mastodon 4.7.3Admin of subdued.social in #BellinghamWA. Lead Cartographer at @stamen@vis.social. Social media for @CascadiaRail@social.ridetrans.it. 15 minutes of fame: @pop_vs_soda@subdued.social
Was @mappingmashups@subdued.social on Twitter.
#cartography, #dataviz, #urbanism, #RankedChoiceVoting, #ElectoralReform, #ProportionalRepresentation, #HighSpeedRail, #OpenStreetMap, #TheExpanse
Don't want local content? Just mute the #BellinghamWA hashtag.
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Older posts: @mappingmashups@mastodon.social
#SubduedSocial user @nathan@subdued.social generated a full set of #BellinghamWA maps using the #MapToPoster script by Ankur Gupta. View and download them here:
https://bellingham-maps.nathancarnes.com/
#OpenStreetMap #maps #cartography #PNW #Cascadia
Make your own here: https://github.com/originalankur/maptoposter/
Who remembers "Washington's Great #TacoTime Divide" from SeattleMet a few years ago? https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2023/01/taco-time-northwest-seattle-washington
Well, here is the latest state-of-play according to #OpenStreetMap and #Wikidata brand tags, mapped via @watmildon@en.osm.town:
Virginia becomes the 19th state to enact National Popular Vote for President.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has now been enacted by 19 jurisdictions possessing 222 of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate it.
#NationalPopularVote #USpol #USpolitics #ElectoralReform #ElectoralCollege #NPVIC
Important #Cascadia/#PNW news: a cat keeps crossing the US/Canada border illegally
Reposting some #30DayMapChallenge maps from local cartographer and geography professor Aquila Flower (@AquilaFlower@mapstodon.space). Sharing for the local #PNW and #BellinghamWA content!
1. The age of buildings in Bellingham, WA
2. Density of marine passenger traffic in the #SalishSea
3. The terrain of the #SalishSea basin if there were no water. Where is the coastline obvious, and where is it hard to spot at all?
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#cartography #maps #PugetSound #GeorgiaStrait #SanJuanIslands
Hey @awoodruff@mapstodon.space, has anyone made a Canadian equivalent to the "Daylight Saving Time Gripe Assistant Tool"? @awoodruff@observablehq.com
Our neighbors to the north are up to some stuff related to DST: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-adopting-year-round-daylight-time-9.7111657
#DST PermanentDST #DaylightSavingTime #maps #GISChat #cartography
We finally wrote the final part of @stamen@vis.social's history of #OpenStreetMap (only four years after we wrote parts one and two, lol). Enjoy a #longread including many Stamen maps from over the past couple of decades, created by the amazing team of coworkers and alums I've had the pleasure of working with over the years.
https://stamen.com/part-3-our-brilliant-friend-stamen-and-openstreetmap-through-the-years/
For years I've been writing "Washington State" (all capitalized) when necessary to distinguish from "the other Washington", and while I am a linguistic relativist, I defer to consensus when I see it. I am shook to learn that the Chicago Manual of Style's latest edition now joins the AP Stylebook in recommending "Washington state" (no capitalization) instead.
"State" still applies when talking about the university (#WSU), or of course when using CamelCase for hashtags like #WashingtonState
Loving the new "Constellation Map" view on Native Land Digital:
https://native-land.ca/maps/constellation
#NativeLand #IndigenousMapping #NativeLandDigital #maps #mapping #cartography #geography
Very excited that there's another season coming of the excellent #podcast "The Future of Our Former Democracy". If you want to understand the social context of the electoral reforms that I keep going on and on about, this podcast is a great listen!
Subscribe now so you'll get notified when new episodes drop, and check out the previous season about #RankedChoiceVoting and #ProportionalRepresentation in Ireland. https://play.megaphone.fm/jje8qgvlr3ih_flugjaxgq
On #BreakingNews days like today (#Russia coup?) if you miss the Twitter experience of following live news, here’s a protip: I eventually figured out that following the local feed at journa.host was a pretty good substitute for breaking news coverage: journa.host/public/local
New #cartography event scheduled in #VancouverBC: Save the date for Van Carto Day on May 1st: https://sites.google.com/view/van-carto-day/
#maps #mapping #geography #SalishSea #Cascadia #PNW #VanCartoDay
Hey #WashingtonState and especially those in #WhatcomCounty: Call the legislative hotline today at 800-562-6000 in support of SB 6346, the Millionaires Tax. It has passed the Senate, but now needs a vote in the state House and Representative Alicia Rule of the 42nd district needs to hear we support it. Call today!
New video explaining #ProportionalRepresentation from Sightline Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PWeaE5dwl4
Immediate action needed today to help #RankedChoiceVoting in #WashingtonState ! Call the legislative hotline at 1-800-562-6000, and leave a message for your House Representatives that you strongly support bringing HB 2210 (the VOICES Act) bill to the floor before Tuesday's 5 PM cutoff!
Read more about HB 2210 here: https://fairvotewa.org/ranked-choice-voting-legislation/ #waleg #wapoli
Which do you prefer, "data viz" or "dataviz"?
I long time ago (10 years!) I did some Google Trends analysis and found that "dataviz" was the most commonly-used way of writing the term, so I've been sticking to that all this time.
But today, I checked again and found that 10 years ago happened to be right around an inflection point and since then, "data viz" has taken over.
Time to update my writing style! cc @stamen@vis.social
#dataviz #datavis #DataVisualization #charts #infographics #visualization
I was interviewed in @WillametteWeek@mstdn.social about the @pop_vs_soda@subdued.social map I made a million years ago: https://www.wweek.com/drink/2024/04/18/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/
I guess it's about time to create a Mastodon account for that project...
#PopVsSoda #LinguisticGeography #LinguisticCartography #dialectology #maps #cartography #PNW #PDX
In case anyone missed it, at @stamen@vis.social we're conducting our first-ever "Cartographic Design and Development Workflow Census".
If you are someone who works with maps or geospatial data (or even just works with someone who does) this short survey might be for you!
#bookshelf pic "for the algorithm" :)
Please boost!
From the interview with #Gerrymandering researcher Moon Duchin in the NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/science/duchin-math-elections-gerrymandering.html
Duchin: "I think taking a hard look at the design of electoral systems could get us out of this nuclear moment."
NYT: What are the options?
Duchin: "One system I’m studying is proportional ranked choice voting, also known as the single transferable vote method, or S.T.V. In this scenario, you have multi-member districts using ranked choice."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/30/alabama-teenager-election-map-voting-rights
"The decision stunned “DD” – an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Alabama named Daniel DiDonato – who learned his map had been selected as he was preparing to leave for his 9.30am introduction to political science class.
“I was absolutely surprised,” he said in an interview. “Now, nearly 300,000 Alabamians will be voting under new district lines that I drew up at two in the morning in a dorm, a cramped dorm study room.”
Recent poll shows good support for #ProportionalRepresentation:
"48% of adults say they would support a system where states are required to assign seats in the U.S. House in proportion to the number of votes won statewide, while 19% are opposed. 32% of respondents said 'don’t know'"
Another action to help #RankedChoiceVoting in #WashingtonState
If you're a Washington voter, sign in "pro" for SHB 2210 before its hearing at the House Appropriations Committee tomorrow (Thu Feb 5) at 10:30am