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The Counties of the United Kingdom (according to ChatGPT)

Regular readers will know that I sometimes use this blog to educate the Great Unwashed about the facts of British geography (including where the North begins). I have decided to enlist the help of Generative AI to help me with this task so, with a little help from social media, here is a response from ChatGPT to a prompt requesting a map showing all the counties of the United Kingdom with their names. The result, as you can see, is truly spectacular:

I began my research career at the University of Bulgaria, by the way.

#ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #Counties #generativeAI #TheUnitedKingdom

The President of the German Association of District Administrators (Deutscher Landkreistag), Achim Brötel, has issued a stark call for a comprehensive reform of... https://news.osna.fm/?p=27692 | #news #counties #demand #german #overhaul

This Trump-Voting County Fought Back Against AI Data Centers — And Won

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aBOkAKSk66I

This county just banned new data centers for the next year. The Board of Commissioners in Starke County, Indiana has officially placed a 12-month moratorium on data center construction after sustained community pressure...

#USA #counties #DataCenters #ban

Auckland police search for wanted man Robin Dion Leslie Martin

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Hype for the Future 20C: Decoding Geographic Names

New England Within the New England region is Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Northern New England is Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, while Southern New England is Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. “The County” in Maine may refer to Aroostook County, and the portions of New England closest to the Québec border are often associated with an enhanced sense of rurality. Further away from the international border is Mount Katahdin, […]

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/hype-for-the-future-20c-decoding-geographic-names/

A poor substitute for a @lindasgoluppiart task.

Today, in 1 minute:

Name 8 #counties in the #UnitedKingdom that do not have the letter 'r' in their names.

Names must be the common Anglo-Saxon-derived ones. Latin and French names like Salop and Oxonia are not allowed.

#Solihull, as its inmates will attest, is a metropolitan borough, not a county.

Hints:

There are places in the U.K. that are not in England. But 'Forfarshire' definitely has 'r's in it.

#SlowLife #geography #toponymy

Interesting Facts about the State of Vermont

In the State of Vermont, there are only ten (10) cities in total, and the smallest of these ten, Vergennes, is home to fewer than three thousand (3,000) people. Cities and towns coexist as minor civil divisions within the State, as with the remainder of the New England region, while villages and census-designated places (CDPs) are located within the different towns of the State of Vermont. Interestingly enough, the largest cities and towns in the State of Vermont are always in close proximity […]

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/interesting-facts-about-the-state-of-vermont/

This is how it's done! Let's Gooo #cities #counties @governor.ca.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov @govmlg.bsky.social @tinakotek.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vpkw7cvu6eu742hvjk5wsxf2/post/3m37566pqnk2m

The German Association of Districts (DLT) has issued a stark warning against proposed austerity measures orchestrated by Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU), inte... https://news.osna.fm/?p=19296 | #news #counties #cuts #german #healthcare

📍Save the date for our next #CPCCGWebinar ⬇️

Jiaxin Shi from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - HKUST will present 'Internal #migration and #longevity in the United States'

Register to join us online on 23 October: http://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/full_events_calendar/952/CPC_CG_Seminar__Jiaxin_Shi

#migration #demography #socialscience #health #mortality #inequality #population #data #mobility #selection #disparities #longevity #cohorts #counties #economy #culture #movement #records #US #patterns

Image shows person presenting a seminar at the front of a classroom, with an audience with their back to the camera and a person in the foreground with their hand up to answer a question. Image credit: istock.com/Giuseppe Lombardo. Text advertises: This CPC-CG seminar will take place on Thursday 23 October 2025 at 12:00-13:00 UK Time. Jiaxin Shi, Associate Professor of Social Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will be delivering a presentation entitled, 'Internal Migration and Longevity in the United States'.

German districts are experiencing a noticeable easing of pressure due to a decrease in migration inflows, according to Achim Brötel, president of the German Ass... https://news.osna.fm/?p=14651 | #news #counties #german #migration #relief

Two local government officials in the German state of Thuringia are advocating for a shift in how social welfare benefits are distributed to adult asylum seeker... https://news.osna.fm/?p=11516 | #news #benefits #counties #german #loan

This thread, about the results of the 2024 elections for the Kansas Legislature, can be read as an article, with plenty of tables and graphs, on my blog, Meticulous Musings.

https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2025/07/republicans-gain-seats-in-kansas.html

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#Kansas #Politics #Elections #Results #Data #Statistics #Legislature #Blog #Geography #Graphs #Tables #Map #Counties #JoCo #Johnson

For the 2024 election, Kloos was redistricted into Kansas Senate District 3.

In 2024, Kloos won reelection in District 3 by a landslide margin of 14.8%.

District 3 is located in Osage, Douglas, Franklin, and Shawnee counties.

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#Kansas #Politics #Osage #Douglas #Franklin #Shawnee #Counties #Geography

Osage, Franklin, Douglas, and Shawnee counties are located in northeast Kansas.

District 5 is located in Leavenworth and Wyandotte Counties.

District 22 is located in Riley County.

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#Leavenworth #Wyandotte #Riley #Kansas #Counties #Geography #Map #Politics

Riley County is located in northeast Kansas.

Districts 10, 11, and 35 are located in Johnson County.

District 23 is located in Johnson and Miami counties.

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#Kansas #Politics #Geography #Johnson #Miami #Counties #JoCo

Johnson and Miami counties are located in northeast Kansas, along the Kansas-Missouri border.

The closest election was in District 5, in Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties, where Republican Jeff Klemp defeated incumbent Democrat Jeff Pittman by only 31 votes, or 0.1%.

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#Kansas #Politics #Elections #Legislature #Senate #Leavenworth #Wyandotte #Counties #Geography