Bill Dollins (archive)

Sīððan Englisc is þæt gecynde sprǣc, ic beo on þǣm fæst.

I watched the full video of the meeting with Zelenskyy. Anyone who thinks the additional “context” makes it less of a shitshow is smoking really good stuff.

@HiltonHotels The entire property at the DoubleTree in Fairlawn, OH smells of weed. Hallways, common areas, etc. It drifts into the rooms.

I wrote this a year ago after attending a #HIFLD session at the Esri FedGIS conference. I stand by the post and especially its final paragraph.

https://blog.geomusings.com/2024/02/15/in-hifld-a-lesson/

Turns out "move fast and break things" is shitty public policy. Who knew?

@Linda__Stevens and I wrote a thing! https://x.com/Linda__Stevens/status/1887675952299397294

If I ever use "Gulf of America" unironically, it is a coded distress call. Send help.

Hey @Verizon, stellar service from your installer today. He showed up for a FIOS home install, noticed a problem with the drop, and went up four poles to troubleshoot. He spent four hours outside in the cold when he could have punted.

This is a great paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519624003103

Zero - three more fucks than I give about TikTok.

I saw someone on LinkedIn using the term “cold email” unironically, as if it didn’t mean “spam.”

I feel like being a fan of the Falcons must be similar to being a fan of beige.

Thanks, Elon, for the reminder to donate.

Happy to see so much of the geo community on Bluesky, including many I hadn't seen active here in a long time. Obvious bots are starting to show up, but it is so much easier to filter them there.

I am [at]geobabbler[dot]bsky[dot]social if you make your way there.

Disheartening to see dedicated public servants looking for new opportunities outside of government due to mass commitment to myth over fact.

The Onion now owns InfoWars. Finally something to smile about.

Today's earworm...

https://open.spotify.com/track/6nFdjV1Ko66O111x74K2kn?si=k9pTOhEmQ-6jqwy0tAxc7w

Here's a playlist that's been working for me.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26uU2TKiLO6U5kwf15jjZg?si=Ha0TzvpFSEGN8duKZdiEVA&pi=u-7I_GoRP_Tea4

Here's a BlueSky starter pack for geo.

https://go.bsky.app/Ei57cnc

Social media writ large is a raging dumpster fire. https://x.com/geomusingsblog/status/1855940168278049007

So far, Twitter hasn’t messed with its muted words feature. I have a long list of muted words which has been pretty effective at keeping my timeline mostly free of politics and religion. It’s easy to stayed informed outside of the socials so culling this feed has been good.

Today’s earworm

https://open.spotify.com/track/6nTiIhLmQ3FWhvrGafw2zj?si=NVlJgqUnT16prQSKnZEZeQ&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A26uU2TKiLO6U5kwf15jjZg

This…

Let’s fucking go.

https://youtu.be/_Qq6dQwLh1s?si=fgEQVX5auZVbQVgv

Fuck that. I'm not going anywhere. Let's get to work.

I wish Steve Kornacki was on PBS

I wish Steve Kormacki was on PBS

MCM FOMO today

Forward. Not back.

Hi @washingtonpost. I have been reading your pages since they were pages. I grew up and still live in the DMV. Like you, I recall January 6th and the daily chaos of the Trump years.

I am disappointed. If you are unable to make an endorsement, what the hell are you looking at?