Comments on: Breaking Bright! D-I-Y Glowsticks for Science Nerds http://blackmaps.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/breaking-bright-d-i-y-glowsticks-for-science-nerds/ reflections of an amateur cartographer Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: aboynamedstew http://blackmaps.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/breaking-bright-d-i-y-glowsticks-for-science-nerds/#comment-949 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:45:27 +0000 http://blackmaps.wordpress.com/?p=1543#comment-949 Totally unrelated, but I was reading an article about this (sounds like self-taught) DIY mapper who proposed a new PA redistricting map that was used by the State Supreme Court as an example to toss out the previous committee-drawn redistricting map as too complicated, partisan, and unconstitutional. Sorta dry, I know, but definitely some citizen activism upending government-as-usual.

Amanda Holt’s blog about her process: http://amandae.com

Pgh Post-Gazette article that turned me onto it: http://http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209813-192.stm

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