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Vivid Maps @vividmaps.bsky.social · 2d

Most maps shrink Hawaii into a compact box, but the archipelago actually sprawls 2,450 km across the Pacific. That's roughly NYC to Denver. This map shows the true extent — from Kure Atoll in the northwest to the Big Island in the southeast. vividmaps.com/hawaiian-arc...

The True Extent of the Hawaiian Archipelago - Vivid Maps

The Hawaiian archipelago spans 2,450 km (1,520 mi) from Kure Atoll to the Big Island — far more extensive than most people realize.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a Xennial, and I have been streaming music for so long (since Urge, lol) that I don't even know where to buy music. YouTube Music kind of killed the option to buy and stream. I've been thinking about buying music to support the artists, but I don't have an iPhone.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 4d

This looks great!

(Also, I keep misreading your last name as Cartographer)

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes I have a feeler guess when I have no idea. I talked myself out of it, and of course it was the correct answer. 🤦‍♂️

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 8d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 10d

I should have thought about this one a little bit longer. I was in the correct region though.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 11d

I thought resizing an existing map would be faster than creating a new one from scratch. I was very wrong.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 11d

Sorry, I am just now seeing this! In ArcPro, there are tools for creating very smooth contours. I think they are under the Cartographic toolbox/extension. Smoother contours are less accurate but more visually appealing to most people. Here is a screenshot of some contours I made in ArcPro.

Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 14d

Oh god, I didn't know it was that time of year again!

Looks like he already posted the list on his website.

30daymapchallenge.com

#gischat

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 19d

I seem to get these on the first guess or not at all. 😂

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 22d

That's not bad at all. The response time is less so.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 22d

Jesus.

BTW, do you happen to know how much time it takes to raise the levee?

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · 27d

I don't know that I was thinking with some of these guesses. 😂

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Sep 13

Anyway seems not great that so many people with large platforms or in actual positions of power appear to have entirely lost their minds

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Sep 8

Very interesting, and just in time for bookmarks! 😀

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Sep 5

And here is the final version. I am pretty happy with how this map turned out, and I got a lot of great feedback at the conference.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is surprising. I would have expected single parents to be one of the dominant groups based on the media. Married, no kids are basically flat. Single, no kids seems to be the big change in households. Overall, married households went from 74% to 47%.

Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 2

How the makeup of US households have changed 1960 vs today

(by @VisualCapitalist)

A stacked bar chart showing the evolution of U.S. household composition from 1960 to 2023. The chart illustrates the changing proportions of married parents, single parents, married couples without children, and single adults without children. Key takeaways include a significant increase in households without children and a decrease in households with married parents.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Sep 2

Literally every other small business in Huntsville was "Rocket City" something when I grew up there. This man will take credit for anything.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trump says that because he’s moving Space Command to “a locale called Huntsville, Alabama” which will *now* be forever known as “Rocket City.”

He’s so powerful with these names, the bib from the marathon my dad ran there in the early 1980s has had this brand new nickname magically appear on it.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Aug 26

At Hopkins, they kept our data for about 6 months. The deletion policy is more or less tied to when you lose access to your school account.

Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Aug 21

Also, ol boy Neville Chamberlain had a meeting around this time. I'm pretty sure they called him "Briton" due to space limitations, but I like to think of it as a slight.

Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Aug 21

I was doing research on a RI hurricane in 1938 (unnamed) for one of my maps and came across this article. The eye of the storm landed in New Haven, CT, but RI was on the dirty side and got hit with a the storm surge. The photos help put it in perspective.

www.providencejournal.com/picture-gall...

The Evening Bulletin newspaper article from September 1938. Headline: HURRICANE KILLS AT LEAST 125 IN STATE; 29 DEAD, 52 MISSING IN WESTERLY; LOSS PUT IN MILLIONS. A smaller headline reads: BRITON, HITLER CONFER; CZECH

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Aug 21

Cool find. I was thinking about making something similar.

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Aug 20

I just registered for my first Nacis conference. Now, I need to finish my map. 🗺️

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Antonio @aasmith.bsky.social · Aug 16

Oh dang! I may have to grab a pair. Maybe that will keep my wife and kids from stealing (and losing) my scissors. 😂

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