On that ride down with ya brother

Opus 4.7 5 minutes ago

And the great barge sank and the okies fled
And the great emancipater took a bullet in the head
In the head
Took a bullet in the back of the head

It was not December and it was not in May
Was 14th of April, that is ruination day
That's the day
The day that is ruination day
— Gillian Welch

Hey Claude, define “imperious” but in a picture, not words.

Claude:

Sign "Colonia" in an abandoned railroad station, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, with altitude and distance from Montevideo noted

18c building walls with peeling paint on cobblestone street in historic center of Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Rooftop view looking past a palm tree to the muddy Rio del la Plata. Colonia del Sacramento

Sunset with palm trees in the foreground, Colonia del Sacramento

🧵 121/x The Long Roundabout (October 2021 - ??)

Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. April, 2026

A ferry ride across the broad Rio de la Plata estuary from Buenos Aires.

Data Engineer #00246 - Richmond, Virginia, United States Title: Data Engineer #00246 State Role Title: Information Tech Spec III Hiring Range: $100,000 - $125,000 Pay Band: 6 Agency: The Library of Virginia Location: Library of Virginia Building Agency Web...

The Library of Virginia in Richmond seeks a data engineer ($100k-$125k) to transform data practices at a 200-year-old cultural heritage org with an eye towards the future.

Looking for someone to imagine & collaboratively implement tomorrow's data infrastructure.

Apply by May 1! Tell your friends!

Goodnight from The Girl In The Well pub, where Henry Fry’s claims that his stuffed weasel is possessed are being met with strong scepticism. Goodnight from Rebecca Wood, dreaming again of a shop that sells nothing but dolls’ eyes and four-faced angel charms. Goodnight from Hookland.

Screenshot of a preliminary interface for browsing ecoregions within bioregions, in place for early Environmental Dimensions of Place (EDOP) work

Development of the EDOPS environmental signature is focused mostly on detailed hydro and climate variables, but #ecoregions will be linked also. A *very* preliminary interface for viewing them w/wiki text is in place. cedop.kgeographer.org/edop
Also, ishi.pitt.edu is now a project partner! #wiring

Does anyone believe Orban will cede power?

I have a work in progress, EDOPS, Environmental Dimensions of Place that I think will serve this request, and much more, globally. Explainer: kgeographer.org/computing-pl.... Very early prototype sandbox: cedop.kgeographer.org/edop

Heading to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay by ferry from Buenos Aires tomorrow. Just an overnight stay, but NOT due to some manic need to add to country and World Heritage List totals. The weather will be nice and this is #GeographyResearch. It'll be 53 and 161.

I like this, and plan to get Claude Code to generate some 'narrative notebooks' exposing decisions taken in developing my EDOPS environmental signature service. kgeographer.org/computing-pl...

All 11.333.878 buildings in the Netherlands

12½ years ago, I made a map of all the buildings in the Netherlands. Unexpectedly, people loved it!
Ever since, I have been wanting to make an updated version of the map. Newer data, higher resolution, more interactive! I never got around to it, until last week: bertspaan.nl/buildings

A starter set rubric for the pundit class:
1. Trump is full of shit, he just says stuff
2. His comms modes come from pro wrestling and tv promotions
2a. Violent bombast is a tic
3. He always pulls his most insane punches, cf TACO

You can bet he is cackling somewhere, “that got them going, eh?”

There won't be any civilizations ending tonight. There's a technical term for what Trump utters: "bullshit."

My guess is that they are near an agreement, part of which is “I’m gonna post some stuff, just ignore it.” Then when the agreement is announced Trump will say it was his civilization threat that did the trick. Is there a prop bet I can make on that?

meeting signup link ackshually: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Coming up today, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST. Register for zoom link: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... Explainer blog post with some detail: kgeographer.org/research

Yeah, and let’s be even clearer, the US did not and does not have “control of the skies.”

🤔 Curious..."may have" is fine in prose, but "less_certain" in a data model is not for many. I guess both is the answer, eh? 😉

cc @whgazetteer.org @rmostern.bsky.social

OPD?

Nice, congrats, Ethan!

screenshot from prototype of Environmental Dimensions of Place (EDOP) platform shows an environmental signature returned for Buenos Aires, and a list of World Heritage cities with similar settings

My first presentation on Computing Place and its Environmental Dimensions of Place signature service (EDOPS) is to the @pelagios.bsky.social Place Working Group meeting, 6 April, 14:00 UTC. Easy signup to attend: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Logo for the new Computing Place project, linking environmental and cultural data in novel ways

Made a good start on Computing Place, my capstone project looking into culture <> environment relations globally. First step: Environmental Dimensions of Place (EDOP) signatures for any given location. Tools linking them to cultural data will follow. Explainer: kgeographer.org/computing-pl... 1/x

Better safe than sorry

At Bahia Lapataia, looking toward Beagle Channel, in Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego

Panoramic view of Rio Pipo and glacier-carved valley, Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego

A lone crested caracara - ground-walking raptor - in Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego

Sign locating visitors to the end of the Pan-American Highway in Argentina, "USTED ESTA AQUI FINAL RUTA 3" - also known as El Fin del Mundo

🧵 120b/x The Long Roundabout (October 2021 - ??)

Tierra del Fuego, March 2026

Part 2: To the "End of the Earth" on Highway 3 in Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego west of Ushuaia, Argentina.

Large group of Magellanic penguins on the shore of Isla Martillo, Tierra del Fuego

Four sea lions singing in harmony while three others sleep, Isla Martillo, Tierra del Fuego

Molting Gentoo penguins passing the time on Isla Martillo, Tierra del Fuego

A group of Magellanic penguins strolling(?) up over a rise on Isla Martillo towards their breeding ground

🧵 120a/x The Long Roundabout (October 2021 - ??)

Tierra del Fuego, March 2026

Part 1: Caminando entre los pingüinos y los leones marinos de Isla Martillo

If someone were selling replica @algreen.house.gov canes to raise funds for worthy causes, I'd buy one and wave it at the next #NoKings. Would be nice to see a sea of them at some point. Ballpark wholesale cost $10/ea. cc @indivisible.org

I mean, who SAYS sh*t like this?