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Americans are moving south! This fascinating map shows the biggest interstate migration flows between 2021 and 2025. California is losing residents to Texas, Arizona and Nevada, while New Yorkers are heading to Florida and New Jersey. Florida and Texas are the big winners.
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A classic map-themed cartoon by the one and only Gary Larson. What’s your favourite cartoon featuring or displaying a map?
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This map of US Interstate exits doubles as a population density map. Exits cluster tightly across the urbanised eastern half and around major cities. Head into the sparsely populated Great Plains, deserts and Mountain West, and the distance to the next exit grows dramatically. Source: reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment…
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FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Lumberton, Kountze, Wildwood, Village Mills, Honey Island, and Saratoga TX!
17-21 inches of rain has fallen overnight and its still raining at 2-4 inches PER HOUR.
AVOID highway 287
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Breaking news: A Ford dealership in Kansas can't release a sold F-250 because a robin moved in first.
An employee at the dealership located outside Kansas City noticed a robin building a nest on the tire of a brand new F-250 that was already sold. The robin laid four eggs and successfully hatched them.
The truck is now stuck on the lot until the chicks fledge, because the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 makes it illegal to disturb an active nest of any native bird in the United States.
The buyer has been a good sport. The dealership called it the only F-250 in America currently protected under federal law.
Nice work by this Revolving Door Project group!
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has made good on his promise to put federal workers in “trauma.” buff.ly/uphVpgm
SC farmers fight to keep Carolina Gold rice in restaurants postandcourier.com/news/spec…
Great NYC winter photos in this Substack post.
An Atmosphere of Great Drama
The winter of '26 is one for the history books -- and there's more to come. The Polar Vortex is weakening, as systems of ice-building, albedo reflection, and sea currents yield to climate change.
More snow coming in '26.
open.substack.com/pub/laurie…
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Not so fun fact, the organizers of the games were so unprepared for a Ukrainian to win gold that the ceremony was delayed for an hour.
They initially hung the Ukrainian flag upside down and realized they didn't even have a recording of the national anthem. After Ukrainian team refusing offers to play the russian or soviet anthem instead (!!!), a Ukrainian team official had to rush back to the Olympic Village to retrieve a recording found in the bag of fellow skater Liudmyla Mykhailovska for the Ukrainian anthem to be played.
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Republicans in Congress voted in lockstep with Trump in 2025. Politicians ALWAYS voting the party line means they are more loyal to the party than to their people. Voting behavior such as this is problematic. Source: votehub.com/2026/02/04/repub…
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My late cousin, who I adored and miss every day, once said to me: Never make fun of someone for mispronouncing a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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"This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board." —@_david_ho_
nature.com/immersive/d41586-…
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This cat dragged a stray kitten home...but It was a bobcat cub …and then
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is AI.
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75 years ago today, the Chuck Jones masterpiece Rabbit of Seville was released.
If you are of a certain age, chances are Bugs Bunny introduced you to opera.
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Tonight is the 99th game featuring Sidney Crosby & Alex Ovechkin:
Sid - 55 Wins, 46 G, 79 A, 125 PTS
Ovi - 43 Wins, 53 G, 48 A, 101 PTS




























