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“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

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God I miss the pandemic. I know that’s callous to say when it was so awful. But it was just one crisis to focus on instead the polycrisis of crap going on in the world just 5 years later. And most people were on the same page. Flatten the line.

I need to stop watching the news, but I’m worried a nuclear war will pop off (with four distinct areas of conflict it could arise in). Or the global economy will collapse because the US is led by a cabal of rabid monkeys. And let’s not forget the simmering climate crisis (but who could forget during another unusually hot summer?). And then the plastics in our brains. Rising fascism. Inflation. Rampant capitalism. Inequality.

Bah! 🤷‍♀️

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your unreliable narrator fucking bit me

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The oldest trick in the book. Don't fall for it. Credit: @ourrevolution

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Partagaz killing himself after listening to a rebel manifesto and realizing how futile his work has been in relation to the unrelenting demands of the fascist machine he works for is nothing short of cinematic poetry

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I love them, your honour

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Hey All,

I've been away for some time, as we've been working really hard on something quite exciting:

let me present to you the world's first ever global ocean drainage basin map that shows all permanent and temporary water flows on the planet.

This is quite big news, as far as I know this has never been done before. There are hundreds of hours of work in it (with the data + manual work as well) and it's quite a relief that they are all finished now.

But what is an ocean drainage basin map, I hear most of you asking? A couple of years ago I tried to find a map that shows which ocean does each of the world's rivers end up in. I was a bit surprised to see there is no map like that, so I just decided I'll make it myself - as usual :) Well, after realizing all the technical difficulties, I wasn't so surprised any more that it didn't exist. So yeah, it was quite a challenge but I am very happy with the result.

In addition to the global map I've created a set of 43 maps for different countries, states and continents, four versions for each: maps with white and black background, and a version for both with coloured oceans (aka polygons). Here's the global map with polygons:

I know from experience that maps can be great conversation starters, and I aim to make maps that are visually striking and can effectively deliver a message. With these ocean drainage basin maps the most important part was to make them easily understandable, so after you have seen one, the others all become effortless to interpret as well. Let me know how I did, I really appreciate any and all kinds of feedback.

Here are a few more from the set, I hope you too learn something new from them. I certainly did, and I am a geographer.

The greatest surprise with Europe is that its biggest river is all grey, as the Volga flows into the Caspian sea, therefore its basin counts as endorheic.

An endorheic basin is one which never reaches the ocean, mostly because it dries out in desert areas or ends up in lakes with no outflow. The biggest endorheic basin is the Caspian’s, but the area of the Great Basin in the US is also a good example of endorheic basins.

I love how the green of the Atlantic Ocean tangles together in the middle.

No, the dividing line is not at Cape Town, unfortunately.

I know these two colours weren’t the best choice for colourblind people and I sincerely apologize for that. I’ve been planning to make colourblind-friendly versions of my maps for ages now – still not sure when I get there, but I want you to know that it’s just moved up on my todo-list. A lot further up.

Minnesota is quite crazy with all that blue, right? Some other US states that are equally mind-blowing: North Dakota, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming. You can check them all out here.

Yes, most of the Peruvian waters drain into the Atlantic Ocean. Here are the maps of Peru, if you want to take a closer look.

Asia is amazingly colourful with lots of endorheic basins in the middle areas: deserts, the Himalayas and the Caspian sea are to blame. Also note how the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra are divided.

I mentioned earlier that I also made white versions of all maps. Here’s Australia with its vast deserts. If you're wondering about the weird lines in the middle: that’s the Simpson desert with its famous parallel sand dunes.

North America with white background and colourful oceans looks pretty neat, I think.

Finally, I made the drainage basin maps of the individual oceans: The Atlantic, the Arctic, the Indian and the Pacific. The Arctic is my favourite one.

I really hope you like my new maps, and that they will become as popular as my river basin maps. Those have already helped dozens of environmental NGOs to illustrate their important messages all around the world. It would be nice if these maps too could find their purpose.

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i love illegal immigration like yes bitch get in here

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i think janitor should be the highest paying job in a society

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straight men have beauty standards for men that are completely different than the beauty standards women and gay men have for men and then they get mad when they conform to the beauty standards other podcast bros set for them and women still don’t find them attractive

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one of my favorite twitter accounts that is defunct now is it was this account called like Crazy Optical Illusions or something and they would just post popular optical illusions but edit them so they werent optical illusions anymore and they would just pretend and people would be very confused / angry in the comments

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gotta love a dog that just doesn't care if the ball of fluff is spicy or not, it will eventually surrender to the warm

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my mom keeps putting pork loin on her protest signs

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i miss vhs tapes and cds i miss feeding my computers and tvs yummy treats. now theyre eating nothing. theyre being born without mouths

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doubtful that there are many people on this website in the greater athens-clarke county, georgia area BUT JUST IN CASE. several unions and community activist groups in athens are reporting that ACCPD is planning to have vehicle checkpoints all over the county on Friday 6/13 with the intention of finding undocumented athenians. there is a mutual aid volunteer ride service by United Campus Workers UGA, Athens Area Democratic Socialists, Mutual Aid Athens, and ACCountability. instagram post by UCW with details. keep ICE out of georgia.

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This is what Star Wars has been training you the past fifty years for.