I had to make a map of Brazil -- of a specific province in Brazil called Paraná. The map was for this story, that I also wrote. The map is the second image. I know it looks small and insignificant, but my, that map took me a long time to make. It first takes a… Continue reading Scicomm tips: making maps
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Those cool sliders that show “before” and “after” images
I wanted to look at some satellite images from Hurricane Dorian, and I found a lot of them -- specifically Grand Bahama and the Abaco Islands -- up on Google's big library of satellite images. It was cool, because when I was for example searching on September 9, there were already images of the Bahamas… Continue reading Those cool sliders that show “before” and “after” images
Helpful satellites
I came across this today on Twitter: THREAD In July 2018, a horrifying video began to circulate on social media. 2 women & 2 young children are led away by a group of soldiers. They are blindfolded, forced to the ground, and shot 22 times. #BBCAfricaEye investigated this atrocity. This is what we found... pic.twitter.com/oFEYnTLT6z… Continue reading Helpful satellites
Making maps
I had to verify a fact for my article I'm working on now. It's about a bunch of polluting power plants being built in a neighborhood in Maryland where mostly Black people live. Having lived in Maryland, I can tell you that this is exactly the sort of thing that Maryland would do. What the… Continue reading Making maps
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