Mike Hall
@thisismikehall.com
Award-winning mapmaker and illustrator in Valencia, Spain | My first book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON is now available! https://www.batsfordbooks.com/book/the-boroughs-of-london | More info: linktr.ee/thisismikehall
Forty six flipping degrees in Valencia today, guys
Man On Fire: Walking with Colorful Smoke Effects
Alt: Man walking up a street on fire
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Thinking of introducing a new rule for my timeline: blocking anyone who hate-shares screenshots of mad people's posts on X, no exceptions. They seem to forget that we quit that site and set up here instead for a reason.
It's Total Eclipse Day here in Spain, and I have my glasses ready 😎 The last eclipse I could have seen (back in '99) totally passed me by for some reason, so I've been excitedly awaiting this day for years.
It's Total Eclipse Day here in Spain, and I have my glasses ready 😎 The last eclipse I could have seen (back in '99) totally passed me by for some reason, so I've been excitedly awaiting this day for years.
We spent some time in Pereira and the local area during our honeymoon in Colombia three years ago and met some lovely people there. Hope they're all OK 🙁
BlackskyNews 🗞️@blackskynews.blacksky.app · 2w agoOver 80 people have died after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia at 7.34am local time (13.34 BST) Monday, collapsing and severely damaging scores of buildings in major cities including Cali and Pereira. | Tom Phillips, Tom Graham www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... #BlackskyNews
Had to unfollow someone whose shtick I enjoyed but who was waaay too liberal with the ‘repost’ button. To the point that 80% of my timeline seemed to be made up of things that this one person was reposting.
The first commandment of every Airbnb apartment kitchen: thou shalt need to buy salt for the dishwasher
I genuinely thought this was some kind of embroidery or carpet pattern at first glance
Push The Needle@pushtheneedle.bsky.social · last mo.I can’t imagine the benefit of this lifestyle.
Nothing says “this insurance company knows my country” than using an AI generated map of Belgium that puts Ghent in Wallonie, gives us two Namurs and a south coast on the Med.
Babe wake up, another perfect metaphor for the shitty Trump administration just dropped
Trey Boucher@attimowens.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis was the best they could do for our 250th birthday.
The Brexit vote was ten years ago, was it? Well, the results of that have been shit. No redeeming features at all. Just shit. Shame on everyone involved.
I've seen this map doing the rounds today, which is indeed very interesting (though Bexley appears to have been partitioned). If you like this kind of thing, we delved into all kinds of borough-by-borough stats in our book 'The Boroughs of London'. Here are just a few ⬇️
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat’s the most common non-English main language in your London borough? HT @mapsporn
I've seen this map doing the rounds today, which is indeed very interesting (though Bexley appears to have been partitioned). If you like this kind of thing, we delved into all kinds of borough-by-borough stats in our book 'The Boroughs of London'. Here are just a few ⬇️
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat’s the most common non-English main language in your London borough? HT @mapsporn
The maddest thing about this is: I log into the app on the phone I carry everywhere, and it’s one 4-digit passcode, no questions asked. On my home computer however, which weighs half a ton and been anchored to the same spot for years, it’s like: ooh, hang on! Might be someone else, best be careful
Mike Hall@thisismikehall.com · 5mo agoTwo-step authentication, man. "Just checking it's you!" Yes, bank, it *is* me again, logging into my account for the umpteenth time on the same computer I've been using for the past ~5 years.
Quite liking Bluesky's new scrolling image gallery feature (is that the right technical term?) - a good excuse to repost some recent projects!
Mike Hall@thisismikehall.com · 4mo ago🚨 New work: Really pleased to receive my complimentary copy of Atlas of Botany, a sumptuous new title from DK for which I designed a vintage-style base map of the world that is reproduced throughout the book and also appears on the endpapers and cover art. On sale next month! dk.com/products/978...
"Priority Boarding" on Ryanair makes me laugh. Congratulations, you paid £60 extra to stand in a cold, windy stairwell for 25 minutes before the rest of us!
Wait what - Starmer came to Valencia for a holiday!? He’s gone up in my estimation. Slightly.
Sam Wilson@samwilson.bsky.social · 4mo agoFascinated by the implication that £200/night for a family holiday is outrageous luxury living
🚨 New work: Really pleased to receive my complimentary copy of Atlas of Botany, a sumptuous new title from DK for which I designed a vintage-style base map of the world that is reproduced throughout the book and also appears on the endpapers and cover art. On sale next month! dk.com/products/978...
Two-step authentication, man. "Just checking it's you!" Yes, bank, it *is* me again, logging into my account for the umpteenth time on the same computer I've been using for the past ~5 years.
What do the other members of the "Board of Peace" have to say about all this?
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5mo agoGod help us.
Dismayed to realise that I've started humming podcast theme tunes to myself which probably indicates that I've been listening to too many of them recently
Surely I’m not the only one who thinks this whenever they see a map of The Strait Of Hormuz on the news?
Years ago I had a housemate who always drank his coffee from the same mug, which he would leave unwashed on the side in the kitchen. I found this strange and one day I decided to wash it for him, and he was *furious*.
This posits a really interesting question I'd never considered before: where does the Iberian Peninsula start/end? We'd all say the Pyrenees of course, but Google Maps apparently has other ideas (and it's not necessarily wrong)
Mapas Milhaud@mapasmilhaud.com · 6mo agoWhere is the boundary of the Iberian Peninsula? Historically and culturally, the Iberian Peninsula comprises Portugal and Spain and is bounded by the Pyrenees. But is this the most accurate way to define it? www.cartographerstale.com/p/where-is-t...