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Kristina Liv Larsen

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Associate Curator @ Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Former Lecturer @ UTK SIS, PgM Google X, & PM Exploratorium. Car free since 2007.

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It was pretty obvious to some of us at the time.

27.02.2026 06:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

18.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 14727 πŸ” 2447 πŸ’¬ 211 πŸ“Œ 192

YAGGY

06.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When was the last time a new map really sparked joy in your life? www.chartography.net/p/this-map-i...

05.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go

20.01.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 3516 πŸ” 766 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 29

My first visualization for @climate.us β€” one of the atmospheric rivers that slammed into California over Christmas & New Years.

16.01.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

are
you
listening
to
your
saints
?

15.01.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

I wrote about this last week: There is a physical weight to Trumpism that we carry each day. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...

14.01.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

11.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 12688 πŸ” 3271 πŸ’¬ 343 πŸ“Œ 67
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Resurrecting the Black Body by Tonia Sutherland - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

@toniasutherland.bsky.social literally wrote the book www.ucpress.edu/books/resurr...

11.01.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

⬇️⬇️⬇️

08.01.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.

03.01.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 2829 πŸ” 698 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 44

Words to live by, 2026 edition: β€œAdjust your credulity.”

03.01.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Montage of creative works entering the public domain in the US in 2026.

Montage of creative works entering the public domain in the US in 2026.

πŸ‘€ WATCH THIS SPACE! 🚨
Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? πŸͺ© Join us here!

At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 β€” iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them.

Learn more ➑️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

29.12.2025 23:45 πŸ‘ 338 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 12
Relighting history: Building a 3d-printed interactive map of a hidden neighborhood - Jennifer Mapes
Relighting history: Building a 3d-printed interactive map of a hidden neighborhood - Jennifer Mapes YouTube video by NACIS

The NACIS videos are up! Are you map-curious? Or map-obsessed (like me)? Scroll on through and see what you missed at our annual conference. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Mine is a how-to for making a lighted 3d neighborhood map www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5rd...

18.11.2025 12:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

05.11.2025 05:22 πŸ‘ 56592 πŸ” 6747 πŸ’¬ 639 πŸ“Œ 226

If you needed an excuse to visit a lighthouse

29.10.2025 02:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Moving past superficial histories: interview with RJ Andrews The Curious Cabinet #1.

@attilabatorfy.bsky.social interviews me about falling down the information-graphic history hole open.substack.com/pub/attilaba...

23.10.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

More of this, please:
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

10.10.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated β€”like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”

28.09.2025 15:04 πŸ‘ 2186 πŸ” 629 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 41

Collage and tattoo it?

18.09.2025 02:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:

Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.

11.09.2025 18:48 πŸ‘ 4498 πŸ” 966 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 27
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Face Time: Rick and Megan Prelinger The archivists and researchers look backward β€” and forward β€” in a city where exchange and flow are bedrock

Beautiful profile on Prelinger Library and its founders by @eddiekimx.bsky.social in GazetteerSF: sf.gazetteer.co/face-time-ri...

10.09.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Let’s fight back, California. Yes on 50!

03.09.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 5463 πŸ” 1423 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 37
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Enthusiasms: Jeff Sharlet on Alt-Weeklies And the San Diego Reader and the (mostly) lost era of great urban writing

I wrote about the lost world of alt-weeklies, papers that loved cities *as* cities, for my splendid local alt-daily, Daybreak. β€œThe first time I saw a stranger’s corpse was one summer night, 1992…” news.daybreak.news/p/enthusiasm...

20.08.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 411 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 31

I am so thrilled that you’re writing about this topic. These papers revealed and celebrated the unique culture and geography of places, provided guidance on how to show up in a community, and gave us essential context for local politics. Cities have suffered from their loss.

23.08.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg maps please?

14.08.2025 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sehr cool.
www.chronotrains.com/de/explore/2...

11.08.2025 06:00 πŸ‘ 264 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5
Petrofuture Long Island
66m sea level rise on a vintage Shell gas station map

Petrofuture Long Island 66m sea level rise on a vintage Shell gas station map

Petrofuture London
66m sea level rise on a vintage Esso gas station map

Petrofuture London 66m sea level rise on a vintage Esso gas station map

Petrofuture France
66m sea level rise on a vintage Shell gas station map

Petrofuture France 66m sea level rise on a vintage Shell gas station map

Petrofuture Washington DC
66m sea level rise on a vintage Shell gas station map

Petrofuture Washington DC 66m sea level rise on a vintage Shell gas station map

Hey Seattle folks,

I’ll be giving a talk about the Petrofuture maps this Tuesday. Tickets are almost gone!

www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

#seattle #petrofuture

09.08.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0