curry, who found cult stardom in ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ dies at 80

The British actor also appeared in “Clue” and “Home Alone 2,” and received three Tony nominations for his stage work.

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Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 25/08/2026

Given the way everyone responds rationally to everything, this could cause *actual* public outrage in the next week! (The next name on the Atlantic hurricane list is...Dolly.)

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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet? Here ya go...

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 25/08/2026

hard to lose such a foundational thing. Dolly's voice is one of my earliest memories, and I know i'm going heavy on Trio here but that was my way in. I loved how their voices paired with each other, how they were so strong individually and became something new together youtu.be/yn55-xvyBh0?...

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Dolly Sings The Carter Family Classic "Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow" (1976) Feat Emmylou & Linda

YouTube video by The Carter Family Channel

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 22/08/2026

ey, a high school friend of mine that worked for these folks. He let me hold a note signed by George Washington when I visited, which is not how I anticipated that day going. Scholar nerds indeed.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What have the National Guard soldiers in D.C. been doing? They chased down a man who took two slices of pizza after trying to pay only $2 for them. They arrested a man who stole Slim Jims worth $7 from a pharmacy. In July, six soldiers held a woman who drank a bottle of root beer without paying.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 17/08/2026

"Free disk space available is 73.34 GB, whereas 210.35 TB are likely at least (probably more) necessary." Well. Not going down that road.

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 04/08/2026

finally david ellison has a platform

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 30/07/2026

LIkewise! I'll be sure to wave to you from the shores of black sand.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 30/07/2026

Ideal would be the D3 cluster-force, which I'm half getting here. There's still some overlap between clusters that are next to eachother, but you still get a better idea of what's there by being able to see the color value. + less clicks.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 30/07/2026

*they generally look ugly, require extra work to drill down to get any info, and I dunno if I've seen one where the clustering felt smooth vs. still combining things beyond where it even needs to.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 30/07/2026

I really don't like point cluster maps*, but am making a slippy map that's for something where multiple points at the same location should be visible. Here's one solution (offsetting the points equidistant from the origin), curious how folks feel about it.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 29/07/2026

Eclipse is on the 12th! I should be catching it there, possibly at a music fest DJ'd by Bjork if the stars align.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 29/07/2026

At this point David Byrne is just taunting me

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 29/07/2026

Sad to be missing the one regular night drink n' draw I was able to find in Reykjavik.

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 29/07/2026

Ahoy! I'm visiting Iceland next week for a minute. Would love to hear recommendations for must-sees, must-hikes, must eats, and especially if anyone knows of any Icelandic cartos or artists that might want to meet up!

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