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Martin Tomko
@dinomirmt.bsky.social
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Understanding and supporting people in their spatial interactions through computational #spatial #data #science #giscience #melbourne 🛶🚵‍♂️🥾🏊‍♂️🐕 @unimelb, own views. support 🇺🇦 www.tomko.org
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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.
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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 8h
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi... #unimelb #Robson congratulations!
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded jointly to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi "for the development of metal–organic frameworks"
www.nobelprize.org
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Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 2d
Ahead of tomorrow’s #NobelPrize announcement, I went on a deep dive in search of the most obscure physics Nobel Prizes in history. That means it's time for a thread on...🧵

PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 1

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A photo of the Matterhorn rising above an Alpine landscape. The colours are a little washed out, but do not appear artificially tinted
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2d
Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
Causal inference interest group, supported by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies Seminar series 20th October 2025, 3pm BST (UTC+1) "Making rigorous causal inference more mainstream" Julia Rohrer, Leipzig University Sign up to attend at tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRohrer
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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 2d
We should thank Sean for his years of service and gracious way of leaving. That said, we use S3 like data storage nonstop, on our own, OS powered servers. And locally, CO formats work perfectly too. I do not do Web his anymore, yet still useful.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 5d
🔴 Santos Limited has racked up a 10th straight year of zero corporate tax payments from $48 billion in sales.

🔴 Ichthys LNG Pty Ltd paid zero corporate tax for the 6th year running, from $43 billion in sales.

Add your name to make the gas industry pay their fair share > theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...
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Penny Tangey @pennytangey.bsky.social · 6d
Newcastle Museum added to the Champs list as they don't have current fossil fuel sponsors.

They have a BHP gallery but it's about the historical role of steelmaking not a naming rights deal.

Glad Newcastle's cultural orgs aren't relying on a dying industry for funding!
www.chumpslist.org/champs
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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 6d
RIP www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 6d
Greta Thunberg arrested by Israeli forces after military boards aid flotilla headed for Gaza – Middle East crisis live www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Greta Thunberg arrested by Israeli forces after military boards aid flotilla headed for Gaza – Middle East crisis live
Israeli foreign ministry posts video of Thunberg’s arrest; vessels carrying about 500 activists intercepted about 75 miles off coast of war-torn territory
www.theguardian.com
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · 7d
#OpenAI wants all the power and none of the transparency. Great reporting by @nitasha.bsky.social & @kevinschaul.bsky.social laying it out in detail.
#Sora #EthicalAI #Accountability
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nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 18d
Whose video did OpenAI take to train Sora? @kevinschaul.bsky.social and I are back on our training data bullshit to find out. Gift link 🎁 t.co/c3Zg4gcYIT
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7d
Always remember - gas companies hate selling gas to Australians and none of the proposals for new gas fields (which are not needed) will be for domestic use.

So do not buy any of the spin.
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 7d
Here's the ACCC today saying that gas exporters are ripping us off. Again.

"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."

@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...
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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · 7d
🚀 We’re transforming Slow Ways and looking for a brilliant front-end / full stack developer (or CTO!) to help shape our website, apps + routes network.

Know someone:

💡 Open to collaborative methods?
🧭 In the UK and ideally the South West?
⭐️ Interested?

👉 beta.slowways.org/Page/job-vac...
"What if we made walking, running, wheeling, cycling and riding easier for everyone?" written over an image of a path going along the top of a hill and through trees, we can see a view of woodland and countryside below. There is also a Slow Ways logo and a 'stack' icon.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8d
exactly like the Chinese surveillance state
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 8d
Breakfast hosted by @geospatialwomen.bsky.social 

🎤 Feye Andal!

@openstreetmap.bsky.social -Philippines
est. YouthMappers chapter
fmr Region Ambassador

WebGIS, UP Resilience Inst-NOAH Cntr & #GIS consult, @adb.org  

Geospatial World's 50 Rising Stars

Spnsr = Digital Earth Pacific Community-SPC
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 9d
Life satisfaction mostly declines with age. Previous findings (esp. the famous U-shaped age-SWB trajectory) were artifacts of misspecified models. doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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AFGE Local 704 @704afge.bsky.social · 12d
This is the person in charge of our EPA.

Truly unbelievable. Truly irresponsible. Truly dangerous.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d
KILMEADE: The president says climate change is a hoax, it's a con job. Where do you fall on this?

EPA ADMINISTRATION LEE ZELDIN: The president is absolutely right
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 13d
I fear somebody in the Australian government may have misunderstood the meaning of pull requests
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Jan Kabatek 🇺🇦 @jankabatek.com · 14d
The list of social media platforms that Australia is considering to ban (under the new restrictions for Aussie teenagers) includes—yes, you read that right—GitHub.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Not just 'big fish': eSafety reveals new platforms may be forced to ban teens
WhatsApp, Roblox, Reddit and Discord are among an expanded list of platforms which may be covered by the teen social media ban, the ABC can reveal.
www.abc.net.au
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 14d
Have traveled to 10 or more countries outside their own
Sweden 57%
Netherlands 48%
UK 43%
Germany 36%
Australia 32%
France 26%
Italy 25%
Canada 22%
Spain 20%
Greece 19%
S Korea 15%
Israel 14%
US 11%
Hungary 8%
Japan 8%
Poland 4%
www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/...
Chart shows the international travel experience of people in countries surveyed by Pew's Global Atittudes Survey in 2023. Sweden was the surveyed country in which the greatest share of respondents had visited at least 10 countries.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26d
Trump will call for major restrictions on the right to asylum at the UN General Assembly to replace the post-WW2 refugee framework, Reuters reportsz

Asylum seekers would have to apply in the first country they enter, make asylum temporary, and give host nations discretion over return conditions.
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 17d
Schubert's Productivity - remastered from an old joke
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · Aug 24
Schubert's Productivity - remastered from an old joke.
Schubert's productivity explaining why orchestras can be downsized Orchestras before Trump Orchestras after Trump
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Dr LJ Maher (cis: she/her, 🌈, AuDHD, Quaintrelle) @littleread.bsky.social · 26d
Re #MeanjinJournal, a letter from myself and some of my colleagues to The University of Melbourne. #Meanjin is such an important part of Australia's literary ecosystem and losing it would be culturally and industrially devastating. #AusLit #AustralianWriters #Publishing #Unimelb
1 / 1 Letter in support of Meanjin’s future As members of the Publishing and Communications program’s staff at the University of Melbourne, we strongly support the continued existence of Meanjin Quarterly. From direct involvements with the journal during the past 25 years and more, we personally attest to the formative role Meanjin has played in the development of writers, editors and publishers, and an independent Australian cultural voice. The creative labour of thousands resonates deeply in the fabric of this cultural institution founded by Clem Christesen in Meanjin/Brisbane in 1940. We call on the University of Melbourne to recognise the rich and continuing social, political and literary value of Meanjin by ensuring its future. The journal is a living resource for our teaching, and vital to our students. Its publications fill our reading lists with ideas from the best minds of our time. It has uplifted many of our students through publication, internships, partnerships and employment, and its connection to the University is part of what makes our writing and editing programs valuable and comparable to other leading universities on the international stage. We believe the University’s enduring purpose of benefiting society compels it to take swift action to preserve the journal and sustain its continued publication, preferably within the University itself. At the very least, the University should do all it can, acting in good faith, to transfer the journal’s cultural and IP assets to another institution prepared to save it. Culturally, the University of Melbourne has benefited immensely from its support of the journal since 1945; the extinction of the journal would be its enduring loss but an even greater loss to the community the University serves. Signed by: Sybil Nolan Tim Coronel Matt Holden LJ Maher Fiannuala Morgan Sharon Mullins Beth Driscoll Claire Parnell Nicola Redhouse Hollen Singleton Bec Kavanagh
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 27d
#meanjin #unimelb #auspol
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Laura @lucytartan.bsky.social · 27d
Big turnout at this morning’s rally against @mupublishing.bsky.social vandalism of Meanjin. @beneltham.bsky.social called for Meanjin’s name and archive to be surrendered so the magazine can be published by someone who deserves to and appreciates the honour
Protesters gathered outside Melbourne University Publishing office at 715 Swanston St
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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · 15d
:) #geos
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Anita Graser 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪 @underdarkgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16d
#geos 🤔😅

https://youtu.be/TCobr35ddJI?si=CFONo8k_chTdp16l
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Steve in Colorado 🐏🏔️⛷️ @steveincolorado.bsky.social · 15d
I would not want to be working at the USGS now like some of my friends did in the past! #GISchat
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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 16d
New internal communications obtained through FOIA uncovers the confusion in the U.S. Geological Survey and the State Department regarding the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
Behind the Apparent Media Blackout Around Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Name Change
New internal emails obtained by NOTUS detail confusion at the U.S. Geological Survey and the State Department.
www.notus.org
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