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Carlos Silva
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he/him/his - local GIS guy. Apparently, "king of the well chosen gif" thx KB! Opinions here are my own, not reflective of my employer! 49.25°N, -123°W

Political science 77%
Engineering 9%
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Next thing you know, the G&M is combining the Langleys together, the Coquitlams, the Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge… who knows where it will end?!?? 😂
a group of cartoon characters holding a sign that says won 't somebody please think of the children
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Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

My two books are on sale on Leanpub today — 40% off.

If you want to learn modern GIS programming and large-scale geospatial analytics + visualization using open-source tools, this is a great time to grab them.

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Bonavista, NL, Photo by Mark Gray.
@jamesgis.bsky.social
@daveatcogs.bsky.social

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Wishing you all a happy & healthy Cordiform Projection Day!

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💖 Have a lovely weekend! 💖

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Watch with sound on

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My Cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

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Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

I thought I saw him! Thanks for confirming haha
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Seattle’s punter should be the Super Bowl MVP

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All of Canada when Bad Bunny yelled CANADAAAA
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”

All bow to the patron saint, David Crosby haha
The Reluctant Bride, by Auguste Toulmouche, 1866

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Like Andor, sometime the supernatural/superpowers take a backseat to a genuine human story and make for a great series. Wonder Man is a good one, so kudos Marvel!
Happy to say that Wonder Man is as good as a good tv show.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org

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Happy to say that Wonder Man is as good as a good tv show.

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Like the nuns in the Sound of Music so the Nazis couldn’t use their car to go after the Von Trapp family. ❤️
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 12d
Stephen Harper will be remembered as “a safe set of hands” says Ian Brodie, former chief of staff to PM Harper.

Full Interview: youtu.be/7GIZ8_jKkUU

Lots of debate on this, but I was surprised to learn that there’s a lot of MLS teams with their own stadium losing money too… good nuggets here on this Reddit thread… www.reddit.com/r/whitecapsf...
From the whitecapsfc community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the whitecapsfc community
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After all the personal shit he’s put her through, now this? Good on him to deal with his childhood trauma, but I’d be surprised if he’s not divorced by the end of the month … 😬 but yeah, the money…
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Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
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Goddamn LEGEND. RIP.

www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Legendary Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara dead at 71 | CBC
www.cbc.ca

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Six decades