I'm seriously considering just eating ice cream for dinner, but if I did I would probably need something different for dessert. Adulting is hard.

I taught my Spatial SQL workshop today and had a blast! We got through two basic queries when one participant said they wish they'd learned this earlier. Success!

I've been trying to figure out how to get Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) location + z (relative to ?) + error data for all stations for the entire station lifetime at a moderate cadence (daily, weekly, monthly, every n<30 days). I'm getting turned around by it all. Suggestions?

You can propose talks, workshops, or posters on any topic that involves open source geospatial software or open data. I personally love the community that goes to this conference. It's so welcoming and helpful.

This year, I am volunteering for FOSS4G North America. It is in CA! We are looking for a wide range of presentation topics. Formats include talks, lightning talks, posters and workshops! Also we are looking for sponsors. Reach out if you have questions! #GISChat

The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF

Cartography is endless problem solving. I need an inset map. Now I need more layers for context. Now I need scale-dependent rendering. Now I need labels. Now I need to move the labels but I can't see them on the map canvas. It's like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie with no cookies.

📍Want to reach the leaders shaping geospatial tech? FOSS4G North America is in Sacramento, CA (Nov 2–5, 2026). Sponsor to connect with 500 key practitioners, build B2B partnerships, and recruit top talent. Contact our team to secure your spot! #GISChat

The gaming mouse at work always seems excessive until I have to place labels on a map.

I know you all probably thought it would never happen, but I am composing a map with a compass rose (instead of a simple arrow) and pondering how to make my scale bar more ornate. Telling the story is more important than personal aesthetic.

Welcome to Shrimp City! Teach your friends about a variety of crustaceans with this helpful visual aid - and set the record straight... bugs is shrimp. Shrimp is not bugs These shirts are designed by @the666cat.bsky.social & printed in Philly! Get one at SquidFacts.net (pls RT!)

Today is the last day to comment to the FCC that LGBTQIA2S+ names, stories, identities don't need a warning label. This new potential rulemaking is an attempt at criminalizing the mere fact of being trans or otherwise queer, in the name of discrimination, bigotry, and persecution. Tell them no, now.

I submitted two proposals for the @foss4gna.bsky.social FOSS4GNA Call for Proposals: 1. Workshop: QGIS Map Design Fundamentals 2. Talk: We Scanned These Maps. Now What? (STAC for Academic Library Collections) Submit your proposals before the June 30th deadline. www.foss4gna.org/cfp-2026

One of my big tasks since managing our physical map collection was added to my portfolio is to get the space organized. I've just started putting all of the uncatalogued air photos and related material in one spot. Holy moly, figuring all that out later is going to be it's own project.

I found the missing box of air photos from a decades old donation, as well as another set of film air photos for campus that I didn't know we had. If procrastinating on another project is going to be this productive, I may never get that other project done. Too much positive reinforcement.

Putting barcodes on recently cataloged maps with my colleagues.

If you're Californian, give yourself a little break today. It's a lot to have to monitor power outages and fires while still trying to get work done especially since the rest of what's going on in your life didn't stop either.

#gischat mind hive: I'm offsetting a polygon layer that is of a coastal area with islands to mimic bathymetry lines. Is there an option to union these with the styling options so I don't get overlapping lines? I can do this with offset buffers, but I'm trying to avoid saving a bunch of data.

Is PG&E your power provider? No, it's not.

Nominations are now open for the Lorena Abad Crespo Award for Innovation in Spatial Data Science! 🎉 Know someone doing outstanding work in spatial data science, GIS, or geocomputation? Nominate them here: spatial-data-science.github.io/award.html Please share widely! #GISchat #SDS #OpenScience

I got a couple of design students in the audience today and they had a blast.

Today's box of maps! The label says "Box Various". So informative.

Colors and patterns of California seaweeds #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

I'm getting ready to teach my Cartography (map design) workshop on Friday at #maptimeDavis! It's so fun to take a pile of data and turn it into a visualization that communicates well.

This is sound advice for creating a great FOSS4GNA talk! I'm also happy to be a sounding board if you need some feedback on an idea. #gischat #geosky

I don't follow astrology but I'm guessing some kind of celestial alignment is making communications difficult. Sigh. I hope that resolves soon.

A ballet class complement from my teacher: Michele, please come use the weird barre because I know you won't freak out.

A little before and after comparison of my office space. Normally I don't think people have to dig out their own desk from this much clutter...

Today on "What's in That Box?".... Vintage Tupperware! It had less vintage glue sticks in it. Did I also find maps? Yes. I keep finding boxes of microform materials just shoved in random places. Cards, film, slides... But not in the Tupperware.

Today on "What's in This Box?"... Surprise! It's NOT maps this time! I found a third stereoscope in a lovely case marked "micro-scope stereo".

FOSS4GNA always feels like summer camp to me! I get to learn new things, hang out with old friends, make new friends... and yes, there's crafts and sometimes sports! Does corn hole count as a sport? Anyway, submit your talk!

Call for proposals is now open for FOSS4GNA!!!! 🌎 Sacramento CA 📅 November 2-4 #GISChat www.foss4gna.org/cfp-2026

#gischat #geosky join us!!! This is the best conference I've been to for learning about and sharing workflows for open source geospatial tools. This is how I learn the things and build the community I need to do my job well.

FOSS4G North America @foss4gna.bsky.social will be in Sacramento this year November 2-4! The call for papers/presentations/proposals is now open. Make your submission an easy yes by making sure you describe the open source geo tools you are using. #gischat #geosky www.foss4gna.org

Who is a cartographer doing really good maps of the Caribbean? My selection for the Dominican Republic is embarrassing given where my so many of my neighbors are from.

Not something you see every day, a purple wave in Point Reyes. “Purple waves are caused by a bloom of juvenile salps, which are gelatinous creatures related to fish. These salps can create a striking purple appearance in the water when they wash ashore in large numbers.”

I spent a lot of time this afternoon trying to get photos of this little bumblebee and a similar one that was bright yellow. They're so fuzzy! #beesky #bloomscrolling

I divided the giant ZZ plant today. One quarter is staying at home, another is going to my new office, and the rest is on the curb hopefully going home with a neighbor that needs a ZZ plant to take over their house.

Today's math problem: You have to make room for about 100 cans of air photos on film. Each shelf holds 5 cans and each rack holds 6 shelves. How many racks do you need to clear to make space to hold the new air photos?

Here's a new one: I moved a pile of maps and found a desk! Ok, I knew it was under there but I thought it was a table. It's big and has a drawer so I moved it into my office. It's way better than the bright red 90s split level laptop desk I've been working on.

I moved a pile of old library signs off this old Dell box hoping it was full of old computer equipment that I could ask IT to deal with. Nope. Maps. There's a lot more in there too but I need to deal with other things first.

I'm working with coastline data from Ancient World Mapping Center. It's made up of line segments that are not digitized in the same direction so when I try to turn it into polygons, I get a scrambled mess. Any ideas #gischat for how to fix this? Like snap close end nodes? github.com/AWMC/geodata

Pro tip: put your hot water kettle somewhere you won't reach over it when steam is coming out. Progress on organizing has slowed down significantly with a wet cold compress on my inner forearm. Sigh.

Part of my new job is making the map room work better and to do that, I need to clean out all the junk that we don't need. What makes this difficult is that important things are sometimes stuffed between less important things. What's this old binder? Just a bunch of maps on microform.

When I'm not at work, I'm usually at the studio because I dance in a professional postmodern contemporary company. We have a concert coming up so I spent 12 hours this weekend either in class or rehearsal. My body hurts. Photo from my own choreography.

Permanent job in Sacramento! Sr environmental scientist in a good unit. Manage acoustic data, implement automated approaches for aggregating and summarizing wildlife data, carry out advanced quantitative analyses that integrate multiple data sources. calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

I've been invited back to reprise my lecture on documentation for UC Davis' Adventures in Data Science class in which we learn to make workflow diagrams using the example of making a grilled cheese sandwich. I guess last year's students reported that it was one of their favorites.

It's ok @bsky.app. We all have bad days.

It's me. Hi. I'm the problem it's me. How am I to clean this place up if I keep making messes?

Cleaning out these new (to me) offices is an exercise in setting boundaries. As soon as I finish going through one pile of things, I see another and want to dive in and could spend hours organizing, but I have research to do today as well.