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@cartonaut elswhere Map-o-phile / GIS wrangler / M.S. GIS / GISP / mischief / 🗺️ / solvitur ambulando

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · Mar 9

This account is mostly Map and GIS celebration (some gripes)+ elevation of others' mappy work. It will detour into carnivorous plants, nudibranchs, birds, corny puns, stands against fascism and authoritarianism, sharing natural wonder, rowboat and bike adventures, childcare and adult dementia care.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 5h

[NACIS 2030] OMG the keynote speaker Anrdrew is sitting in the seat next to you...

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

FYI,
Wes Anderson Palettes share.google/lQse8W1eHyvl...
Color Brewer
ColorBrewer: Color Advice for Maps share.google/WOSAYFRHqMXD...

Wes Anderson Palettes

share.google

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SAHASA 🐙 @sculptedreef.com · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay 🙂‍↕️🙌 I'm a Dutch artist who primarily works in marine life themed sculpture 🐙🪸

🏠 SculptedReef.com
💌 [email protected]

Makana, a hand sculpted clay octopus depicting the species octopus cyanea. Its arms are swirling around its body and it leans back on three of them.

Aurora, a sculpture depicting the Caribbean Reef Octopus. A bluish teal octopus with webbed maroon patterns and bright green patches around the eyes.

A mixed media artwork featuring a hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Larger Pacific Striped Octopus and corals woven from tiny glass beads.

A mixed media artwork featuring two hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus and colorful corals woven from tiny glass beads.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

A possible map palette builder for you.
Put it with your Color Brewer and Wes Anderson film color tools.
#gischat

Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 1d

I think my work here is done.

birdstocolors.binstobins.online

(My work is nowhere near done here)

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 1d

I think my work here is done.

birdstocolors.binstobins.online

(My work is nowhere near done here)

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Please read the book All They Will Call You (Camino del Sol) by Tim Hernandez if you wish to know more.

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 3d

Go fish!
We played a good hand.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 3d

"This should br easy..."

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bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 3d

Spotted at the start of the HONK parade: SCUL put half an aluminum canoe on an old Urban Arrow!

Half of an aluminum canoe on the cargo bed of an urban arrow

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 22

Time to start a series of posts on how LLMs don't actually know anything! https://thetrek.co/they-trusted-chatgpt-to-plan-their-hike-and-ended-up-calling-for-rescue/ 1/

They Trusted ChatGPT To Plan Their Hike — And Ended Up Calling for Rescue

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 3d

Perhaps a local "food shed" map contest where you display the entries at the market and then the award ceremony at your shop?+

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 3d

Map table at the farmer's market?

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 3d

Totally exit through the gift shop vibing

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David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · 4d

"Alit (Rocky Mountain High)", oil on vintage map, 10 1/4 x 14", 2025- $450 (Cdn). #art #sciart

A map of the Rocky Mountains along the border of BC & Alberta, Canada covered with 5 painted butterflies & 5 caterpillars. One butterfly, an orange, brown, black & white Painted Lady, sits in the top left corner, beside it is a grey, black & orange Rocky Mountain Parnassian, lower to the right is an orange & black Monarch & the Mourning Cloak, purple & brown with blue spots & a white fringe. At the bottom facing down is a buttery yellow & black Western Tiger Swallowtail.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 5d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 5d

Excerpt about Elfland from Unnatural History of UCSC and some maps over the decades.
tinyurl.com/2j7p8nbj

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 5d

I have never seen Collin See-Paynton's work before today.
While so much of my media is being flooded with AI slop or blatant copyright abuse, this work is so refreshingly welcome and inspiring. Joyously catching up on a fantastic body of work.
www.see-paynton.co.uk

Colin See-Payton
Dipper Dipping
Size: 7x4 inches
Ref: 197
Edition: 120

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Michael Gaigg @michaelgaigg.bsky.social · 5d

Maximum energy on minimum impact, are you #BikeShedding again?
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/bike-sh...

12 • Bike Shedding - Hitchhikers Guide to Design

Bike shedding refers to the tendency of teams to spend disproportionate more time and energy debating trivial or easy-to-understand aspects of a project, whi...

hitchhikersguidetodesign.com

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Wildwestcats💛 @wildwestcats.bsky.social · 5d

I can't doodle worth a darn but I can cross stitch! I finished this earlier this year. Pattern from London's Natural History Museum: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cro...

Cross stitch of a Giant Squid. Squid is in shades of orange. The two longest tentacles are held up in a semicircle while the rest dangle below. There is some white detailing on the ends of the longest tentacles and top of the fins. Stitched on navy blue Aida fabric.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 5d

Marshmallow curmudgeon...
My g-ma's recipe

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 5d

We be birdin' and nerdin' up here
Waved Albatross spotted out over Cordell Bank, California coast.

www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/08/e...

Endangered albatross native to Galapagos Islands spotted off Marin County coast in first documented sighting north of Costa Rica

A seabird tour off the coast of Sonoma and Marin counties over the weekend included the sighting of a species of albatross that normally lives near the Galapagos Islands.

www.pressdemocrat.com

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Peter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub.bsky.social · 6d

"This exists in San Francisco?"

That will be your mantra on the city's new perimeter trail — a path filled with good dogs, great sandwiches, art everywhere, and a reassuring number of public restrooms.

I covered it all by bike. Here are the highlights:

🚴‍♀️ 🌁 ❤️

www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

An epic walk around San Francisco: Highlights of the 38-mile Roundabout Trail

Where to stop on San Francisco's new perimeter trail, including Heron Head Park, Cayuga Playground and more under-the-radar city treasures.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 6d

I agree, the FOMO was massive.
I got like 15 video snippets of different breaches because they were in line of sight of the cell tower, all during a time I was staring at results of queries in MS SSM.

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 6d

I like it, the long way home from Kentucky!
Let's scheme

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 6d

NGL, I'm Patrick, fo sho