the Trumpeter Swan has only been around a few days but they're already cleaning up the place
07.03.2026 14:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@obtusatum.bsky.social
Mountains and websites; maps and birds; context collapse. Projects: https://subject.space/. Work: Data, research and technology for investigations @bellingcat.com. Personal account, posts/opinions are my own. New York via Amsterdam and Oregon.
the Trumpeter Swan has only been around a few days but they're already cleaning up the place
07.03.2026 14:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lafayette Avenue, on the Fulton Street Subway, does not actually intersect Lafayette Avenue, though it is a just a short walk from Fulton Street, on the Lafayette Avenue Subway, just east of Fulton Street.
07.03.2026 04:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0they saved money on 't's and passed it on to you
06.03.2026 22:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0i love the new york city subway
06.03.2026 17:43 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0hehe
06.03.2026 17:12 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0a really fucked up subway map. it's because Manhattan is not aligned north/south
I know there have been a lot of strong feelings about the new NYC subway diagram. I think I have found a new map layout that should make everyone happy.
06.03.2026 16:19 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0More precisely, flying towards Iran to be in position at US airbases in the region.
05.03.2026 15:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trying to make sense of an aircraftβs movements during a conflict? Context is everything. Thatβs why we built Turnstone, an open source tool that searches historical flight data to allow researchers to explore flight patterns over time and in specific locations. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
05.03.2026 14:35 β π 262 π 104 π¬ 2 π 3Itβs a map of _everything_ else! subject.space/projects-sta...
04.03.2026 16:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Quick piece mapping this police station strike as well as 14 other police stations visibly damaged or destroyed in PlanetScope imagery from @planet.com with a few geolocated by @geoconfirmed.org.
Check out the March 1-3 map made by @obtusatum.bsky.social.
Link: www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...
if you're into experimental casiotone jazz you should watch my friend's amazing live performance and donate to ME/CFS research
04.03.2026 14:45 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Join us on Sunday 22 March 2026 for an evening of games and talks about hopeful optimism in the service of bottomless longing.
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I do have to question whether it is the best use of municipal resources to have NYC DOT apply salt today. (38/34 degrees, raining)
04.03.2026 02:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0These racks cost the city of New York $6000 each apparently
04.03.2026 02:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Theyβre the engine of the cityβs budget, but unequal and outdated. Hereβs your guide on how property taxes work β and how they affect everyone, not just owners.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/25/p...
Top left, bottom right
26.02.2026 22:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Here's a story about his death www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
25.02.2026 20:30 β π 2439 π 1162 π¬ 164 π 349snow creature chilling on a bench with a coffee
a moth with grass antenna
enormous, well crafted psyduck
a snek
blurry snapshots of brooklyn park creatures
24.02.2026 23:43 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0transit-pilled kia boyz
24.02.2026 19:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At least some of it seems to be terrain, not just urbanization?
24.02.2026 14:39 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of my favorite pieces of MTA public art. emmettpalaima.com/CHAMBERS-HUM
23.02.2026 15:32 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1historic bridges, post offices, warehouses for schools, for spaceflight, on Pacific islands, buoys, gunranges, laboratories for nuclear research and for tree fruit, schools, childcare centers, airport control towers, barracks, datacenters, ranger stations, radar systems, greenhouses, hospitals
23.02.2026 00:00 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0the checklist ID S46116491 is entered, highlighting that user and their connections across the network
To find your own dot in the eBird network, you just need the ID of one your checklists (e.g. S46116491, which you can find from the URL of a checklist, ebird.org/checklist/S4...)
Then enter that ID into subject.space/projects-sta... and the visualization will show connections for that eBirder πͺΆ
a graph also showing a central point in New York, but with many more lines drawn to highlighted points around the world.
The most connected birder on eBird (using the measure of "betweenness centrality") is none other than Chris Wood, Director of eBird at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. ebird.org/profile/MTQ3... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between...
22.02.2026 17:23 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0a graph of points representing birders on ebird. one is highlighted, with lines drawn to several other points, organized in colored clusters
For example, here's mine, highlighting the shared checklists I have with folks in the California cluster of the US (bottom left), the Northeast cluster (central), and scattered connections to Costa Rica, Colombia, Indonesia and Georgia.
22.02.2026 17:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Made some improvements to "Who Birds With You?", my eBird-based birder social interconnection visualization. Now it's a bit easier to highlight your own dot in the network and explore the birders you are connected to.
22.02.2026 17:23 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 010.7 inches of snow in nyc
15.1" of snow in NYC
17.3" of snow in NYC
20.0" of snow in NYC
stop
22.02.2026 13:00 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 2
if you look at the model evolution, you can see why: it depends on accurately forecasting where the band of heavy precipitation will be. www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=...
the european model still has the heaviest snow more offshore, giving a much lower forecast for nyc.
anyone else seeing a giant tetrapod thing stomping around Maspeth?
21.02.2026 15:14 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you're confused about the situation monitoring monitoring situation, this instructional video should help.
20.02.2026 22:55 β π 27 π 8 π¬ 4 π 4