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Martin Tomko
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Understanding and supporting people in their spatial interactions through computational #spatial #data #science #giscience #melbourne 🛶🚵‍♂️🥾🏊‍♂️🐕
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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · Jun 16
Interested in transformation invariant shape classification on vector data?
"Learning geometric invariant features for classification of vector polygons with graph message-passing neural network" Check Zexian's PhD work (Dr Huang!) doi.org/10.1007/s107... #giscience #spatial #ml #GeoAI #GisChat
Compared data representations and their adequate ML architectures PolyMP and PolyMP DSC architectures designed for graph representation learning of vector shapes.

Reposted by Martin Tomko

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d
“Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry heavily and gives their kids free higher education ... we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and charge a fortune to go to uni.”

Hear more from Richard Denniss - pre-order 'A Time for Bravery' (code SAVE5 for $5 off) australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...

Reposted by David Pyle, Martin Tomko, Rebecca Williams

simoncarn.bsky.social
Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 1d
An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.

Reposted by Martin Tomko

timflanagan.bsky.social
Tim Flanagan @timflanagan.bsky.social · 2d
This one sums it up 🫠
Honest Government Ad | Visit WA! 🇦🇺
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
youtu.be

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jjjcameron.bsky.social
James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 3d
I'm not a big fan of the Munich analogy, but this is real Munich stuff -- probably worse.

www.ft.com/content/f411...
US army secretary Daniel Driscoll told European ambassadors and western officials at a volatile meeting in Kyiv late on Friday that he was “optimistic that now is the time for peace” — but warned that Washington would show little flexibility. “We are not negotiating details,” he said, according to a senior European official in the meeting at the Kyiv residence of US Chargé d’Affaires, Julie Davis. One senior European official described the tone of the meeting as “nauseating”.

Reposted by Martin Tomko

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 4d
#CSIROcuts

A DMer has reported that researchers working in areas Minister Ayers said would be cut (nutrition) first found this out via media reports of the Minister’s statements.

It wasn’t ’til the following day that CSIRO told them their specific area would be targeted.

Nice.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5d
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Appointment to the National Library of Australia Council The Albanese Labor Government has appointed the Hon Christopher Pyne as a member to the National Library of Australia Council for a three-year term.

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Jenny Sinclair @jsresearchpro.bsky.social · 5d
New Zealand: HRC cuts start to bite as early career health research scheme is "paused" (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...
Health grant scheme for early career researchers ‘paused’ - Research Professional News
New Zealand research council says it must cut back to honour its commitments
www.researchprofessionalnews.com

Reposted by Winnifred R. Louis, Simon J. Greenhill, Martin Tomko , and 2 more

3wombats.bsky.social
3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 6d
Please sign. This stupid decision needs reversing

actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...
CSIRO needs urgent support
CSIRO is under attack. Sign the petition calling on the Albanese Government to act now to secure the future of CSIRO’s world-leading science and research.
actionnetwork.org

dinomirmt.bsky.social
Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 6d
@foss4g2025.bsky.social #foss4g #academic track kicking off with a benchmark of 3D viewer libraries, by Dr Toshikazu Seto.

Reposted by Martin Tomko

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 6d
Forget even the expectation of results part: it cannot be cranked up overnight, period. Scientists of that caliber are hard to train and attract and if (once) they leave, it will take years to rebuild that capacity. This is damaging Australia in the short-, mid- and long-term, utterly irresponsible.

Reposted by Martin Tomko

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 7d
"If we are serious about meeting the huge challenges ahead, from climate change to AI and robotics, the government must invest in the people doing the science."

Thank you, @davidpocock.bsky.social. How this is not obvious to a Labor government just boggles the mind.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Reposted by Anne Peters, Axel Bruns, Ingrid Piller , and 3 more

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 7d
“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”

Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 8d
Just in: GD’s Parliament Speaker says Georgians abroad will no longer be allowed to vote.

Over 1 million eligible voters live outside Georgia — most opposition-leaning. GD already suppressed their vote with too few polling stations and hours-long queues. Now they’re banned entirely.

dinomirmt.bsky.social
Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 8d
@foss4g2025.bsky.social workshop day is starting! @ausp.io starting his #CNG workshop, lots of #STAC! #spatial #foss4g #geospatial

Reposted by Maarten Vink, Martin Tomko, Giulio Mattioli

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.

Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com

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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 10d
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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 10d
And surely no ethics approvals for the RCTs... Uni research is bound by all sorts of checks (rightly), meanwhile the IT oligopolies Trat the world as playground...

Reposted by Karen R. Lips, Martin Tomko

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Dino Grandoni @dinograndoni.bsky.social · 10d
In biblical times, frogs were seen as a plague

Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5

Reposted by Martin Tomko

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Jay🌻 @jayw.bsky.social · 11d
How many professors haven’t advised a Chinese student in the previous 5 years?

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Brian J. Enquist, Nicholas A. Christakis , and 28 more

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 11d
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 11d
The regime: I’m gonna imprison you if you stand on the road on Rustaveli.

People of Georgia: Guess I’ll go to prison then.

The regime: Okay then I’ll physically prevent you from closing the Rustaveli road.

The people: Okay, let’s march and block roads elsewhere.

#GeorgiaProtests Day 351

📷 MOSE

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Scott C. Doney, Laurie Padman , and 2 more

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 12d
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.

All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below

I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)

1/n
Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au

dinomirmt.bsky.social
Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 13d
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Are you scared of visiting AU? Why, drop crocs are extinct already, all is fine!
55m-year-old eggshells unearthed in Queensland may be older relative of infamous ‘drop crocs’
Scientists believe new discovery to be the oldest crocodilian eggshells ever found in Australia
www.theguardian.com

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 13d
Every day, more people join the uninterrupted #GeorgiaProtests.

Day 349.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 13d
The federal government only wanted to help South Australia with the algal bloom if it did not require new funding despite being briefed that an estimated 250k marine animals had been killed, new documents obtained through FOI reveal.

New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
‘Not an eligible disaster’: FOI reveals Commonwealth resisted new aid for SA after algal bloom killed 250,000 marine animals
The documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, show Australia’s lack of preparedness for unexpected and extreme events driven by climate change and the limits of existing support programs.
thepoint.com.au

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 14d
Join statement by Georgian democratic parties not cooperating with the regime.
jam-news.net/georgian-opp...

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The R Data Scientist @rstats.blaze.email · 14d
Winners of the 2025 Table Contest

https://posit.co/blog/2025-table-contest-winners/

#rstats #datascience
Winners of the 2025 Table Contest
Summary: Posit showcases 2025 Table Contest winners and runners-up, highlighting diverse gt/Quarto tables, dashboards, and visual storytelling across R and Python.
posit.co

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 14d
Celebrating our sponsors; they make these events possible.

Today we'd like to share our Silver Sponsors.

Thank you to:
@qfield.org 
@sparkgeo.bsky.social 
@developmentseed.org 
Gaia3D Inc.,
Geoscience Australia
Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG)
Terria
ArkEdge Space Inc.

#foss4g #osgeo

Reposted by Du Toit, Martin Tomko, Gernot Wagner

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15d
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."

China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com

Reposted by Martin Tomko, Daniel Kuehn, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 2 more

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 16d
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
chriso-wiki.bsky.social ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 16d
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️