I hear you
I have been in these places
If we keep talking, one day folks listening might understand the lie of the unemployed told as that narrative of the grasping and lazy
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It could take 118 years to end racism at work, Gari Yala report finds A landmark Indigenous-led report reveals that racism remains a daily reality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers and, at the current rate of change, "it will take 118 years to eliminate ...

This is well worth a read
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

We should have this conversation. Redlines and curfews and property valuations set up by the powerful and influential are intersting to talk about.
Also I like maps and map theory as you know ;)

Treaty, yeah!
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Accountability of government and institutions for systemic injustice, destructive policy, and racism is apparently not in the vocabularly of the Victorian Liberal Party....yet again....

Walk for Treaty - Footscray to City completed
So good to see so many people out supporting the Yoorok Truth Telling Commission & Treaty process in Victoria.
Tomorrow is the last day of Travis Lovetts walk where he will hand over message sticks to Vic Parliment
Treaty for Victoria #WalkForTreaty ♥️💛🖤

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Always Was, Always Will Be
Supporting Treaty in Victoria
Supporting Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Supporting GIS use in Traditional Owner organisations
Supporting Cultural Mapping
#SorryDay
#GISchat

#gischat #giscience #spatial worrying , with impacts globally. Thanks for the reporting, @wired.com

Hey it's World Biodiversity Day Everyone!

Let's keep the world biodiverse!

(yes Australia I'm looking at us...)
#biodiversity #worldbiodiversityday

Even though there'd been increased discontent rumblings, today's LNP coalition split was not on my #Auspol Bingo card.
And the cause of said irreconcilable differences?
Nuclear Energy and Supermarkets

What about ya' all?

What's the LARP/Freeform rpg that you've always wanted to run (genre, system or story) and the reason you never have?

#auslarp

'And let's face it, no one in this meeting is a GIS expert....' says IT manager dude in a meeting with me (M. GIS and working on cultural mapping PhD) about setting up a usable and accessible GIS for a Cultural Heritage Team at a Traditional Owner Corporation.
...want to try that again?
#gischat

Happy Australian Voting day to all who follow.
Enjoy your democracy sausages and may we get the parliament we need.
One that acts with care and compassion for marginalised folk
One that gives a shit about our environment
One that supports Indigenous Self-Determination
And more

#auspol #voting

ANZAC day is always a fraught time, war, conflict, and remembrance. While neo-nazis heckle Welcome to Country, I was defending the Welcome from an Elder in Perth, who included specifically the Indigenous soliders. The South African immigrant thought she shouldn't have made them out to be special.

Indigenous Data Sovereignty and how to improve support for Indigenous and First Nations Communities with GIS, mapping, and spatial sciences in general
#gischat

Politics as discussed on our morning bike ride:
"Who is the apprentice of Sir Anthony of the Green?"
"From whom shall we gain the predictions of ballots and the fortunes of parties?"
#auspol

Today's good time was having coffee with my former colleague and hearing how well the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Narrap Unit and Team is doing 13 years after I recieved the $200,000 grant to start it all. Overwhelming happiness at all they are doing <3
Support Traditional Owners on Country

Oh yes, how very silly of me not to realise...sigh
No downside at all...

While the 'Dire Wolf' conversation is interesting & isn't new (Hello Thylacine), can we not continue to put so much effort into the genetic reinstatement of extinct species, given the continued refusal to support suitable policies and funding to reverse the current trends in species loss?

Check out Alt National Parks Service for all (or almost all) your resistence updates

Many thanks for the offer 💙
Ive pretty much completed it, but if it works I'd love your input on edits!

What's everyone up to for #IWD25?
From smashing the patriarchy to ensuring equal education and fighting for the rights of ALL women (Cis, Trans, Yes), curious minds want to know.

Ta! So do I!
It's a one-off for a group of friends. I was going to run something I'd written years ago, but that wasn't possible for reasons.

Attempting write an eleven player freeform in a week
Sure why not?
What could possibly go wrong

#AusLARP #freeformrp

It might be a day or so late but Happy Girls and Women in Science Day!
It's always wonderful to read the often-overlooked stories.

Science is for us all as knowledge and curiosity have the opportunity to make us better people and make better choices.

Thanks for posting everyone!
#womeninSTEM

One of the biggest issues with the recording and mapping of cultural assets across Australia is the different requirements. Accuracy and other attributes of material culture, ecological (species), and intangible elements are highly varied and not self-determined. Curious about other places

#GISchat

Raises a glass and sheds a tear

Woman sitting at a desk and smiling into the camera

Celebrating Black History:

Dr. Gladys West, a mathematician whose work on modeling the Earth's shape was later used to develop the GPS system. If you can't find anything without Waze guiding you there, take a moment to thank Gladys.

Thank you for the suggested link, I will chase them down!

I think it's time to start working on my PhD again.
As the use of spatial data in decision-making processes grows so does the need for Indigenous Data Sovereignty. How can communities control the what and the how of sensitive cultural asset representation on maps?

#gischat