Amazing Highlights from around the World.

Most common ancestry in USA (self identified)

The City of Capella
by Charl Landsberg (c) 2025

Part of my ongoing homebrew game.

A big thank you to Watabou's amazing city generator that I use to generate the city outlines that I go and fill in later.

309 Chulmleigh (Hills)

Innovations de la carte du monde (1704) dresse par Jean-Baptiste Nolin

Bombala railway station, railway station in Bombala LGA, New South Wales, Australia.

Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area, park in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Biak-na-Bato National Park, national park.

Chetwai Lighthouse, lighthouse in India.

Coquitlam Public Library, public library system in British Columbia.

The English village of Happisburgh between 1999 and 2024 (coastal erosion)

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan 24, 2025

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20. Outer London. London: Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, S.W. Stanford's Geological Establishment.

A of Polar Bears in Iceland, Where They Don't Belong

Countries where Donald T. Is the head of government.

Garajonay National Park, national park of Spain.

Steigerwald Nature Park, nature park in Bavaria, Germany.

Marjaniemi lighthouse, lighthouse in Hailuoto, Finland.

Stewart Library, former public library in Grinnel Iowa.

Isles Britanniques.

Legality of Cannabis in the USA as of January 2025

Ci-dessous deux ouvrages de qui permettent de rflchir aux changements ncessaires de reprsentations de nos espaces de vies et de nos relations sociales que notre projet de carte solidaire collaborative cherche proposer.

Et un entretien de Nephtys Zwer propos de son dernier livre "Pour un spatio-fminisme" (2024):

See the Krugman article referenced after my original post.

Found this on Wikipedia... NM appears to be less of an outlier re " population by county." Interesting on many levels. No signal at all from , , or I suspect at least some of this absence is the result of the "Trail of Tears" events in the 1800s.

Key take home message is the same: "Richer" (or more heavily taxed) states subsidize "Poorer" states... and it has probably been this way since shortly after the modern US was passed in 1913. Poorer states in recent times tend to vote for who mostly try to defund federal programs that help those same poor states. The proverbial shot in the foot!

Brazilian regions explained for foreigners based on common stereotypes.

Dounan Station, railway station located in Yunlin, Taiwan..

Stieler's Hand-Atlas ... No. 13d. Spanien und Portugal in IV Blattern. (insets) Lissbon. Madrid. Cadiz.

TPR on the Center

Steigerwald Nature Park, nature park in Bavaria, Germany.

Angammedilla National Park, national park in Sri Lanka.

Punta Vagno Lighthouse, building in Genoa, Italy.

Putney Library, library in Putney, London.

Flandria Comit: Per Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio.

Google Earth has begun updating images of Gaza

Same sex marriage around the world

Greynolds Park, park in Florida, United States of America, United States of America.

Sila National Park, national park.

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, lighthouse on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England.

Aberystwyth Library, public library.

Ascoli Piceno railway station, railway station in Italy.

Anakena -- Hanga Roa Bahia Cook. Levantado de rden del Capitan de Navio D. Jos Anacleto Goi. Comandante de la Corbeta Chilena O'Higgins por los tenientes 2os. D. Javier Molinas, D. Luis Uribe, Ga. Ma. Ex. D. Luis A. Lynch i los cadetes Goi, Aguayo, Lynch, Cueto i Serrano. Enero de 1870. Lit. Cadot i Brandt, Santiago.

World Antipodes Map An antipode is a point on the Earths surface directly opposite to a specific location, representing the farthest point from it on the planet