John Lovette

The Crutchfields can do no wrong.

More mustard and onions.

Plz no

Forgive Jeff
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

True legends of the map world, - Tom Patterson, Cindy Brewer, and Judith Tyner - were the last people left standing at the @nacis.bsky.social conference attendance count check. All with 35+ years.

Shout out to @mapcenter.com for a fun #NACIS2025 *Impractical Cartography* talk. I’m hoping to make it by the shop at some point!

“Most people like maps like most people like birds.”

VenkateSHAM

To which she replies, “Yes, crustless daddy”

#MapsOnBeer
Resolute BBA stout from Brothers Brewing in Harrisonburg, VA. Now to figure out what the topo is…

I think i have a folio of old FEMA floodplain rating maps somewhere. Decidedly less beautiful, but fun nonetheless.

Cartographic expertise and seemingly effortless rapport between @kennethfield.bsky.social and @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social on display again at their #ESRIUC How Maps Work session. I’m glad i gave Ken a little extra joke fodder as a Spurs fan as well.

#ESRIUC: where my fashion envy peaks. The topo patterned shirts and map collage jackets are out in full force pre-plenary.

"WE FIGHT TO WIN. THAT MEANS WE LOSE, AND LOSE AND LOSE AND LOSE... UNTIL WE'RE READY." - LUTHEN RAEL

COYS

An absolutely absurd move that any wildlife professional (and most any person) would tell you makes zero sense.

Habitat harm == species harm

Are we talking stylistically or “every bbq restaurant is good” territory?

el oh el

Oh no, Jer. Didn’t know you were cursed with Spurs fandom as well. Tottenham till they kill us.

I’d really rather not know the amount of time I’ve stressed over why some AGOL app isn’t working for a user, only to find out I just hadn’t updated the sharing settings on my end…

“SEE, NO WAR!”, I scream as bullets wiz past my head

Find me in my wonderfully pink @nacis.bsky.social shirt from Tacoma!

North Carolina Stands Out as Only State to Receive 'A' Rating in 2023 Geospatial Maturity Assessment The GMA report documents each state’s efforts to support best geospatial development practices, the status and use of geospatial datasets, and coordination efforts across state lines.

As #NCGIS 2025 kicks off this morning, a reminder that folks in our state are extremely fortunate to have excellent geospatial data available to them. Looking forward to a great conference.

I probably get the intro guitar/drum line from Pints stuck in my head at least once a day

Image with text that reads differently for folks with different types of red-green color blindness.

In my search to remind myself which color blindness I have, I found this great graphic on Reddit. My wife read all the secret lines to me.

Similar boat for me. I (and ~6% of men) have deuteranopia and struggle with certain shades of green looking more red. These kinds of line charts are the most notable culprit for highlighting the issue.

Great suggestion for working around the problem here, as well.

Federal salaries are 4% of the budget, so this is not about money.

But even if it were, this playbook from Tech is moronically applied to Feds, who don’t have big salaries and tranches of equity to hold over their heads.

So either Musk is absurdly dumb or he’s trying to make our government fail

Yes. It’s (mostly) very good

I assume the one guy who absolutely hates fun (and Ange) is on the desk again. Classic “just kick the ball up the field” tactics genius

Things I like: copying a tiny bit of code, changing one or two parameters, and it runs!
Things I dislike: when it doesn't.