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eli knaap @knaaptime.com · 13d

cool news from PySAL world: the (imminent) next release of the `esda` module will have (1) spatial correlograms and (2) (more importantly) @levijohnwolf.bsky.social's partial Moran's I estimator described in

www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

(both already in main if you can't wait 😎)

relationship diagram showing different spatial interaction structure(s) underlying alternative concepts of spatial correlation and the Moran's I coefficient, as shown in https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/24694452.2024.2326541

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Dani Arribas-Bel @darribas.bsky.social · 21d

🎧New #GLaDpodcast 🎧 Everything you ever wanted to know about mobile phone data in social science and never dared to ask, all in an entertaining™️ conversation btw @levijohnwolf.bsky.social, @rsfrankl.bsky.social, yours truly and the one and only @wenfeixu.bsky.social.

www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ufnqe-...

Episode 25: What we talk about when we talk about mobile phone data

Here's an episode all about data—mobile phone data, to be exact. What are we talking about when we talk about using “mobile phone data” in our research? How are these data generated? Who produces them...

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Aug 13

AI is now definitely changing how we live our (geography) lives!

Join @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social, and me for another episode of GLaD, where we discuss whether you should be vibe coding w/ Claude, sending ChatGPT review requests, or running on AI-made routes!

shorturl.at/GLNKd

AI & GLaD in Practice: a field report

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 30

I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 19

It did actually answer my question though 😅

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 19

I've just had the most surreal experience: I googled a relatively niche question about an academic topic and got an AI response paraphrasing *my own* crossvalidated (the stats stack overflow) answer from years prior.

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 10

Ep. 2 of our "Navigating the Shoals of the Academic Job Market" is live! we dive into putting an application together, what interviews might be like, and share @rsfrankl.bsky.social , @darribas.bsky.social and I share our experiences in these rough and wild waters!
open.spotify.com/episode/2PNm...

Episode 23: Navigating the Academic Job Market (Part 2)

The GLaD Podcast · Episode

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 6

Haha it’s certainly HPC the “hard” way….

Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 6

It is so constraining to write in a TUI... I'm finally admitting that git+vim+Hugo is a bit masochistic for me, and have moved blog.ljwolf.org back to Tumblr. Just having an iOS app already means it's 1000x easier to keep up to date!

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 4

We’ve gotta do that ourselves!

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hence why the big platform firms push these things so strongly… just like PyTorch/Pyro/JAX+Tensorflow jockeying, these tools don’t *remove* friction per se, they displace it in the stack. I love llms for learners, but I’m not sold that they end this “front” of the “language war…”

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 4

I wonder whether this will make the *library side* of these debates even more winner-take-all? Lower barriers for users make it more important for language library developers to “keep parity” with one another, and even possibly slightly ahead. It also intensifies the value of network/ecosystem!

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Jun 4

For users, this is probably true! Who can be territorial when the most basic barriers to usage (like installation and familiarity) get ground down by Copilot-type things…but!

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · May 6

if you're curious: doi.org/10.1177/0309...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · May 5

I never looked into it, but it’s a solid idea—Ron used to have this “classics that weren’t” project w/ books/papers he thought were primed to be impactful but, for whatever reason, never were. That catmog and the associated paper about London housing is *very* ahead of its time.

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thanks again #GISRUK2025 for coming by!

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Dani Arribas-Bel @darribas.bsky.social · Mar 30

New episode of the #GLaD podcast just dropped, Time (mis)management. Everything you always wanting to know (or not) about why we (@rsfrankl.bsky.social, @levijohnwolf.bsky.social and yours truly) are always late, and maybe that’s OK…

gladpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-21...

Episode 21: Time (mis)management | The GLaD Podcast

Today, we’re talking about time management. Or, rather, the lack thereof (both time, and management). It feels like we’re always over-committed. Always running behind. 24h a day sounds like so much an...

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Mar 27

Some, like #27, are startlingly contemporary! Also, @fcorowe.bsky.social is editing a revival w/ the Digital CATMOGs at ERSA’s REGION journal! AFAIK, Serge’s got the first! doi.org/10.18335/reg...

Spatial Inequality

This paper explores the concepts and computational methods used tomeasure spatial inequality, emphasizing a reproducible approach thatsocial scientists can apply to their research. The analysis focuse...

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Seda Şalap Ayça @sedasalap.bsky.social · Mar 25

Second day at #AAG2025 is about to start and maybe you are already overwhelmed as a first time attendee? Here is a podcast by @rsfrankl.bsky.social @darribas.bsky.social @levijohnwolf.bsky.social that you should listen while you get ready for conferencing! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Episode 3: How to Conference

Podcast Episode · The GLaD Podcast · 03/18/2023 · 1h 59m

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GISRUK: GIS Research UK @gisruk.bsky.social · Mar 21

Last day to register for #GISRUK2025 at the early bird rate and get in before the prices increase! More details on the programme and events can be found on the conference website - gisruk.github.io

Look forward to seeing many in Bristol in a few weeks!

GISRUK 2025 : University of Bristol – GISRUK 2025

gisruk.github.io

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Mar 14

Sure to be a good time! Come join us in Bristol for all sorts of cool geographic and environmental data science in a beautiful and cool setting 😎

GISRUK: GIS Research UK @gisruk.bsky.social · Mar 14

The programme for #GISRUK2025 is now live! See whats happening at this years conference in Bristol, April 22-25th. Registration is still open for if you haven't yet registered! gisruk.org/gisruk-2025

@levijohnwolf.bsky.social @caitrobin.bsky.social

GISRUK 2025 : University of Bristol – GISRUK 2025

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GISRUK: GIS Research UK @gisruk.bsky.social · Mar 14

The programme for #GISRUK2025 is now live! See whats happening at this years conference in Bristol, April 22-25th. Registration is still open for if you haven't yet registered! gisruk.org/gisruk-2025

@levijohnwolf.bsky.social @caitrobin.bsky.social

GISRUK 2025 : University of Bristol – GISRUK 2025

gisruk.org

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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social · Mar 10

Looking forward to seeing you at Spatiotemporal Causal Analysis (#STCausal2025), stcausal2025.spatial-causal.org with @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social and Cecile de Bezenac!

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Feb 13

Thanks for hosting me, @maynoothuniversity.ie! It was a really great time!

Kevin Credit @kevincredit.bsky.social · Feb 12

Very excited to have @levijohnwolf.bsky.social on campus @maynoothuni.bsky.social tomorrow for a talk on 'City systems and the cause of inequality' for the Geography Department Seminar Series - excited for the talk, stop in if you're around!

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Kevin Credit @kevincredit.bsky.social · Feb 12

Very excited to have @levijohnwolf.bsky.social on campus @maynoothuni.bsky.social tomorrow for a talk on 'City systems and the cause of inequality' for the Geography Department Seminar Series - excited for the talk, stop in if you're around!

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