Anyone know that old riddle--"If Ireland sank, what would float? Cork!"
I probably read it in Highlights for Children as a kid, or something like that
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Anyone know that old riddle--"If Ireland sank, what would float? Cork!"
I probably read it in Highlights for Children as a kid, or something like that
It’s cool to see a couple of east coast #Petrofuture maps featured in this segment about the Map Center…
https://www.wcvb.com/article/pawtucket-map-store-map-center-1773873135/70785870
Climate Change Gets Strikingly Visualized by a Scottish Art Installation
I just submitted my abstract to @VisualisingClimate
Hope to see you in November!
Enchanting Video Shows How Globes Were Made by Hand in 1955: The End of a 500-Year Tradition
https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/how-globes-were-made-by-hand-in-1955.html

The first globe—a spherical representation of our planet Earth—dates back to the Age of Discovery. Or 1492, to be more precise, when Martin Behaim and painter Georg Glockendon created the 'Nürnberg Terrestrial Globe,' otherwise known as the 'Erdapfel.' It was made by hand.
Messing around with animations of #Petrofuture maps.
London, this time...and I added a couple of flourishes. What do you think? Too subtle?
Messing around with animations of #Petrofuture maps.
London, this time...and I added a couple of flourishes. What do you think? Too subtle?