Allow me to introduce you to one of my favorite recent finds, the Geography By Geoff newsletter.
Yes, it’s a newsletter about geography, and it’s wonderful. I always learn something, the writing is good, and it’s life-affirming in a special way that can only be found when you realize with each edition that the world is so vast and varied and full of crazy countries and people.
The most recent post was Decoding the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies, and the Overseas Territories, which was fascinating after just living in the UK for five years and knowing nothing about “dependencies”. Other ones like, What’s the end game for Japan? and, There’s only two paths forward for Puerto Rico and, The real reason Iceland is “Ice” land and Greenland is “Green” land give you a flavor of the variety and awesomeness within.
There’s not a ton of content, like less than one email per week on average, I would say, and each edition is better for your mental sanity than reading almost anything else.
From their About page:
I believe:
- The world is an amazing place with a vast array of amazing cultures that each deserve respect and admiration
- That everyone has a basic right to human decency and that there’s no such thing as an illegal human being, regardless of the context
- That government services are important to maintain institutions that otherwise have no pure economic value, but are rich in geography
I’m 100% in agreement.
Comments welcome!