Assorted links

1. The Palestinian city without water (via MR)
   
   
2. Beautiful aerial photos of solar farms (via PD Smith)
   
   
3. Branko Milanovic writes a clear and short piece on why individualism does not necessarily imply preference for a minimalist state 
   
   
4. The Geography of Genius
   
   
5. Tilt Shift filter applied to Hubble Photos (via Paulo Tolentino)
   
   
6. RunKeeper and Mapbox collaborated to visualize 1.5 million of their users' public runs, walks, and bike rides. HT Thomas Bauwens
   
   
7. Other things I'd rather be doing
   
   
8. What does South America look like? South America in 10 different map projections