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Geospatial analyst, author, quantitative storyteller | sharing stories of planetary boundaries, climate science and the influence of our built infrastructure on the common good. www.bonnymcclain.com
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Boston friends working in #climatescience #climatechange #carbon an opportunity to view a revolutionary documentary and join a discussion -- see you there! @hsph.harvard.edu @mitpress.bsky.social

Good, fast and cheap — pick two

Unlike Americans, Europeans have no illusions about what is transpiring in the U.S. 😳👇

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:

Look up! The rest of the solar system is putting on a show. 🪐 The other seven planets of our solar system are visible just after sunset if you look to the western sky!

"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

Microsoft cancelling AI data center leases is perhaps the first time a major company may be admitting to themselves there’s not much of a future in this crap technology.

I can’t predict the future of traditional book publishing and especially technical book publishing in the shadow of AI, nevertheless I can offer a few insights. bonnypmcclain.substack.com/p/how-to-rea...

No, generative AI isn’t human, and it’s bad for your health. www.ft.com/content/d595...

I watched this spectacular movie last night and if the animals are all made from the starter cube in @blender.org I am done lol. youtu.be/OY0DsUNNbFE?...

Well done Dr Chavonda Jacobs-Young...we see you and thank you.

i dont like plugging my own shit (and I haven't pushed the complete edition yet)--but anything you can do with the monopoly mapmaker you can do much better with Python knaaptime.com/urban_analysis bsky.app/profile/knaa...

Creating a 45 minute cinematic narrative for a conversation in March, Humanizing the Climate Crisis: Finding the Balance Between Data and Humanity, @museumofscience.bsky.social Link to event --> lnkd.in/e4PAUzvh Resources, tools, and preparation to follow... lnkd.in/emD4Dcin

Trail runner valentines land a little differently 😆