“Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch…” @theymightbegiants.bsky.social

...Think of traditional way of looking at color. Contrast deep history and traditional philosophy of color in Japan. Suou refers to the crimson color of core wood of a 10-meter sappanwood tree. Or imagine the color of fallen leaves, akakuchiba. open.substack.com/pub/bonnypmc... #dataviz #gischat

I blame @frannerd.bsky.social — basically for being an amazing illustrator and human. But anyway, I started taking pictures of objects to study how light plays off of them and I thought Fran might like this one maybe not so much when I draw it but in it’s original incarnation lol 😆

Well I’m going to call it on running 300 miles in January 🤣 stay safe and warm…going to have to cycle

... along the way I sort of fell in love with #Cesium. Cesium Ion has a lovely story builder that I tend to use live in workshops to introduce participants to geospatial storytelling without the proprietary soul sucking pay to play model. #gischat bonnypmcclain.substack.com/p/a-beautifu...

The Open Visualization Academy launches TOMORROW MORNING (EST) openvisualizationacademy.org with 7 courses; we'll release 1-2 more/month beginning in February. Sneak peek at our website, designed by @vsueiro.bsky.social and Melissa Strong #dataViz #dataVisualization #infographics #dataJournalism

Big Tech and data center developers promise 21st century jobs for de-industrialized Ohio towns. Residents aren't necessarily buying it, citing concerns over energy, the environment, and tax incentives. Tech Policy Press contributing editor Dean Jackson surveys the state of affairs:

Legislation is advancing through the General Assembly to restrict future data centers to industrially zoned areas. via @virginiamercury.com

Today is a great day to remember Wilhoit's law: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Early mornings bring new opportunities…#writinglife

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

Lessons in perspective. Ouch.

Calling up blender exports into #Cesium visual studio... #GISchat

Here is the invitation. We are going to build stories together. Beginning with an object which can be a physical object like a photograph, piece of art, or even something as ethereal as a memory we can reimagine them – art as words. datamongerbonny.substack.com/p/look-withi...

Working dinner…

Reading, research and respite…

object.art.story

"When a company offers software 100% open source...it disincentivizes company to make software complete, efficient, and easy to use...encourages third-party integrators to sell hours for the same services over again, and maintain proprietary forks that fracture productivity of community.”#cesium

As spatial thinkers and scientists the unique capacity to create agency and wonder in the universe is ours. Yes, the computation and technologic skills are the tools we have at our fingertips. But are we helping, hiding, or just getting in the way? #gischat open.substack.com/pub/bonnypmc...

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” — Arundhati Roy

Welp. We had a bat in the house last night…The part of Mitchell was played by yours truly 🤣 after all the drama, my husband comes home and matter of factly takes a hand towel, plucks the bat gently off of the window and releases them out into the backyard lol. youtu.be/KAOznm668qk?...

January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy. We will never forget it, and we will not let the nation or the world forget — despite the revisionism of Trump and his lackeys in the Republican Party.

Let’s measure our impact before we get all hyped up for data centers in space. #gischat #dataviz

Excited to read this issue. Building out a new multi-media conversation with a focus on integrating ‘art.object.story'. #dataviz #geospatial

From the other place.

I thrifted a library table and chair for our bookshelves ❤️also a great spot for lunch 🥙

Constantly confronted with requests to dumb down information I mused, “Aren’t we dumb enough?” “Stand here for 20 minutes and observe from these graphics why exactly, carbon credits are bullshit.” What if we learned from this bookstore in Japan. datamongerbonny.substack.com/p/things-as-...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy

Research in mice shows that the epididymis, a small organ at the back of the testicle, passes information about a father’s lived condition, such as a high-fat diet, rigorous exercise or toxin exposure, in sperm molecules. www.quantamagazine.org/how-dads-fit...

What an exquisite idea. Stay-tuned for a geospatial inspired alignment with this premise. #gischat www.takram.com/projects/a-s...

Deck the halls and put out the cookies friends! #chatgpt

December 23, 2025 A collaboration with @lizadonnelly.bsky.social tonight...

www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-we... #gischat

It was a big year for mathematics. youtu.be/hRpcWpAeWng

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

"AI’s final form will not need data centers. It won’t need to waste massive amounts of resources to the benefit of no one besides ten regressive sociopaths already sitting on mountains of money they’ll never be able to spend."https://sl1nk.com/u4uVA"

You know I thrive in a spotlight 🤣

Why would anyone want to generate or look at AI images? I offer you my imperfect, but extremely delightful (to me) images from my weekend.

Data storytelling with @rusosnith.bsky.social

I have no words but lots of thoughts…

Giddy up! Great flight, even better movie #gischat @sentimentalvalue.bsky.social

End of day…

Contemplation of what is painting reminds me of GIS. Are narratives shared from the stage enough to say I am a geospatial data scientist. Do we need the tropes of location intelligence defined by others or are we free to explore? #gischat #substack substack.com/home/post/p-... youtu.be/5SJjvbrXn6s

My boy trying something new ❤️

Bed coffee…#gischat

Happy Veterans Day. 🇺🇸 I served a country that has not always served my people. I put on that uniform knowing that generations of Black soldiers before me were brutalized, disrespected, segregated, and still stood watch over a nation that often denied us basic humanity. 🧵👇🏾