Quote: “The map above shows what the moon might look like if the “seas” were filled with water and became actual seas. In terms of determining the seas levels, “it’s not done by altitude, but it’s more to do with relative brightness or darkess. I’ve just increased the contrast to make it more obvious how the seas are said…
Quote: “Preschool attendance in Morocco has surged from 23% in 2018 to 73% in 2024 after a nationwide early-education reform.” Dana sez, I was lucky enough to visit Morocco in 2013 and I thought then that it was a place just beginning to go boom. You go, Kalal! Vietnam is reducing poverty through education, too.…
What a delightfully informative little book! I don’t know how they crammed so much information into just 200 pages (reminds me of Mark Kurlansky’s Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World and this one doesn’t have recipes). (And why not, I ask? Hmmph.) The authors take something called the Julius Work Calendar,…
One of many 3D printed house designs by Icon. Look at more designed for Earth and the Moon, and read about the guy who started the company here. More videos here. Trés cool. (h/t NYT) “1927 Paramount Studio Map Of California Filming Locations That Look Like Foreign Countries & Regions.” Heh. (Brilliant Maps) Quote: “If…
Nifty. (h/t Brilliant Maps) Quote: “As I’ve noted whenever this subject comes up, the exceptional safety of modern airlines means that when something does go wrong, the causes usually start out as a mystery. That is because nearly every non-mysterious, “normal,” source of risk has already been removed. In the medical world, the adage is: When you hear…
I’d forgotten all about Mary Engelbreit, even though I still have this on my wall, dating from the time I decided to become a writer. Whatever else was no longer an option. And while I was out she started a little diversionary line called “Engeldark.” Click here to see more. Quote: “[T] there has been…
Fabulous. (h/t BarbaraP) Photo I took from the plane coming into Amsterdam on May 9. The EU is in the midst of finalizing a plan to completely end imports of Russian fossil fuels; the European Commission first pledged to quit Russian fossil fuels in 2022 as a response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The imports won’t…
