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Cartographer mapping “for good”; map aesthetics (old+new); problem solving; edu; DEIJA; community #creativeCarto founder Prvsly: GreenInfo Network; NACIS Board; urHERE podcaster; Mapbox (Union✊), GWU, NFWF, USAID-BHA, UW Cartlab
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I have heard a common theme the last few weeks: “What can I do?” “What can we do?” “I feel powerless, hopeless, overwhelmed, exhausted.” “I have no power” As individual people we often feel we do not have power in many spaces that we exist. Collectively: WE ALWAYS HAVE POWER. 1/x

"Interactive maps bring Black migration stories to life" My friend, Clinton Johnson, a National Geographic Explorer, is using GIS to create the Empathy Atlas, focusing on data storytelling to highlight Black migration histories. news.nationalgeographic.org/explorer-cli... #BlackSky #GISchat #Geosky

Make sure to check out the latest GDAL release, 3.10.2 "Gulf of Mexico" 😉 github.com/OSGeo/gdal/r... #gis #geospatial #gischat #gdal #maps #data

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Dozens of Dept. of Education employees received letters at the end of the work week, Friday placing them on admin. leave. Some said they think it's because they attended voluntary diversity training. “What is happening is pure chaos,” says AFGE Local 252 President.

This amounts to the most significant data leak in cyber history. Private individuals in the data business now have access to your Social Security information. This violates privacy laws in every state. Hopefully, state AGs will file suit & pursue criminal charges. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

I worked at what is now BHA and mapped alongside Ebola responders on the ground - the team leading the efforts that prevented Ebola from spreading globally. USAID lead the international effort that eventually stopped spread locally. While at BHA, I learned about how significant *just BHA* alone is

Is anyone else disappointed Spotify didn't make a "musical geographical horoscope" this year 😖

Last few days of some self care: made my mom’s 🇨🇱 empanadas for myself for Thanksgiving; hiked in Shenandoah (saw icicles in a little waterfall); put up my Xmas tree

Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality. Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added. go.bsky.app/5daYr6v