Billions of dollars for ICE, but next to nothing for fire departments. Gift link. www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.

Eyewitness to the murder of Alex Pretti…Afraid to go home…Because ICE agents are there looking for her…

In a civilised society the military would turn on their despotic leader and remove him from power. They would defend the constitution and protect the people. The American people are not safe. The constitution is under attack. Remove him.

Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed. The next could be you. What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us.

#F***ICE I've been thinking a lot about how in Highschool, I was taught about how the Nazis suffered psychological strain because they were killing people up close and personal and because of that the gas chambers were invented to be able to kill many in mass. I fear, we are moving in that direction

saying “Fuck ICE” as a kindly send-off is the new Minnesota goodbye

#Cartography So something I am coming to understand is just how important scale based cartography is for interactive web maps. My new personal pet peeve? Being able to zoom way out from the county where the data is located. If the data is in the US you should only be able to zoom out to the US.

Colorado Friends, if you are looking for ways to help out and support your neighbors who are being targeted by ICE. Colorado Rapid Response Network is looking for volunteers. #FuckICE Home | CORRN share.google/r06W1T8Rok4N...

#GISChat Is anyone in the community tracking the locations of where ICE and Protestors throughout the US are happening? Especially locations where protestors are being harmed? Do we know if that data is being collected?

What is and who makes the mapping interface or API that Palantir is using in its ELITE system for ICE to target its occupation of US cities?

You may feel helpless — a powerless observer of this hurricane of violence. Please do not succumb to helplessness, despair, or fear. You are needed — desperately. Here are some things you can do. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mobilizing-america

I don’t give 1 shit about who goes down, republican or democrat. Release the Epstein files without redaction and protection of pedophiles! Those abused deserve justice

❄️📚 AAG’s Winter Book list is now available! With over 25 titles to choose from, there’s a title for everyone this season: buff.ly/tP5N6Ib #GeographyBooks #GeoHumanities #GeoSky #GISChat

#GISChat Morning Y'all, for those of you who manage an ArcGIS Enterprise system, how do you manage your enterprise documentation? Both the documentation your make SOPs as well as any ESRI related links or documents you refer to for administration purposes. Is it just one big folder?

No matter how much I might want to, I cannot say: "No shit, I know that" to my coworkers.

Kristi Noem is a bird legged hoe, that hoe that hoe has got to go. I am going to sing this for all my reps. Chaos let's fucking go.

BREAKING: South Carolina Reports 99 New Measles Cases, 200 People in Quarantine, 9 in Isolation

It's the weekend, call your representatives tell them to: Impeach Trump & Kristi Noem Abolish ICE Use the app 5 Calls. To call your Reps and make some noise. Let them know that you are a voter and that this is disgusting and that they need to use their power and influence to stop this BS!

#GISChat What City, State or Federal agency is your favorite open data portal? I think I really like Denver ( i like their old system better before they switched to a Hub Page) and I really like NYC.

#FUCKICE So I just saw a video on Instagram where a women mentioned that ICE killed Renee Good and then went to a nearby High School to do another raid. As if HS wasn't hard enough already without the addition of School Shooters AND now ICE RAIDS. Fuck ICE

#GISChat So whenever i open ArcGIS Online and open the hamburger dot menu on the upper right hand side, I am starting to wish it was redesigned based on the functionality of the different applications. like Data Collection apps would be its own row and consist of: S123, FMs and QC etc

#MN #FUCKICE The woman who was shot today, from the photos I have seen, looks white. she might be white Hispanic, but regardless of that. There are so many white people who believe that this systemic violence won't impact them. It won't happen to them. But it is happening to us.

Retired General Russel Honoré, a decorated 37-year army veteran, a global authority on leadership, and an expert on climate change and disaster preparedness, had some choice words for us in these times. #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

#GISChat I have been asked to do at work is to learn how to manage an ArcGIS Enterprise I have taken the ArcGIS Enterprise Administrative Workflows course. I was thinking of finding a mentor to help provide some additional guidance as I transition from an GIS Analyst into an GIS Admin. Thoughts?

Good Morning #Booksky! In honor of America's 250th birthday, I am wondering what books I should read to: 1.) Understand how we got here and 2.) What we could look like in the future if we fight for our ideals and values as a nation. Any recommendations are welcome.

Grief is weird, my mom has been dead for 15 years and tonight I made a (minor in the grand scheme of things) mistake and all I want is to call her and tell her and have her tell me I am not stupid just very very overwhelmed and possibly burnt out.

Yo that's Dope.

The weirdest thing about Americans is how many of them think their laws apply to every person in the world. But they're certain other countries' laws don't apply to them.

A friend of mine gave me a sweet Christmas present,.my first dice set! I am also listening to the audiobook of Lord of The Rings.... I feel like my nerd transformation is progressing nicely.

Call your Reps. I like to call my reps first thing in the morning before their office opens up to ensure I can leave a voice mail. #5calls #MakeSomeNoise

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

What is the world's Poland? Is it Greenland?! It's Greenland isn't it? If the US invaded Greenland, will we officially be in WW3?

I hope this is a prediction of things to come with the Trump Administration. May it be so.

Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor

Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.

My Read goal for this year is to read 100 books (my overall goal is to read 1000 books by the time I hit 40. I am at 800 now. I am on the train back to Colorado and my first audiobook of the year is Lord of the Rings. Seems appropriate for a long journey. #Booksky

I just finished 60 books for the year! 19K pages read! Happy New Year!

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

#AIUsage What do you use AI for? Are there things you won't use it for? Do you have a personal ethics around it's use? If you choose not to use it at all or as little as possible, why? I am in the second camp and I don't know what to think about it.

#BookSky Have you read Buckeye by Patrick Ryan? Did you physically read it or did you listen to it and which one would you recommend? I am a HUGE Audio fan! So that's my preference but I am willing to read it, if the narrator isn't that great.

Oh my god. If this were to happen. I would be over the moon. This would be fantastic for people who rely on SNAP or who need help ensuring that their family is fed. It would be fantastic. Aldi is a great grocery store. It would be ideal if it was in Aurora, it would really help those folks out.

#BookSky #Books Good Morning and Merry Christmas, in 2025, what new authors did you discover this year? I want to find new authors to read!

I have been coming to my best friend's house for years, and this morning, I noticed that my best friend's dad created a Map Chest out of pine. I am going to make a map for this chest.

#GISChat In discussing making maps that where basic, a lot of people informed me that I should use templates. But one of my main concerns around using templates is that it will restrict my cartographic creativity? Is that true? I understand that templates are a time saver. But is that all?

#CartographyOpinion #GISChat So every year NACIS publishes the Atlas of Design, and I buy it and that is all well and good. But what I'd LOVE to see is an Atlas of Mediocre maps. Maps made by people who have to create a map in the span of 2 hours or a week at most. 1/x

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year