I've been working on a side project testing flood data from FEMA & other sources of open data from the USG (i.e., the data we all pay for with our taxes). My goal is to make flood info easily accessible. I've launched HydraAtlas (avail on iOS), lmk what you think! apps.apple.com/us/app/hydra...

I can’t believe the “Yada yada yada” woman from Seinfeld is Lauri Bream from HBO’s Silicon Valley!!

live look at American Air trying to fix a broken Boeing radio. TBH these planes are garbage and I always try to fly Airbus. Boeing is a joke of a company; their execs should be in prison. Time to retire the entire fleet. If you own Boeing stock, sell now before it goes to zero

Hi friends - I've been working on a small side quest to create a geography guessing game. It started with my curiosity about the locations of U.S. Universities. I've added other categories like Capitals and National Parks. I'd love it if you gave it a try and sent me some feedback! geogenius.xyz

Fantastic news!!

What’s it called when you visit a city, and then contemplate moving there, and this happens a few times per year? Currently in Charleston SC which might be the most charming city in America.

I’ll take stock manipulation for $1000 please Alex. #tariffgate

Kicking off @overturemaps.bsky.social summit in Charleston SC! @marcpri.bsky.social

In the previous administrations, news like this got national attention, and we all helped those in need. In 2025, we have DOGE, which laid people off and made huge cuts at NOAA (weather), FEMA (emergency response), NASA (climate), and more. This is just the beginning, storm season is on the way

In response to some new mappers wanting to pitch in to help first responders in Myanmar, I created a quick tutorial for beginners using OpenStreetMap and HOTOSM tasks. Let's get mapping. #MyanmarEarthquake #Myanmar www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaQj...

Despite South Africa's biggest douchebag literally paying voters $millions (which is illegal), Susan Crawford still won. Get fucked Elon.

👏👏 @booker.senate.gov - this is the messaging every politician needs to be delivering. Let’s go.

instead of my hard earned US tax dollars going towards humanitarian assistance in Myanmar, I am now paying for publicity stunts for vance in Greenland, and golfing for a felon in Florida. Yes, I’m pissed. 😡

Eid Mubarak 🌙

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re: highly sensitive and classified information being shared on Signal, without knowing who is on the group chat: this might be the worst breach of OPSEC in US History. Our armed forces were directly exposed and thank goodness they weren't shot down or captured. Everyone on that chat should be fired

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

sold my Tesla today. Fuck Nazis and fuck Musk.

This week is the Spring Equinox 🌎 - days are getting longer, birds are chirping, and blossoms are blooming 🌸. From a different POV, powerful satellites provide additional critical and life-saving information and data in space. kbullock.substack.com/p/earths-axi...

What does it say when this administration immediately cuts 1) foreign aid 2) science 3) NASA & NOAA 4) education 5) National Parks 6) museums and 7) libraries? These were the targets. Not defense spending, not the broken health care system, not for-profit prisons, not lobbyists.

This action effectively allies the US (trump) with Russia. Un-fucking-believable. breakingdefense.com/2025/03/nga-...

Just to clear up the #facts: Trump got 49.81% of the popular vote, Harris 48.34%. I'm sure most of the Trump 49% wanted smaller govt, but I'm guessing they did NOT want what Musk is recklessly doing: firing thousands of critical workers and veterans, putting the millions of people globally at risk

Amidst all the tragic setbacks happening in the U.S. scientific community, take 3min and watch this beautiful lunar landing by the Blue Ghost spacecraft. IMO, perhaps one of the most awe-inspiring recordings I've watched. Congrats Firefly Aerospace. Ad Astra. ✨🌙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpHh...

Absolutely embarrassing display at the Oval Office by a couple of children pretending to be leaders. Shameful and petulant.

On the trials & tribulations of trying to buy satellite imagery: kbullock.substack.com/p/welcome-to... “It took me about two months to procure the data … can you imagine going through this if you’re unfamiliar with all the acronyms, sources, providers & terminology?” by @kevinbullock.bsky.social

"Is there another industry in the world where the buyer is willing to spend thousands of dollars and gets ghosted?" Great read by @kevinbullock.bsky.social kbullock.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

choosing violence gulfof.mapquest.com?name=Canada

wait … so musk’s kid with the unpronounceable name told trump “You are not the president and you need to go away.” ?????

seriously, fuck this: nasawatch.com/trumpspace/t...

USAID.gov is down, along with the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS). This is what happens when a felon, abuser, bully, and lifelong con artist gets elected.

The USG will spend more taxpayer money this week purging mentions of DEI from outdated web pages then it would ever have spent in a year pursuing DEI.

I sat down with @geospatial.money to discuss #LAfires and disaster response. TL;DR we invest $10s of billions in building, launching, and operating EO satellites. Isn't it time we allocate just 1% of that to improving user access, open data, tools, and dissemination? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOFS...

In response to the fires in the LA area, we saw many maps, tools, and datasets being shared. We created a list of geo-resources to assist responders, researchers, decision-makers, and analysts. Thanks to my amazing colleagues @kiricarini.com and @maxrjones.bsky.social docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

#LAfires #OpenData

My thoughts and sympathy go out to all impacted by the LA fires. The Earth Observation community has responded as we always have by providing crucial geospatial information and context to aid rescue efforts, damage assessments, rebuilding, and future resilience work. TY for everyone's contributions.

Arizona winter sunsets hit different

If skies are clear, the Moon and Mars are in conjunction. #astronomy

weekend vibes:

@ Usery Mountain AZ 🌵☀️

If you're headed to DC for #AGU24 @agu.org, please come and say hi to the DevSeed squad; we'll be covering some incredible topics and tech: developmentseed.org/blog/2024-12...

Interesting from the Planet Snapshots newsletter: researchers analyzing satellite data noticed odd gaps formed in clouds above industrial sites like metal factories and power plants. They found that pollution particles can create ice within clouds and precipitate snowfall events.

This is a brilliant graphic from Aravind @ Terrawatch Space. A fantastic, easy-to-read summary of the significant use cases in Earth Observation. Well done! (Also, is Aravind on Bluesky??)

working on a blog, TIL: approximately 403 million terabytes of data are created each day. 🤯https://explodingtopics.com/blog/data-generated-per-day

SatSummit Lisbon www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYrNapJB/

Back home from #SatSummit 🛰️ and I still need to process all the amazing information and conversations. Without a doubt, it’s the best forum for no BS dialogue in the industry. Also Lisbon just may be the most charming city in the world. 🤩

Heartfelt gratitude and kudos to @developmentseed.org for making #satsummit Lisbon happen. Really enjoyed both the content and gathering of people. It´s all about a community working together in the end. ❤️

ICYMI, Muthukumar gave a fantastic review and takeaways from #SatSummit www.linkedin.com/posts/muthuk...

Global conflicts hurt not only people but also the environment, which is the invisible victim of conflict. "We are trying to make this visible using EO." We need satellites with humanitarian-only missions, with data that are open, sharable, and accessible using cloud-native standards. #SatSummit