Brian Kevin

Have we been measuring mountains all wrong? A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out Everest has steep competition.

"And as he stood there in the Sierras, he couldn’t help seeking an algorithmic explanation for his awe. 'Is there a way to measure this?' he wondered."

Gordy Megroz for National Geographic:
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I have a vivid memory of it being really exciting when we tried the Beta one!

Haha, we so did that.

Amazing seeing all the ❤️ for KWF today.

c'est moi! 🙂 www.instagram.com/reel/DE0OoaS...

Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article) She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

Here’s a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

I was an adolescent fantasy nerd in Oshkosh, WI, when I learned that Fonstad was from my town, and it was an epiphanic realization that you could be from flyover country and do creative, ambitious things. She was a hero, and it was an honor getting to write this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

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parade of edit tests 🤪

text I can just keep on my clipboard of late

Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.

Struggling to find the words.

Arthur Frommer played a HUGE role in opening travel/tourism up to the masses. He inspired my mom in the 1960s—and me, a generation later. I followed in his footsteps for my first book. Felt like I knew him.

Devastated.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...

This feature lede by @brianme.bsky.social. A lovingly written profile of one of the internet #SciComm #SciArt originals, @rosemarymosco.com 🐡🧪

WILDSAM magazine A new magazine dedicated to inspiring road trips. In every issue, we discover natural wonders, scenic drives, small-town gems and the rides and gear that help you get out there. What’s around the next bend? Come on the ride with us.

What I've been up to. https://www.wildsam.com/pages/magazine

This is the most incredible object in my house. Scientists should study it. A perfectly lovely ceramic dripper that manages not to fit on any mug ever created, no matter the size of the mug. Quantum shit.