Visualising the 1944 Bergen Harbour explosion of the ST Voorbode. Done with #qgis and Blender #b3d DEM from Kartverket, data copyright #openstreetmap contributors

Please remember this chart when reading any post about the wonderful 4-day work week that we will soon all be enjoying…

A dream that more and more grey nomads in Australia make a reality. Highway 1 leads you all the way around Australia for a whooping 14,500km. Thanks to the retiring Baby Boomers it’s the golden decade of RVs and camper vans downunder.

A few days ago I had the pleasure of collaborating with the magazine Ancient History, from Karwansaray Publishers Karwansaray Publishers , in the ideal recreation of a royal tomb from the necropolis of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur.

There are 36 countries within 1,000km from just outside Prague. 🇦🇱 🇦🇹 🇧🇾 🇧🇪 🇧🇦 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇭🇺 🇮🇹 🇽🇰 🇱🇻 🇱🇮 🇱🇹 🇱🇺 🇲🇩 🇲🇨 🇲🇪 🇳🇱 🇲🇰 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 🇷🇺 🇸🇲 🇷🇸 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇸🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇻🇦

Bolivia tends to use geography to its advantage when playing international football fixtures. The opponents just can’t cope with the altitude. Each Bolivian home match counts as a #badgeographyjoke.

German business model was based on: 1. Cheap energy from Russia 2. Cheap subcontractors in Eastern Europe 3. Steadily growing exports to China All three are gone by now, but German politicians and unions are still mentally stuck in a world that doesn’t exist anymore. Chart

So the Cybertruck is just a 5 edge map of the US?

Your Name in Landsat 🛰️ is an amazing tool that writes your name (or swear words) using satellite images of areas that look like letters. Great fun! Source: buff.ly/4cRAkxW

Simon Kuestenmacher

Snapchat hasn’t grown in North America for years. The rest of the world is still providing quite a bit of growth. Source: buff.ly/3My1zTo

This outstanding map shows the different ages of the skylines across North America. Austin vs Fort Worth is fun. What urban histories do you see reflected here? Source: buff.ly/4cQpwjK

The new monthly birth update is out!

Hanlon's Razor is the adage: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Or sometimes, "Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence."

Urban greenery, city trees, urban forestry. No matter what you call it, planting trees in cities helps an awful lot. Should be a massive priority. Via Biodiversity Hub International

Great visual by @Shijawendy shows selected mountains.

People who have a favorable opinion of China and the US. In Poland, the Chinese are seen unfavorably while the US is viewed positively. In Tunisia it's the other way around. In Greece both countries are equally favoured. Source: buff.ly/4cSOkYs

In the last decade, the UK has dramatically transformed its power system. Last year just 1.4% of electricity here in the UK was produced from coal. A decade earlier, it was still over a third.