#cartology

[fragrantblossoms]

Map of Uiju-gun, Pyeongan-do, Joseon Dynasty (Korea). Paper.

[conquestofspaces]

Cartology, 2010.

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[arinewman7]

Southern Celestial Hemisphere, 1660

Andreas Cellarius

[theminotaurslover]

I have a question for tarot readers/people experienced with these kind of things:

I did a Celtic cross reading, and 4/10 cards were Wands. I keep reading up on tarot readings and following my gut, and everything is pointing to a big and positive change.

I don't exactly believe my readings. I don't think my deck is lying to me, but I find it hard to believe that my situation is going to get that much better.

Should I go with what everything is telling me and embrace change or stay cautious of the situation I'm in? If more details are needed, I will happily tell you what you need to know.

Thank you!

[dragonboyteeth]

This was really funny in my head

[nrdc]

Winged Migration

Wow. For the first time, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology documented the migratory movements of 118 bird species across the Western Hemisphere over an entire year.  

This animated map is partially thanks to data taken from citizen scientists who logged bird observations and sightings on ebird. You can read a complete analysis of the findings here.  

[sighkingu]

Carte figurative et approximative représentant pour l'année 1858 les émigrants du globe, les pays dóu ils partent et ceux oú ils arrivent by Charles Joseph Minard, 1862.

[Via The Atlantic City Lab.]

[inreadingaround]

In Reading Around #8 - David Foster Wallace edition

Here's another fiction pick, this time from the legendary David Foster Wallace.There are very few people that can write a story like this, and have it work (George Saunders is the only other author I can think of). It's rambling, scatterbrained, and weird, but at the same time, completely relateable. While we're on the subject, here's an essay on DFW and his views of genre as "complex and multifaceted." "And perhaps that's the difficult, lasting takeaway...the knowledge that that's it. The reader must reconcile the vitality of the words on the page with the morality of their author.

In 1999 Los Angeles police officer Rafael Perez sparked the biggest scandal in the history of the LAPD. "Perez declared that bogus arrests, perjured testimony, and the planting of 'drop guns' on unarmed civilians were commonplace." His testimony would lead to over one hundred convictions being overturned, and civil suits for over $100million. But Perez is also a convicted perjurer and drug dealer. Is his testimony reliable?

Jeffrey Holliman had fallen on some hard times back in 2012. He was on probation following an embezzling charge, for which he owed $140,000 plus another $125,000 to his ex-wives for child support. Unemployed and without any viable option, he did what any man would do: he went off to live in the woods, bringing only a hunting knife and a tarp. He lived that way for 9 months, stealing from former neighbors to get by and looking like Rambo, if Rambo was played by William S. Burroughs (seriously, just look at that first picture.) Texas, man.

You might have seen that recent report from the National Science Foundation claiming that a majority of young Americans believe Astrology is scientific. Predictably, several notable blogs and news sources jumped all over it. The problem is, the data's a bit fishy. Once you factor out people that confused Astrology with the similarly named, actually scientific field of Astronomy, things start looking a bit more normal. (Full disclosure, before anyone calls me out: yes, I often read astrologyzone.com. No I don't think these readings are science-based. Yes, they're interesting and fun to read anyway)

North is up on a map, right? Chances are, you've always just taken that for granted, and never though about why. Turns out, it's a lot more interesting than you realized, and it hasn't always been this way.

Inmates in prisons throughout the country are using smuggled cellphones to plan escapes and other illegal activities. Also, since it is 2014 after all, to maintain blogs and facebook pages. "...it's not unusual to find three phones in a body cavity," according to Christopher Epps., head of the Mississippi prison system. I don't want to live in a world where it's not considered unusual to find 3 phones inside a person.