I lost my keys last week on the way to work. I have too many sidewalks and public transit transitions to believe I’d find them again (did report them missing to WMATA). My morning bus driver saved my keys for me, he saw me drop them on the sidewalk when I left the bus to go to the metro 😭😭 🥺

My parents gifted me this book for Christmas and I know so many will appreciate knowing it exists, so just wanted to share it and especially since I know how much people love the LOTR maps from the many convos that were had after from my many talks about old maps / recreating aesthetics /etc heh

In the spirit of posting here more I’m going to truly post on here like Twitter so sometimes maps, often life.. Look at these amazing pieces that I got in Madison when I was gone for Xmas! 1) 80s kid’s sleeping bag turned wall art (YES CONVERSE) 2) amazing tapestry eye art by local Madison artist

Ohhh two New Year’s resolutions: 1) be better at checking BlueSky 😭 my ADHD brain paths still need rerouting … 2) relaunch #creativeCarto in January - hoping to do it! This is my 1st time also presenting at Esri FedGIS in DC so will depend on the time … but this will for sure happen next year 👀

After months, I finally remembered to put this print on my store page, so that people know where to look if they want a charmingly distressing world map. somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront And if you'll be at #NACIS2025 in Louisville, you can see it in person and deface it with dry erase markers.

Uncovering Gay Guide Construction through Maps Jack Swab geography.utk.edu/people/instr... Mac Holt, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Gay guides (published from the 1960s through 2010s) were compiled from pre-internet, crowd-sourced data. #NACIS2025

Panel on the state of freelance mapping. freelancemaps.org #NACIS2025

Backpacked for 3 days in Dolly Sods, West Virginia and it did. Not. Disappoint 😍

HAD AN AMAZING TIME IN CHICAGO AND FINALLY SAW My Chemical Romance ahhhhhhhhhhh!!

Our demand remains: all escalated federal forces out NOW. #FreeDC

Sorry that my BlueSky come back is now becoming *screaming about the reality of what is happening in DC* but 😥🥲🥲🥲

The 3 miles around the White House and federal buildings are already beautiful and well maintained, and the only time there wasn’t money by NPS to clean things up more (which to be clear, it’s clean) is because of Trump taking AWAY funding from NPS

It already felt dystopian & weird last week to commute & see troops patrolling the metro - where they are doing nothing but look menacing, like their presence in the rest of the city. It’s the fed agents who are doing active harm But now, commuting while troops hold & carry weapons is just. scary.

In the coming weeks, the Trump regime plans to mobilize 1,700 National Guard troops to 19 states—most of which are Republican-controlled—to support ICE, their domestic terrorist organization. They’re targeting these states: AL, AR, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, LA, NE, NV, NM, OH, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WY

Loving the Map of The Month subscription. Beautiful and inspiring work all. #GISchat mapartists.org

Too many in one place AND they were blocking the bike lanes in a high traffic commute area so thanks for making it MORE UNSAFE too

“I don’t know why we have accepted that it is ok to dehumanize people who need support and instead of spending the millions of dollars that are being used to deploy troops and agents to help people in need, we’ll deploy troops and agents where none are needed for our narrative”

Please call your reps and tell them DC should not have any of the troops or increased federal agents They are only racially profiling and - obviously - aren’t attempting to address the actual existing crime issues The increase of military in metro the last few days is only continued fear optics

🥲🥲🥲🥲😭 Please fight for us and call your reps 😭

!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK

Soldiers know that what's this administration is trying to do to DC is wrong. No one joins the National Guard to terrorize American families. No one joins the National Guard to chase down and arrest food delivery drivers. The administration is trying to normalize all this. Do not let them.

Other states supporting the political theater by sending their National Guard is enraging and also increases the chances of violence in DC (the violence and crime that DIDNT exist when Trump claimed it did). Black and brown communities currently are always experiencing targeted arrest and violence

Hey @nacis.bsky.social folx! Does anyone have the link to the Sheets that collected links to slide decks / URLS for talk presentations from last year’s conference? Thank you!

Trump spreading lies about DC & calling it all unsafe is hopefully obvious but the additional annoying part of his “promise” to “fix DC potholes and contract it out” is that he is who took away money from DC He’s also who blackmailed the Mayor to remove BLM plaza by saying he will rescind road $.

Are you looking to help D.C. fight the Trump regime’s occupation? D.C. doesn’t have any voting members in Congress, so they need you to contact yours to advocate on their behalf. Tell your representatives to stand down the federal escalation and respect D.C. Learn more at FreeDCProject.org/allies

Want to know how to help me and the other 700,000 residents of DC? DC doesn’t have representation - we pay taxes, but have literally zero voting power like you do in other states. Not very American right? CALL YOUR REPS and tell them not to allow Trump to take over DC. Pester your reps constantly

This is just the beginning.

Just so everyone is aware, DC is a safe place to live and just like the time Trump sicced the National Guard on DC during BLM protests during his last presidency, this is just his attempt to make the rest of the country think he has power, that DC is “bad”, and to mostly emphasize his own narrative

Pie Shop - delicious pies, great music from 2 bands . And love from Cinder when I got home

A quick long day trip to NYC today for some meetings :)

This weekend = 💗💗💗 Music, meandering, gym, biking, and friends 💗

Renovating the White House for $200 million dollars that no American citizen will have regular access too vs Using American dollars for the myriad of support systems, infrastructure, and more that tax dollars are MEANT to pay for

How did I not know @bastilledan.bsky.social released a new album last fall I’m a terrible fan 😭 (Jk I guess the end of last year was a wreck of stress, I didn’t notice anything at all so, fair 😂)

*ahem* tap tap. I’m going to try so hard to use BlueSky more I miss y’all - and old mappy Twitter :) Expect my attempts to begin with ye old random thoughts and updates a la AIM, with the occasionally mappy thought (as my Twitter ended up being near the end 😂)

Crying happy tears on the deadlift platform because I can lift 225 lbs again for reps and sets like a breeze 😭😭🥹 4 months post op

Dearest @wmata.com - where can I find the estimated time for bus arrivals at a particular bus stop? Just looked up D36 & all I can find are times for specific areas rather than stops. Not sure if I’m missing where to click. I reviewed my bus stop & didn’t see times (expect for “upcoming bus”) Ty!

Cowardcore, I’m saving that word mentally for many things …

The survey is closing up at the end of the week! Please consider taking this if you did any amount of freelance cartography last year. Your data is invaluable to our community (we get many comments from folks saying how they've benefitted from this sampling of the community).

hi folks! I'm teaching tech ethics this summer, and part of the course is having students read news articles about ongoing tech issues. can anyone recommend publications that cover tech issues in a non-US context (either issues in countries beyond the US and/or do not center the US)?

I likely can’t attend NACIS this year due to a conflicting conference I need to go to (😭😭😭) - should I record the presentation I WANTED to give at NACIS and share it? I actually have many carto related ideas for sharing info. Should I just do a series? 😂 #gis #maps #gischat #creativecarto

Hey @wmata.com one thing I didn’t look into last year when you asked for feedback but now wondering with it getting discussed in high frequencies again: If medium and low frequency are that frequency during PEAK commuting times as well, are you going to make sure to offset specific

LIFE UPDATES from the past month! 1) A few folx here know I had medical issues and I am VERY happy to report I finally had surgery to resolve the problems. 1 week later, I can do basic life things like walk at my normal pace, be hungry again (lmao), and just basic normal things… mostly 😂.

Dearest @wmata.com , your app and “add value” system should function in such a way that when I add value it shows up day-of. I intentionally have my debit card saved in my account to easily add funds, and also happened to forget my wallet and so didn’t have forms of payment on me when trying to exit

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Super excited to be joining Esri as a Solution Engineer in support of Nonprofits and Global Organizations! Looking forward to connecting, learning, sharing knowledge, and so much more

Super excited to be joining Esri as a Solution Engineer in support of Nonprofits and Global Organizations! Looking forward to connecting, learning, sharing knowledge, and so much more

"Interactive maps bring Black migration stories to life" My friend, Clinton Johnson, a National Geographic Explorer, is using GIS to create the Empathy Atlas, focusing on data storytelling to highlight Black migration histories. news.nationalgeographic.org/explorer-cli... #BlackSky #GISchat #Geosky

Make sure to check out the latest GDAL release, 3.10.2 "Gulf of Mexico" 😉 github.com/OSGeo/gdal/r... #gis #geospatial #gischat #gdal #maps #data

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