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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 17h

Ooh! Thanks! I'm home sick today so I didn't have the energy to look.

Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 19h

The California Voter Information Guide has never had so many maps! This is for the Statewide Special Election to temporarily change our congressional voting districts. There are 6 pages of maps! I wonder if the data is available somewhere... #gischat

The California voter information guide booklet is open to pages showing the current and proposed congressional districts.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 6d

Plus, who knows if anyone is ever gonna read NSF proposals again.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 6d

Having a bunch of publications with large lists of collaborators sounds amazing until you have to fill out one of the COA forms for NSF listing all of the people you've worked with for the last 4 years like it's a background check for the FBI.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 7d

My office at UC Davis is talking about running a class to communicate data science with art, mainly around making zines and one-page "cheat sheets".

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Stacks Journal @stacksjournal.bsky.social · 7d

We're so thrilled to be partnering with @foss4gna.bsky.social on this Special Issue!

Be on the lookout for some exciting new research on #OpenSource #GIS and #GeoSpatial analytics.

🧪

Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 13d

If you're presenting research at @foss4gna.bsky.social, join our special issue with @stacksjournal.bsky.social as an author! You can also participate as a reviewer whether or not you're presenting!

The call for posters is still open #gischat #geosky #opensource #geospatial

www.foss4gna.org/journal

Stacks-Journal — FOSS4G North America

www.foss4gna.org

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 7d

I've been a Sustaining Member of PBS since 2020 and today I became an Evergreen Member of NPR because I value independent, non-profit journalism, storytelling, and education.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 7d

We deserve better than this.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent plan. I've got a scarf that's the size of two scarves and feels like a throw blanket. I'm breaking that thing out as soon as the high is under 70 degrees here in the Sacramento area.

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California Sea Grant @caseagrant.bsky.social · 21d

The little pockets of people who know the Pismo clam consider it an icon. But for Marissa Bills, the species offered a reminder: There are a whole lot of species that have been overlooked, waiting for scientists to dig in. Read more at https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/clams-tiktok #clams #caseagrant

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 9d

I watched Reading Rainbow as a little kid and while I don't remember any episode specifically, I have a very vivid memory of my happy emotional response to the theme song. That song said something special was about to happen.

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 13d

The more I read the comments I got back on a proposal the more I feel like the reviewer didn't actually read it. This is frustrating. I don't know how to make it more clear. I'm pretty sure it's gotta just be text and I can't put blinking arrows in this.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 13d

I love thrift store art! I have two modern paintings I picked up at my local SPCA thrift store. One turns out to be a known artist. The other, probably not, but I like it anyway.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 13d

If you're presenting research at @foss4gna.bsky.social, join our special issue with @stacksjournal.bsky.social as an author! You can also participate as a reviewer whether or not you're presenting!

The call for posters is still open #gischat #geosky #opensource #geospatial

www.foss4gna.org/journal

Stacks-Journal — FOSS4G North America

www.foss4gna.org

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 14d

I like that definition! I was thinking about the scientific method and, strictly applied, I think a lot of what we think of as science doesn't fit into that model.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 15d

Well, yes. I did read that. 😁

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 15d

I have to clearly articulate how something I want to do is science, which has sent me down a rabbit hole of understanding what "science" actually is. Even NSF doesn't seem to have a definition of science on their website, but maybe I missed it.

Does anyone have a good working definition?

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 16d

I recently told a couple of high schoolers to keep an open mind about careers because my current career didn't even exist when I was in high school. Things are changing so fast right now, both in terms of tech and what's available in the public sector.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 17d

"Consistently, it is women who are ultimately expected to shoulder the burdens of the nation’s failure."

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18d

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why fascist strongmen rely on women at home

Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

www.theguardian.com

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 19d

Does anyone use a visual project planning tool that they really like and has decent functionality for free?

I recently looked at Milanote but I'll outgrow the free version quickly.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 20d

I'm watching the USGS video feed and it's pretty cool.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...

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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 22d

If anyone out there with GIS coding experience is interested in helping build and/or improve QGIS plugins, please let me know!

#gischat

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 21d

At my library's staff meeting this morning about the current university budget situation one thing was clear to me:

Libraries are people.

Every book, every service, every piece of furniture is there because a person decided this is what our community needs. And this is why cuts are so hard.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 23d

Both my cats are land sharks and one is also a sink otter. I'm pretty sure these classifications can simply modify the breeds listed here and are not separate breeds themselves.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 23d

I am incredibly proud of the quality of the workshops and the support that #maptimeDavis community has for each other. I am especially thankful to our organizing Council team for all the careful thought they put into making it happen. New Fall Quarter lineup: maptimedavis.github.io
#gischat #geosky

#maptimeDavis

#maptimeDavis is the heart of the mapping community in Davis, CA.

maptimedavis.github.io

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