Logan Williams
@obtusatum.bsky.social
Mountains and websites; maps and birds; context collapse. Projects: https://subject.space/. Work: Data, research and technology for investigations @bellingcat.com. Personal account, posts/opinions are my own. NYC/Amsterdam via Oregon.
tule fog from the sutter buttes
Sutter Buttes, Sutter County, CA
🗺39.2055, -121.8205 🧭49° ⛰2001 ft
https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/1738
🗺39.2055, -121.8205 🧭49° ⛰2001 ft
https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/1738
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
tule fog from the sutter buttes
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Cold sweat time, my first thought on seeing these images is that they are the product of Generative AI on account of missing/deformed feet. Could this however just be manipulation of a real image of an extralimital Willow Tit? Never had to even consider these issues before.... #UKBirding
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Cold sweat time, my first thought on seeing these images is that they are the product of Generative AI on account of missing/deformed feet. Could this however just be manipulation of a real image of an extralimital Willow Tit? Never had to even consider these issues before.... #UKBirding
Sharing a tool I made, Linetime, and my workflow for bulk geotagging photos for iNaturalist.
Using iNaturalist with non-geotagged photos: approximate bulk geotagging
While hiking, I like to take photos of nature things to figure out later and post to iNaturalist. But most non-phone cameras don’t add geotags (geographic location info) to images, and uploading these...
exclav.es
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sharing a tool I made, Linetime, and my workflow for bulk geotagging photos for iNaturalist.
Time to repost one of my favorite maps: all 22 lots in Somerville, MA that legally conform with contemporary zoning (as of ~2016)
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Time to repost one of my favorite maps: all 22 lots in Somerville, MA that legally conform with contemporary zoning (as of ~2016)
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The two closest stops in New York City are just 40 meters apart from each other: WILSON AV/GREENE AV and WILSON AV/BLEECKER ST on the B60 southbound. You can see both the stops in this Street View image.
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The two closest stops in New York City are just 40 meters apart from each other: WILSON AV/GREENE AV and WILSON AV/BLEECKER ST on the B60 southbound. You can see both the stops in this Street View image.
Bus stop spacing distribution in New York City, Toronto, and Prague.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Bus stop spacing distribution in New York City, Toronto, and Prague.
News from home.
Will ICE melt in Newport? • Oregon Capital Chronicle
If ICE persists in what appear to be efforts to build a detention center on the Oregon coast, it could be setting itself up for retreat.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
News from home.
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
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omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world
learning about customer service
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
learning about customer service
Life bird #1200: Mediterranean gull. Bird photography is my passion. 🪶
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Life bird #1200: Mediterranean gull. Bird photography is my passion. 🪶
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I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
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In the UK this week? Join Bellingcat contributor Dr. Ollie Ballinger at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social for a talk this Friday as he unpacks our investigations into, and the open source tools we built to track suspicious ships operating in international waters. events.bl.uk/events/onlin...
The Lie of the Land: Who Controls the Map? | British Library
Technologist Ed Parsons, Dr Ollie Ballinger and Dr Pragya Agarwal join cultural geographer Mike Duggan in this panel conversation to explore how maps and c
events.bl.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In the UK this week? Join Bellingcat contributor Dr. Ollie Ballinger at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social for a talk this Friday as he unpacks our investigations into, and the open source tools we built to track suspicious ships operating in international waters. events.bl.uk/events/onlin...
FYI if you call Schumer's DC office (202-224-6542), press 2, and then press 1, you can talk to an actual staffer
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
FYI if you call Schumer's DC office (202-224-6542), press 2, and then press 1, you can talk to an actual staffer
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It makes you feel like the housing crisis is a feature, not a bug, perpetuated by the property owners at the helms of our cities.
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It makes you feel like the housing crisis is a feature, not a bug, perpetuated by the property owners at the helms of our cities.
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Ballard Ridge 2, Modoc County, CA
🗺41.3630, -120.8390 🧭60° ⛰6178 ft
https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/2645
🗺41.3630, -120.8390 🧭60° ⛰6178 ft
https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/2645
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ballard Ridge 2, Modoc County, CA
🗺41.3630, -120.8390 🧭60° ⛰6178 ft
https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/2645
🗺41.3630, -120.8390 🧭60° ⛰6178 ft
https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/2645
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(explaining an american car to a european) yeah so imagine if you were sitting in the back seat while driving,
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
(explaining an american car to a european) yeah so imagine if you were sitting in the back seat while driving,
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Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.
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Oh my god it was right after the chorus dropped too
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Oh my god it was right after the chorus dropped too
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Which photo editor at the New York Times decided to go with this glamour shot?
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Which photo editor at the New York Times decided to go with this glamour shot?
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I'm still seeing significant GPS interference near Venezuela. gpsjam.org?lat=10.60659...
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'm still seeing significant GPS interference near Venezuela. gpsjam.org?lat=10.60659...
Does anyone know where this detailed demographic/voter reg turnout data comes from? I can’t find it on the BOE website.
A detailed analysis of who voted early, and where, from @haidee.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Does anyone know where this detailed demographic/voter reg turnout data comes from? I can’t find it on the BOE website.