{"id":1833038,"date":"2024-07-18T14:29:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1833038"},"modified":"2024-07-18T14:29:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:29:35","slug":"on-bluesky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/07\/on-bluesky\/","title":{"rendered":"On Bluesky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Map Room now has, for some reason, a Bluesky account<\/a>. I haven\u2019t seen much in the way of cartographic activity on that platform, but maybe the massive onslaught of followers that will inevitably result from this post will change that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Map Room now has, for some reason, a Bluesky account. I haven\u2019t seen much in the way of cartographic activity on that platform, but maybe the massive onslaught of followers that will inevitably result… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-1833038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-housekeeping","tag-social-media","post_format-post-format-status"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1845144,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/11\/boston-in-140-scale\/","url_meta":{"origin":1833038,"position":0},"title":"Boston at 1:40 Scale","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 November 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"The City of Boston\u2019s planning department has a room with a 1:40 scale model of downtown Boston and surrounding neighbourhoods. 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