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@seav@en.osm.town
2026-09-07 16:43:32

🧵 1/2: I recently saw this vintage #Qantas poster with a unique “flower” map projection centered on #Sydney (1st image). I like how the map almost neatly divides the four largest continents (Eurasia, North America, South America, and Africa) into the four petals.
Well, I kinda became obsessed and wonder…

Portrait aviation poster featuring a unique flower-like map projection centered in Sydney, Australia with the rest of the world split into four “petals”, which from the top-left going clockwise, roughly correspond to Eurasia, North America, South America, and Africa. Major cities like Peking, New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and oceans are labeled. A radial grid overlays the petals. Above the map is the following text: A New Air Map From the Australian Viewpoint Great Circle Courses to the F…
A minimal recreation of the first image’s flower-like map projection centered in Sydney, Australia with the rest of the world split into four “petals”, which from the top-left going clockwise, roughly correspond to Eurasia, North America, South America, and Africa. A radial grid overlays the petals.
@edintone@mastodon.green
2026-10-07 06:56:05

This Stone Wall Seems to Have Finally Settled Debate About The Town That Became Paris goodnewsnetwork.org/this-stone

This Stone Wall Seems to Have Finally Settled Debate About The Town That Became Paris
It's incredible to think how today's "City of Light" has origins so far back in time—something the Paris mayor thought as well.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-09-09 01:21:55

A gun store opened next to a day care.
It could change laws in this California town
Dan Ashton, the owner of Goodland Guns, told The Times he has strictly followed all of Goleta’s laws
and relocated only after his former landlord “pretty much doubled the rent.”
He signed a 25-year lease this summer for the building next to the day care
after struggling to find a new space
and attempting to move into an industrial zone.
He will host his grand openi…

A gun store opened next to a day care. It could change laws in this California town
A day care in a Santa Barbara County beach town has a new neighbor: A gun store

@seav@en.osm.town
2026-09-08 12:00:49

#TuneTuesday (Sep 8)
“And nobody will love me
’Til I learn to lovе me, hey
The sun is shining somewhere
I just gotta get there, hey”
“The Sun is Shining Somewhere” by Irish singer-songwriter #Moncrieff is such a feel-good song with a really anthemic-sounding chorus. Definite…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-10-08 12:25:39

Drones struck a data center owned by Russia's Yandex in the town of Sasovo, marking the first major attack on a Russian data hub since the Ukraine war began (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/drones-hit-y

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2026-08-07 14:56:35

City That Arrested Person for Clapping at Data Center Meeting Moves to Virtual Townhalls for 'Public Safety' 404media.co/city-that-arrested

City That Arrested Person for Clapping at Data Center Meeting Moves to Virtual Townhalls for 'Public Safety'
A small town in Kansas took its city meetings virtual and ended public comment after city leaders received a wave of death threats.

@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social
2026-07-09 01:30:36

RE: old.mermaid.town/@futzle/11688
Myself included.

@seav@en.osm.town
2026-09-08 22:32:18

This is a fantastic song if you are a graphic designer or a typographer!
#fonts #typefaces

@seav@en.osm.town
2026-10-07 05:35:21

A short PBS Terra video about the rare South American Hurricane Catarina in 2004 with a short sidebar on why the Philippines is the most vulnerable to disasters.
#PBS

@seav@en.osm.town
2026-09-06 09:21:42

Forget the latlon vs lonlat debate for a minute.
Another conflict is the winding order of coordinates for (multi)polygons. GeoJSON (RFC 7946) and Turf.js require counterclockwise outer rings and clockwise inner. Shapefiles, TopoJSON, and D3 geo expect the reverse.
Spent way too much time deep-diving into this. 😵‍💫
#maps