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

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.

I'm watching the USGS video feed and it's pretty cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...

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

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.

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

Every year the house next door gets a new set of students. And every year about this time, they set the grill on fire. I did not, however, expect this set to achieve this milestone at 8:00 am on a Monday and with hotdogs.

It's that magical time of year when OSGeo @osgeo.bsky.social recognizes the work of our community by electing new charter members! Current charter members, who should join us as contributors & decision makers? wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Electio... #gischat #geospatial #geosky

My cat stole my new sweatshirt and climbed inside. Please enjoy that new sweatshirt fuzz, little guy.

Be kind to yourselves folks. Here's some shrimp

I finally got the time and courage to sort through the feedback from my most recent NSF inquiry. The program officer flagged some parts of the solicitation that I didn't fully address. I thought I did, but there were some nuances I missed. Good! I can reframe and better explain some things.

I got my covid shot this morning at CVS and it was quick and easy. Bonus: you get a $10 off coupon from the pharmacist and another staff member gave me a sticker when he saw my bandaid.

The people who got us here will absolutely NOT get us out.

After pages and pages of image previews of the birthday card, I need check out of social media. I understand that the leadership of my country does not see me as human, but this is a lot I have to save my energy for the longer term battle.

🌍 Call for Papers! Submit to the Progress in Physical Geography special issue: Coding Earth: Open Source Solutions in Physical Geography 📅 Deadline: 18 Dec 2025 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/home/ppg #OpenSource #OpenScience #GISchat #RSpatial #GeoPython

I scheduled mine in CA the same way, although the CVS website gave me the usual glitchiness not loading menus and such. If that happens, just come back later. Eventually it will work.

Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park #NPS #NationalParkService #OlympicNationalPark

Thank you, past me, for documenting last year's dune remote sensing analysis for @foss4gna.bsky.social so well! I've got workflow diagrams and a list of next steps. Thank goodness! #gischat

It happens in private schools and public schools; in Catholic Churches and AME churches; in gay nightclubs and country music festivals; in blue cities and red cities. We are all of us the victims of our politicians’ failures and cowardice.

I updated my one-pager proposal description for funding LiteratureMapper and sent it off the the program officers for the solicitation the first program officer suggested. This one is more complicated (lots of directorates involved) & I have no idea what I'm doing! Image: www.nathanwpyle.art

Penguin remote sensing! #gischat

The program officer gave me some helpful feedback and suggested I look into another NSF funding source (fortunately it has a similar deadline) so I'm off to read more solicitations!

Psst... Wanna hear a secret? Ok, it's not REALLY a secret, but the FOSS4G North America @foss4gna.bsky.social conference is partnering with Stacks Journal @stacksjournal.bsky.social to publish our first ever special issue from this year year's conference presentations! #gischat #opensource

Are you like me and struggle to choose colors for your charts? I recently found the colorspace package, and it's a total game-changer. cran.r-project.org/web/packages... Load the package, run 'pal<-choose_palette()' and a GUI shows you color combos! Check out my example with #TidyTuesday data:

I wish writing papers, grant applications, and those sorts of academic products didn't come with the voice of Reviewer 2 in my head telling me this is all bad and I'm going to fail. I need the voice of We Rate Dogs telling me "it's good writing Brent."

What’s the single worst comment you’ve ever received from a reviewer? I'll go first: "The authors should consider finding a study replicate." ...It was an observational ecology study. 🤦‍♂️ 🧪 #SciPub #AcademicSky

One of my customers had so much fun visiting the Map Center that he came back a few days later with a camera. He made this magnificent short documentary about my store, about me, and why I bother to do any of it at all. It's really lovely and I hope you watch it! youtu.be/Dj9uKpk3Idk?...

Today we're finally painting the bathroom! Years ago we had an exhaust fan installed in our mid century modern house's bathroom but never fixed the holes the electrician made in the walls. BTW a scrub brush makes short work of setting masking tape!

Seaglass can take decades or centuries to be formed by the motion of the waves. Morning Edition's Chad Campbell and his daughter have tips on how beachgoers can search for these small treasures.

An interactive map created by CSUCI professors Dan Reineman and Kiki Patsch highlights how sea-level rise endangers coastal access in California. For each foot of rise, 100 access sites could disappear. Effective coastal management can help beaches adapt and endure. www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...

I just submitted my first "one-pager" to an NSF program officer! Wish my little proposal description luck in impressing them and getting helpful feedback so I can make the full proposal the best it can be!

Why inclusion is necessary in mapping/signage/wayfinding. #GeoSky #GISchat

It's not every day that map projections make the news! #gischat

Sometimes my job is pretty darn cool. I paused writing code and working on a grant proposal to talk with some folks on other UC campuses and got to look at some historical maps on blueprint and microfilm! I love that map people have an immediate kinship.

Texas State Rep. Collier cannot leave and cannot communicate with the outside world. This sounds a lot like imprisonment to me.

New Geek Merit Badge Unlocked: writing R code to automate generating HTML from a google sheet.

I'm kind of way more excited than I should be about this. The day available for my Hand Drawn Maps workshop in the #maptimeDavis schedule is Halloween. I think we have to draw the cemetery. #gischat

YLE now has a California newsletter! yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com

Coast Wall Central Coast California Photographer Jon Pinter #Lightroom #photo #photography #fotografie #photographer #scape #nature #coast #coastlife #coastal #california #westcoast #WestCoastLife #beachlife #shoreline #photographerofbluesky #geography #photographysky

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

🌊 Need a minute? Yeah, us too. 🎥: scripps.ucsd.edu/piercam

Take California Marine Sanctuary Foundation's survey about coastal access in California! #CACoast #CABeaches #beach www.californiaoceanaccessandmpas.com/survey

🚨 Applications are now open! We are excited to announce that the @geospatialwomen.bsky.social Mentorship Programme is now accepting applications for our 25/26 cohort, open until 7th September! 🔗 Interested? Apply here: lnkd.in/ek7veWdG #gischat #remotesensing #geospatial #eo #gis #mentorship

I just discovered that I can change the font in my university's version of Canvas to a dyslexic friendly font! It makes reading through pages of grant training modules so much better! I'm not dyslexic to the best of my knowledge, but these fonts are just easier to read.

The federal government’s $1B demand is an attack on @UCLA and its mission to serve the public good and higher education. #StandUpForUC here: bit.ly/standuc. But make no mistake - this goes beyond UC/publics - it affects ALL higher ed! We need to @standhighered.bsky.social. #AcademicSky

As a UCLA & UC Davis alumna I fully support the decision to fight back. I don't love all of the policies and decisions of the UC, but this is the right move in this situation.

Sometimes you just need a break from the world. #caturday

Here's the thing: where is the money coming from? UCLA is one campus of the University of California. The UC is having a major budget crisis, due to decreasing financial support from the state, rescinded grant funds, and over spending. Every campus has been asked to cut their budget.

The @ucdavis.bsky.social led Kelp RISES project and White Abalone Conservation program show what’s possible when federal funding supports science with depth and direction: reviving species, connecting disciplines, and keeping knowledge alive and growing. 🌊🐌🌿 arcg.is/0SOHeT3 #NSFfunded #NOAAscience