10Found an image on Flickr Commons that looked a lot like a piece of art I had in my house. Did some research, found it was mis-identified on Wikimedia Commons (it's a navigation map, not a Chinese c/photography · by jessamyn@glammr.us · 1y · 9 comments
on Found an image on Flickr Commons that looked a lot like a piece of art I had in my house. Did some research, found it was mis-identified on Wikimedia Commons (it's a navigation map, not a Chinese · c/photography · 1 pts · 1y@thisisaaronland@orthis.social Hey hey, from the same collection, looks like.
on Found an image on Flickr Commons that looked a lot like a piece of art I had in my house. Did some research, found it was mis-identified on Wikimedia Commons (it's a navigation map, not a Chinese · c/photography · 2 pts · 1y@Sxan@piefed.zip You can read more about them here and here. I suspect the one I have is just artistic but the other ones may have been functional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands_stick_chart https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2021/11/the-unique-seafaring-charts-of-the-marshall-islands/
on Mullenweg/Automattic offers a *second* round of 6mo redundancy pay in the hope of purging more dissenters · c/techtakes · 5 pts · 1y@dgerard Thank you. Me and my three WordPress blogs (self hosted and one on Dreamhost) feel seen.
on By a Stream in Vermont, a Glimpse of a Plant Last Seen a Century Ago | “Are you sitting down?” Vermont’s state botanist asked a fellow plant expert after spotting false mermaid-weed last month. · c/vermont · 1 pts · 2y@silence7 Neat!
on Does anyone else feel more engaged with the community here compared to reddit? · c/asklemmy · 1 pts · 3y@royal @lvl100magikarp @dingus 👋🏻 Fun fact, I put that image on Lowtax's Wikipedia page. Metafilter is not perfect but it sure does look better than a lot of the giant social media platforms nowadays.
@thisisaaronland@orthis.social Hey hey, from the same collection, looks like.
@Sxan@piefed.zip You can read more about them here and here. I suspect the one I have is just artistic but the other ones may have been functional
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands_stick_chart
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2021/11/the-unique-seafaring-charts-of-the-marshall-islands/
@dgerard Thank you. Me and my three WordPress blogs (self hosted and one on Dreamhost) feel seen.
@silence7 Neat!
@royal @lvl100magikarp @dingus 👋🏻 Fun fact, I put that image on Lowtax's Wikipedia page. Metafilter is not perfect but it sure does look better than a lot of the giant social media platforms nowadays.