Tommy Harden
Austin Kocher, PhD πI found this taped to the door of the geography department at GWU today and it brought me so much joy. A guide to figuring out when a map was made based on features. Zoom in. Itβs amazing.
Nika Shilobod
Shield Maiden@austinkocher Ohhh, I want a teatowel with this on!
Calishatxkcd publishes under a creative commons license, so grab the comic!
Tappin Lisa@researchbuzz
Thanks for this...the printout is much easier to read!
Thanks for this...the printout is much easier to read!
Jo Rhodes@austinkocher having lived in Juba as a child in what is now #SouthSudan but was then #Sudan..it's the first thing I look for on a map and great to see that it gets mentioned.
Kealoha@austinkocher That really is brilliant!
MikeOhYeahThatMike@austinkocher If you like that one you'll get a kick out of this one on map projections:
https://xkcd.com/977/
https://xkcd.com/977/
Laura J Mixon@MikeOhYeahThatMike Also brilliant.
Nathanael Nerode@MikeOhYeahThatMike @austinkocher
Yeah, I remember reading that xckd and saying "But he didn't include my favorite, the Eckert IV!".... which I suppose says something about me
ruthlessone@austinkocher this is pretty amazing.. thanks for sharing
The Skeptic's Book of Lists
Jeremy ο£Ώ
@austinkocher The Redwall reference did it for me. π
Eleanor LNR Blair@austinkocher Thank you. I collapsed into giggles at "about the same size as a breadbox".
twwoodward@austinkocher in case anyone is interested in the source - XKCD bring a lot of consistent joy https://xkcd.com/1688/large/
Andromeda Yelton@austinkocher ok I did not see the giant swimming rabbit coming
David Buunk@thatandromeda @austinkocher Neither did Carter!
@DLBuunk @austinkocher walked right into that one :)
Yahia Lababidi@austinkocher Hello, Austin, Iβm a GWU alumnus π§βπ
Hereβs an #introduction to my #writing : https://columbian.gwu.edu/alumnus-poet-turns-reluctant-activist #bookstodon #books #activism
Hereβs an #introduction to my #writing : https://columbian.gwu.edu/alumnus-poet-turns-reluctant-activist #bookstodon #books #activism
πΌTraciπΌ@EgyptianAphorist @austinkocher Nothing against your writing, but your grandmother's words of wisdom are pure gold!
βNever get between an onion and its skinβyou wonβt get anything except its stink.β
@austinkocher
"Is the world on the back of a turtle?" π€£ Best flow chart ever!
"Is the world on the back of a turtle?" π€£ Best flow chart ever!
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Official Music Video)
zagy@austinkocher β(NUMBER OF YEMENS) + (NUMBER OF GERMANYS)=?β π
Eva Chanda@austinkocher Love it! Now I just have to restrain myself from testing out how accurate it is! π€ͺ
@austinkocher I particularly like the Albuquerque et seq. reference. This If brilliant. π
@@austinkocher I have done that with an older European City map, and was able to pin the year on Β±5 due to how certain names were spelled
Marco van Burgsteden π
Ben Cole@austinkocher I do love that Discworld is on there.
Dan Sandler
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Mary Mazzocco
β Fish Id Wardrobe@austinkocher I adore that this is both a useful tool and can also give you the results "The Last Battle", "Seagull" and "Breadbin".
Dr.Susan Bushinski@austinkocher wish I could veiw it better
Road Not Taken@austinkocher it truly is. Thank you for this.
Melissa Ratisher β@austinkocher "Is the world on the back of a turtle?" :) This is great!
Mo@austinkocher itβs from xkcd in case you want a digital version of your own: https://xkcd.com/1688/
Derekodon@austinkocher This is fascinating, and fun
Stu Duerson, machina exo deusRandall Munroe...that's a name I'll try to remember. Brilliant stuff! He has books on Amazon. They'd make great stocking stuffers. Now, let's see his chart on types of stockings...
fredsharples@austinkocher heads up @burritojustice though I bet you have this on your wall.
British Tech Guru@austinkocher love it. Entertaining and accurate.
Ambiorickx@austinkocher as a Coloradan, I am concerned about how we get to 2022 and beyond.
ineiti@austinkocher I always get to the "Did you make it yourself?" :)
Mark Elliott@austinkocher This is actually a fantastic piece of scholarship. It also got me thinking how much fun it would be if someone decided to return Florida to Spain right now...
Lantis@austinkocher This was originally an xkcd comic: https://xkcd.com/1688/large/
Brian Stafford
πD. 'Xalior' Rimron-Soutter@austinkocher original source - https://xkcd.com/1688/
Ian Dees@austinkocher You can get a higher res from the XKCD page: https://xkcd.com/1688/
Mike Pfeifer@austinkocher incredible!
Rick Moen πΊπΈ π³π΄ π¬π§@austinkocher You will find that there's much more gloriousness from #xkcd in author Randall Munroe's other drawings, too. As a bonus, at their original location on the Web, there is always a "mouseover text" comment that is predictably wry. The one you appreciated on your geography department door lives at https://xkcd.com/1688/ .
Space Hobo
Michael Porter@austinkocher βAre you *sure* this is a map?β π
Sandra Hoenle (she/her) π¨π¦
Reinout van Schouwen@Poldermanie Eentje voor jou!
Adam Brisebois (YesterGearPC)
smells of bikes@austinkocher maybe of interest to @pokateo
Jade (Jay)@austinkocher This made me laugh so hard when I got to the middle and right corner πππ Thanks for sharing.
@dang8r @nathanfrank14 Check this out - I laughed out loud*. *(Someone should come up with a shorthand for that.)
DanG8r@vurub @nathanfrank14 thatβs amazing, I love it.
Lukas Brausch@austinkocher That's nice but it does have some flaws though. For example, why would a world map be dated to 1946-47 only if there are two Germanys? Those maps were in print until 1990. π