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Wow, Tokyo!
Bezoek de Keukenhof-tuinen, naar Amsterdam, online! (Visit the Keukenhof gardens online!)
Marvelous crowdsourced accent field work in New York
A remarkable historical take on the diffusion of religions
Remember the Mayan language family in Ethnologue? Here's a real world example.
Women are on strike in Mexico
Around 6000 flights happen every day in the United States, apparently
Watch ECCS School Board meetings here.
The world's fastest mile run with a very happy dog!
Thanks Chris Furey! The Good, the Rad and the Gnarly--Pudding mapped the intersection of music genres and skateboarding culture (measured in advertising, essentially) over three decades. Beware of some limited quoted cursing if that bothers you!
A beautiful obituary: this man was drawing every person in New York
A great podcast about important women artists
Regional food and our election
Exceptionally beautiful maps of the world's watersheds
Mr. Ungar's letter to families regarding changes in graduation requirements here in ECCS. If you have comments to share with the board, please consider attending the community meeting on 1/29 here at Chanhassen High at 630, or sending them to [email protected] or leaving your message on a voicemail box at 952-556-6107.
Your chance in a lifetime to see a supernova!
It's a STATE!!
A balanced summary of the central question in the impeachment hearings
Memo, from New York
A wonderfully-reported road trip through the heart of the Midwest
Greta Thunberg's full speech before the UN on 9/23
Valuable + Free = Fights! Parking Rage
Knitting and physics
Where the Disasters Are for All of Us in the United States
Where the Good Jobs Are for People without College Degrees
The wonderful Human Geography world of Ernest Kleinberg
National Geographic takes on the tradition of April Fool's Pranks, and media outlets didn't disappoint. CBC. BBC.
We're not alone: India's democracy is threatened by fake news on social media
Ontario agrees: your cell phones are not helping you in school
Doors Open Minneapolis: Saturday and Sunday May 18-19, come explore our city!
It's 2050--you're pushing 50 years old--and we succeeded in stopping climate change: imagine what it's like!
A timelapse update on that gorgeous ice sheet in Maine--watch it and be mesmerized
Rickey Gates runs every street in San Francisco, with a bonus for fans of math!
A fabulous PBS series about Human Geography starting on its second season: No Passport Required, where chef Marcus Samuelsson gets way into immigrant communities and their food here in the United States
North Carolina's Congressional districts are even crazier on foot!
Hungary's population problems
Ice + Gravity (sometimes) = magic
Here's the article from a while back in the Atlantic Monthly on declaring a National Emergency; here's another perspective from the National Review
How tall is too tall? Here's an analysis of the economics of skyscraper height.
Check out this interactive map showing 200 years of immigration into the United States
Supercool 3D mapping of population changes worldwide in the last 20 years
A Korean explains accents in the UK
Basketball in Tibet? Indeed.
How quickly did bicycle use explode in China? Check it out here.
Apps on your phone are tracking your location very precisely
This century's first real look into Eritrea
Cornell University's incredible project on the movement of enslaved people during the 18th and 19th centuries
Follow Eyder Peralta's fantastic reporting from Ethiopia in transition
Life expectancy in the United States, surprisingly, is decreasing. Here's the CDC report.
It's going to happen! You're going to be able to ride a light rail train between Eden Prairie and downtown Minneapolis!
Here's the migration story behind the impacts of the incredible fires we're seeing out West
Crowdsourcing the mapping of Mexico City's informal public transit system: Mapaton! and here's the CBC piece on it in English
More time-lapse, this time of a local infrastructure project at 35W and 94
Yes, it exists: time-lapse Google Earth (thanks, Peter!)
Think your Instagram photos are novel, unique takes on your travel? Think again.
Hypnotic, peaceful walking tours of cities all over the world from NHK World
Exactly how interconnected are Americans?
Precisely why you want a BALANCED MEDIA DIET
One of you asked: have there been any cities that have just banned cars?
Topic inspiration? Here's a great story about a millionaire returning to her island home
A fabulous geography project in minneapolis and saint paul: come and eat
Industrial musicals!!! Here's the radio broadcast where your teacher found out about this.
International women's day: a big deal in the rest of the world. Google wants to hear from you!
Overview (Thanks, Luther!) click on "feed" to see the shot of the day or follow their Instagram account
Measuring Population density more accurately
Why is Newfoundland time half an hour different from the rest of the maritime provinces?
Indeed, parts of the United States are flatter than a pancake. Here's the peer-reviewed paper.
Look at these fabulous quilts made by injured soldiers out of their own uniforms in the 19th century
Here's a fascinating analysis of Estonia in its precarious political geography
Now, that's remote! Bear meets sound recording equipment. Bear wins!
Take a look at all of the geography in amazon's Request for Proposals for its new HQ
Mapping accessibility
Think like a car, no salmoning, take the lane: come and ride in the city this summer!
Geek out on the entire online collection of maps from Columbia University
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau steps on a language minefield
The End of Irony? (this is the New York Times editorial I told you about)
(Thanks Maddy Pernat!) Meet the woman behind the world's only Wukchumni-English dictionary
Where the Hell is Matt? (2006)
Sesame Street and Socialization: Empathy
Another fantastic "map" of the history of Alt music!
Sociology: you asked me about Compton, California
Beyond the Map: Rio's Favelas
Sociology and Geography Begets Art
Sorry Minnesotans, It's True: We Really Do Have Accents in the Midwest
Google Street View: Protecting EVERYONE'S Privacy