Ice Out
In both senses
Yes, obviously, ICE out as well. Because f&%$ those cowardly, anti-American f&%$s.
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Atlas Miscellaneous - March 2026
Unknown unknowns
There is a lot that I’m able to learn from my desk in a now-frosty corner of Northern New England, and that remoteness is part of my delight in scanning the world like this. But sometimes I stumble on locations and features that don’t tie easily to ground-level history, news,... [Read More] -
Atlas Miscellaneous - February 2026
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo [Read More] -
Old Beginnings
Seasonal traversals
Portsmouth, UK [Read More] -
Atlas Miscellaneous - December 2025
What has been lost and gained
At work, I’m in the middle of the largest update of imagery I’ve ever supervised. Ten million square kilometers of new satellite views, covering most of the world’s most densely-populated areas and a whole bunch of other locations chosen ad-hoc for various reasons. The last update of this scale was... [Read More] -
Atlas Miscellaneous - November 2025
Additional discussion of baseball is pure coincidence
Aru Co, China [Read More] -
Minstrel echoes
I haven't been able to get the song out of my head for months.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is currently dominating the talk of the critics. It’s an obvious Best Picture nominee for the Oscars, it’s a lock, don’t give out the award at all unless it goes to OBAA, etc, etc - It’s a good movie; I saw it on... [Read More] -
Atlas Miscellaneous - October 2025
Cultural exports, petroleum imports, and shellfish reports
Hoofddorp, Netherlands [Read More]