JustinG
@justingosses.github.io
Posts on Geology, Maps, Open Source, Code, Machine Learning, and Houston.
For disclosure purposes, @ Microsoft, but opinions my own.
For disclosure purposes, @ Microsoft, but opinions my own.
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JustinG
@justingosses.github.io
· Jul 21
Every time I see a social media thread about a published study I have to remind myself the numbers are probably….
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Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
www.aurorasaurus.org
Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up
Friends, see my real-time #aurora report on the aurorasaurus.org map! Follow us on www.facebook.com/aurorasaurus.org. Reporting #northernlights and #citizenscience from the ground up since 2012!
www.aurorasaurus.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
www.aurorasaurus.org
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
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“the last domestic tsunami came from Alaska, and the next one likely will”
Just $300k/year to support these stations, for the benefit of so many future lives.
Just $300k/year to support these stations, for the benefit of so many future lives.
Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast ⚒️
www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun...
www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun...
U.S. tsunami warning system, reeling from funding and staffing cuts, is dealt another blow
Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“the last domestic tsunami came from Alaska, and the next one likely will”
Just $300k/year to support these stations, for the benefit of so many future lives.
Just $300k/year to support these stations, for the benefit of so many future lives.
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"The economic consequences are severe."
Plastic pellets present growing headache for Texas tourism, fishing industries
"The economic consequences are severe."
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"The economic consequences are severe."
Confused seeing this #flood warning knowing no rain was forecasted, but it’s related to a possible dam failure NE of #Houston !
For context, Carter Lake is north of Livingston, Texas
For context, Carter Lake is north of Livingston, Texas
🚨 Flash Flood Watch issued November 8 at 10:29PM CST until November 9 at 6:00PM CST by NWS Houston/Galveston TX 🚨
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
*caution niche map rant*
My vision coverage through eyemed (luxottica glasses monopoly) has worst map-based user interface I’ve ever seen. Only shows you a portion of all in-network offices because whoever coded it had some crazy assumptions about zip codes. (1/?)
My vision coverage through eyemed (luxottica glasses monopoly) has worst map-based user interface I’ve ever seen. Only shows you a portion of all in-network offices because whoever coded it had some crazy assumptions about zip codes. (1/?)
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
*caution niche map rant*
My vision coverage through eyemed (luxottica glasses monopoly) has worst map-based user interface I’ve ever seen. Only shows you a portion of all in-network offices because whoever coded it had some crazy assumptions about zip codes. (1/?)
My vision coverage through eyemed (luxottica glasses monopoly) has worst map-based user interface I’ve ever seen. Only shows you a portion of all in-network offices because whoever coded it had some crazy assumptions about zip codes. (1/?)
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I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
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I keep hearing Trump and Republicans say rising health care costs isn’t an urgent problem, but take a look at the price increases on the ACA exchange for the same insurance plans from 2025 to 2026. Millions of Americans are about to get screwed over with higher bills.
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I keep hearing Trump and Republicans say rising health care costs isn’t an urgent problem, but take a look at the price increases on the ACA exchange for the same insurance plans from 2025 to 2026. Millions of Americans are about to get screwed over with higher bills.
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The Guardian is hiring for a graphics reporter and data reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets.
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Guardian is hiring for a graphics reporter and data reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets.
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Great, now I’m distracted for next hour considering social, functional, and economic implications of tacos instead of candy for Halloween
My 8yo told me she had a dream that she went "taco treating," which is where you go door to door and people give you tacos
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Great, now I’m distracted for next hour considering social, functional, and economic implications of tacos instead of candy for Halloween
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"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
news.sky.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"
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i don’t know how to cross-post this from FB but this is absolutely heartbreaking. The age of scientific ocean discovery we were brought up in is gone & will never come back. I can’t.
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
i don’t know how to cross-post this from FB but this is absolutely heartbreaking. The age of scientific ocean discovery we were brought up in is gone & will never come back. I can’t.
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As always, it's clear that virtually no one (including me) understands the reach and scope of government programs and services. These things can't and shouldn't be replaced by other institutions and the reason we need a functioning government is that it's the only way to have a functioning SOCIETY.
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
As always, it's clear that virtually no one (including me) understands the reach and scope of government programs and services. These things can't and shouldn't be replaced by other institutions and the reason we need a functioning government is that it's the only way to have a functioning SOCIETY.
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Thumbs down 👎 to Union Pacific, which has money for President Trump tear down the White House and build a gilded ballroom, but apparently no money to build safe railroad crossings for Houston school kids.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
Union Pacific funds Trump's ballroom, but no cash for Houston kids | Thumbs
Union Pacific funds Trump's ballroom but don't have cash for Houston kids, Metro derails the Red Line, and Rice engineers bring the heat in the editorial board's light takes on the week's news.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thumbs down 👎 to Union Pacific, which has money for President Trump tear down the White House and build a gilded ballroom, but apparently no money to build safe railroad crossings for Houston school kids.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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early voting starts today in TX and the @houstonchronicle.com has the paywall up on their voter guide. please be serious
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
early voting starts today in TX and the @houstonchronicle.com has the paywall up on their voter guide. please be serious
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The Trump regime tried to paint No Kings Day as a “hate America” protest, but what we saw on display was the best of what this country is meant to be. #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Trump regime tried to paint No Kings Day as a “hate America” protest, but what we saw on display was the best of what this country is meant to be. #NoKings
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No Kings or not, waving a sign doesn't make you a terrorist. It makes you a Texan. | Editorial
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
Protesting doesn't make you a terrorist. It makes you a Texan. | Editorial
Trump allies are trying to paint would-be No Kings protestors as terrorists. They should come to Houston to see how we protest, writes the editorial board.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
No Kings or not, waving a sign doesn't make you a terrorist. It makes you a Texan. | Editorial
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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How to Use Millions(!) of Historic Maps
Ian Spangler: itspangler.com
200,000 maps digitized and available to use at the Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center:
www.leventhalmap.org
Allmpas, an open source library for creating editing and curating maps: allmaps.org
#NACIS2025
Ian Spangler: itspangler.com
200,000 maps digitized and available to use at the Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center:
www.leventhalmap.org
Allmpas, an open source library for creating editing and curating maps: allmaps.org
#NACIS2025
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How to Use Millions(!) of Historic Maps
Ian Spangler: itspangler.com
200,000 maps digitized and available to use at the Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center:
www.leventhalmap.org
Allmpas, an open source library for creating editing and curating maps: allmaps.org
#NACIS2025
Ian Spangler: itspangler.com
200,000 maps digitized and available to use at the Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center:
www.leventhalmap.org
Allmpas, an open source library for creating editing and curating maps: allmaps.org
#NACIS2025
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Tomorrow about a third of Perseverance rover staff will be laid off, despite the mission being the penultimate step in a decades long effort to bring samples back from mars.
Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.
Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.
October 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow about a third of Perseverance rover staff will be laid off, despite the mission being the penultimate step in a decades long effort to bring samples back from mars.
Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.
Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.
Love this use case of machine learning for detecting of small earthquakes arstechnica.com/science/2025...
“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection
AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes—here’s why that matters.
arstechnica.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Love this use case of machine learning for detecting of small earthquakes arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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Lot of people should read this exhaustive list of life improvements from the 90s: gwern.net/improvement
My Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990s
A list of unheralded improvements to ordinary quality-of-life since the 1990s going beyond computers.
gwern.net
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Lot of people should read this exhaustive list of life improvements from the 90s: gwern.net/improvement
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US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
There’s statistics about how bad the job market is for software engineers, especially at the lower experience end, and then there’s the experience of posting on LinkedIn about a job in your group.
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
There’s statistics about how bad the job market is for software engineers, especially at the lower experience end, and then there’s the experience of posting on LinkedIn about a job in your group.