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Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Sīððan Englisc is þæt gecynde sprǣc, ic beo on þǣm fæst.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

I watched the full video of the meeting with Zelenskyy. Anyone who thinks the additional “context” makes it less of a shitshow is smoking really good stuff.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

@HiltonHotels The entire property at the DoubleTree in Fairlawn, OH smells of weed. Hallways, common areas, etc. It drifts into the rooms.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

I wrote this a year ago after attending a #HIFLD session at the Esri FedGIS conference. I stand by the post and especially its final paragraph.

https://blog.geomusings.com/2024/02/15/in-hifld-a-lesson/

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Turns out "move fast and break things" is shitty public policy. Who knew?

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

@Linda__Stevens and I wrote a thing! https://x.com/Linda__Stevens/status/1887675952299397294

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

If I ever use "Gulf of America" unironically, it is a coded distress call. Send help.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Hey @Verizon, stellar service from your installer today. He showed up for a FIOS home install, noticed a problem with the drop, and went up four poles to troubleshoot. He spent four hours outside in the cold when he could have punted.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

This is a great paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519624003103

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Zero - three more fucks than I give about TikTok.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

I saw someone on LinkedIn using the term “cold email” unironically, as if it didn’t mean “spam.”

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

I feel like being a fan of the Falcons must be similar to being a fan of beige.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thanks, Elon, for the reminder to donate.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy to see so much of the geo community on Bluesky, including many I hadn't seen active here in a long time. Obvious bots are starting to show up, but it is so much easier to filter them there.

I am [at]geobabbler[dot]bsky[dot]social if you make your way there.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Disheartening to see dedicated public servants looking for new opportunities outside of government due to mass commitment to myth over fact.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

The Onion now owns InfoWars. Finally something to smile about.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Today's earworm...

https://open.spotify.com/track/6nFdjV1Ko66O111x74K2kn?si=k9pTOhEmQ-6jqwy0tAxc7w

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Here's a playlist that's been working for me.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26uU2TKiLO6U5kwf15jjZg?si=Ha0TzvpFSEGN8duKZdiEVA&pi=u-7I_GoRP_Tea4

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Here's a BlueSky starter pack for geo.

https://go.bsky.app/Ei57cnc

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Social media writ large is a raging dumpster fire. https://x.com/geomusingsblog/status/1855940168278049007

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

So far, Twitter hasn’t messed with its muted words feature. I have a long list of muted words which has been pretty effective at keeping my timeline mostly free of politics and religion. It’s easy to stayed informed outside of the socials so culling this feed has been good.

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Today’s earworm

https://open.spotify.com/track/6nTiIhLmQ3FWhvrGafw2zj?si=NVlJgqUnT16prQSKnZEZeQ&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A26uU2TKiLO6U5kwf15jjZg

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

This…

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Let’s fucking go.

https://youtu.be/_Qq6dQwLh1s?si=fgEQVX5auZVbQVgv

Bill Dollins (archive) @billdollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Fuck that. I'm not going anywhere. Let's get to work.